New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...s we focus on this increasingly important issue of sustainability in arid regions. We know that growth in areas such...drought conditions, making decisions on growth and sustainability critically important to this region and others like it." Crow is one of the investigators on the ...USAID, Conservation International & Starbucks launch Conservation Coffee Alliance in Central America
...ion Coffee Alliance complements Starbucks holistic sustainability efforts in coffee origin countries and our desire to work with others to lead positive change in the coffee industry." Since Starbucks and CI began working together in 1998, the collaboration has produced significant benefits for habitat conservation...Ecologist calls for creation of an international panel to assess human behavior
...r own values, see how they relate to environmental sustainability and ask themselves whether their values are really leading to the sort of world they want for their descendents. Americans, for example, must ask themselves if their 'way of life' should really be, as the first President Bush said, 'not negotiable.' ...'Plants for the future': A European vision for plant biotechnology towards 2025
...ides, fertilisers, energy. The issue of economical sustainability will necessitate the development of novel biomaterials, bioenergy and renewable resources. Agriculture will also face consequences of climatic changes causing drought and spread of diseases to new areas of Europe and beyond. It is imperative that we...Energy conservation targets hit by notions of 'comfort'
...ation or for initiating debate about the long-term sustainability of providing standardised conditions. The research shows that comfortable and sustainable environments are a product of interactions between the multiple actors involved in the design process. Possibilities for the reconditioning of indoor environmen...UK small firms pay lip service to green issues
...itects claimed that whilst lip service was paid to sustainability issues within the industry, there was currently little in the way of environmental design occurring in the UK. Several admitted that they would not push the green agenda for fear of alienating clients. Restaurateurs, on the other hand, claimed to be ...Ecological science for a crowded planet
...l science in decision-making, research targeted at sustainability of a human-dominated Earth, and cultural changes w...t them. Targeted efforts must especially focus on sustainability of water resources and problems associated with the growth of urbanized areas. Moreover, the group ......ishing may "have severe consequences for long-term sustainability of fish populations." *Berkeley currently at University of California, Santa Cruz; Chapman at S. P. Cramer and Associates, Oregon. Size Matters In "Ant body size predicts the dispersal distance of ant-adapted seeds: implications of small-ant invas...... reduction targets to be met by the year 2015. The sustainability challenge is to achieve development while protecti...s and altering natural systems is the rich world's sustainability challenge. The world therefore faces multiple and complex challenges: extreme poverty and the enviro...Study predicts conditions for sustainable lion trophy hunting
...t is, young--animal, knowing this will improve the sustainability of lion hunting for the long term." In the study, the researchers created theoretical populations of lions and subjected them to hunting of males at minimum ages between 3 and 6 and with quotas ranging from zero to 20 per year. Individual males were ...National ocean commissioners & scientists call for overhaul of ocean policies & management
...rished or declined, providing unique stability and sustainability to the fishery. This is not unlike a balanced approach to financial investing to reduce overall risk. By contrast, in the Pacific Northwest, managers focused on maximizing the catch from hatcheries, neglecting to protect and subsequently losing many ...Money talks: Concern for biodiversity pressed on boardrooms by new breed of fund managers
...ing realization that the adoption of principles of sustainability can offer substantial long-term investor value. A nascent emerging issue is biodiversity. Kerry ten Kate, Director of Investor Responsibility at Insight Investment and a Senior Visiting Fellow at UNU-IAS, says business represents a threat to biodi...CSIRO scientist wins highest global award for fisheries research
...tralia has a great science base to guide fisheries sustainability and the integrated management of human impacts on ...ources and is setting standards to ensure domestic sustainability while advocating the case at the United Nations for sustainable fisheries and biodiversity protectio...Expedition will retrace legendary Steinbeck-Ricketts voyage to the Sea of Cortez
...questions could protect the fishery and assure its sustainability for many years, Gilly adds. To track the squid's whereabouts, Gilly and his colleagues have begun an electronic tagging program. Ninety-six squid were outfitted with archival tags, which continuously collect data on diving and migration. Only one tag...UC San Diego to host two-day conference on 'sustainable development' Dec. 11 & 12
...hy -- will center on opportunities for a new water sustainability project. "The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for leaders responsible for water strategies and solutions to exchange information and develop partnerships and projects," says Andrew Mangan, Executive Director of US BCSD. "We are especially...Articles on life in tropical island streams published in BioScience
... Anne M. D. Brasher. The ecology and potential for sustainability of such ecosystems are not well understood, and many of them are affected by human alteration of their physical and biological characteristics. Tropical island watersheds are often influenced by major fluctuations in precipitation and tend to be more...$62-million partnership to revolutionize ocean research
...nt of B.C.'s offshore resources and strengthen the sustainability of our fisheries and ocean environment." "NEPTUNE's goals are very ambitious and very important scientifically," said Dr. David Strangway, President and CEO of CFI. "The CFI's investment in NEPTUNE's infrastructure has the potential to transform are...Packard Children's Hospital gift creates new biotech research center for children's health
...spital's twin goals are financial and programmatic sustainability and medical and technological pre-eminence. ''Over the past several years, Packard Children's Hospital has invested in programs that have made it sustainable; because of this, the hospital is now able to invest in innovation such as the biotechnology...... a way to both protect biodiversity and to promote sustainability and national development in the rural landscape," said Dr. John G. Robinson, senior vice president of WCS's International Conservation programs. "Madagascar is clearly leading the way towards this vision by promoting long-term partnerships with all s...... and animal diversity affect crop productivity and sustainability the relationship between soil microbial diversity and biogeochemical cycles and the role diversity plays in pest dynamics Among the line-up of speakers are Laurie Drinkwater, also of Cornell University, Katherine Gross, of Michigan State Universit...