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Rep. Wasserman Schultz toured a marine ecosystem in and around Biscayne Bay hosted by Florida International University.
Diego Molano Vega, Minister of Information and Communications Technologies of Colombia at The Innovation Ecosystem Session. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
"best of the best" management eight core beliefs.
1. Business is an ecosystem, not a battlefield. Average bosses see business as a conflict between companies, departments and groups. They build huge armies of "troops" to order about, demonize competitors as "enemies," and treat customers as "territory" to be conquered. Extraordinary bosses see business as a symbiosis where the most diverse firm is most likely to survive and thrive. They naturally create teams that adapt easily to new markets and can quickly form partnerships with other companies, customers ... and even competitors.
2. A company is a community, not a machine. Average bosses consider their company to be a machine with employees as cogs. They create rigid structures with rigid rules and then try to maintain control by "pulling levers" and "steering the ship." Extraordinary bosses see their company as a collection of individual hopes and dreams, all connected to a higher purpose. They inspire employees to dedicate themselves to the success of their peers and therefore to the community–and company–at large.
3. Management is service, not control. Average bosses want employees to do exactly what they're told. They're hyper-aware of anything that smacks of insubordination and create environments where individual initiative is squelched by the "wait and see what the boss says" mentality. Extraordinary bosses set a general direction and then commit themselves to obtaining the resources that their employees need to get the job done. They push decision making downward, allowing teams form their own rules and intervening only in emergencies.
4. My employees are my peers, not my children. Average bosses see employees as inferior, immature beings who simply can't be trusted if not overseen by a patriarchal management. Employees take their cues from this attitude, expend energy on looking busy and covering their behinds. Extraordinary bosses treat every employee as if he or she were the most important person in the firm. Excellence is expected everywhere, from the loading dock to the boardroom. As a result, employees at all levels take charge of their own destinies.
5. Motivation comes from vision, not from fear. Average bosses see fear--of getting fired, of ridicule, of loss of privilege--as a crucial way to motivate people. As a result, employees and managers alike become paralyzed and unable to make risky decisions. Extraordinary bosses inspire people to see a better future and how they'll be a part of it. As a result, employees work harder because they believe in the organization's goals, truly enjoy what they're doing and (of course) know they'll share in the rewards.
6. Change equals growth, not pain. Average bosses see change as both complicated and threatening, something to be endured only when a firm is in desperate shape. They subconsciously torpedo change ... until it's too late. Extraordinary bosses see change as an inevitable part of life. While they don't value change for its own sake, they know that success is only possible if employees and organization embrace new ideas and new ways of doing business.
7. Technology offers empowerment, not automation. Average bosses adhere to the old IT-centric view that technology is primarily a way to strengthen management control and increase predictability. They install centralized computer systems that dehumanize and antagonize employees. Extraordinary bosses see technology as a way to free human beings to be creative and to build better relationships. They adapt their back-office systems to the tools, like smartphones and tablets, that people actually want to use.
8. Work should be fun, not mere toil. Average bosses buy into the notion that work is, at best, a necessary evil. They fully expect employees to resent having to work, and therefore tend to subconsciously define themselves as oppressors and their employees as victims. Everyone then behaves accordingly. Extraordinary bosses see work as something that should be inherently enjoyable–and believe therefore that the most important job of manager is, as far as possible, to put people in jobs that can and will make them truly happy.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Peatlands provide vital ecosystem services for people and the environment.
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Photo citation: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, 2020. Aerial support provided by LightHawk.
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Students made posters of forest, lake, desert, ocean, swamp, river, mountain, or coastline ecosystem's living and non-living organisms.
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Pollution affecting animals. Good graphic picture, scares the audience a bit.
At this year's Native Orchid Conference 2016 symposium, we made several field trips to see orchids. We found this species of Malaxis, Malaxis corymbosa or Huachuca Adder's-mouth orchid also known as Madrean Adder's-mouth orchid, in the Huachuca Mountains of southern Arizona. There are numerous mountain ranges that form what is known as "sky islands" -- ecosystems separated from each other by desert, distance, and altitude.
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Apparently, Mono Lake is one of the oldest lakes in North America and thought to be about one million years old.
