California has just completed a landmark effort to assess the state's worst-case tsunami danger. Now emergency response officials, and even some planners, are considering how to keep the state's coastal populations safe.
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Ecosystems Services
Posts in this category are about Ecosystem Services, which are those valuable, ongoing streams of benefits provided by thriving ecosystems. These services are inherently renewable, but require that the physical basis for the productivity and diversity of nature must not be systematically deteriorated.
Some of the most significant ecosystem services include: – purification of air and water – mitigation of floods and droughts – detoxification and decomposition of wastes – generation and renewal of soil and soil fertility – pollination of crops and natural vegetation – control of agricultural pests – dispersal of seeds and nutrients – maintenance of biodiversity – protection from ultraviolet rays – stabilization of climate – moderation of temperature extremes and the force of winds and waves – support of diverse human cultures.
(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)
Coastal Areas Prepare For The Other 'Big One'
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(0)BIODIVERSITY: Lucrative Shark Trade Under Scrutiny
WASHINGTON, Mar 12 (IPS) - As climate change transforms the acidity and oxygen
levels of the world's waters with devastating effects for
some marine species, others are facing an even more immediate
threat from human consumption.
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ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Law on Forest Rights Fails to Deliver
BHUBANESWAR, India, Mar 13 (IPS) - A four-year-old landmark law that was supposed to
bring profound changes in
the lives of India's tribal and
forest-dwelling peoples has failed to deliver on
that promise.
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