Field Museum gives Parker/Gentry Award to Chinese conservationist
CHICAGO--The Field Museum will give its ninth annual Parker/Gentry Award to Prof. Yang Yuming, one of the People's Republic of China's foremost conservation advocates. He is a leading opponent of the massive project to build 13 dams on the Nu River in Southwestern China that was to begin construction this year.... ...The Nu is one of only two major rivers in China that has not been dammed. Last y...Field Museum gives prestigious Parker Gentry Award to Tanzanian anti-poaching activist
CHICAGO--The Field Museum announces it will give its eighth annual Parker/Gentry Award to Lorivi Ole Moirana, Chief Warden of Tanzania's National Park System, for his courageous and tireless efforts on behalf of Tanzania's parks. ... While head warden of Ruaha National Park from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, Moirana was responsible for shutting down some of the most extensive elephant poaching in...Field Museum's Parker/Gentry Award goes to Peruvian conservationists
CHICAGO The seventh annual Parker/Gentry Award goes to an outstanding team of Peruvian conservationists in recognition of their leadership in helping to preserve two remarkable Peruvian natural treasures: the Cordillera Azul and Los Amigos. ... ...Their tireless efforts on behalf of these two regions culminated in ... the protection of the last large, intact tract of lower montane forest in Pe...Conservation biologist Michael Lannoo to win Field Museums Parker/Gentry Award
... ...CHICAGO When it comes to the environment, frogs are the canaries in the coalmine....Because their thin skin is permeable to water and grunge, frogs and other amphibians serve as excellent bioindicators. The presence of abundant, healthy amphibians indicates good quality aquatic and terrestrial habitats. ...Over the past several years, however, the number of amphibians has been declining....