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Help Us Plant a Billion Trees
For only one dollar, you can plant a tree that will help in the fight against climate change!
Visit http://plantabillion.org/ to donate to The Nature Conservancy’s Campaign to Plant a Billion Trees.
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The Nature Conservancy RSVP "Yes" if you want to help make this holiday season one that's more eco-friendly for our natural world.

Join The Nature Conservancy this holiday season and give gifts that will go twice as far– gifts that will delight loved ones while also protecting and preserving some of the world's most precious habitats for fu...ture generations. New this year are opportunities to ensure habitat protection for hummingbirds and northern jaguars, to protect the flow and supply of freshwater for communities in Latin America and to preserve stunning coral reefs in Palau, Papua New Guinea and the Dominican Republic.

Save the Northern Jaguar or Protect Hummingbird Habitat
They may differ pretty significantly in size, but the jaguar and the hummingbird both need plenty of room to roam. The hummingbird can migrate more than 2,000 miles from central Mexico to as far north as British Columbia, Canada, on wings that aren’t quite two-and-a-half inches long. The northern jaguar roams from as far south as Patagonia all the way to Arizona and New Mexico. A gift for jaguars and hummingbirds will support efforts to save their habitat.
Protect Hummingbird Habitats: http://my.nature.org/gifts/hummingbird.html
Save the Northern Jaguar: http://my.nature.org/gifts/jaguar.html


The “Must-Have” Gift…Water
Every time a free-flowing river is altered, a lake is fouled by toxic runoff or a wetland is drained, the ability of freshwater systems to sustain life is disrupted and weakened. Give the gift of clean water and your loved one can take pride in the fact that their gift is helping to protect the flow and supply of fresh water and ensuring the well-being and very survival of our own species.
Give the Gift of Clean Water: http://my.nature.org/gifts/water.html

It doesn't take much to give a meaningful holiday gift that makes a different. Just $10 will plant 10 native trees in the Atlantic Forest, one of the world's biggest and most endangered tropical forests.

Pledge your support & help us make this 2009 Holiday Season the best one yet! RSVP "yes" to this event and visit http://www.nature.org/gifts

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The Nature Conservancy Climate Change and Conservation's Big Bet

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Climate change and similar landscape-sized threats to nature force locally-based conservationists to think big, says Conservancy scientist Rob McDonald. Read his post and tell us what you think!
Charlie Wright
Charlie Wright
Locally we can do small projects but on the larger scale we can only rely on our governments. Opposition is well entrenched in muddying reason so all efforts on truly making inroads will have to overcome this adversity. This more often entails in their eyes attacking their god.
11 hours ago
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Amanda, we get that complaint frequently -- but for every person who reads every word online, about eight or nine skim, research shows. So bolding catches eyes, and makes those people read more.
10 hours ago
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The Nature Conservancy Nature Video of the Week: Adopt An Acre Africa

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Lions, cheetahs, elephants, and wildebeests — these are only some of the iconic animals that roam the grasslands and savannas of Eastern and Southern Africa. Visit Adopt an Acre today to help protect and restore one of the world's most extraordinary yet highly threatened regions: http://adopt.nature...
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
also, bush burning, poaching and deforestation should be stoped
Yesterday at 8:31am
Anne
Anne
wonderful idea
Yesterday at 9:58am
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The Nature Conservancy Wondering about December's global climate change meeting? We've got at primer on the who, what, where, when and why it's important.


What do you hope world leaders can achieve in Copenhagen?

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Perhaps you’ve heard that there is a global climate change summit this December. Perhaps you’ve even heard that it's taking place in Copenhagen and you’ve heard the strange acronym "COP15." If ...
Chuck Pearson
Chuck Pearson
Evolving, there is not just one species. Martian is a different species.
Yesterday at 3:08am
Kimberly
Kimberly
LOL

I am still waiting to hear from the nature folks! PLEASE!
Yesterday at 12:21pm
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The Nature Conservancy The Lesson of the Wild Turkey

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In 1900, the wild turkey was considered endangered in North America. Today, there are millions of the birds on the continent. The Conservancy's Matt Miller says that's a lesson for conserving other species like tigers, elephants and pandas.
Leigh
Leigh
Just happy that something's back from the brink! Hope more species can make their way back like this.
Mon at 10:46pm
Christine
Christine
The wild turkeys in New Canaan always show up in a great mob the week before Thanksgiving. I think this is an odd coincidence.
Yesterday at 6:36am
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The Nature Conservancy Spawning Coho Salmon
Photo © Flickr User: "Soggydan" Dan Bennett

Nature Photo of the Week
Published on November 20, 2009 Cool Green Science Blog

http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/nature-photo-of-the-week-spawning-coho-salmon/

Ryan J. Jennings
Ryan J. Jennings
thanks Robin. good stuff!
November 20 at 4:48pm
Nona
Nona
I'm thrilled that so many folks love the link I've provided for The Nature Conservancy! Thanks!
November 21 at 2:22am
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The Nature Conservancy Coral Babies!

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Our four nurseries to grow staghorn coral off the Florida coast have been a great success -- and the program is now growing! See a great slideshow of the "coral babies" and learn more.
Bob Sivulich
Bob Sivulich
THIS IS GREAT NEWS! I HAVE BEEN SCUBA DIVING FOR 45 YEARS AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE REEFS WERE DIEING AT SUCH A RATE THAT IF I DIDN'T GO TO THE AREA FOR 5 NYEARS IT WAS DEAD AND GONE. I HAVE DOVE ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THE NUMBER OF REEFS THAT WERE OPEN FOR DIVING WENT DOWN EVERY YEAR.WITHOUT THE REEFS THE BIG FISH THAT NEED THE FOOD THAT IS AROUND MOST REEFS WILL DIE OFF WHICH IN TURN WILL KILL MOST ALL SEA LIFE.
November 19 at 8:51pm
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The Nature Conservancy How to Save the World in Your Pajamas!

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Green blogger Margaret Southern says it's time to reconsider telecommuting...but check with your boss first! Check out her tips and share your own on our blog!
Desiree
Desiree
I'm all for it! Too bad my company isn't :(
November 19 at 9:23am
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
pls call on me anytime.
November 19 at 11:36am
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The Nature Conservancy The River of Raptors

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The director of The Nature Conservancy's migratory bird program travels to Veracruz, Mexico -- and sees millions of raptors migrating through. Read his blog post on this amazing experience!
Jessie Rountree
Jessie Rountree
yes...they are the messengers.
November 18 at 6:30am
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
i love nature & its constituents. i wil love to partner with you fully on this programme
November 19 at 6:23am
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The Nature Conservancy Where is biodiversity threatened by climate change? Everywhere. From North Carolina to Papua New Guinea species are threatened by a changing planet. Check out our interactive map for more.

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The threat that climate change poses to animals and wildlife around the world has made combating it one of The Nature Conservancy’s top priorities. Experts predict that one-fourth of Earth’s species will be headed for extinction by 2050 if the warming trend continues at its current rate. ...
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The Nature Conservancy How to Achieve a Global Climate Change Agreement

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Read our lead scientist's latest blog post and find out about a new tool for simulating a balance among greenhouse gas emissions that would keep the world under a 2-degree C. temperature rise!
Art
Art
what about exercising your rights and call/write/annoy your congressman/woman? Not only that but get your friends to do it too. Politicians only care about one thing..... getting elected. We have the power to change things!
November 16 at 6:47pm
Lisa
Lisa
Tried that--my representative says "thank you for contacting me. Your opinion is valued and we must do something about climate change. So we I support more drilling of America's oil and gas resources." I kid you not. :( I'm tempted to keep writing him, but then he keeps sending the same garbage back to me over and over, and wasting paper and resources in the process! What a conundrum.
November 18 at 4:08pm
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The Nature Conservancy What's the key to conservation? Working in partnership with local communities to achieve results that benefit people and nature.

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From alleviating poverty to protecting drinking water to helping farmers irrigate smarter — see how The Nature Conservancy’s work benefits both people and nature.
Ruth Sandra Sperling
Ruth Sandra Sperling
So important!!
November 16 at 6:48pm
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
absolute necessary and essential; please, go for it.
November 19 at 6:45am
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The Nature Conservancy Nature Video of the Week: Titans of the Coral Sea

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The Titan people have been fishing the same reefs in Papua New Guinea for 40,000 years. But for the first time, they're running out. Watch and tell us what YOU think!
Chrissy Schwinn
Chrissy Schwinn
Wish I could like this twice!!
November 16 at 3:16pm
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The Nature Conservancy Can ecotourism help indigenous communities protect their natural and cultural resources?

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The Conservancy has helped bring together 17 community groups in La Amistad International Park in Costa Rica and Panama to create an ecotourism network.
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
Ubochi Innocent Kelechi
ofcourse yes, in as much as there is collective will by all concerned but most importantly, the communities must be partners in policy formulation with the policy makers.
November 19 at 6:44am