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Barangay in Benguet crafts own forest management plan
Seeing the urgency of preserving and protecting the communal forest from encroachment, commercialization, and land conversion, a barangay in the municipality of Sablan in Benguet has crafted its own forest management plan. View original post here: Barangay in Benguet crafts own forest management plan
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Arctic exploration provides window on future climate change
Climate model projections show that the Arctic Ocean will be completely ice-free by the summer by 2060. However, the record lows in sea ice extent of 2007 and 2012 demonstrated that these projections were too optimistic and some scientists think that we might see and ice free Arctic within this or the next decade. See the rest here:...
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Guns will not win the war against elephant poachers
Despite best efforts we are not winning the war on poaching. A massive seizure of 1.5 tons of ivory in Kenya's port city of Mombasa on 3 July flies in the face of threats against poachers and dealers by the Kenya government, and yet ivory traffickers continue unabated. In the first six months of 2013 more than 7.5...
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Social media to help farmers deal with climate change
Whether farmers believe in climate change or not - 66 percent do - their actions show that they are adapting to global warming, according to panelists at a July 8 discussion on campus. Visit link: Social media to help farmers deal with climate change
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Recessions make climate change costlier, Hope family research finds
The father-son duo of Chris and Mat Hope have published a study in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Climate Change with the counter-intuitive finding that the relative costs of climate change are higher in a world with slower economic growth. Read more here: Recessions make climate change costlier, Hope family research finds
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New Consortium Takes on the Chai Challenge
A nice cup of tea is the usual prescription for everything from severe shock to a tiring day. But the industry behind the restorative cuppa is facing some challenges of its own, which, if not addressed, could have a dramatic impact on the supply chain behind the world's favorite drink. View post: New Consortium Takes on the Chai...
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Ivory Coast turns to brute force to save forests
SASSANDRA, Ivory Coast (AFP) - It was a brutal end to a long-term problem. Faced with the dilemma of trying to save a protected forest, which had become home to thousands of people, the Ivory Coast government turned to force. See the original post: Ivory Coast turns to brute force to save forests
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Helpful Court Of Appeals Decision in Dangerous Right to Carry Firearms Case Clears the Way for Rulings in Better Cases
July 11, 2013 – In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms protects an individual right, and in 2010 the Court said it prohibits state and local government infringement of that right. Since then, multiple cases have been filed all over the country challenging the constitutionality of laws limiting...
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Guidance Issued on ACA Delayed Implementation
On July 9, the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced transition relief from the Employer Shared Responsibility provisions for 2014. The... Go here to read the rest: Guidance Issued on ACA Delayed Implementation
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Police Protection
We are constantly (if falsely) assured by people who don’t know what “police protection” means that we can rely on it for our security. Police protection means two forms of indirect protection: 1) patrol which hopes to randomly discourage crime; 2) apprehension after a crime has been committed by someone. POLICE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR YOUR DIRECT PROTECTION....
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