• Posted by:
• No Comments

KINGSTON, March 12, 2012 (IPS) - News of Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo's newest attraction shocked Jamaican authorities. Link: A Growing Illicit Trade Threatens Jamaica's Wildlife

• Posted by:
• No Comments

Our closest nonhuman relatives, the great apes, are in mortal danger. Every one of the six great ape species is endangered, and without more effective conservation measures, they may be extinct in the wild within a human generation. More here: Without data, fate of great apes unknown

• Posted by:
• No Comments

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to define a five-word phrase in the Endangered Species Act has conservation groups and scientists up in arms. Read the original: Feds, Conservationists Clash Over Endangered Species Act Definition

• Posted by:
• No Comments

ZAMBIA will lose about US$4.3 billion in the next 10 years due to climate change effects in the agriculture sector if no remedial action is taken, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba has said. Continued here: Zambia: Country Faces Climate Change Setback

• Posted by:
• No Comments

The EU has called on European governments to include data on CO2 emissions from farming and forestry in their efforts to tackle climate change. Go here to read the rest: EU brings farms and forests into low-carbon plans

• Posted by:
• No Comments

MANILA, Philippines - The Asian Development Bank is warning countries to prepare for influxes of people fleeing natural disasters as climate change exacerbates rising sea levels, soil degradation and flooding. Continued here: ADB warns climate change could spawn mass migrations

• Posted by:
• cmichel
• No Comments

Mario Batali has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by waiters, bussers, bartenders, runners and other employees working at a number of his New York restaurants. The $5.25 million class action settlement, which involves approximately 1,100 employees , covers accusations the celebrity chef and his partner illegally confiscated employee tips. Plaintiffs in the Batali tips lawsuit claim the...

• Posted by:
• No Comments

%excerpt% See original here: Ohio landowners: Receive free land consultation from biologists

• Posted by:
• No Comments

%excerpt% See more here: NWTF Texas to invest more than $223,000 in state projects in 2012

• Posted by:
• cmichel
• No Comments

Identifying and Treating Maternal Depression: Strategies & Considerations for Health Plans by The National Institute for Health Care Management – June 2010 28 page PDF document —> Maternal Depression (NIHCM June 2010) See the rest here: Identifying and Treating Maternal Depression: Strategies & Considerations for Health Plans – Report