Fauna play key role in circulating seas
2009-07-30 06:33:00 Creatures large and small may play an unsuspectedly important role in the stirring of ocean waters, according to a study released Wednesday.So-called ocean mixing entails the transfer of cold and... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Canon Flora & Fauna 2008 Photo Contest
2008-07-20 07:30:00 Canon Flora & Fauna 2008 Photo Contestbrought to you by: Canon Mktg. (Phils.), Inc.Description:A photo contest with a central encompassing theme of nature or ?flora and fauna?.· Entries may be submitted during the event period in the Phil. Int?l Flora & Fauna Garden Expo 2008 (PIFGEX 2008) or mailed to Canon Mktg. (Phils.), Inc. head office at Marvin Plaza Bldg. 2153 Don Chino Roces Ave, Makati City.· Entries to be judging by Canon Mktg. (Phils.), Inc. top management and chosen (winning) entries (top 3 photo choices) will be forwarded to the event organizers and official exhibitor for publicity purposes.Duration: July 18- 20, 2008Deadline for submission of entries for each month: 20th July, 5 o? clock in the afternoonAnnouncement of Winners: 2nd week of AugustCanon Flora & Fauna 2008 Photo ContestTheme: Bringing Back Nature (in-line with PIFGEX 2008 theme)Canon Flora & Fauna 2008 Photo ContestPrizes:Prizes for themeFirst PrizeC...
Swedish diver describes brush with dragon in Indonesia
2008-06-09 02:46:00 A Swedish diver who spent two nights marooned on an Indonesian island with four other Europeans told Sunday how she had to fight off an aggressive komodo dragon with her weight belt. Helena Nevalainen told AFP the dragon, a member of the largest lizard species in the world, lunged at her three times before it was driven off as the divers awaited rescue on remote Rinca Island in the Komodo National Park. "It was big... It tried to have a go at my feet," she said a day after she and her companions were rescued at the end of a two-day ordeal including more than 30 hours on the dragon-infested deserted island. "I threw my diving belt. He came back and bit my diving belt and then he let go. After that he cam back one more time," the 38-year-old tourist said. The Swede, three Britons and a Frenchman struggled to shore on Rinca Island overnight Thursday after getting caught in a strong current late Thursday afternoon as they dived in the treacherous waters of the Komodo Park. She said ...
Casting de Amor Ciego 2: La Fauna on TV
2008-05-31 02:00:00 Si Amor Ciego 1 fue un chiste con personajillos sacados de caricaturas masculinas, no se pierdan el Casting de Amor Ciego 2 que se viene con nueva fauna. Aún no se sabe si el protagonista que elegirá a su media naranja será hombre o mujer, pero a estas alturas eso no interesa: el chiste y ...
By: La Página
Earth Day: Planting mangroves, saving lives
2008-05-11 10:51:00 The 9 o'clock sun on May 3 began to burn down on those assembled at Angke-Kapuk Nature Recreation Park (TWA Angke-Kapuk) in North Jakarta. The air was becoming hotter and hotter, but this did not wilt the high spirits of the hundreds who had come from the Regina Caely Church Community in Pantai Indah Kapuk and from the Telkom Vocational Senior High School) in Daan Mogot, West Jakarta, to listen to Murni's briefing on mangrove-planting techniques.Sri Lela Murniwati, 64, who is known simply as Ibu Murni, has been working at the TWA Angke-Kapuk since 1998, when she received a decree by then forestry minister Djamaluddin Suryohadikusumo appointing her to manage the 99-hectare coastal park.Murni's entry to reforestation is unique. One day when she visited Benoa, Bali, she saw the lush vegetation of mangroves growing there, and was inspired her to green an area.She began looking for a place in Bali that needed reforestation, but encountered several obstacles in the process. She thus sw...
Eco-Chic: Form & Fauna Penny Wedges
2008-05-06 00:55:00 I've been everything...a vegan, vegetarian, kosher...and now, the only restrictions I put on my food is that it must be natural and have very few ingredients (I do make an exception for sour jelly belly jelly beans though. yum!). But even when I was a vegan, I continued to wear/carry leather partly because I just wasn't ready to give it up, but also this was more than 10 years ago; chic vegan accessories were hardly readily available. Now that they are, though, stylish vegans have no excuse! These penny wedges by Form & Fauna at Green Rohini are just about the cutest wedge sandal I've seen in a while...and they're vegan. They're definitely not cheap, but neither are many of the cutest vegan shoe lines, like Natalie Portman's new collection for te casan, Beyond Skin's lovely flats, or Stella McCartney's always vegan designs. Check out Alternative Outfitters for more budget-friendly options, and stay tuned for more vegan shoe ideas...
