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MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 23, 2016) – Against the backdrop of the Alabama River at the Union Station Train Shed, 300 conservation district supervisors, conservation partners, and students gathered to hear the Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Committee (SWCC) launch a new initiative to continue its mission of conserving Alabama’s natural resources: Conserve Alabama.
Visit conservealabama.gov to learn more about the campaign.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 23, 2016) – Against the backdrop of the Alabama River at the Union Station Train Shed, 300 conservation district supervisors, conservation partners, and students gathered to hear the Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Committee (SWCC) launch a new initiative to continue its mission of conserving Alabama’s natural resources: Conserve Alabama.
Visit conservealabama.gov to learn more about the campaign.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 23, 2016) – Against the backdrop of the Alabama River at the Union Station Train Shed, 300 conservation district supervisors, conservation partners, and students gathered to hear the Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Committee (SWCC) launch a new initiative to continue its mission of conserving Alabama’s natural resources: Conserve Alabama.
Visit conservealabama.gov to learn more about the campaign.
Off the coast of East Africa sits Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the world (behind Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo). About 20 million people live on the island, along with an estimated 1%-2% of the world's total biodiversity, much of which is endangered.
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Ulcinj (Montenegro) - 28 October 2016
1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week “Building a regional network to conserve plants and cultural diversity”
1re Semaine de la conservation des plantes méditerranéennes “Construction d’un réseau régional pour la conservation de la diversité culturelle et végétale”
Photo by Pilar Valbuena for The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation.
More information on 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week, please visit:
www.medplantsweek.uicnmed.org/
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Dame's rocket, a non-native flower, blooms on land owned by Cat Gareth in Delaware County, N.Y., on May 29, 2015. Gareth, of Cooperstown, N.Y., is the owner of 14 acres of land on Ouleout Creek that is conserved through the Otsego Land Trust based in Cooperstown. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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We are excited to announce that the Harris Center has recently acquired nearly 15 acres off Jaquith Road in Harrisville. This small, but significant parcel is surrounded on three sides by other Harris Center-conserved lands, and comprises part of the scenic road corridor along Old Dublin Road in Hancock and Jaquith Road in Harrisville.
In addition to its scenic value, more than half the property receives the New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan's highest ranking for wildlife habitat, and the entire parcel is considered a high priority for conservation by the Quabbin-to-Cardigan Partnership, a landcape-level land conservation collaborative. This purchase was made possible by support from Friends of the Supersanctuary.
Session 3: Community-conserved areas in the future management of biodiversity, land and water in the Mediterranean
Session 3: La conservation communautaire des espaces dans la gestion future de la biodiversité, du sol et de l’eau dans la région méditerranéenne
Ulcinj (Montenegro) - 28 October 2016
1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week “Building a regional network to conserve plants and cultural diversity”
1re Semaine de la conservation des plantes méditerranéennes “Construction d’un réseau régional pour la conservation de la diversité culturelle et végétale”
Photo by Pilar Valbuena for The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation.
More information on 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week, please visit:
www.medplantsweek.uicnmed.org/
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: lourdes.lazaro@iucn.org
National protected area staff, high school students and Peace Corps volunteer Jill Matthews present a book written by local students about the reserve.
Small plots for conserving vines during the dry season in Niassa Province, Mozambique. The work is supported by CIP's partner Progresso
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 23, 2016) – Against the backdrop of the Alabama River at the Union Station Train Shed, 300 conservation district supervisors, conservation partners, and students gathered to hear the Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Committee (SWCC) launch a new initiative to continue its mission of conserving Alabama’s natural resources: Conserve Alabama.
Visit conservealabama.gov to learn more about the campaign.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 23, 2016) – Against the backdrop of the Alabama River at the Union Station Train Shed, 300 conservation district supervisors, conservation partners, and students gathered to hear the Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Committee (SWCC) launch a new initiative to continue its mission of conserving Alabama’s natural resources: Conserve Alabama.
Visit conservealabama.gov to learn more about the campaign.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 23, 2016) – Against the backdrop of the Alabama River at the Union Station Train Shed, 300 conservation district supervisors, conservation partners, and students gathered to hear the Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Committee (SWCC) launch a new initiative to continue its mission of conserving Alabama’s natural resources: Conserve Alabama.
Visit conservealabama.gov to learn more about the campaign.
Session 3: Community-conserved areas in the future management of biodiversity, land and water in the Mediterranean
Session 3: La conservation communautaire des espaces dans la gestion future de la biodiversité, du sol et de l’eau dans la région méditerranéenne
Ulcinj (Montenegro) - 28 October 2016
1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week “Building a regional network to conserve plants and cultural diversity”
1re Semaine de la conservation des plantes méditerranéennes “Construction d’un réseau régional pour la conservation de la diversité culturelle et végétale”
Photo by Pilar Valbuena for The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation.
