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Were looking for some guinea pigs to run through our survey and see what works and what doesnt. MORE
Above, left, right, and center — calls ricochet off the dense vegetation of the Papua New Guinea rainforest, seemingly coming from everywhere and nowhere at once. Are the tropics (and Papua New Guinea) birding nirvana? A Day in the Life of a Field Scientist – Papua New Guinea Edition. MORE
recently unveiled findings from a two month trip last summer to Papua New Guinea. The researchers from the organization worked alongside other American researchers as well as Canadian and local Papua New Guinea scientists. MORE
In Papua New Guinea, a tribal network is taking sustainable management of sea cucumber fisheries into their own hands. Fish & Fisheries From the Field Wildlife Asia Pacific Economics Fish Fisheries Indigenous Peoples Manus sea cucumber expedition TNC Science MORE
They are both found in Australia, though the Spotted Catbird is also found in New Guinea. The third Ailuroedus catbird, Ailuroedus buccoides , or White-eared Catbird , is found on Papua New Guinea and in Indonesia. We can start first with what catbirds are not. MORE
Ricky Gervais is no stranger to providing hilarious voiceovers for animals and his latest one for Rory, the guinea pig is just as brilliant. Read More The post Watch: Ricky Gervais Voices Guinea Pig appeared first on Ecorazzi. Entertainment News Pop Culture Top News ricky gervais MORE
New Guinea is an island home to great biodiversity, biodiversity which continues to grow as scientists discover more species on the island. New Guinea is the world’s second largest island behind Greenland, size which has benefited its biodiversity. MORE
Standing on a ridgeline in Papua New Guinea, I can see vivid green forest stretching for miles in every direction. Inconsequential as this small garden may seem amid the immensity of forest, subsistence agriculture is a major driver of deforestation here in Papua New Guinea. MORE
And the results are indicative, representative and nothing short of surprising: Brunei, The Gambia, Belize, Jamaica, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Panama and Haiti top the list. MORE
Sadly, though much of the Upper Guinea Forest remains at threat from illegal logging and clearing areas for farming. Chris Townend is an ace birder, keen conservationist, and proprietor of Wise Birding Holidays , a UK company that leads tours to places most of us dream of visiting. MORE
Seventeen months after the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the Tokyo Electric Power Company's six-reactor complex at its Fukushima Daiichi, discussions continue about the possible effects of the radiation "dusting" the prefecture's inhabitants received, and their consequences. MORE
in the morning in the Papua New Guinea rainforest, and we’re looking for a bird-of-paradise. 1 of 5 A Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise lek in Papua New Guinea. Hausheer / TNC 5 of 5 A Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise photographed with a camera trap Papua New Guinea. MORE
When I joined The Nature Conservancy as a science writer, I didn’t think I’d be able to add rainforest survival to my resume a mere 6 months into the job. MORE
The original Collared Kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris, still spans across a mighty swathe of territory, from the Red Sea to New Guinea. All the way back in 2011 I wrote about the confusing taxanomic enigma that is the Collared Kingfisher , a species that ranges from the Red Sea to Tonga in a bewildering variety of forms. I’m happy to report that an analysis of the species and some relatives has found that, as suspected, it isn’t a single species. MORE
These questions were the focus of researchers working in Manus, Papua New Guinea who investigated whether community protection efforts for the squaretail coral grouper ( Plectropomus areolatus ) actually benefited the community by providing more fish. MORE
Conservation projects could benefit in numerous ways from locally based monitoring, such as this project carried out by community members in Papua New Guinea. Michelle Venter studies whether local monitoring efforts might be just as effective as monitoring completed by professional scientists. MORE
So naturally, when I told him I would be going to Papua New Guinea soon, his first question was, “Do they have snakes there?” In fact, Papua New Guinea is home to over 80 species of snake. MORE
