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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2029 – search for Host Country begins

The search has officially begun for the Host Country of the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2029 – recognised as the world’s largest and most influential gathering focused on nature conservation and ...
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IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group

I am a conservation ecologist interested in developing applied solutions to conservation challenges rooted in scientific understandings of population ecology and movement ecology. Examining these ...
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Ocean warming

The ocean absorbs vast quantities of heat as a result of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mainly from fossil fuel consumption. The Fifth Assessment Report published by ...
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Ocean acidification

Present ocean acidity change is unprecedented in magnitude, occurring at a rate approximately ten times faster than anything experienced during the last 300 million years. This rapid timeline is ...
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Nominating new World Heritage sites

World Heritage status is one of the highest international recognitions on the planet. As such, every site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List is carefully selected following a rigorous process ...
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The ocean and climate change

At the front line of climate change, the ocean, the coastlines and coastal communities are being disproportionately impacted by increasing carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) ...
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IUCN SSC Conservation Genetics Specialist Group

Dr. Maggie Hunter is a Research Geneticist with the U.S. Geological Survey, a research branch of Department of Interior. She is the director of the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center Conservation ...
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Environmental planning approaches to the preparation of conservation strategies and plans for sustainable development

Environmental planning approaches to the preparation of conservation strategies and plans for sustainable development Year: 1981 Go to Full Library Record ...
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Proceedings of an international conference on marine parks and reserves, held at Tokyo, Japan, 12-14 May 1975

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Crocodiles : proceedings of the 14th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group, Singapore, 13-17 July 1998

Crocodiles : proceedings of the 14th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group, Singapore, 13-17 July 1998 ...
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The large marine ecosystems of the Pacific rim : a report of a symposium held in Qingdao, People's Republic of Chine, 8-11 October 1994

Presents research results on LMEs including identification of the major driving forces causing large-scale changes in biomass yields and health; development of ecosystem component models; and ...
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Rare and threatened plants of the western Indian Ocean islands : ex situ conservation in botanic gardens

Rare and threatened plants of the western Indian Ocean islands : ex situ conservation in botanic gardens ...