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Members of the audience at Professor John Agard's Professorial Inaugural Lecture, held on Thursday 25th February at 5.30 p.m. at the Learning Resource Centre, The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine.
Dr. John B. R. Agard is Professor of Tropical Island Ecology and Head of the UWI Department of Life Sciences, and has served internationally as Lead Author in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Professor Agard’s lecture, which is titled “Environment in Development: From Plantation Economy, Biodiversity Loss and Global Warming, Towards Sustainable Development,” argued that the Plantation Economy Model of Caribbean economic structures and characteristics can be further elaborated by the inclusion of the environment as a provider of ecosystem services.
For full news release, click sta.uwi.edu/news/releases/release.asp?id=473
Air Controlled Environments,
861 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Suite 1,
Thousand Oaks,CA,91360,USA,
Phone: (805) 830-5858,
Contact Person: Ronald Young,
Contact Email: ryoung@acenv.com,
Website: www.acenv.com/
Recently planted trees that form part of a riparian forest buffer at Beecher Farm in Morris, N.Y., on Oct. 9, 2020. The Otsego County Soil & Water Conservation District has partnered with farmer Jim Beecher to obtain funding for projects ranging from manure storage to fencing and stream bank stabilization in order to address issues such as flooding and erosion. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Trainings were held on farmers cooperatives premises to maximise farmers' time during harvest.
Through the Aid for Trade project, UNDP promotes trade and country competitiveness in 11 countries in the region, to reduce poverty and improve peoples’ lives.
Read more about the Aid for Trade project
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) partner John Doerr, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, and KPCB partner Bing Gordon (l-r) announced a $250 million initiative called the sFund (Social Fund) on Thursday, October 21, 2010 in Palo Alto, Calif. The sFund will invest in a new wave of applications and services built on social networks. Amazon.com, Facebook, and Zynga, the leading companies defining today’s social and online environment; entertainment and media leader Comcast and Liberty Media; and Allen & Company LLC, will invest in the sFund and serve as strategic partners.
The Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting is held at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 11, 2022. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Standing Stone Creek flows through Alan Seeger Natural Area in Huntingdon County, Pa., on Oct. 7, 2020. An invasive insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid, has attacked eastern hemlock trees in the area, which holds a rare stand of old-growth trees. The hemlock woolly adelgid causes an infested tree to drop its needles, and stressed trees can eventually die from heat and drought. Active management in Pennsylvania includes chemical treatment and biocontrols—essentially predatory beetles that eat the invasive insect. Keeping a forest healthy—by safeguarding its soils, water quality and biodiversity—plays a huge part in keeping trees resilient to the invaders. (Photo by Will Parson/Cheapeake Bay Program)
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A replica of the Statue of Liberty stands in the middle of the Susquehanna River near Dauphin Township, Pa., on April 11, 2018. The 25-foot, metal statue was erected in 1997 to replace an earlier, 18-foot statue made of plywood and venetian blinds that was placed in the river without permission in 1986 and stood until it was blown over and destroyed in 1992. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Signs from the rally happening outside the negotiation venue against the TPP on September 9.
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch: www.citizen.org/tpp
Public Citizen's Global Access to Medicines Program: www.citizen.org/trans-pacific-partnership
Madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia) is a noxious weed that must be controlled.
The vine has aerial tubers on the stem as well as underground tubers. To remove the plant it is best to dig out the tubers from the soil and collect all aerial tubers. If using herbicide scrape the stem with the back of a knife and paint undiluted glyphosate herbicide on the cut within 30 seconds.
... which has moved to a subterrenean level. It is located much closer to my sandbox, which is good of course!
But I cannot see eye to eye with the staff. I checked in with a common cold and next thing I find myself on the MRI scanner. And that isn't even the half of it: The technician is talking about amputating my tail and making the (apparently) world famous, Neko Tail soup out of it!
And then... and then... and then... he proceeds to tell me how he has further developments planned for the premises: A Chinese-Russian Restaurant! Again, has the guy never heard of the importance of keeping foodstuffs out of medical environments? But he is quite adamant: "This is SL" he says, "we need not worry about germs and bacteria..."
What happened to the natural gas resources in the Beaufort Sea?
The LP Gas gets transported from Alberta all the way up to Inuvik to be stored in these tanks. Makes you wonder how economical this venture is.
A new provincial regulation will expand B.C.’s efforts to tackle hard-to-recycle single-use and plastic items.
The Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation will cover shopping bags, disposable food service accessories, oxo-degradable plastics and food service packaging made of polystyrene foam, PVC, PVDC, compostable or biodegradable plastics.
Minister Heyman visits Share Wares facility in Vancouver.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/29207
Port Harcourt area, Rivers Sate, Nigeria.
This picture was taken during the harmattan season hence the misty outlook
Sporophytes rise from moss growing at Truxtun Park in Annapolis, Md., on April 21, 2019. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Air Controlled Environments,
861 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Suite 1,
Thousand Oaks,CA,91360,USA,
Phone: (805) 830-5858,
Contact Person: Ronald Young,
Contact Email: ryoung@acenv.com,
Website: www.acenv.com/
Air Controlled Environments,
861 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Suite 1,
Thousand Oaks,CA,91360,USA,
Phone: (805) 830-5858,
Contact Person: Ronald Young,
Contact Email: ryoung@acenv.com,
Website: www.acenv.com/
A loblolly pine tree is seen along a shoreline on the Indian River in Chesapeake, Va., on Dec. 16, 2019. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Informal meeting of transport and environment ministers on 29 October 2018 - Press conference. Picturing Federal Minister Norbert Hofer. Copyright BKA/Martin Votava
The towering trees surrounding the swimming pool area offer a level of intimacy to this large space, while the subtle sounds of falling water from the sheer descent waterfalls and the castle-like over-flow from the spa soothe and relax the soul. The wood-burning fireplace can be enjoyed both from the upper seating area and while relaxing in the spa.
