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Mangroves save lives in storms, study of 1999 super cyclone finds
A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests experienced significantly fewer deaths than villages that were less protected. view more (2009-04-15)
Mangrove-dependent animals globally threatened
More than 40 percent of a sample of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds that are restricted to mangrove ecosystems are globally threatened with extinction, according to an assessment published in the July/August issue of BioScience. view more (2009-07-01)
New Species of Snapper Discovered in Brazil
A popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the reefs of the Abrolhos region of the South Atlantic Ocean. view more (2007-03-14)
The critical importance of mangroves to ocean life
Mangroves, the backbone of the tropical ocean coastlines, are far more important to the global ocean's biosphere than previously thought. view more (2006-02-28)
Mangroves key to saving lives
The replanting of mangroves on the coasts of the Philippines could help save many of the lives lost in the 20-30 typhoons that hit the islands annually. view more (2008-07-22)
A Roundtable for the Media at PrepCom4: Surviving the Third Millennium:
SE Asia is becoming increasingly vulnerable to global change (e.g. global warming, land-use change, urbanisation and dwindling resources). Will advances in modern technology and governance come to the rescue? This is one of the themes to be discussed by seven experts from a partnership of major global environmental change programmes at a... view more... (2002-05-24)
Scripps study sets high economic value on threatened Mexican mangroves
The ecological value of coastal mangrove forests in Mexico has been apparent to marine scientists for years. Now, for the first time, researchers have used a wide-ranging compilation of fisheries landings, the official record of fish catches, to place an economic price tag on that value. view more (2008-07-22)
Seagrass ecosystems at a 'global crisis'
An international team of scientists is calling for a targeted global conservation effort to preserve seagrasses and their ecological services for the world's coastal ecosystems, according to an article published in the December issue of Bioscience, the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). view more (2006-12-01)
Coralreef fish desperately need mangrove forests and seagrass fields
Biologists from the University of Nijmegen have demonstrated that some coral fish really do choose nursery grounds before heading for the coral reef. According to the researchers, managers of the waters around the Caribbean islands must devote more attention to the coast as a whole and not just to the protection of coral reefs. Up until now... view more... (2002-11-15)
Smithsonian guide to the biodiverse marine environment of Panama's Bocas del Toro
Coral reefs, coastal rainforest, land-grab, industrial bananas and organic cacao, mangroves, tourist boom, eclectic cultural mix: A Caribbean Journal of Science special issue presents the first scientific overview of the marine environment in Bocas del Toro Province near Panama's border with Costa Rica. view more (2005-12-29)
Risk of extinction accelerated due to interacting human threats
The simultaneous effect of habitat fragmentation, overexploitation, and climate warming could accelerate the decline of populations and substantially increase their risk of extinction, a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B has warned. view more (2007-02-08)
Surviving the Third Millennium: Sustainable Resource Management
The use of key resources such as forests, fisheries and energy is likely to be unsustainable and threaten the ability of SE Asia to build an environmentally and economically stable future in the face of global change, say a group of international scientists meeting in Bali this week. In the 1980s the rates of deforestation in Southeast Asia... view more... (2002-06-02)
TEEB report released on the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity for policy makers
Policy makers who factor the planet's multi-trillion dollar ecosystem services into their national and international investment strategies are likely to see far higher rates of return and stronger economic growth in the 21st century. view more (2009-11-16)
New study shows extent of harmful human influences on global ecosystems
More than 40 percent of the world's oceans are heavily impacted by human activities, including overfishing and pollution, according to a new study that will appear in tomorrow's peer-reviewed journal Science. view more (2008-02-15)
Indian medicinal plant Acanthus ilicifolius may combat liver cancer
Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world with a poor prognosis. About three quarters of the cases of liver cancer are found in Southeast Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, India, and Japan. view more (2008-01-17)
Scientists to discover why flamingos are in the pink of health -- in the poo!
A University of Leicester ecologist is setting out to discover why flamingos are so in the pink of health - in the poo! view more (2008-03-12)
Dissolved organic matter in the water column may influence coral health
Bacterial communities endemic to healthy corals could change depending on the amount and type of natural and man-made dissolved organic matter in seawater, report researchers from The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute and Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. view more (2008-03-05)
Human settlements already existed in the Amazon Basin (Equador) 4000 years ago
An important discovery by IRD archaeologists in Equador reveals that, more than 4000 years ago, early Andean civilizations had become established in a tropical environment where they were not hitherto known to have existed. This finding pushes further back the presumed beginning of developed agricultural societies in the western Amazon Basin. It... view more... (2003-07-04)
When the levees fail
"A hard rain's gonna fall..." So the Dylan song went... but when rain and storm surges fall on lands protected by weak levees, this means trouble-big trouble. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were devastating reminders of this frightening fact. How then can we limit trouble when a levee breaches or, better yet, prevent such a break from ever... view more... (2007-09-06)
Ecologists warn of the dangers of GM fish
The aquaculture industry will do increasing ecological damage around the world unless urgent action is taken by national and international policy makers, a new report by the British Ecological Society has warned. The report - written by experts from University College Cork, the University of Glasgow, Germany and Sri Lanka - argues that while... view more... (2003-06-17)
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