World's largest tiger reserve declared in Myanmar
NEW YORK (MARCH 31, 2004) -- The Bronx Zoo based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the government of Myanmar has formally declared a sprawling 8,400-square-mile reserve for tigers, making it the largest protected area for these endangered big cats on earth. ...Called the Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve, the Vermont-sized protected area culminates more than five years of collab...Sarah Billington and Alexandria Boehm named Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professors
Two new faculty members have been selected as Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Sarah L. Billington and Alexandria B. Boehm, who joined the Stanford faculty during the current academic year, will share a $498,559, multi-year grant from the Clare Boothe Luce Program of the Henry Luce Foundation....... Based in New York City, the progra...Unique national park for orchids to be declared in Africa
The Tanzanian government has announced plans to create a new national park in a region known for its staggering diversity of orchids, marking the first protected area in tropical Africa set aside primarily for its floral significance.... The 52-square-mile park will safeguard part of the Kitulo Plateau, part of Tanzanias Southern Highlands. Known as the Garden of God by the regions local people.........NEW YORK With assistance from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Chinese government will create a new protected area along its border with Russia in order to safeguard the nations remaining population of endangered Siberian (Amur) tigers and Far Eastern leopards. ... The agreement by Chinas Jilin Forestry Department to establish the Jilin Hunchun nature reserve i.... 1998 has been declared Year of the Ocean by the United Nations in.recognition of the many challenges and opportunities offered by the ocean as we.enter the 21st century. The ocean affects our weather and climate, provides a.home to fisheries, which are a major food source for the world, and is largely.unexplored in its depths. As the world population and standard of living grows,.nati...