Articles tagged as: global biodiversity
Waterbirds Disappearing from African-Eurasian Flyways
September 16, 2008
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, September 15, 2008 (ENS) – Struck by climate change and wetland destruction, 40 percent of the migratory waterbird populations that travel across Africa and Eurasia are in decline, finds a new study presented to delegates at an international migratory waterbird conservation meeting today in Antananarivo. The main causes of decrease in the 522 [...]
Read More »Treading Lightly in World’s Most Visited Cruise Destination
January 22, 2008
COZUMEL, Mexico, January 20, 2008 (ENS) – To minimize the impact of up to 10,000 visitors a day on Cozumel’s sensitive coral reef ecosystem, a conservation agreement was signed here last week by cruise industry leaders representing government, private sector, civil society, and the cruise lines. Part of the Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative, MARTI, the [...]
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