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Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.,India
early signs of approaching monsoon....SouthWest Monsoon is the most important event in the annual diary of the subcontinent,touching a billion lives through agriculture,commerce and industry and also the fortunes on the stock market.Here in the Sahyadri/Westernghats the mountain ranges act as a barrier to rain-bearing clouds blowing from the Arabian Sea and causing heavy rainfall.Strong winds,heavy rainfall and low visibility for the next few months.
Cutting mangrove roots for carbon stock assessment, during low tide, for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) study on above-ground and below-ground biomass destructive sampling in mangrove ecosystems, part of Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program (SWAMP), Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Photo by Kate Evans/CIFOR
Related research publication on mangrove:
Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics
www.cifor.org/online-library/browse/view-publication/publ...
Carbon storage in mangrove and peatland ecosystems
www.cifor.org/online-library/browse/view-publication/publ...
For more information about CIFOR’s wetlands research visit: cifor.org/swamp
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A low intensity fire in a pine forest in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park improves the health of the ecosystem.
Photo Courtesy of IMR
For the first time an ecosystem survey with R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will be conducted in the coastal area of Gabon. Identification and abundance of birds, whales, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos will be conducted in the period from 9-23 May. In addition environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, current, chlorophyll and oxygen will be measured. A reception was help onboard the vessel before the start of the cruise and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Security, the governor of Port Gentil, and the FAO representative in Central Africa, were among the distinguished guest.
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The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Javier Santiso, managing director for global affairs and new ventures at Telefónica and founder of Startup Spain, presents The Accelerator and Incubator Ecosystem in Europe, a new study from Telefónica, at the StartUp Europe Forum, a high-level brainstorming held in the margins of Campus Party, the world's largest technology festival, which took place in London. StartUp Europe is a collaboration between the Lisbon Council, a Brussels-based think tank, and Telefónica, and a pledge to the European Commission's Startup Europe initiative. Download the study at www.lisboncouncil.net/component/downloads/?id=897
By far my favourite combination: an Ecosystem notebook + a black leather VadeMecum Pocket Cover.
The ecosystem notebook is exactly the same as the Moleskine. The cover fits like a glove.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists are among a team developing new ways to study the changing arctic ecosystem.
The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE) will study the response to physical, ecological, and biogeochemical processes to atmosphere and climate change from the molecular to the landscape scale.
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The coastal tall-grass prairie, which extends along the coastal plain of South-central Texas and southwestern Louisiana, represents the southernmost extension of the tall-grass prairie ecosystem. Once covering at least 9 million acres, today more than 99% of this important habitat has been lost to agricultural range improvement and urbanization. The remainder is highly fragmented and severely threatened by exotic species and development. The coastal tall-grass prairie ecosystem is currently listed as "imperiled globally" by The Nature Conservancy and the Texas Natural Heritage Program. The World Wildlife Fund lists the conservation status as "critical" (Ricketts 1999)
See Mark Kramer (Stewardship Coordinator) on controlled prairie burns:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1TyHceRhmQ
Armand Bayou Nature Center preserves one of the most extensive holdings of coastal tall-grass prairie in the lower Galveston Bay watershed. Currently, 645 acres are actively managed, about 70% of the long-range goal of 900 acres within our current boundaries. All of the prairies at ABNC have been altered to some degree, initially by cattle grazing and agriculture. The greatest impact however has been the result of the recent expansion of the Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum), which can grow into a closed canopy forest and severely limit native prairie plant diversity. Significant restoration activities at ABNC have begun to reduce the acreage impacted by this invasive species and has also led to an increase in management activities to maintain their condition.
The single most important tool in ABNC's prairie restoration arsenal is the use of a controlled, prescribed fire. We conducted our first prescribed fire in 1978. Fire is perhaps the most dramatic and least understood element of prairie ecology. In historical times, lightning or Native Americans ignited prairie fires. It is believed that the native people used fire to drive game, improve pastures for game and clear migration routes. Prairie ecosystems thus evolved with fire as a necessary component of their ecology.
This poster describes a study of the opportunities and constraints that are offered by Ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) offers farmers adapting to drought in Uganda's Nakasongola District.
Local farmers reported that the frequency and severity of drought episodes have increased in the last ten years.
The study found that EBA has great potential to reduce the costs, risks and technological limitations associated with drought adaptation.
The study calls for more attention to be paid to EBA approaches as the ultimate drought adaptation response for semi-arid and pastoral regions. It also suggests that there is a need to integrate traditional local knowledge with scientific expertise on natural resource and ecosystem management.
This poster is published by Makerere University. The poster is for display at the 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA10) in Kampala, Uganda from 26-29 June 2017.
Contact: Ntale Emmanuel, Department of Forestry, Biodivrsity and Tourism, Makerere University (Email: emmason.ntale@gmail.com)
Back from another trip to the mountains, and off to the swamp in a few minutes. I'm WAY behind in processing photos since I've been outside more than inside (not complaining). As a break from plant pics, here are a couple from a hike to Catawba Falls, on the upper reaches of the Catawba River, in Pisgah National Forest near Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina.
