News tagged with national heritage areas
Huge public lands bill gets final congressional approval
Mar 26, 2009 |
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave long-awaited final approval to a massive public lands package designed to protect wilderness, restore rivers and expand national parks.
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Leading edge facility to strip history bare
Feb 15, 2009 |
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A new facility opening later this year at the Diamond synchrotron is set to revolutionise world heritage science. A new research platform soon to be available at the leading UK science facility, Diamond Light ...
Obama signs wide-ranging conservation law
Mar 30, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama signed legislation on Monday expanding and protecting US public parks and wilderness areas from oil and gas development, billed as the largest US conservation measure in more than 15 ...
Did India invent the nose job?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 29, 2009 |
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An Indian doctor working in 600 B.C. might have been the world's first plastic surgeon, according to a new exhibition that challenges Western domination of the history of science and technology.
Study challenges popular image of dingo
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Feb 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study of dingoes in the Blue Mountains challenges the postcard image of dingoes as only being white pawed and sandy coloured.
Are Ice Age relics the next casualty of climate change?
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Apr 24, 2008 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently launched a four-year study to determine if climate change is affecting populations of a quintessential Arctic denizen: the rare musk ox. Along with collaborators ...
Farming destroying Brazil's wetlands
Jan 11, 2006 |
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A new study says deforestation is destroying Brazil's vast Pantanal wetlands.
Book lists rare species found in Scotland
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Jun 12, 2006 |
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Scientists are lauding a new book from the Scottish Natural Heritage that catalogues more than 1,000 rare species found in the Cairngorm Mountains.
Guide offers smart growth help for coastal and waterfront planners and developers
Sep 10, 2009 |
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NOAA, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, the International City/County Management Association and Rhode Island Sea Grant, has released a guide to bring smart growth to coastal and waterfront communities.
Afghanistan releases its first-ever list of protected species
Jun 04, 2009 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country's first-ever list of protected ...
A new baseline of invasive plants in Isabela
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Oct 17, 2007 |
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Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) botanists have published a list of all the introduced plants growing in Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island, the third largest town in Galapagos. 261 species were recorded, 39 of which were found ...
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