This small barrier island (only two square kilometers) off the coast of Manus Island , Papua New Guinea was used by the U.S. Margaret Mead Slept Here. MORE
It is, instead, a member of the Petroicidae, the Australasian robins, a family mostly found in New Guinea and Australia but also reaching here in New Zealand and as far across the Pacific as Fiji. According to my Pizzey and Knight Australian guide, it s restricted to the tropical area around Cairns, mostly in the montane area of the Atherton Tablelands, as well as the island of New Guinea. MORE
New acoustic research from Nature Conservancy scientists indicates that forest fragmentation drives distinct changes in the dawn and dusk choruses of forests in Papua New Guinea. Using soundscapes to detect variable degrees of human influence on tropical forests in Papua New Guinea. MORE
Located in the Gulf of Guinea (the “armpit” of Africa), Sao Tome and Principe doesn’t only have a decent number of species overall, but with 28 endemics (staggering 18% of the total), it has a higher endemism level than the Galapagos! The Species per Square Mile Approach. MORE
other than the ridiculousness, for being against the gold standard: The first money pit is an actual pit — the Porgera open-pit gold mine in Papua New Guinea, one of the world’s top producers. In today's NYTimes, Krugman describes human rights and environmental reasons (uniting economists and sociologists!), MORE
And seeing a Pied Imperial Pigeon in the Bahamas is a heck of a lot easier than travelling to Papua New Guinea! MORE
Reachable by direct flights from Portugal, the island country of Sao Tome and Principe lying in the Gulf of Guinea, in the armpit of Africa, has about 140 bird species and 28 endemics – more endemics per square mile than anywhere else on Earth. MORE
Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer of cacao, the raw ingredient in M&M’s, Butterfingers and Snickers Bars, has shut down its borders with Liberia and Guinea, putting a major crimp on the workforce needed to pick the beans that end up in chocolate bars and other treats just as the harvest season begins. MORE
Nautilus Minerals will be the first company making a high-stakes gamble with our oceans' fragile ecosystem, and the first to commercialize on the natural. MORE
Especially not in New Guinea. Wild boar are not a native species here — most native mammals are marsupial-like species — so what is it doing in Papua New Guinea? To find out, we need to go back 50,000 years, when the first settlers are thought to have arrived in New Guinea. MORE
Throwim’ way leg — it’s a New Guinea pidgin phrase that means “to take the first step on a long journey.” In this fantastic read, legendary mammalogist, traveler, and science activist Tim Flannery recounts his years of fieldwork studying rare New Guinea mammals in the 1980s. MORE
It started as a simple bush trail, one of thousands criss-crossing Papua New Guinea’s formidable mountains, connecting communities […]. In many places, the Kokoda Track is little more than a narrow footpath, the earth beneath packed hard from centuries of footsteps. MORE
The genus includes six medium sized butcherbirds and the much larger and terrestrial Australian Magpie (formerly assigned its own genus), and are found across Australia and New Guinea. MORE
But he’s got stiff competition, including peers working to save Tree Kangaroos in Papua New Guinea, Sumatran Orangutans in Indonesia, and Snow Leopards in Pakistan. Sparrowhawk photo by Freek Verdonckt, Batumi Raptor Count. The Whitley Awards , bestowed by the UK-based Whitley Fund for Nature, have been dubbed the “Green Oscars” for their role in recognizing and supporting grassoots-based conservationists in developing countries. MORE
The family Picathartidae consists of two very unusual birds; White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes , endemic to the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa; and Gray-necked or Red-headed , restricted to Lower Guinea forests of Central Africa. MORE
These are just three examples among many that The Nature Conservancy is pioneering in Indonesia, China, Papua New Guinea, Colombia, Mexico, all 50 U.S. Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing our planet today. MORE
A number of these migrate from New Guinea each year to nest on the grounds of the camping ground, but they can be kind of shy for a bird chosing to nest at a birding Mecca. They are another New Guinea migrant – so be sure to check when you want to visit to get these astonishing migrants. MORE
