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Researchers and chocolatiers the world over are predicting a chocolate peak within 20 years, John Mason, of the Nature Conservation Research Council told The Independent:

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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Honored By Illinois Association of Museums - Chicago Business Journal - October 8, 2015 The Nature Museum was recognized as the Leader Institution of the Year and Doug Taron, PhD, Curator of Biology and Vice President of Conservation and Research, was named the Professional of the Year.

You can make a difference today by supporting all of the Nature Museum's conservation research and innovative educational programs for Chicago's school children.

The Museum also continues the Academy's tradition of research, conservation and education about nature in the Midwest through participatory exhibits and programs, educational outreach and ongoing scientific activity.

Originally founded so that scientists and nature aficionados alike could study and share the specimens they collected, we continue to build on our legacy of natural history education at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum through immersive exhibits, critical conservation and research initiatives, public engagement and education progranature aficionados alike could study and share the specimens they collected, we continue to build on our legacy of natural history education at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum through immersive exhibits, critical conservation and research initiatives, public engagement and education prograNature Museum through immersive exhibits, critical conservation and research initiatives, public engagement and education programming.

Today the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum continues the Academy's tradition of nature research, conservation and education in the Midwest through participatory exhibits and programs, educational outreach and ongoing scientific actNature Museum continues the Academy's tradition of nature research, conservation and education in the Midwest through participatory exhibits and programs, educational outreach and ongoing scientific actnature research, conservation and education in the Midwest through participatory exhibits and programs, educational outreach and ongoing scientific activity.

The opening of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in 1999 provided Doug the opportunity to develop a research program around breeding locally imperiled butterflies for conservation purposes.

Students will learn about the characteristics of native butterfly habitats and the Nature Museum's conservation research initiatives.

The groups supporting the agreement include American Electric Power, Conservation International, Duke Energy, El Paso Corp., Environmental Defense Fund, Disney Corp., Marriott International, Mercy Corps, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, PG&E Corp., Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy, Union of Concerned Scientists, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Woods Hole Research Center.

Now, an international research team under the leadership of the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission, has published a roadmap for more targeted conservation efforts for Bornean cats and small carnivores in a special supplement of the Raffles Bulletin of research team under the leadership of the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission, has published a roadmap for more targeted conservation efforts for Bornean cats and small carnivores in a special supplement of the Raffles Bulletin of Research (IZW) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission, has published a roadmap for more targeted conservation efforts for Bornean cats and small carnivores in a special supplement of the Raffles BulletinConservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Species Survival Commission, has published a roadmap for more targeted conservation efforts for Bornean cats and small carnivores in a special supplement of the Raffles Bulletinconservation efforts for Bornean cats and small carnivores in a special supplement of the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

Based on preliminary assessments, the research team suggested M. laterite to be classified as Endangered under the guidelines of the Red List by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as the geographic range of the frog is narrow, within an area of 150 square kilometres in southwest India.

Previous research from Cambridge and elsewhere has shown sparing land for nature by producing more food per field is the «least worst option» for both biodiversity and greenhouse gas emissions, says co-author Andrew Balmford, Cambridge professor of conservation science.

«You never know what you're going to find when you're out in nature — and you look,» says Martinsen, a research associate at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute and adjunct faculty in the University of Vermont's biology department.

«This conservation over millennia could be because these proteins are vastly beneficial in nature,» says Chakrabortee, who is currently Research Development Officer for European and International Funding for the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

One day when I worked in Hustai National Park, my supervisor and vice president of the Mongolian Association for Conservation of Nature, Mr J. Tserendeleg, asked me, «We are close to start snow leopard research project, would you like to work in that project as a field biologist?»

Visit the wildlife research centre to learn about the elephant and lion collaring and conservation projects the lodge runs, jump on a local canoe down the Mafui creek at the lodge or take one of four nature trails around the lodge, all complimentary to guests.

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Last September, the International Union for Conservation of Nature updated a 2015 report on neonicotinoids, which said a review of more than 1,110 peer - reviewed research studies showed there was no doubt that flying through chemical - laden clouds of dust from neonic - treated farm fields is killing bees.

1) Energy conservation and energy efficiency 2) Renewable energy 3) Cleaner uses of coal, and carbon capture and storage 4) Sustainable transportation, including electric vehicles 5) Modernization of the electrical grid 6) Joint research and development of clean energy technologies 7) Clean air 8) Clean water 9) Natural resource conservation, e.g. protection of wetlands and nature reserves 10) Combating climate change and promoting low - carbon economic growth

The course was jointly developed by the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Society, Germany (BMUB) as part of the National Adaptation Plans (NAP - Ag) Programme.

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Research on the intersections of gender equality and climate change was brought forward by CIFOR scientists in a couple of sessions arranged together with the Global Gender and Climate Alliance, including UN Women, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).

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Recent research by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Polar Bear Specialist Group, 8 populations are declining, 3 are stable, 1 is increasing, and there is insufficient data to assess the other 7 subpopulations.

Joint Submission by the Center for Carbon Removal, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Forest Trends, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Woods Hole Research Center, regarding views on APA Item 6: Matters relating to the global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement: (a) identification of the sources of input for the global stocktake; and (b) development of the modalities of the global stocktake, in particular the role of the land sector and its potential for enhanced action, including Intact Forest Landscapes

Mark Bittman writes that the bill doesn't address the public policies it should, such as «encouragement and support for would - be new farmers and small farmers; «conservation» in the form of agriculture that doesn't seek to defeat nature; increased funding for research into sustainable agriculture.»

Arctic Science Section programs were reviewed 16 - 17 September 2013 by a COV which included Chair Douglas MacAyeal, University of Chicago and members Paul Bierman, University of Vermont; John Farrell, U.S. Arctic Research Commission; Janet Intrieri, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory; Martha McConnell, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Liesel Ritchie, University of Colorado Boulder; and Rebecca Woodgate, University of Washington.