Timber is harvested from forests and plantations and used for a variety of building, manufacturing, fuel, and other needs. Forests (providing fuelwood and charcoal), agricultural crops, and manure all serve as sources of biomass energy.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Philippe Rekacewicz, Emmanuelle Bournay, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
This corrugated fibro roofing material, made of a thin layer of asbestos-reinforced cement and mostly dating to Soviet times, seemed to be ubiquitous in the Baltics & Russia. This particular example has been around long enough to accumulate a rich ecosystem. Plants include a moss (unidentified; maybe Brachythecium?) and two different stonecrops (Sedum album, large reddish; Sedum sexangulare(?), small bright green).
Asbestos-containing materials may or may not release harmful asbestos fibers into the environment as they degrade, depending on the microscopic pattern of breakdown. Often, the matrix (in this case, Portland cement) will adhere to the fibers, continuing to encapsulate them and render them innocuous. So this might not be as bad as it looks. But, admittedly, it doesn't look good.
•Lord Turner, Senior Fellow, The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), United Kingdom
at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
Spotted during a surveillance flight Monday, manatees are taking refuge from the cold weather in a mitigation feature built by SFWMD just south of Port of the Islands in Collier County.
Completed in April 2016, the three deep pools ensure the local manatee population continues to have a warm water refuge in the Port of the Islands area that’s compatible with restoration efforts at Picayune Strand. When complete, the CERP project will re-establish a more natural flow of water to 55,000 acres of wetlands and uplands in the Western Everglades.
Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.India
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now dry.....found along a ditch.
thanks to kasajusaroj for the id.
Photo Courtesy of IMR
For the first time an ecosystem survey with R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will be conducted in the coastal area of Gabon. Identification and abundance of birds, whales, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos will be conducted in the period from 9-23 May. In addition environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, current, chlorophyll and oxygen will be measured. A reception was help onboard the vessel before the start of the cruise and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Security, the governor of Port Gentil, and the FAO representative in Central Africa, were among the distinguished guest.
One company specializes in managing your online brand. The infographic defines the different roles involved in that process.
Harvard Business School professor, acclaimed author and management expert MIchael Porter highlighted the business implications of the growing smart and connected ecosystem of things.
Watch the highlights here: cogniz.at/CogComm16
Caribou, North America’s wild reindeer, have lives apart from their famous role on Christmas Eve. Reindeer, of course, is another common name for caribou (Rangifer tarandus) a large, cold-adapted, herding herbivore related to deer, elk and moose.
If reindeer had red, glowing noses, they’d probably be a lot easier to study in the wild. To learn more about the biology behind these arctic antler-bearers, we only have to turn to our colleagues at the USGS Alaska Science Center, (alaska.usgs.gov) who conduct a wide variety of earth science and ecological science surveys throughout our northernmost state.
We asked USGS caribou (and large mammal) expert Layne Adams, Ph.D., about the lives of caribou for those other 364 days of the year. Adams has studied caribou in Alaska for more than 30 years, helping land managers understand the best way to manage this important species. Adams, a wildlife biologist at the Alaska Science Center, sat down last year and did an online chat with the Washington Post a few years ago.
Here are other Qs and As about reindeer that Dr. Adams answered:
Why are reindeer sometimes called caribou and caribou sometimes called reindeer?
“Reindeer” and “caribou” are two common names for the same species (Rangifer tarandus), which occurs throughout the circumpolar North.
“Reindeer” is the common name for Rangifer in Europe and Asia, whereas “caribou” is the North American name.
The name “caribou” is a French derivative of a Native American word that means snow shoveler, which is a reference to the fact that caribou are often pawing through the snow to find food underneath.
Read more here: www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/the-other-364-... (Photo by David Gustine,USGS)
William R. Rhodes, Senior Adviser, Citi, USA, at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum
Firefighters keep watch as the controlled prairie burn is completed at the Portsmouth Site in mid-December 2011.
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Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant firefighters recently completed a prescribed fire, or controlled burn, of an 18-acre prairie at the site, two weeks ahead of a regulatory deadline.
“Burning the prairie in a controlled manner stimulates the germination of prairie grasses and reduces the invasion of woody plants to maintain a healthy prairie ecosystem,” said DOE Site Director Vince Adams.
The prairie ecosystem was the result of remediation of former lime sludge lagoons that settled out waste lime from the plant’s water treatment plant.
Photo Courtesy of IMR
For the first time an ecosystem survey with R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will be conducted in the coastal area of Gabon. Identification and abundance of birds, whales, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos will be conducted in the period from 9-23 May. In addition environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, current, chlorophyll and oxygen will be measured. A reception was help onboard the vessel before the start of the cruise and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Security, the governor of Port Gentil, and the FAO representative in Central Africa, were among the distinguished guest.