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January 09, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

How lemurs fight climate change

Kara Moses may have never become a biologist if not for a coin toss. The coin, which came up heads and decided Moses' direction in college, has led her on a sinuous path from studying lemurs in captivity to environmental

Posted in: Conservation corner, Interview, Syndicated | Tags: animals, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, climate change, community-based conservation, conservation, corruption, deforestation, ecological services, ecology, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental services, extinction, forest carbon, forests, governance, green, hunting, illegal logging, in-situ conservation, interviews, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mammals, plants, poaching, poverty, poverty alleviation, primates, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforests, saving rainforests, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife

February 02, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

From Cambodia to California: the world’s top 10 most threatened forests

Growing populations, expanding agriculture, commodities such as palm oil and paper, logging, urban sprawl, mining, and other human impacts have pushed many of the world's great forests to the brink. Yet scientists, environmentalists, and even some pol...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, animals, asia, Atlantic Forest, biodiversity, china, climate change, deforestation, ecological services, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental services, forest carbon, forestry, forests, green, India, jeremy hance, kenya, laos, logging, madagascar, palm oil, plants, population, poverty, rainforest, rainforest animals, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, thailand, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, vietnam, water, wildlife

February 02, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

From Cambodia to California: the world’s top 10 most threatened forests

Growing populations, expanding agriculture, commodities such as palm oil and paper, logging, urban sprawl, mining, and other human impacts have pushed many of the world's great forests to the brink. Yet scientists, environmentalists, and even some pol...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, animals, asia, Atlantic Forest, biodiversity, china, climate change, deforestation, ecological services, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental services, forest carbon, forestry, forests, green, India, jeremy hance, kenya, laos, logging, madagascar, palm oil, plants, population, poverty, rainforest, rainforest animals, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, thailand, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, vietnam, water, wildlife

December 20, 2010 by Mongabay.com | No comments

Already on the edge, lemurs could become victims of climate change

Expanding beyond well-known victims such as polar bears and coral reefs, the list is growing of species likely to be hard hit by climate change: from lizards to birds to amphibians. Now a new study has uncovered another group of

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, animal behavior, Animal behvaior, animals, climate change, endangered species, environment, extinction, green, jeremy hance, Lemurs, madagascar, mammals, mongabay, primates, rainforest animals, saving species from extinction, wildlife

May 13, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Climate change devastating lizards worldwide: 20 percent estimated to face extinction

Lizards have evolved a variety of methods to escape predators: some will drop their tail if caught, many have coloring and patterning that blends in with their environment, a few have the ability to change their colors as their background

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: animal behavior, Animal behvaior, animals, biodiversity, carbon emissions, climate change, ecology, endangered species, environment, extinction, global warming mitigation, green, herps, impact of climate change, jeremy hance, madagascar, Mexico, mongabay, politics, reptiles, saving species from extinction, wildlife

April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: agriculture, animals, asia, avoided deforestation, biodiversity, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, china, china's demand for resources, climate change, conservation, deforestation, disasters, ecological beauty, ecological services, ecology, economics, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, ex-situ conservation, extinction, Fishing, food, food crisis, forest carbon, forests, global warming mitigation, governance, green, impact of climate change, India, jeremy hance, madagascar, marine conservation, oceans, parks, payments for ecosystem services, payments for environmental services, politics, population, poverty, poverty alleviation, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, sustainability, sustainable development, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, water, wildlife

April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: agriculture, animals, asia, avoided deforestation, biodiversity, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, china, china's demand for resources, climate change, conservation, deforestation, disasters, ecological beauty, ecological services, ecology, economics, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, ex-situ conservation, extinction, Fishing, food, food crisis, forest carbon, forests, global warming mitigation, governance, green, impact of climate change, India, jeremy hance, madagascar, marine conservation, oceans, parks, payments for ecosystem services, payments for environmental services, politics, population, poverty, poverty alleviation, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, sustainability, sustainable development, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, water, wildlife

March 04, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Photos: Madagascar’s wonderful and wild frogs, an interview with Sahonagasy

To save Madagascar's embattled and beautiful amphibians, scientists are turning to the web. A new site built by herpetologists, Sahonagasy, is dedicated to gathering and providing information about Madagascar's unique amphibians in a bid to save them f...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, amphibian crisis, amphibians, animals, biodiversity, climate change, conservation, corruption, deforestation, ecological beauty, ecology, endangered species, environment, environmental politics, Evolution, extinction, forests, Fragmentation, frogs, green, herps, illegal logging, impact of climate change, in-situ conservation, interviews, islands, jeremy hance, logging, madagascar, mongabay, pet trade, Photos, poaching, poverty, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, technology, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife, wildlife trade

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How lemurs fight climate change

From Cambodia to California: the world’s top 10 most threatened forests

From Cambodia to California: the world’s top 10 most threatened forests

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Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2010

Already on the edge, lemurs could become victims of climate change

Climate change devastating lizards worldwide: 20 percent estimated to face extinction

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