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On Thursday April 15th the grade 7’s went on a science trip to Norval Outdoor School in Georgetown Ontario. Classroom sessions were geared at discussing the food chain and investigating different ecosystems and ecotones.
The grade was divided up into Carnivores, Omnivores and Herbivores and played games of survival tag. The goal was to “eat” any animal on the food chain lower than you (If you were a Carnivore or Omnivore) while also eluding animals that might eat you as well as the hunters and the elements!
Students then investigated the fields, forests, ponds and streams for signs of wildlife. Some found animal droppings (from herbivores and carnivores), some found regurgitated owl food and others found skulls of decomposed animals!
We all made it back safe, full and more educated about the natural world in which we live.
Ecosystem services valued at over US $72 trillion a year.
Yet two thirds are considered degraded from damage, mismanagement and failure to invest and re-invest in productivity, health and sustainability.
Roll the statistics around in your mind, say them out loud and roll them off your tongue. Look out the window and think about them: natural wetlands provide services of nearly US $7 trillion, forest wetlands treat more wastewater per unit of energy and have up to 22 fold higher cost-benefit ratios than traditional sand filtration in treatment plants. Crops including the cup of tea, or coffee that you had this morning rely on pollination and pest control services of birds and insects. Projected loss of ecosystem service could lead up to 25% loss in food production and by 2050 increase the risk of hunger. These are a few of the statistics mentioned in UNEP's report; Dead planet, living planet: Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for sustainable development.
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A Javan leopard caught on camera trap in Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia.
Photo courtesy of Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
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Martin Geddes (BT), Dean Bubley (Disruptive Analysis), Moray Rumney (Agilent), and Brough Turner (Ashtonbrooke) join Andy Abramson (Comunicano) on stage at eComm Europe 2009 in Amsterdam.
Taken during the Emerging Communications Conference & Awards, Europe 2009
This project aims to address the vulnerability of urban communities to climate change in three medium-sized cities: San Salvador (El Salvador), Kingston (Jamaica) and Xalapa (Mexico) through the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation approaches and their integration into urban planning.
In San Salvador, a degraded watershed will be restored with reforestation and conservation agriculture approaches. This will reduce runoff and erosion during heavy rainfall and increase ground water recharge.
Learn more about UNEP's work on adaptation: www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-change/what-we-do/cli...
Photo credit: CityAdapt
Aambyvalley rd., Upper Lonavala Maharashtra India
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100% degradation means that all the services in the category were degraded in 2050 compared with 2000, while 50% improvement could mean that three out of six services were enhanced and the rest were unchanged or that four out of six were enhanced and one was degraded. The total number of services evaluated for each category was six provisioning services, nine regulating services, and five cultural services.
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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
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Boulder Startup Week Holiday Party in Association with Boulder Beta. Boulder Startup week looks to connect communities in the Boulder Startup ecosystem
Photo citation: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, 2018.
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