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Preservarán flora y fauna en vÃas de extinción de Lambayeque
2008-05-01 17:32:00 Con el objetivo elaborar la propuesta técnica para la conservación de los recursos de flora y fauna en vÃas de extinción, se instaló en Lambayeque el Grupo Técnico de Diversidad Biológica, creado mediante la Ordenanza Regional Nº 012-2007-GR-LAM/CR. Este grupo técnico tendrá como propósito, además, lograr el funcionamiento de la instancia especializada en diversidad biológica que sea el referente técnico en Lambayeque.El gerente de Recursos Naturales del Gobierno Regional de Lambayeque, Juan Sandoval Valdivieso, expresó el compromiso de las diferentes entidades que conforman de este grupo técnico.Dijo que trabajarán en los temas de investigación de la diversidad biológica existente en Lambayeque dada la necesidad de rescatarla y difundirla.Mencionó como ejemplo el caso del ave conocida como huerequeque, sÃmbolo de la fauna del departamento norteño y que ahora se encuentra en vÃas de extinción.El grupo está presidido por el decano de la Facultad de BiologÃa ...
Secrets of an Ancient Killing Machine
2008-04-21 02:20:00 An international study has revealed Indonesia's Komodo dragon has a bite as weak as a domestic cat, but is so cleverly engineered it can slay a water buffalo many times its own weight.The secrets of the killing machine of Indonesia's eastern islands have been unlocked by a team of Australian scientists at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, using engineering principles usually applied to crash test vehicles.They found the huge monitor lizard does not rely on brute force, but an efficiency of design which allows it to kill with the minimum of effort.Dr Wroe said the Komodo dragon's killing technique was similar to that of Australia's feared Great White Shark. The Great White needs to strike only once when hunting seals, then hangs back to lets its prey die, without expending any further energy.The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a member of the goanna family with ancestors dating back more than 100 million years. It inhabits the central Indonesian islands of Komod...
Barbourula Kalimantanensis - The First Lungless Frog!
2008-04-08 01:57:00 Researchers have confirmed the first case of a frog without lungs - the aquatic frog Barbourula kalimantanensis apparently gets all the oxygen it needs through its skin. Previously known from only two specimens, two new populations of the aquatic frog were found during a recent expedition to Indonesian Borneo. Of all tetrapods (animals with four limbs), lunglessness is only known to occur in amphibians. There are many lungless salamanders and a single species of caecilian, a limbless amphibian resembling an earthworm, known to science. The complete loss of lungs is a particularly rare evolutionary event that has probably only occurred three times.The discovery of lunglessness in a secretive Bornean frog supports the idea that lungs are a malleable trait in amphibians, which represent the evolutionary sister group to all other tetrapods, according to the researchers. Barboroula kalimantanensis lives in cold, fast-flowing water, they noted, so loss of lungs might be an adaptation to ...
British students to conduct coral reef replanting in Padang
2008-04-06 02:36:00 Some 15 students of Cantebury College, London, Britain will plant coral reef seeds around Sikuai Island, Padang, West Sumatra, on Monday (April 7, 2008) during their six-day stay in the region, a spokesman said.The social activity would be held based on cooperation between tour operator "Sumatra and Beyond", marine tourist resort organizer of Sikuai Island and non-governmental organization (NGO) Minang Bahari Foundation, said Ridwan Tulus, the Sumatra and Beyond director here on Saturday.The coral reef seeds planting activity had become the primary tourism package in Europe, especially among British students, he told Antara. Thus, Sumatra and Beyond would carry out the package regularly to lure European students, especially from England, he stated, adding that the students would plant the coral reef seeds in shallow waters to help in conservation efforts. According to him, the coral reef seeds would be provided by the Minang Bahari Foundation which has a great concern about the co...
