More of this story Mar 11, 2009
Experimental Tropical Forest Field Station $2,500,000. The Hawai i Experimental Tropical Forest serves as a center for long-term research and a focal point for developing knowledge and expertise for the management of tropical landscapes ... These parks encompass rugged volcanic terrain, wetlands, tropical forests, coastline, and historical fishponds used in Native Hawai ian aquaculture. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
First National Park Formed In Papa ... Mar 4, 2009
The tropical forest will act as a huge carbon sink. 10,000 villagers living in and around YUS ecosystem stands to benefit from the new arrangement. (Suite101.com)
PHOTOS: New Frogs, Tree Kangaroos Thrive in New Park Mar 4, 2009
Announced today, the YUS Conservation Area will help protect a 187,800 acre (76,000 hectare) tropical forest lush with ferns, orchids, and several endangered animals and birds found only in this part of the planet. . (National Geographic)
Papua New Guinea declares first national conservation area Mar 3, 2009
Villagers pledge land to protect tropical forest habitat of tree kangaroos. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea The southeast Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, home to some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth, has created its first national conservation area to preserve forever a swath of pristine tropical forest larger than Singapore ... Named for its three main rivers the Yopno, Uruwa and Som of the Huon Peninsula the YUS Conservation Area covers 187,800 acres (76,000... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Oldest Human Footprints With Modern Anatomy Found Feb 27, 2009
7 million years ago, global climate was cooling and the African landscape was changing from tropical forest to open savanna. Food sources nuts, fruits, vegetables, and animals were becoming more dispersed. (National Geographic)
Migratory songbirds leave a trail Feb 13, 2009
The study also uncovered evidence that wood thrushes from a single breeding population in Hemlock Woods, near Cambridge Springs, Crawford County, did not scatter over tropical wintering grounds but stayed in a narrow band of tropical forest in eastern Honduras and Nicaragua. That region is clearly important to the overall conservation of wood thrushes, a species that, like the overall songbird population, has declined by 30 percent since the mid-1960s, Ms. Stutchbury said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
