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Rare Rafflesia Flowers Bloom

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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; direction: ltr; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The blossoming of two Rafflesia flowers at the same time was a rare occurrence and the two flowers bloomed just 2 metres away from each other in Taba Penanjung natural sanctuary in Central Bengkulu Regency, Indonesia on 24 July 2012. Visitors donated funds to buy a tent for the flower so that it can be preserved for at least 24 hours. However no visitor can touch the flowers as it is extremly delicate, said Juanda, the keeper of the Rafflesia flowers. Photo courtesy antara---NNN<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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Rare Rafflesia Flowers Bloom

The blossoming of two Rafflesia flowers at the same time was a rare occurrence and the two flowers bloomed just 2 metres away from each o...

Earth Just Decades From Doomsday – Scientists

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">MOSCOW (RIA Novosti)--- The Earth is threatened with an abrupt change in the global ecosystem that may cause "a state shift," in as soon as a few decades, a report published on Thursday in the scientific Nature magazine says.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The research by a group of 22 international scientists, including biologists, geologists, paleontologists, ecologists and theoreticians claimed the global ecosystem could soon reach a tipping point as the human population and consumption rates continue to grow. A global “state shift” occurs when from 50 to 90 percent of ecosystems are disrupted, the study says.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">   </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Humans now dominate Earth, changing it in ways that threaten its ability to sustain us and other species," Nature quoted the report as saying.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The consequences of such a global change in the ecosystem are unknown, but the researchers think it could trigger severe changes in world's agriculture, forests, water resources and fisheries, Nature said, adding all these effects could lead to the “widespread social unrest, economic instability and loss of human life.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The scientists deliberately avoided the word “doomsday” in their findings, calling it a “tipping point.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"It really will be a new world, biologically, at that point," Nature quoted Anthony Barnosky, professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley as saying.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Barnosky suggested half of the Earth's land would be altered by humans by 2025, adding it would be "disturbingly close" to a potential global tipping point.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Earth Just Decades From Doomsday – Scientists

MOSCOW (RIA Novosti)--- The Earth is threatened with an abrupt change in the global ecosystem that may cause "a state shift," in ...

India: Rare Black-Necked Crane Spotted In Arunachal's Zemithang Valley

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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">ITANAGAR (NNN-BERNAMA) -- The black-necked crane, a rare bird species found at high altitudes, has been spotted for the first time at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Zemithang</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Valley</st1:placetype></st1:place> in Arunachal Pradesh by the Indian chapter of the World Wildlife Fund. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">So far, there were only reports of the bird’s sighting in the valley in Tawang district, located at an altitude of 2000 metres above sea level near the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> border, but there was no photographic evidence. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">According to Press Trust of India (PTI) on Friday, bird-watchers are thrilled at the prospect of seeing the rare bird which is believed to be an embodiment of the sixth Dalai Lama by Tibetan Buddhists and is revered by the Monpas.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">After eluding scientific documentation for years, the WWF (<st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>) has come out with photographic records of seven black-necked cranes in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Zemithang</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Valley</st1:placetype></st1:place> so far this year. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The senior coordinator of WWF-India's Western Arunachal Landscape Programme, Pijush Kumar Dutta, said that the cranes were spotted by Lham Tsering of Pangchen Lumpo Muchat Community Conserved Area (CCA) and Kokti of Pangchen Lakhar, the only two community conserved areas in the state. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">One of the seven birds is only a year-old and took the first flight to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> from the breeding site in the wetlands of the Tibetan plateau. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Though there were reports of black-necked cranes spending winter in Zemithang, there was no 'authentic' first-hand documentation. Last year, we photographed the arrival of black-necked cranes at Zemithang," Dutta said. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The birds are found in <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Bhutan</st1:country-region> and breed in high-altitude wetlands of the Tibetan plateau of China and eastern Ladakh in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> at an elevation ranging from 2,950 to 4,900 meters above mean sea level. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">During winter, the birds flock to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Tibet</st1:country-region>, <st1:state w:st="on">Yunnan</st1:state> and <st1:state w:st="on">Guizhou</st1:state> in <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and Phobjika and Bomdaling valleys in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bhutan</st1:place></st1:country-region> and in Arunachal Pradesh's Sangte and Zemithang valleys. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The global population of black-necked crane is estimated to be 11,000 and is included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ‘vulnerable’ category. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"The Ministry of Environment and Forest, WWF-India, Bombay Natural History Society and the Indian Bird Conservation Network last year adopted a slew of measures for conservation of the species in <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bhutan</st1:place></st1:country-region>," Dutta said. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Monpas don't hunt any wild species and black-necked cranes are very safe in Zemithang. Now, we are helping the community to promote eco-tourism in the area under our CCA programme," said Dutta. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">As Zemithang is out of bounds for foreign tourists and trekking is not allowed, Dutta said talks are on at the government level to promote bird-watching tours in the area.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Through community initiative, a home-stay facility for tourists has also come up at Zemithang and youths have been trained as guides.If the government allows tourism, it will be a big incentive for the Monpas," said Dutta. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">There was concern among conservationists at the reports of reduced sighting of the birds in the valley. Only three arrivals were recorded there during 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The rare bird, locally known as Dhung Dhung Karma, is the only high altitude crane amongst the 15 species found in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">During breeding season, it is confined to high altitude wetlands and marshes in Quinghai-Tibetan Plateau and from eastern Ladakh to <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sichuan</st1:place></st1:state> province. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The winter population of the crane is found in the lower altitudes of Quinghai, on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau and in north-eastern <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bhutan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Zemithang and <st1:placename w:st="on">Sangty</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Valley</st1:placetype> in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh are the only two winter habitats for the avian species in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The villagers with the support of WWF-India have been actively working forconservation of rare wildlife found in the area, including Red Panda, HimalayanBlack Bear, Musk Dear, and Leopard. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"These birds, listed as 'threatened' by Birdlife International, are also benefiting the villagers economically as they have set up camp sites and home stays facilities in Lumpo and Muchat villages for tourists with the help of WWF-India," Dutta said. -- NNN-BERNAMA<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

India: Rare Black-Necked Crane Spotted In Arunachal's Zemithang Valley

ITANAGAR (NNN-BERNAMA) -- The black-necked crane, a rare bird species found at high altitudes, has been spotted for the first time at Zemi...

New nests set up for Danube Delta's white-tailed eagles

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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/PLURAL-Culture-Civilization-Danube-Delta/dp/B001QTZKSG?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="PLURAL Culture & Civilization: The Danube Delta (31:1 2008)" height="320" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B001QTZKSG&tag=glob036-20" width="222" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">In November 2010, under the same project, the ARBDD posted on its website - www.ddbra.ro - videos of a white-tailed eagle nest that were shot May 28 - July 6, 2010 in the Danube Delta. The DANUBEPARKS project, which main objective is to improve the conservation of emblematic species in the Danube protected areas, </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">started on March 1, 2009 and will end on February 29, 2012. The ARBDD is the only Romanian project partner of Nationalpark Donau-Auen of Austria, the project leader. Other project partners are protected nature reserves and areas of Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Germany. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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New nests set up for Danube Delta's white-tailed eagles

Ecological agents of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (ARBDD) have set up ten nests for Delta's white-tailed eagles, a threatened ...