Crawling ?Glass? Fish Sighted in Indonesian Waters
2008-04-04 01:55:00 A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a University of Washington fish expert.The fish, sighted in Indonesian waters off Ambon Island, has tan- and peach-colored zebra-striping, and rippling folds of skin that obscure its fins, making it look like a glass sculpture that Dale Chihuly might have dreamed up. But far from being hard and brittle like glass, the bodies of these fist-sized fish are soft and pliable enough to slip and slide into narrow crevices of coral reefs. It?s probably part of the reason that they've typically gone unnoticed ? until now.The individuals are undoubtedly anglerfishes, says Ted Pietsch, a UW professor of aquatic and fishery sciences who has published 150 scholarly articles and several books on anglerfishes and is the world's leading authority on them. In the last 50 years scientists have described only five new families ...
Plant a Virtual Tree Online and It Comes to Life in the Jungles of Borneo
2008-03-19 11:42:00 Here's a website idea that is crossing over and having a real impact on real world climate change issues. Everytime you plant an animated tree on this site, a real baby tree comes to life in the Indonesian rainforest. And for the first time ever, you can see real time proof -- pictures, exact co-ordinates and your name on your baby tree.And for the first time ever, you can see real time proof -- pictures, exact co-ordinates and your name on your baby tree. Indonesia's rainforest is one of the most important centers of biodiversity in the world. But 2 football fields disappear every minute. But now people can plant a cute little animated tree online at www.mybabytree.org and WWF plants a real one in Sebangau, Kalimantan. But what's really cool is this - Thanks to Geotag technology, for the first time, they can see the exact location of their tree, photos and their personally named tree on Google Earth!For just 5$ (which pays for the nursery, land and care from local commu...
In photos: 'Indonesia Orangutans Born'
2008-03-15 11:22:00 Two baby orangutans Elmo (L- male) Muti (C- female), play at animal nursery in Safari Zoo, Cisarua, Bogor, Indonesia on 14 March 2008. Some 23,000 orangutans were found in Kalimantan, and the remaining 12,000 in Sumatra. However, the 1997 forest fires drastically reduced the population of orangutans to around 27,000, consisting of 15,000 in Kalimantan and 12,000 in Sumatra. Conservationists and animal rights activists have urged the Indonesian government to stop deforestation in order to protect the rapidly decreasing orangutan population on the island of Kalimantan.PhotoIndonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Fauna Sauna: Far Infrared Healing For Pets
2008-03-14 22:56:00 Animals are instinctively drawn to sunlight as a source of nurturance. Dogs, and especially cats, are notorious sunbathers. That's why the makers of Fauna Sauna are on to something. Fauna Sauna uses the same radiant heat that the sun produces, minus the sun's damaging ultraviolet rays, to bring healing to your pet right in your home. Technorati Tags:
Bali Flora & Fauna
2008-03-14 22:44:00 Bali has an interesting collection of animal and plant life. The rice terraces are the most common sight everyday in Bali, particularly in the heavily populated and extravagantly fertile south. Balinese gardens are a delight. The soil and climate can support a huge range of plants, and the Balinese love of beauty, and the abundance of cheap labour, mean that every space can be landscaped. The
By: Bali Travel Blog
Fauna - Have U Ever Talked To Angels [2007]
2008-03-09 07:32:00 Trackllist01. Slowly02. 14th Floor03. Daily Sick, Casual Sick04. Dreamless05. Emptiness06. Hollow Morning07. Wasteland08. Rainbawl09. Hyperlite Love10. TomorrowDownloadPart1
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Destruction of Sumatra forests Driving Global Climate Change and Species Ex
2008-02-27 23:01:00 Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more annual greenhouse gas emissions than the Netherlands and rapidly driving the province's elephants into extinction, a new study by WWF and partners has found.The study found that in central Sumatra's Riau Province nearly 10.5 million acres of tropical forests and peat swamp have been cleared in the last 25 years. Forest loss and degradation and peat decomposition and fires are behind average annual carbon emissions equivalent to 122 percent of the Netherlands total annual emissions, 58 percent of Australia's annual emissions, 39 percent of annual UK emissions and 26 percent of annual German emissions.Riau was chosen for the study because it is home to vast peatlands estimated to hold Southeast Asia?s largest store of carbon, and contains some of the most critical habitat for Sumatran elephants and tigers. It also has Indonesia's highest deforestation rate, subst...