View photographs from our reporter’s journey to Manus, where local communities are taking sustainable sea cucumber management into their own hands. Fish & Fisheries From the Field Asia Pacific Fish Fisheries Indigenous Peoples Manus sea cucumber expedition TNC Science MORE
Cassowary House isn’t just a place to rest your head with some birds, it is also the headquarters of Sicklebill Tours, famous for it’s jaunts to New Guinea. I have, on two occasions no less, explained before that Cassowary House , near Cairns, is an exception place worth a visit. MORE
Also, the island of New Guinea appeared as a whole, or as its parts, the eastern independent country of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the western West Papua province of Indonesia. 10%: Australia, Papua New Guinea. 15%: Colombia, New Guinea (irrespective of the part/country). MORE
The birds have historically been found from the Philippines south through central Indonesia to Papua New Guinea though they recently colonized remote parts of the west coast of Australia’s Cape York peninsula. Birders across Australia are excited about reports of a flock of 23 Spotted Whistling Ducks just north of Cairns in a pond in Wonga Beach. MORE
I’ve often been my own guinea pig, whether that meant rising at 4.30 In the past seven years, I’ve read countless books, attended many seminars, and listened to even more podcasts in my pursuit of personal development. taking cold showers, or writing out daily affirmations. MORE
The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia, edited by Yong Ding Li & Low Bing Wen. MORE
601-800 sp: Canada, Costa Rica, Panama; Russia; Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa; Laos, New Guinea (PNG); Australia. MORE
Seemingly ageless as the land itself, she is thin but strong, her dark skin wrinkled by a life spent in the Papua New Guinea forest. An Iwarame woman represents Papua New Guinea in a village drama. A sing-sing in the village of Iwarame, Papua New Guinea. MORE
And neither is Papua New Guinea. In July I joined Nature Conservancy scientists Eddie Game and Tim Boucher for 10 hard days of fieldwork in Papua New Guinea’s Adelbert Mountain range. Here’s what a typical day is like for a field scientist in the Papua New Guinea rainforest. MORE
Rainforest in the Adelbert Mountain Range of Papua New Guinea’s Madang Province. Last year I was in the famed Golden Teak forests of Central Myanmar. MORE
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
Especially not in New Guinea. Wild boar are not a native species here — most native mammals are marsupial-like species — so what is it doing in Papua New Guinea? To find out, we need to go back 50,000 years, when the first settlers are thought to have arrived in New Guinea.
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FEBRUARY 18, 2019
View photographs from our reporter’s journey to Manus, where local communities are taking sustainable sea cucumber management into their own hands. Fish & Fisheries From the Field Asia Pacific Fish Fisheries Indigenous Peoples Manus sea cucumber expedition TNC Science
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2012
Sadly, though much of the Upper Guinea Forest remains at threat from illegal logging and clearing areas for farming. Chris Townend is an ace birder, keen conservationist, and proprietor of Wise Birding Holidays , a UK company that leads tours to places most of us dream of visiting.
Nature Conservancy - Science
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Above, left, right, and center — calls ricochet off the dense vegetation of the Papua New Guinea rainforest, seemingly coming from everywhere and nowhere at once. Are the tropics (and Papua New Guinea) birding nirvana? A Day in the Life of a Field Scientist – Papua New Guinea Edition.
Eccorazzi
OCTOBER 26, 2012
Ricky Gervais is no stranger to providing hilarious voiceovers for animals and his latest one for Rory, the guinea pig is just as brilliant. Read More The post Watch: Ricky Gervais Voices Guinea Pig appeared first on Ecorazzi. Entertainment News Pop Culture Top News ricky gervais
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2019
Also, the island of New Guinea appeared as a whole, or as its parts, the eastern independent country of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the western West Papua province of Indonesia. 10%: Australia, Papua New Guinea. 15%: Colombia, New Guinea (irrespective of the part/country).
