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New Erosion and Reef Impact Study in Coral Bay Watershed, St. John, USVI
[Below is an excerpt from Dr. Carlos Ramos’s faculty blog at the University of Texas <http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/geography/news/6971> about the kick-off for this new project. Carlos is IRF’s Program Coordinator for the Effects of Land Use on Soil Erosion and Marine Habitats.] In … [Read more]
Mangroves Can Cope with Sea Level Rise by Increasing Soil Height
[From a post by the Washington Office of IUCN, to the DC Marine Conservation e-mail group] 30-Jul-2013 A new report by The Nature Conservancy and Wetlands International shows that mangroves can adapt … [Read more]
Patricia Turpin Selected for 2013 Euan P. McFarlane Environmental Leadership Award
On June 19th, 2013, Judith Ann Towle, founding vice president of Island Resources Foundation and chair of the selection committee for the Euan McFarlane Environmental Leadership Award, announced that Ms. Patricia J. Turpin, president of Environment Tobago, would be 2013’s beneficiary of … [Read more]
Why is Facebook Important and What Should Island NGOs Do About it
The attached slide show provides useful information for local NGO leaders who wonder, “Will participating in Facebook will help us be more competitive?” in a world where the mega-NGOs are hoovering up ever larger shares of voluntary contributions from local … [Read more]
Large Female Tiger Shark in Anguilla
from The Anguillian TIGER SHARK CAUGHT OFF CAPTAIN’S BAY Published by anguillian on March 22, 2013 [Tiger shark being pulled to shore at Island Harbour bay (picture caption)] It does not happen very often but when it does, it creates … [Read more]
Virgin Islands is now part of a GPS Observational Network
Department of Disaster Management (DDM) – Thursday, March 21st, 2013 at 12:05 PM The Virgin Islands is now part of a Continuously Operating Caribbean Global Positioning System Observational Network, which will aid in the monitoring, understanding and prediction of earthquakes, … [Read more]
Huffington Post on Lemurs: speech by Russell Mittermeier, pres. Conservation International
Madagascar is one of the world’s most heavily impacted countries in terms of recent habitat destruction, and its globally unique species are sending us an urgent warning. Nearly 90 percent of its natural vegetation has already been lost, and erosion on the island is severe. [Read more]
New Plant Species Discovered on Anegada
Attached please find a press release from Island Resources Foundation (IRF) concerning the discovery of a new plant species on Anegada. The discovery was made by two IRF researchers carrying out field studies for the Anegada Environmental Profile. The release … [Read more]
Global Perspectives on Biodiversity
The report presented below reports on global survey results from a coordinated global data collection effort held on September 15th, 2012, in advance of the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Hyderabad, India … [Read more]
Data Visualization: An Essential Skill for the 21st Century
The only way that we’re going to be able to cope with the tera-bytes (and up) of data that are now accessible to anyone with a laptop is to design and apply better data visualization tools. The source of all … [Read more]
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