Red Cross plants mangrove trees
2008-02-20 08:28:00 Members of the Indonesian Red Cross planted a thousand mangrove trees at the Angke eco-park in North Jakarta on Tuesday as part of a tidal wave prevention campaign."Tidal waves could cause the kind of damage the city has never seen before. The Red Cross felt it was necessary to conduct a campaign to prepare for a tidal wave disaster," said Aulia Arriani, a member of the organization's public relations staff.She said tidal waves were a seasonal threat that could be predicted, making it possible to develop prevention and response strategies.In the past, coastal mangrove thickets helped protect the city from sea erosion, but development and pollution has cleared away most of the thickets.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Endangered species seized in Jatinegara
2008-02-09 07:43:00 In a joint raid with several wildlife organizations, the Jakarta Police seized 15 protected endangered species from Jatinegara market in East Jakarta.Two traders, Agus Sobari and Sarwo, were arrested and the animals handed over to the Animal Rescue Center Tegal Alur.The protected species consisted of two leopards, eight slow lorises, two Malayan porcupines, one otter civet and two black-winged cats. Some were reportedly in poor health.ProFauna Indonesia chairman Rosek Nursahid suggested seizures like this one in Jatinegara be conducted in other animal markets in Surabaya, which was still selling protected wildlife freely.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Report reveals 'alarming' rate of mangrove habitat loss
2008-02-01 15:44:00 Mangrove ecosystems should be better protected, the UN's food agency has warned as it published new figures showing that 20% of the world's mangrove area has been destroyed since 1980A study by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said that the environmental and economic damages caused by the "alarming" loss of mangroves in many countries should be urgently addressed.Countries must engage in more effective conservation and sustainable management of the world's mangroves and other wetland ecosystems, it warned, ahead of World Wetlands day tomorrow.The world has lost around 3.6m hectares (20%) of mangroves since 1980, the report showed.The total mangrove area has declined from 18.8m ha (46.4m acres) in 1980 to 15.2m ha (37.5m acres) in 2005. However the report did show that there has been a slowdown in the rate of mangrove loss: from some 187,000 ha destroyed annually in the 1980s to 102,000 ha a year between 2000 and 2005. This reflected an increased awareness of...
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
2008-01-29 13:41:00 Hissing Fauna talks synth-pop on high summits. Apart from its girlfriend/boyfriend break-up and post-relationship status lyrical content, the music is mature enough to overcome something like Hellogoodbye. Unlike most indie albums which lack a hit song, Hissing Fauna has “Gronlandic Edit†and probably “A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvingerâ€. The disk is split in half with the 12-minute confessionary “The Past Is a Grotesque Animal†being grotesquely put in the hot core of the album just where the music and hits are topping. This turning point divulges a slow downfall which continues to quench the album constantly until the end of the final “We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leoflingâ€. Now I’m not the one who judges the tracklisting, but I’m sure there are miles of synth-pop/rock fans out there who easily skip the long track placed on the peak of the album, just like they easily skipped “Pass the Hatchet I Think I’m Goodkind†on Yo La Tengo’s “I’m Not A...
By: This Winki's
So many pictures left - # 5 Flowers
2008-01-16 15:24:00 Blue Orchid in my yardA beautiful roseA sort of "Bird of Paradise"Bougainvilleas hanging over the fenceThe Queen of all flowers: the rose
Starfish outbreak destroying coral reefs in Asia
2008-01-16 11:57:00 OUTBREAKS of the notorious crown of thorns starfish is wreaking havoc in Asia's famous Coral Triangle, where it has destroyed large swathes of coral reefs, scientists in Indonesia and Australia said.The predator starfish feeds on corals by spreading its stomach over them and using digestive enzymes to liquefy tissue.The researchers found large numbers of them in Halmahera, Indonesia, which lies at the heart of the Coral Triangle.During a research trip in December, they saw a stretch of reef measuring 10 km in circumference completely wiped out.'It's quite a stark sight. The crown of thorns choose to eat some species, like staghorn corals, the branching corals disappear and you are left with just a rubble pit,' Andrew Baird of the Australia Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University said by telephone.He said the outbreak was caused by poor water quality and could be an early warning of widespread reef decline.'Humans are exacerbatin...
