Charting the path of the deadly Ebola virus in central Africa
... is spreading to the last unaffected sector of the park right now. These findings suggest that strategies to protect villagers and some of the last remaining wild apes from future outbreaks would do best to concentrate efforts at the front of the advancing wave--and start acting now....ENFIN! Computational systems biology comes to a lab bench near you
...to see your hotel, but finding your way to the car park through the one-way system can be a nightmare," explains the EMBLEuropean Bioinformatics Institute's Ewan Birney, who will coordinate ENFIN. "ENFIN will revise the town plan so that frustrating one-way system no longer exists: researchers will be ab...A distinguished program training the next generation of conservation scientists
...orporate social and ecological dimensions into new park establishment. Benjamin Gilbert from Buckingham, ...gration can lead to strained relationships between park staff and local residents, a lack of co-ordination among governmental agencies, and conflict among r...How marine reserves are giving coral reefs a helping hand
... Peter Mumby and colleagues looked at how a marine park in the Bahamas was affected by the return of the reef's top predator, the Nassau Grouper. Researchers were concerned that an increase in groupers could have an adverse effect, because they feed on parrotfish which play a vital role in maintaining the...New protected areas keep Madagascar's conservation vision on track
...the island in 1997. WCS continues to co-manage the park along with the National Parks Service of Madagascar (ANGAP) and will manage the new Makira Protected Area in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests. The newly established Makira Protected Area adds 371,000 additional hectare...Satellites show Amazon parks, indigenous reserves stop forest clearing
...g nature." While previous studies had queried park managers about reserve performance, this study is the first to evaluate the effectiveness of tropical protected areas against forest clearing using quantitative analysis of satellite data. The group used satellite-based maps of land cover and fire oc...Scientists look to the Bahamas as a model for coral reef conservation
... 2002, new marine parks were added to the national park system, which is managed by the Bahamas National T...Nassau grouper, whose numbers had increased in the park since the imposition of a fishing ban in 1986. Today, according to the Science study, Nassau grouper...Seagrass is in decline worldwide, says UNH researcher
...istent around the world: human impact. At a state park in Malaysia, for instance, SeagrassNet has charted a decline since 2001 at both a "pristine" site and a less protected site. Satellite imaging showed researchers that the impact was not due to a global force like climate change, but rather to on-shor......n forest in which these animals live as a national park have been underway for several years, in collaboration between The Field Museum, Haribon Foundation, local government, and Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Camiguin's forests are not only necessary to protect endangered wi...Conservation International & Disney discover new species in the 'Realm of the Yeti'
...research into the storyline of Expedition Everest, park visitors are provided with a unique opportunity to learn about the environmental heritage of this region. The experience created by Disney is much more than just the physical thrills of a high-speed journey through the domain of the world's tallest m...New antimicrobial compound adheres to skin to promote healing
...asper who was rescued from a Mexico City amusement park and is now a popular resident of the Georgia Aquarium. Petroleum-based ointments are commonly used in treating skin infections, but Capomacchia said that petroleum can be toxic and inhibit healing,"Using a petroleum product would be like pouring mot...Nature vs Nintendo: Video games or national parks
Are future national park trips for America's youth likely to be on-line vir...began in 1988 after a steady, half-century rise in park visits. Pergams, a former commodities trader with a longtime interest in macroeconomics and internat...Herrington's annual 2006 'State of the Shore Report,' May 22
...andy Hook, NJ beginning at 3:00 p.m. Attendees may park in area 'D'. Joining Dr. Herrington will be NJDEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson, Nancy Byrne, Director of NJ Travel and Tourism, Secretary of Agriculture Charles Kuperus, CEO/Secretary of Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission, Virginia Bauer,...Smithsonian to coordinate planning for Panama's Coiba National Park/World Heritage Site
...he team will work closely with ANAM, which manages park operations, and the Panama Maritime Authority which manages the Special Marine Protected Zone in the Park. The choice of a scientific research organization as coordinator of the planning process, as proposed by ANAM, is a significant step toward trul...Overfishing puts Southern California kelp forest ecosystems at risk, report scientists
...ine life surveys by the National Park Service. The park service regularly checks 16 different kelp forest ...ifferent species. Next, the scientists matched the park service data to data provided by SeaWiFs, a satellite monitoring project that photographs and analyz...Sensational find: The mini-dinosaurs from the Harz Mountains
... made. They can be seen in the Mnchehagen dinosaur park ( http://www.dino-park.de/ ). The quarry in the Harz has turned out in the meantime to be a veritable El Dorado of dinosaurs with spectacular fossil finds of flying dinosaurs, crocodiles and tortoises. Even the footprints of dangerous carnivorous d...$4.8M gift to Yale to promote biodiversity conservation in tropical forests
... on the training of field workers in conservation, park managers, officials concerned with energy, infrastructure services and natural resources, and environmental policy makers and community leaders. Short courses, workshops and field trips will take place at the program's principal sites in Panama City ...Elephants, large mammals recover from poaching in Africa's oldest national park
.... Specifically, elephants and other species in the park have increased in number since the park's last cen... due in large part to the anti-poaching efforts of park guards who patrol this World Heritage Site at great personal risk. "The results of the census are e...Afghanistan to protect wildlife and wild lands
... an effort to develop a four-country transboundary park in the Pamirs to further help protect this unique mountain ecosystem.......ked at more than four years of WCS field data, the park needs to expand from its current size of under 5,0...p, all of which occupy much larger ranges than the park currently provides. He cautions that without expanding the boundaries, these species will decline d...