Global Freshwater Team - World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy Release Map of Freshwater Systems

Freshwater Ecoregions of the World divides the world’s freshwater systems into 426 distinct conservation units, many of which are rich in species but under increasing pressure from human population growth, rising water use, and habitat alteration.

This is the first study […]

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The Nature Conservancy in Montana - Grant will help protect Montana’s wildlife habitat - Annotated

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation funds conservation in the Rocky Mountain West

My step-father, John Hutchens loved Montana and wrote a wonderful book, One Man’s Montana.

HELENA, MT — April 9, 2008 — A $13 million […]

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Nature Conservancy News Room - The Nature Conservancy Launches “Plant a Billion Trees Campaign” with Planet Green Annotated

Today, The Nature Conservancy launched the “Plant a Billion Trees Campaign” at www.plantabillion.org to restore and plant one billion trees by 2015 in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, one of the greatest repositories of biodiversity on Earth.
 

Just a […]

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The Nature Conservancy in New York - Nature Conservancy Spring Gala to Focus on Healthy Forests, Green Buildings as Key to Climate Change Annotated
Goal is to slash deforestation, which accounts for up to 25% of global carbon emissions each year
New York, NY — April 1, 2008 — U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Chairman of […]

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Conservation Science at The Nature Conservancy - Will Land Changes Erode Conservation Gains? Annotated

Climate change and its ecological and societal impacts are finally receiving widespread attention. But a related and arguably more urgent issue still needs more focus: land use and land-use change.

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