La fauna pintada en las manos
2008-01-14 17:06:00 Estas imágenes me llegaron por correo electrónico hace mucho tiempo. Definitivamente la noticia no es nueva, pero las imágenes siguen siendo sorprendentes. Creo que merecen un lugar en el blog. Es una galería fotográfica de animales pintados en las manos, realizados por Guido Daniele. Este artista se dedica a realizar su arte en los cuerpos humanos, ...
Flora Fauna
2008-01-10 15:00:00 Flora Fauna is a new party in Williamsburg promoting green living, world music vibes and of course and organic drinks. Described as a "fun and relaxing environment through both indoor and outside spaces that combine down-to-earth simplicity with modest elegance. DJs Sherock and Onda Skillet spin world beat and original mixes. Party hard and leave only small carbon footprints. Read More...Digg this | Email to a friend | Reddit
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Paper giant illegally clearing Indonesian forests
2008-01-09 00:13:00 Rare elephants, tigers and orangutans are under threat from illegal land clearing on Indonesia's Sumatra island by one of Asia's biggest pulp and paper companies, environmentalists said Tuesday.Regional giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) and affiliates are clearing land and building an access road outside their legal concessions in the Bukit Tigapuluh area of Sumatra's Jambi province, a coalition of five environmental groups said in a press release accompanying a new joint report."From our surveys and other NGO surveys we know this is a very critical habitat for tigers, elephants and recently introduced orangutans," Desmarita Murni, a campaigner with WWF, one of the groups, told AFP.Bukit Tigapuluh is one of only two viable habitats for Sumatran elephants, along with Tesso Nilo forest in neighbouring Riau province, which is also under threat, Murni said.Satellite images in November 2007 showed 20,000 hectares (49,200 acres) had already been illegally cleared by APP and related compa...
Elephants outsmarting human pursuers on Sumatra
2008-01-07 13:56:00 A HERD of wild elephants on Indonesia's Sumatra has repeatedly outsmarted efforts to stop them stealing crops, wising up to attempts to chase them off with burning torches, a report said on Monday. The head of Way Kambas natural reserve in Lampung province, Hudiono, told the state-run Antara news agency that a herd of 25 to 30 elephants had been nightly roaming out of the reserve to raid crops since Thursday. The elephants, previously only occasional visitors, have managed to clamber over earthen embankments built as an obstacle between the reserve and the fields by using their trunks to hold onto each other, he reportedly said. An electrified wire fence was also no match for the canny beasts, he told the agency, saying they had felled it using tree trunks. Even blazing torches no longer scare the night-time raiders. Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
M. Night Shyamalan?s The Happening Features Pissed Fauna
2008-01-03 16:58:00 I hit the local theatre over the holidays to check out Sweeney Todd (good flick, btw) and happened upon the first poster for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming film The Happening. As you can tell by the image, it doesn’t appear to be a very uplifting movie. In fact, it carries an environmental theme that places ...
By: Ecorazzi
Orangutan Plan To Curb Carbon Emissions
2008-01-02 05:09:00 Indonesia?s new 10 year action plan for conserving orangutans will have important benefits in mitigating climate change, according to WWF .These benefits were underlined by the launch of The Orangutan Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2007 ? 2017) during the Bali Climate Change Conference. Deforestation, for timber, pulp and palm oil plantations, have pushed Indonesia into the status of being a major carbon emitter, while threatening globally significant wildlife populations. "In the last 35 years about 50,000 orangutans are estimated to have been lost as their habitats shrank. If this continues, this majestic creature will likely face extinction by 2050," said Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the launch of the plan.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
President Yudhoyono calls for reforestation efforts
2007-12-26 11:04:00 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on his countrymen to make reforestation efforts by planting trees in a bid to avoid flood and landslide disasters. Witnessing a simulation on tsunami drill at Gunung Sugih subdistrict in Cilegon, Banten, on Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the deadly Asian tsunami which hit Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province on December 26, 2004, Yudhoyono said widespread deforestation could cause floods, landslides and land erosion. Yudhoyono said reforestation movement by planting trees was part of an effort to save all the plants and and living creatures in a particular area of their physical environment. Therefore, the head of state called on all public elements, as well as regional governments, to plant trees in barren land areas in an effort to save the earth from global warming and climate change. "I ask all public elements and regional governments to take serious heed to the reforestation movement to prevent natural disaster such...