The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Hercules The Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC). This C-130J variation specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding detection and recovery operations in austere environments. The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. When tasked, the aircraft also conducts humanitarian assistance operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation, and noncombatant evacuation operations.
Features
Modifications to the HC-130J have improved navigation, threat detection and countermeasures systems. The aircraft fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning systems, and night vision goggle, or NVG, compatible interior and exterior lighting. It also has forward-looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, satellite and data-burst communications, and the ability to receive fuel inflight via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI).
The HC-130J can fly in the day; however, crews normally fly night at low to medium altitude levels in contested or sensitive environments, both over land or overwater. Crews use NVGs for tactical flight profiles to avoid detection to accomplish covert infiltration/exfiltration and transload operations. To enhance the probability of mission success and survivability near populated areas, crews employ tactics that include incorporating no external lighting or communications, and avoiding radar and weapons detection.
Drop zone objectives are done via personnel drops and equipment drops. Rescue bundles include illumination flares, marker smokes and rescue kits. Helicopter air-to-air refueling can be conducted at night, with blacked out communication with up to two simultaneous helicopters. Additionally, forward area refueling point operations can be executed to support a variety of joint and coalition partners.
Background
The HC-130J is a result of the HC/MC-130 recapitalization program and replaces Air Combat Command's aging HC-130P/N fleet as the dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The 71st and 79th Rescue Squadrons in Air Combat Command, the 550th Special Operations Squadron in Air Education and Training Command, the 920th Rescue Group in Air Force Reserve Command and the 106th Rescue Wing, 129th RQW and 176th Wing in the Air National Guard will operate the aircraft.
First flight was 29 July 2010, and the aircraft will serve the many roles and missions of the HC-130P/Ns. It is a modified KC-130J aircraft designed to conduct personnel recovery missions, provide a command and control platform, in-flight-refuel helicopters and carry supplemental fuel for extending range or air refueling.
In April 2006, the personnel recovery mission was transferred back to Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va. From 2003 to 2006, the mission was under the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Previously, HC-130s were assigned to ACC from 1992 to 2003. They were first assigned to the Air Rescue Service as part of Military Airlift Command.
General Characteristics
Primary function: Fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform
Contractor: Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Power Plant: Four Rolls Royce AE2100D3 turboprop engines
Thrust: 4,591 Propeller Shaft Horsepower, each engine
Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Length: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.57 meters)
Height: 38 feet, 9 inches (11.58 meters)
Operating Weight: 89,000 pounds (40,369 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 61,360 pounds (9,024 gallons)
Payload: 35,000 pounds (15,875 kilograms)
Speed: 316 knots indicated air speed at sea level
Range: beyond 4,000 miles (3,478 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters)
Armament: countermeasures/flares, chaff
Basic Crew: Three officers (pilot, co-pilot, combat system officer) and two enlisted loadmasters
Unit Cost: $66 million (fiscal 2010 replacement cost)
Initial operating capability: 2013
Trees planted by the Hopewell Tree Stewards grow at Riverside Park in Hopewell, Va., on June 20, 2022. The trees were planted to help absorb stormwater runoff from a nearby paved area before it reaches a stream leading to the Appomattox River. Erin Kelley, now leader of the fledging nonprofit, received training from Tree Stewards when it was a grant-funded program of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. In late April, the group hosted a Hopewell Family Arbor Day with over 200 attendees and 71 participating organizations, groups and businesses. “We have a lot of stormwater issues going on in the city of Hopewell,” said Kelley, who pointed out that trees do more than just soak up tens of thousands of gallons of water, like providing cooling shade to overheated city streets. “It saves power because it does that—makes it more beautiful, makes it more attractive to go to the park, so we planted a lot in our parks.” (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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At Magic Years we recognize the significance of the environment as the "third teacher". www.magicyears.ac.th/teaching-learning/educational-belief...
These are some of the winning submissions of a photography contest that is helping to advocate for the protection of biodiversity in FYR Macedonia.
Read more about biodiversity in Europe and Central Asia
Photo by Saska Georgievska
This is a photograph from the sixth annual Donadea 50KM Ultramarathon which was held in Donadea Forest, Donadea, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Saturday 14th February 2015 at 10:00. The race was also an International Association of Ultrarunners Silver Label Event and the Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI) National 50KM Championships. There were 178 finishers.
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We have a full set of photographs from the event today on our Flickr photostream in the following album: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157650821612375/
Donadea Forest Park is situated in rural north Kildare and is approximately 640 acres in size. The amenities at the forest include good walking trails, a diversity of natural habitats, a walled stream, a large natural lake, and the ruins of Donadea castle. The Park is a designated National Heritage Area. The basic designation for wildlife is the Natural Heritage Area (NHA). This is an area considered important for the habitats present or which holds species of plants and animals whose habitat needs protection. It is a special occasion to allow the 50KM to be held in this environment.
Timing, results, and event management was provided by RedTagTiming - results available at www.redtagtiming.com/
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Qihetang Village Battles Desertification
By Manipadma Jena
CHIFENG, Inner Mongolia, China, Jul. 4, 2012 (IPS)--As scientists increasingly label desertification as one of the most burning challenges facing the world today, a small village in China’s semi-arid Northeastern region of Inner Mongolia is fighting back.
How you get orange juice during a drought from the semiarid Central Valley. Orange groves at the juncture of the Central Valley and the foothills of the Sierras.
For more photos from this trip see SF July 2014 on Ipernity.