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Mangrove Forest Fighting Climate Change

Posted by jackckirby on Monday, 02 December 2013 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

Mangrove forests are one of the most important weapons in the fight against climate change. Not only do they directly store huge amounts of carbon, but they actively capture additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it in their soils. When mangroves are destroyed, huge quantities o...

Protecting the Worlds Wetlands

Posted by jennystorie on Tuesday, 19 November 2013 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

The culmination of the five-year project has been the development of an integrated action planning toolkit on wetland conservation and management, which can be adapted to help provide bespoke solutions to protect valuable ecosystems around the globe. Launched today at events in China, India and Vie...

Fish Traders Get Wise to Wetland Conservation

Posted by miguel on Wednesday, 14 August 2013 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

Mopti — At the noisy market in Mali's central city of Mopti, 49-year-old Alimatou Maiga complains about how hard it is to find big fish for sale these days. Extracting a dried fish from a dish full of others, Maiga said supplies have become less plentiful even though the region is Mali's main sourc...

Protecting Caletas Wetlands

Posted by miguel on Wednesday, 14 August 2013 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

Costa Rica's Environmental Court ordered the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) to stop a local company from causing further damage to Caletas wetlands, located in the northwestern province of Guanacaste. According to the ruling, the farming company Agropecuaria Caletas S.A. built a fenc...

Saving Silver Springs Wetlands

Posted by Tiny on Friday, 19 April 2013 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

Before Disney World, Silver Springs in Central Florida was for decades one of the state's most popular tourist destinations.Even if you've never visited Silver Springs, you might have seen it — if you're old enough. The 1960s television show Sea Hunt was filmed here, as were countless movies includi...

Strong effort of conservation groups helps limit budget cuts

Posted by bchristo on Wednesday, 02 May 2012 in Wildlife Conservation

At some point in our lives most of us have been offered this advice: If you keep expectations low, you won't be disappointed. Photos by Michael E. EsteySmall, isolated wetlands like these produce 70 percent of the ducks in the critical prairie pothole region of North Dakota and South Dakota. Foll...