Endangered Kalimantan monkey found in untapped forest
2007-12-24 03:35:00 Some 60 nasalis larvatus, sp (local monkey) were found living in group in an untapped forest in Asam Asam area in Tanah Laut (Tala) district by researchers of the South Kalimantan-chapter of the... Visit Indonesia Year 2008
Rare Borneo leopard identified as new species
2007-12-24 03:26:00 A rare and reclusive leopard that hunts among the dense island forests of Borneo and Sumatra in south-east Asia has been identified as an entirely new species of great cat. Genetic tests and pelt... Visit Indonesia Year 2008
Orang Utan on its brink of extinction
2007-12-24 03:23:00 The species of orang utan Indonesia (Pongo Pygmaeus/Abelii ) might disappear in the next one or two decades if the Indonesian government failed to give serious attention toward the threat against its... Visit Indonesia Year 2008
Borneo`s pygmy elephants under threat
2007-12-24 03:17:00 Satellite data suggest endangered pygmy elephants that live only on the island of Borneo are under threat from forest fragmentation and habitat loss. A World Wildlife Fund study notes the pygmy... Visit Indonesia Year 2008
Komodo National Park Indonesia
2007-12-24 03:03:00 Park information: * Located between the islands of Flores and Sumbawa Island. * Covers an area of between 1,875 and 2,321 square kilometers. * Consist of three main Islands: Komodo, Rinca... Visit Indonesia Year 2008
Komodo dragon mauls boy to death on Indonesia's Komodo island
2007-12-24 02:51:00 A rare Komodo dragon has mauled a boy to death on an eastern Indonesian island that is part of the Komodo national park, a local media report said Monday. The 9-year-old Mansur was having a toilet... Visit Indonesia Year 2008
Fauna y Flora de la Administración Pública
2007-12-19 02:20:00 (Más Fauna que Flora.... aunque en honor a la verdad tambien estan los que vegetan)En este blog no somos prejuiciosos. No tenemos ese preconcepto Neustadiano que indica que lo público es siempre ineficiente y lo privado todo lo contrario.Pero constatamos explorando el paisaje de Nuestra Administración que todas las pesadillas Neo Liberales se cumplen para satisfacción de los interesados en hacer negocios con cero costo ( para ellos, claro está) .Decía el Viejo Marx algo así como que el Estado suele sintetizar a la Sociedad Civil.La exploración de ese rico mundo nos lleva a detectar a los siguientes ejemplares.a) Quinterus Territorialis: El Quinterus es un depredador que marca un territorio al que nadie puede acceder. Suele generar un caos que el sólo puede desenredar. Sus aullidos anuncian problemas con los que atemorizan a otras criaturas a las que le ofrecen luego su protección para solucionarlos. Eso los vuelve imprescindibles para otros especímenes a los que parasitanb) Ortivus ...
Most of Papua ?Lost World? yet to be found
2007-12-19 00:55:00 Many more species are probably yet to be found in pristine jungle in Indonesia?s Papua province, where two mammals believed to be new to science were discovered in June, an Indonesian zoologist and a conservationist said.Scientists found the two mammals ? a pygmy possum and a giant rat ? during an expedition involving Indonesian and American scientists in Papua?s Foja Mountains. In late 2005 the same team discovered dozens of new plants and animals on their first trip to the region. The Foja mountain range is part of the great Mamberamo Basin, the largest unroaded tropical forest in the Asia Pacific region, and has been described as a ?Lost World? because of its deep isolation.?Very few scientists have entered the area because of extremely difficult access. The likelihood of finding more new species is very high,? said Martua Sinaga, a zoologist from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences who took part in both expeditions. Sinaga told Reuters the two-week expedition in June was part o...
Researchers discover giant rat, tiny possum in Indonesia
2007-12-17 08:39:00 Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation, scientists said today. Unearthing new species of mammals in the 21st century is considered very rare. The discoveries by a team of American and Indonesian scientists are being studied further to confirm their status. The animals were found in the Foja mountains rainforest in eastern Papua province in a June expedition, said U.S.-based Conservation International, which organized the trip along with the Indonesian Institute of Science. "The giant rat is about five times the size of a typical city rat," said Kristofer Helgen, a scientist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. "With no fear of humans, it apparently came into the camp several times during the trip." The possum was described as "one of the worlds smallest marsupials." A 2006 expedition to the same stretch of jungle ?...
Indonesia vows to protect endangered orangutans
2007-12-10 13:53:00 Indonesia launched a program on Monday to save its dwindling orangutan population, the last of Asia's great apes, from the brink of extinction by protecting its vast tropical rain forests. Orangutans once ranged the region, but the shaggy brown primate's population in Indonesia has been decreasing rapidly as its habitat in Borneo and Sumatra has been disrupted by illegal logging, forest fires and the illegal pet trade. Indonesia is one of few countries that still has swathes of rainforests left, and is pushing a proposal to make emission cuts from protecting forests eligible for carbon trading. Even though it has lost an estimated 70 percent of its original frontier forest, it still has a total forest area of more than 225 million acres, with a host of exotic plants and animals waiting to be discovered. Indonesia's forests are a massive natural store of carbon, but environmentalists say rampant cutting and burning of trees to feed the pulp, timbe...
Indonesia treasures rainforest, says SBY
2007-12-10 13:37:00 Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says preserving the nation's rich rainforests is now potentially worth more economically than cutting down the trees for profit. He says Indonesia stands to gain potentially billions of dollars on an international carbon market by avoiding deforestation.Yudhoyono made the comments as he unveiled a comprehensive Indonesian action plan that aims to save the endangered orangutan by stabilising the population by 2017. "To save orangutans we must save the forests," Yuhoyono said at the launch, on the sidelines of the key United Nations climate change conference in Bali. "By saving, regenerating and sustainably managing forests we are also doing our part in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, while contributing to sustainable economic development of Indonesia."Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Balinese Farm Coral to Boost Fish Catch, Income
2007-12-10 01:48:00 Algae-covered lumps of cement would make a strange catch for most fishermen, but they have helped revive a Bali fishing village devastated by reckless tourist development and "mining" of reefs for building materials.Seaside Serangan has become a modest center for the unusual coral-farming trade, with thousands of the formations growing in offshore iron grids. They are sold for export or used to reconstruct reefs that nurture fish and draw diving tourists.Beside the farmed coral, cement chunks that are shaped like the rocks that line the ocean and reefs, are picking up a patina of natural growth that turns them into valuable decorations for aquariums from Australia to the United States."Before reclamation, the fish here were not so plentiful. Also, the numbers of different kinds of fish were lower," said Nyoman Sopi, leader of the fishermen who set up the farm and who previously worked in the tourist center of Kuta.Now they have about 800 square metres (8,600 sq feet) of cultivated c...
Scientists Tout Seaweed As Warming Weapon
2007-12-08 09:18:00 Slimy, green and unsightly, seaweed and algae are among the humblest plants on earth. A group of scientists at a climate conference in Bali say they could also be a potent weapon against global warming, capable of sucking damaging carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere at rates comparable to the mightiest rain forests."The ocean's role is neglected because we can't see the vegetation," said Chung Ik-kyo, a South Korean environmental scientist. "But under the sea, there is a lot of seaweed and sea grass that can take up carbon dioxide."The seaweed research, backed by scientists in 12 countries, is part of a broad effort to calculate how much carbon is being absorbed from the atmosphere by plants, and figure out ways to increase that through reforestation and other steps.Such so-called "carbon sinks" are considered essential to controlling greenhouse gases, which trap heat in the atmosphere and are blamed for global warming.China is by far the world's largest producer of seaweed, fol...
