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Stop Walden Logging bill
But a recent study suggested that forests recover faster if left alone, without the assistance of bulldozers ... Walden-Baird bill would lock in increased logging to help forests "recover," even as more and more scientific research says forests recover faster on their own. o Forest management decisions should be ...
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Ozone: Good Up High, Bad Nearby
It can take years for ... and other plants, ruining the landscape of cities, national parks and forests, and recreation areas. What is Being Done About Bad Ozone? ... conditioner, or refrigerator are certified by an EPA approved program to recover the refrigerant (this is required by law). Have your car ...
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March 2, 2004: The Sixth Great Extinction
Yet once a species is gone, it is gone forever ... years. Throughout most of geological history, new species evolved faster than existing species disappeared, thus continuously increasing the planet' ... million acres), with most of the loss occurring in tropical forests, where levels of biodiversity are high. Ecologically rich wetlands ...
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Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - How Fish are Caught or Farmed
Scientists believe this may be due to the stress of ... Trawling at different depths catches different animals Midwater trawlers catch faster-swimming schooling fish such as sardines. Bottom trawlers catch fish ... are the issues? The construction of shrimp ponds in mangrove forests has destroyed more than 3.7 million acres (1.5 ...
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World weather in1999
GHG emissions faster as more kerosene and LPG is used for cooking in place ... cultural role in India. Many river systems originate in forests and anchor rich biodiversity. Forests provide timber, industrial wood, fuel wood and non-timber ... easier on your pocket in the long run and you will recover the initial slightly higher cost in no time. Move to CFLs ...
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New York, faster than they could naturally reproduce. The depletion of the fisheries, ... with greatly reduced fishing effort the fish stocks failed to recover to their former abundance strongly supports the hypothesis that ... large and aggressive predators, the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests released 130,000 coho smolt (young salmon) into Lake Ontario ...
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FINL Vol. 6, No. 1 Insect Food Conversion Efficiencies
The classic example here is the difference between forb- and ... , because grasslands have coevolved with large grazing mammals grasses can recover remarkably well from extensive grazing. Remove the same percentage of ... a forest! This is not to say that management of forests for insect production should not be considered, just that the ...
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Sylvia Earle - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Kalee Thompson What It Takes: The Green Adventure Online Exclusives Rain Forests: David de Rothschild >> Earth Taxes: Yvon Chouinard >> Carbon Footprint: Alison Gannett >> ... our numbers continue to rise. "If you want something to recover, there's a 'duh' kind of action you take: Stop killing ... Fish   When Diving Stick to the Rock Ski Faster Swim Rapids Take Better Photos Telemark for Real Wipe Out ...
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Youngquist: Alternative Energy Sources
Oil sands must either be mined, or ... geothermal requirements to produce electric power draw down the reservoirs faster than their recharge ability. Some projects are now reinjecting ... : Technology cannot substitute for essential natural resources such as food, forests, land, water, energy, and biodiversity...we must be realistic ...
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Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, Chapter 5. Natural Systems under stress shrinking forests deforestation losing soil erosion deteriorating rangelands advancing deserts desertification collapsing fisheries internati
For example, tropical forests that are clearcut or burned off rarely recover. They simply become wasteland or at best scrub forest, yet they are ... even faster. The near-limitless demand for biodiesel now threatens the remaining tropical forests in Borneo and elsewhere. 14 Haiti, a country of 8 million people, was once largely covered with forests. Now ...
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