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The Mobitrac Amphibious Transport Comes To The USA!
The fist North American distribution point for the incredibly popular Mobitrac has been established in the United States with The Weeders Digest Inc of New Hope Minnesota. The amphibious tool carrier has been popular throughout Europe but hasnt been established in the USA until now. Bruce Wahlstrom is the owner of The Weeders Digest which specializes in most any thing invoved in waterfront and ...
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Water and wetlands management central to reducing risk
Environmental degradation in coastal, river basin and mountain areas increases the risk of disaster. Wetlands International will be represented at the Third UN World Conference on Reducing Disaster Risk (WCDRR) in Sendai and will keep you posted through a series of posts on developments in Sendai and on the urgent need to safeguard and restore wetland ecosystems as a key strategy to address water ...
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WWF delivers on 100 million hectares of wetlands pledge
Declaration of the high Andes home to two of the three species of Andean flamingos marks WWF’s delivery of a “crazy, unrealistic pledge” to deliver 100 million hectares of new protected wetlands in a decade. Fittingly, the 3000 to nearly 7000 metre high Lagunas Altoandinas y Punenas de Catamarca in north west Argentina is the highest area to be declared a wetland of international importance ...
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Abdoulaye Ndiaye wins international waterbird conservation award
Abdoulaye Ndiaye of Senegal is being awarded the 2015 individual Conservation Award by the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA). Abdoulaye was a long-time staff member of Wetlands International and currently acts as an Associate Expert. The award will be presented at the AEWA Meeting of the Parties taking place in Bonn, Germany from 9 to 14 November. Abdoulaye Ndiaye has worked in over 30 ...
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Where was the role of the environment at the Regional Platform for DRR in the Americas?
The Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Americas (RP14), held last week in Ecuador, concluded with little attention for one of the root causes of increased disaster risk: Environmental degradation. Ecosystems, such as wetlands, in a healthy state provide many benefits and play a key role in disaster risk reduction (DRR). Nevertheless, they received few mentions during the ...
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Retention Pond Services selects agency of record
Retention Pond Services, Inc. is excited to announce its selection of Jennings, the Chapel Hill-based branding, advertising, and PR agency, as its new agency of record. Retention Pond Services (RPS) is an environmentally savvy, aquatic and wetland management company specializing in stormwater Best Maintenance Practice (BMP) system consulting, maintenance, and repair. As RPS approaches its twelfth ...
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INVITATION to three inspiring workshops at Deltas in Times of Climate Change II
Wetlands International invites you to three inspiring workshops on improving water resource and wetland management for more resilient deltas at the conference Deltas in Times of Climate Change II, which will take place in Rotterdam in the Netherlands from 24-26 September. Ecosystem management and restoration or 'Green Solutions' should become a more central part of interventions to reduce ...
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Environmental Scientist – Constructed Wetlands
New year, new job? Wessex Water are creating an exciting post for a constructed wetland scientist... Do you have experience in delivering constructed wetlands for environmental gains? Do you have a confident and flexible approach? Salary £31,967 - £42,834, dependent on experience Closing date 25 January 2019, interviews to be held on 8 February 2019 This is an opportunity for ...
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Connection between health of wetlands and humans in focus
Despite the vital role wetlands play in society, they remain among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. To emphasise the direct and positive effects of healthy wetlands for humans, the theme of this year’s World Wetlands Day, held every year on 2 February, is ‘Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People’. According to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the poor management of wetlands claims the lives of ...
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EPA awards over $435,000 to Oklahoma to aid and develop Wetland program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the State of Oklahoma $437,820 to protect, manage and restore their wetlands. The project will include development of a Wetlands Program Plan and a classification system of wetland habitats. EPA’s Wetlands Program aims to increase the quantity and quality of wetlands in the United States by conserving and restoring wetland acreage ...
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Scientists can play a key role in wetland diplomacy
Environmental scientists can work as effective "diplomatic actors" to help prevent conflict over transboundary environmental resources, particularly for water and wetlands, say environmental researchers Saleem Ali and Pamela Griffin. Access to water resources in many regions is expected to worsen as a result of climate change and population growth, and management is difficult when wetlands are ...
By SciDev.Net
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Focus on wetlands at the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk of the Americas
Wetlands should be better managed and restored for their ability to reduce disaster risk, says Wetlands International. To stimulate this, the post-2015 framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (the Hyogo Framework for Action, to be adopted in 2015 in Japan), should pay increased attention to the key role of wetlands to reduce disaster risk and the need for integrated water resources and wetlands ...
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Improving the connections between Biodiversity, Water and Wetlands at the CBD Conference
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference in Hyderabad, India 8 - 19 October is an important opportunity to improve the linkages between wetlands and water management. On 9 October (13:15 in Room 1.02, Level 1) Wetlands International is hosting an event ‘Wetlands, Water and Aichi Targets’ which will identify mechanisms for the water and wetlands management ...
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Thinking outside the box by connecting the dots
First impressions from the NGO science partnership workshop with Shell, 4-5 April 2012, Texel. As the corporate relations manager for Wetlands International, I recently participated (along with Pieter van Eijk) in a science workshop with scientists from Shell and their environmental partners. We came together for an intensive two-day workshop in the inspiring setting on the Frisian Isle of ...
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CWA UK constructed wetland sites database
Do you design, create or manage constructed wetlands?The CWA is updating the database of ALL constructed wetlands in the UK The CWA has traditionally held a list of UK CW sites and due to rising demand, largely from researchers and other academics, we are beginning a project to improve and update it. We are compiling data on site names, operating companies, locations (GPS or postcode), size, ...
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Asian wetland symposium adopts Wuxi Declaration
The Asian Wetland Symposium on Human Well-being and Wetlands, co-organised by Wetlands International China, brought together 800 participants from 19 countries, including many officials from local governments in China. The event concluded with the adoption of the Wuxi Declaration, in which participants call for a series of actions to be taken for wetland conservation and wise use. In the ...
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New guide launched at climate talks in Lima for financing wetland carbon initiatives
IUCN, Conservation International and Wetlands International presented a new guidebook to financing wetland carbon programs and projects during the climate conference in Lima last weekend. It will help project and program developers through the maze of financing mechanisms and options out there. This new publication "Fresh and Salty – An introductory guide to financing wetland carbon ...
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EPA action preserves one thousand acres of wetlands in Loiza, Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Land Authority will preserve 1,000 acres of wetlands as part of an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Wetlands help prevent flooding and the pollution of rivers, lakes and streams. The wetlands preserved under the settlement, the majority of which are in Loiza just east of San Juan, will now be protected from future commercial and industrial development. The ...
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EPA Awarding Grants to Protect and Restore Wetlands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $1 million in grants to strengthen the capacity of states and tribes to protect and restore wetlands. The National Wetland Program Development Grants provide interstate agencies, intertribal consortia, and non-profit organizations with funding to develop and refine comprehensive state, tribal, and local wetland programs. “Wetlands ...
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Tillamook dairy owner to preserve hoquarten slough wetlands
At least 85 percent of Tillamook’s historic estuarine wetlands have been lost to development. Protecting these remaining Sitka Spruce swamp wetlands in Hoquarten Slough will help slow this decline and support the ecological health of Tillamook Bay far into the future. These tidal swamps provide important rearing habit for native salmon and function as natural filters to keep pollutants ...
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