Yesterday marked the completion of a five year collaboration between the United States and Canada to survey the Arctic Ocean. As the changing Arctic climate causes the ice to melt, this region will become more accessible to resource recovery. The pro…
12.05.2011
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About 80 percent of Afghans depend on natural resources for survival, but war has degraded the country to the point of threatening those lifelines. By training locals to act as stewards of ecosystems, the Wildlife Conservation Society hopes to promote …
09.28.2011
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Hundreds of thousands of Kenyans are supporting government efforts to enact progressive new policies through its Vision 2030 initiative as it promises to lift us out of a depressed economy and to take us onto a path to becoming a prosperous developed n…
08.04.2011
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Native Americans are particularly at risk because they depend more directly than most other Americans on natural resources and on the bounty of oceans and rivers, a report says.
07.12.2011
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After the people of South Sudan have voted overwhelmingly for independence, the work of building a nation begins. Set to become the world’s newest country on July 9th of this year, one of many tasks facing the nation’s nascent leaders is the conservati…
07.03.2011
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The controversial Serengeti road is going ahead, but with conditions. According to the Tanzanian Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ezekiel Maige, the road will not be paved and it will be run by the Tanzanian park authority who will have the …
07.03.2011
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After a week of confusion, the Tanzanian government has finally clarified its position on the hugely-controversial Serengeti road. The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ezekiel Maige, confirmed that a paved highway will not be built through t…
07.02.2011
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It turns out that Tanzania will build a road through the Serengeti National Park after all, but it will be an unpaved road and game rangers will control traffic to avoid disturbing the annual migration of wildebeest.
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06.18.2011
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The Obama administration today said a proposal from House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) to expedite oil a…
06.16.2011
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Climate change crept into the discussion of fire management at a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing yes…