More information on 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week, please visit:
www.medplantsweek.uicnmed.org/
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: lourdes.lazaro@iucn.org
The average “compensation value” per tree is approximately $630 (Nowak, Crane and Dwyer 2002). That means for every tree you cut down you are loosing $630 worth of services. Therefore, urban forests are an incredibly valuable resource that is worth protecting!
When you are reviewing a development proposal try to preserve existing trees on the property by building around trees or incorporating them into the development design.
Photo Source: farm1.static.flickr.com/29/48302931_44b354310e.jpg?v=1128... (accessed November 1, 2009)
Reference List:
Nowak, D. J., D. E. Crane, and J.F. Dwyer. 2002. Compensatory value of urban trees in the US. Journal of Arboriculture 28, no. 4: 194-199.
Founded in 1906, Mesa Verde National Park was created to conserve and protect the Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites and cliff dwellings within the present-day park on the sides and top of a large tree-covered cuesta, known as Mesa Verde, that rises approximately 1,500 feet (785 meters) above the surrounding canyons and valleys, with rugged canyons cutting through the cuesta, lined with sandstone cliffs and ledges.
The area was inhabited by indigenous people for thousands of years prior to the rise of the Ancestral Puebloan culture, whom developed villages and farmsteads within what is today Mesa Verde National Park beginning around the year 750, with the structures built by the Ancestral Puebloans growing in complexity and durability, especially due to contact with the nearby culture centered around Chaco Canyon. The famous cliff dwellings for which the area is famous, however, were built between approximately 1020 and 1260, especially after a major drought in the region between 1130 and 1180, which led to a major migration of people from Chaco Canyon to Mesa Verde. The people of Chaco Canyon brought their culture, construction techniques, and goods with them, which is evident at archaeological sites on the cuesta.
The area began to depopulate between 1260 and 1285 due to environmental conditions becoming less favorable, with the people of Mesa Verde moving to the lowlands of what is today New Mexico and Arizona, with many founding or joining Pueblo settlements in these regions that still exist today. The stone houses were left to the elements, and were left uninhabited, only remembered by the descendants of the Ancestral Puebloans and the other indigenous groups who called the area home, most notably the Utes.
The ancient ruins were discovered by European-Americans in 1873, and were documented between 1875 and 1888, with various cliff dwellings and archaeological sites being relatively well-preserved and recognizable to explorers, archaeologists, and scientists whom visited the modern-day park. However, the removal of artifacts from the cuesta became a major concern, and efforts began in 1889 to protect the area as a National Park.
The park covers an area of 82 square miles (212 square kilometers), and features multiple Ancestral Puebloan and other indigenous archaeological sites, and was taken from the Ute people, with land being taken from the Utes after the establishment of the park to expand its borders. The park long struggled with proper interpretation and inclusion of the voices of the Puebloan people, whose ancestors built the ancient dwellings and lived at what are today archaeological sites, with work presently ongoing to redress these issues.
The ruins at the park underwent reconstitution and stabilization between 1908 and 1922, with extensive work being done on Spruce Tree House, Cliff Palace, and Sun Temple. Further work was carried out by the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps starting in 1932 and extending through World War II, which included the construction of various park facilities for visitors and staff, and constructing roads atop the cuesta. The Wetherill Mesa ruins, meanwhile, were stabilized with work being carried out between 1958 and 1965, coinciding with the construction of the Far View accommodations atop the cuesta to the east.
The park today features a modern entrance road from US Highway 160, which climbs up the rugged slopes at the north end of the park to the top of the cuesta, stretching across the top of the cuesta to the south, where it connects to various roads that allow visitors to access the overlooks and trails for various cliff dwellings and archaeological sites on Chapin Mesa and Wetherill Mesa. Two areas of tourist accommodation also exist at Far View in the northern section of the park, and the administrative district at Spruce Tree Point at the southern end of the park.
The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. Today, the park sees over half a million visitors annually, and continues to preserve and maintain the ancient structures built by the Ancestral Puebloans.
2023–2024 Public Humanities Fellow Perri Meldon spoke to a public audience at the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum in Chesapeake, Virginia on January 30, 2025. Meldon presented her research on the cultural and environmental history of the Great Dismal Swamp.
Peter Hedlund/Virginia Humanities
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (March 23, 2016) – Against the backdrop of the Alabama River at the Union Station Train Shed, 300 conservation district supervisors, conservation partners, and students gathered to hear the Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Committee (SWCC) launch a new initiative to continue its mission of conserving Alabama’s natural resources: Conserve Alabama.
Visit conservealabama.gov to learn more about the campaign.
At this seminar, Susmita Dasgupta (World Bank) discussed how her research develops and applies a spatial econometric model that links road upgrading to forest clearing and biodiversity loss in the moist tropical forests of Bolivia, Cameroon and Myanmar.
Details at iems.ust.hk/forests
2023–2024 Public Humanities Fellow Perri Meldon spoke to a public audience at the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum in Chesapeake, Virginia on January 30, 2025. Meldon presented her research on the cultural and environmental history of the Great Dismal Swamp.
Peter Hedlund/Virginia Humanities