Mangroves Help Indonesia Fend Off Climate Change
2007-12-07 03:07:00 Dark, foul-smelling mangrove swamps can help Indonesia's coastal communities fend off rising seas and stronger tropical storms caused by climate change, experts say.As 190 nations meet for Dec. 3-14 UN climate talks on the resort island of Bali, looking for ways to broaden a pact to slow down global warming, experts say mangroves are not getting the attention they deserve as a protective coastal barrier."Mangroves are a natural way to lessen the severity of the impact (of climate change) to coastal communities," said urban planning and climate change expert Enda Atmawidjaja."They are natural sea barriers, and they are also much cheaper then building sea walls made of concrete."Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands, is extremely vulnerable to a rise in sea levels, storm surges or more intense tropical storms linked to global warming.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Monkeys invade Indonesian village: report
2007-11-24 13:03:00 Hundreds of monkeys have invaded houses and accosted villagers in Indonesia's East Java province after their habitat was cleared for commercial development, a report said Thursday.Sudarsono, a resident of Mangliawan village, told news website Detikcom that hundreds of macaques began swarming into the village from the nearby Wendit recreational park three months ago in search of food."They entered my house by breaking the roof and stole food," he said, adding that the monkeys often turned violent and attacked people.Another witness, identified as Prayitno, said between 25 and 30 macaques broke through his roof everyday to look for food.The 10-hectare Wendit park, which is home to hundreds of macaques, has been partially cleared to make way for the construction of cottages and commercial buildings.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Monkeys invade Indonesian village: report
2007-11-24 13:03:00 Hundreds of monkeys have invaded houses and accosted villagers in Indonesia's East Java province after their habitat was cleared for commercial development, a report said Thursday.Sudarsono, a resident of Mangliawan village, told news website Detikcom that hundreds of macaques began swarming into the village from the nearby Wendit recreational park three months ago in search of food."They entered my house by breaking the roof and stole food," he said, adding that the monkeys often turned violent and attacked people.Another witness, identified as Prayitno, said between 25 and 30 macaques broke through his roof everyday to look for food.The 10-hectare Wendit park, which is home to hundreds of macaques, has been partially cleared to make way for the construction of cottages and commercial buildings.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Indonesia claims world?s largest melon
2007-11-24 01:37:00 A group of Indonesian farmers from the main island of Java have grown a melon weighing more than four kilograms that the country?s record house claimed Friday was the world?s largest. ?The honey-globe melon weighed 4.26 kilogrammes. We claim it to be the largest in the world,? director of Indonesia?s Museum of Records told.?We have carried out a survey and found no other melon with such weight,? he said, clarifying that the fruit was not to be confused with a watermelon. The melon sold at auction for $850.Image of the melonIndonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Indonesia claims world?s largest melon
2007-11-24 01:37:00 A group of Indonesian farmers from the main island of Java have grown a melon weighing more than four kilograms that the country?s record house claimed Friday was the world?s largest. ?The honey-globe melon weighed 4.26 kilogrammes. We claim it to be the largest in the world,? director of Indonesia?s Museum of Records told.?We have carried out a survey and found no other melon with such weight,? he said, clarifying that the fruit was not to be confused with a watermelon. The melon sold at auction for $850.Image of the melonIndonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
OF MONTREAL - " Hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?"
2007-11-12 20:18:00 Polyvinyl Records - 2.007Lo que no se le puede negar a Of Montreal es que su sonido es cuanto menos personal. Provinientes de Athens (Georgia), su sonido se acerca quizá más al lado británco del pop.En esta ocasión las influencias van por los grupos de finales de los setenta y primeros ochenta, pero siempre con un tratamiento sesentero. Entre la psicodélia y la electrónica, podríamos definir este octavo trabajo como un collage que mezcla a los Beach Boys, T. Rex, Scissors Sisters y el glam de David Bowie, dando la suma un más que aceptable resultado. "Labyrinthian Pomp" "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse" "Gronlandic Edit" "Sink the Seine" "The Past is a Grotesque Animal"
WWF declares Mt. Lumut forest as special conservation area
2007-11-03 01:17:00 The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Indonesia has declared a protected forest in Mount Lumut in Barito Utara (Barut) district in Central Kalimantan a conservation area for Heart of Borneo (HoB) program, a local official has said. The protected forest in Mt. Lumut which covered 25,802 ha-land was considered a sacred place by native Dayak Hindu Kaharingan community. Thus, the WWF-Indonesia regarded that it should be turned into a conservation area, local environmental management and spatial arrangement office head Akhmad Yani said here Wednesday. Dayak Hindu Kaharingan people are native inhabitants in Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan.The administration has suggested a national park status for the protected forest which is really rich in flora and fauna. The Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) launched a study on the forest and planned to recommend a world natural heritage for the forest as well.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com- |
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