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Biodiversity

New Zealand Study Looks at Restoring Forests

Details: 20 May 2013 | By University of Canterbury | 105

New Zealand has suffered a dramatic decline in native biodiversity which a University of Canterbury researcher has called the most pervasive environmental issue facing the country. Many of the issues associated with New Zealand’s declining biodiversity have close links to the loss and clearance of native forests.

Endangered Sturgeon Studied with Satellites and Sensors

Details: 05 May 2013 | By University of Delaware | 162

More than a century ago, an estimated 180,000 female Atlantic sturgeon arrived from the coast in the spring to spawn in the Delaware River and fishermen sought their caviar as a lucrative export to Europe. Overfishing contributed to steep population declines, however, and today numbers have dwindled to fewer than 300 adults.

EU Calls for High Seas Biodiversity Protection Treaty

Details: 23 April 2013 | By United Press Internationa | 145

An updated U.N. treaty governing the exploitation of deep-sea bioresources is urgently needed, EU Maritime Affairs Commissioner Maria Damanaki said on April 11 at a U.N.-sponsored conference in Paris, in an attempt to assure a rational and fair harvest of resources from in deep-sea areas. Read More

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Conserving the Biodiversity of Massachusetts in a Changing World

Details: 28 April 2013 | By Terrain | 157

Although Massachusetts is a small state, it is extremely varied. From the beaches and salt marshes of Cape Cod, to the forests and ridgetops of the Taconic Mountains, the Commonwealth supports a remarkable diversity of plant and animal species and natural ecosystems. These ecosystems serve critical ecological and societal functions by purifying water, cleaning the air, providing a wide range of food and forest products, and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts.

BioMap2 provides a framework for protection and stewardship of those lands and waters that are most important for conserving the diversity of native plants and animals in Massachusetts. It was created to identify critically important species habitats and intact ecosystems across the state that, if protected, will enhance ecological resilience to climate change and other threats.

USGS Launches Interactive Online BIodiversity Map for the Nation

Details: 21 April 2013 | By USGS | 502

Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation or BISON is the only system of its kind; a unique, web-based Federal resource for finding species in the U. S. and territories. Its size is unprecedented, offering more than 100 million mapped records of nearly every living species nationwide and growing. And the vast majority of the records are specific locations, not just county or state records.