Freshwater, minerals and salts arrive in the lake via a long journey down streams that course the slopes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada. Once it all gets here, it has nowhere else to go. In this closed system, freshwater springs bubble up from the base of the lake. As that freshwater evaporates, a residue of calcium carbonate and other minerals/salts are left behind, forming columns and knobbly formations all around the lake. (Once upon a time, all these formations were under water.) The water left behind in the lake is very alkaline and 2.5 times as salty as the water in the sea, which is why the seabirds bob along at such a jaunty angle with their tails high up.
The flotation possibilities here are many and varied - if you are a bird that is!
Mono Lake, Mono County, California.
Peter Foyo, President, Nextel México at The Innovation Ecosystem Session. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
An eight-week research voyage off the coast of Northwest Africa started on 21 October from Dakar.
We will be conducting research in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem in the waters of The Gambia, Mauritania, Morocco and Senegal, and our scientific focus will be on pelagic fish until reaching our final destination of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in December. For those unfamiliar with the term, oceanic pelagic fish are those found in the pelagic zones of oceans. These fish include anchovies, sardines, swordfish, tuna and mackerel.
The data collected will allow for the monitoring of pelagic stocks in northwest Africa and strengthen the data series collected in the past.
Four countries are involved in this campaign: The Gambia, Mauritania, Morocco and Senegal.
Two national scientists have been nominated by each country to participate in the activities on board the vessel. The scientists are expected to take part in survey planning, oceanographic and biological sampling, scrutinizing of acoustic records and other scientific work as applicable. The participants are biologists or fishery technicians with good knowledge of the local fauna.
The international scientists onboard will include those from FAO and Norway’s Institute of Marine Research (IMR) alongside a team of scientists from Kenya, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Angola, Namibia, Morocco and Côte d’ivoire.
We hope you’ll join us on this blog over the next weeks as we study pelagic fish the waters of Northwest Africa. Look forward to having you – virtually – on board with us on the Blog:
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International conference “Ecosystems, Economy and Society: how large-scale restoration can stimulate sustainable development” - May 29 and 30, 2014, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., USA.
Keynote address by Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Larmont University Profesor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1998.
An international conference organized by the Veolia Institute jointly with Agence Française de Développement, International Union for Conservation of Nature and US National Research Council Water Science and Technology Board, under the patronage of the National Academy of Sciences and in association with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Conservation International, UNCCD, WRI, and Civil Society Mission of the French Embassy.
Ambyvalley road,Lonavala,Mah.,India
as i was standing the clouds kept coming up at me almost like waterfall in reverse
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Participants at The Innovation Ecosystem Session. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
Ambyvalley rd(Duttawadi rd.,Kurvande),Lonavala,Mah.,India
Cyclea species are dioecious i.e., male (staminate) flowers on one plant, and female (pistillate) flowers on another plant. Pollination is entomophilous i.e., by insects. Flowering/Fruiting: April-June /November-January.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne coupled with Melbourne's biggest ScaleUps. Photos by Tim Carrafa.
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are chemical contaminants that adversely affect ecosystems, animals and humans. Most POPs are transported to the Arctic from southern latitudes by wind, rivers and ocean currents. The Arctic acts as a “sink” for these contaminants. Strict regulation has reduced the concentration of some POPs in the Arctic. However, new chemical contaminants reaching the Arctic is a matter of great concern. There are around 150,000 chemical substances but less than 1,000 are regularly monitored.
Source:
EBAS database, European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP), Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU); K. Tørseth et al., Introduction to the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) and observed atmospheric composition change during 1972–2009, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, June 2012; AMAP Assessment 2015: Temporal Trends in Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic; Arctic Pollution Issues 2015, Persistent Organic Pollutants; Radioactivity in the Arctic, Human Health in the Arctic, Summary for Policy-makers; AMAP Assessment 2016: Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern.
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Benthic community living in and next to an exposed rock in Barkley Canyon. The white animals attached to the rock are sea cucumbers with their feeding tentacles extended. Also living on the rock are brittle stars. Beside the rock are two anemones and a blood star (Henrica sp.).
If you can ID anymore animals please post a comment below.
Photo taken 8 Jul 2009 by ROPOS (ropos.com), which is operated by the Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility.