8 Articles match "Conservation","Thailand"

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• Mangroves: The Roots of the Sea
  
  There aren't too many happy stories when it comes to restoring damaged ecosystems, but people in southern Thailand's Trang Province tell one of them, thanks to an innovative grassroots organization called Yad Fon. By helping villagers manage their own natural resources.
  The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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• Protecting rainforests shown to reduce poverty Ecologist
  
  Study author Professor Paul Ferraro said the findings went against the conventional wisdom that says biodiversity conservation was not compatible with development goals. link] Useful links Protected areas reduced poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand READ MORE. The results are surprising.
  The Green Changemakers - Thursday, June 3, 2010
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• Get Palmhugging with Malibu (and Do Some Good While You’re At It!)
  
  is partnering with Reef Check , a non-profit dedicated to monitoring, protecting and rehabilitating coral reefs, to offer 10 budding environmentalists a chance to get a PhD in SPF by monitoring coral reef health in Thailand, the Maldives or the Philippines. Malibu rum (yes, the one that tastes like coconuts!)
  Eco Chic - Thursday, August 6, 2009
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• Go Philanthropic: Making Travel Matter
  
  The company currently offers tours to Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Belize, Ecuador and India—all hot destinations in the travel market yet all developing countries with a multitude of needs in their respective communities. Philanthropy is no longer just for the wealthy. Not in the least. You simply need to be willing.
  The Green Changemakers - Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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• Urban Research Symposium 2009
  
  Municipality of Marseille Monique Barbut, Chief Executive, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Inga Bjork-Klevby, Deputy Executive Director, UN-Habitat Philippe Van de Maele, Director General, French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) (tbc) Special Message by Video Dr. Dawson, S. Barr, M. Batty, A. Bristow, S. Carney, A. Dagoumas, A.
  The Green Changemakers - Sunday, February 7, 2010
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• Top 10 New Species of 2009
  
  The new genus is unrelated to any other of the 170 plus palms of Madagascar and is most closely related to 3 genera: one each in Afghanistan and neighboring parts of Asia; south Thailand; and Vietnam and southern China.  Each year the IISE announces a list of the Top 10 New Species for the preceding calendar year. Photos courtesy of John A.
  Green Earth Journey - Thursday, June 11, 2009
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• Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP)
  
  Water Design water flows to conserve resources and reduce pollution through strategies similar to those described for energy and materials. The Agency then embodied this concept in an Environmental Technology Initiative project, which led to the President's Council on Sustainable Development adopting EIPs as demonstration projects in 1995.
  The Green Changemakers - Monday, November 17, 2008
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• Meditation, Social Change, and Education
  
  So we must not be surprised if commercial and military influences, and conservative ruling groups currently still active in our society set themselves against any contemplative movement even today. There has also been a growth of interest in religion, which has taken the shape of reviving dormant meditative traditions (e.g., 270 A.D.),
  The Green Changemakers - Friday, April 2, 2010
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