Conservancy Talk
JUNE 13, 2013
So naturally, when I told him I would be going to Papua New Guinea soon, his first question was, “Do they have snakes there?” In fact, Papua New Guinea is home to over 80 species of snake.
Conservancy Talk
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
When I joined The Nature Conservancy as a science writer, I didn’t think I’d be able to add rainforest survival to my resume a mere 6 months into the job.
Nature Conservancy - Science
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
And neither is Papua New Guinea. In July I joined Nature Conservancy scientists Eddie Game and Tim Boucher for 10 hard days of fieldwork in Papua New Guinea’s Adelbert Mountain range. Here’s what a typical day is like for a field scientist in the Papua New Guinea rainforest.
Eco Friendly Daily
FEBRUARY 9, 2014
New Guinea is an island home to great biodiversity, biodiversity which continues to grow as scientists discover more species on the island. New Guinea is the world’s second largest island behind Greenland, size which has benefited its biodiversity.
Conservancy Talk
APRIL 17, 2013
This small barrier island (only two square kilometers) off the coast of Manus Island , Papua New Guinea was used by the U.S. Margaret Mead Slept Here.
Eco Friendly Daily
NOVEMBER 2, 2013
recently unveiled findings from a two month trip last summer to Papua New Guinea. The researchers from the organization worked alongside other American researchers as well as Canadian and local Papua New Guinea scientists.
Celsias
JULY 26, 2012
Seventeen months after the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the Tokyo Electric Power Company's six-reactor complex at its Fukushima Daiichi, discussions continue about the possible effects of the radiation "dusting" the prefecture's inhabitants received, and their consequences.
Nature Conservancy - Science
AUGUST 20, 2013
Conservation projects could benefit in numerous ways from locally based monitoring, such as this project carried out by community members in Papua New Guinea. Michelle Venter studies whether local monitoring efforts might be just as effective as monitoring completed by professional scientists.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JULY 24, 2017
New acoustic research from Nature Conservancy scientists indicates that forest fragmentation drives distinct changes in the dawn and dusk choruses of forests in Papua New Guinea. Using soundscapes to detect variable degrees of human influence on tropical forests in Papua New Guinea.
Elephant Journal
JUNE 8, 2016
Nautilus Minerals will be the first company making a high-stakes gamble with our oceans' fragile ecosystem, and the first to commercialize on the natural.
Nature Conservancy - Science
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
In Papua New Guinea, a tribal network is taking sustainable management of sea cucumber fisheries into their own hands. Fish & Fisheries From the Field Wildlife Asia Pacific Economics Fish Fisheries Indigenous Peoples Manus sea cucumber expedition TNC Science
Environmental Economics
MARCH 3, 2011
Were looking for some guinea pigs to run through our survey and see what works and what doesnt.
Nature Conservancy - Science
MARCH 29, 2013
These questions were the focus of researchers working in Manus, Papua New Guinea who investigated whether community protection efforts for the squaretail coral grouper ( Plectropomus areolatus ) actually benefited the community by providing more fish.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JUNE 18, 2019
It started as a simple bush trail, one of thousands criss-crossing Papua New Guinea’s formidable mountains, connecting communities […]. In many places, the Kokoda Track is little more than a narrow footpath, the earth beneath packed hard from centuries of footsteps.
Conservancy Talk
MARCH 4, 2016
These are just three examples among many that The Nature Conservancy is pioneering in Indonesia, China, Papua New Guinea, Colombia, Mexico, all 50 U.S. Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing our planet today.
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2018
601-800 sp: Canada, Costa Rica, Panama; Russia; Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa; Laos, New Guinea (PNG); Australia.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2019
Reachable by direct flights from Portugal, the island country of Sao Tome and Principe lying in the Gulf of Guinea, in the armpit of Africa, has about 140 bird species and 28 endemics – more endemics per square mile than anywhere else on Earth.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 5, 2019
Located in the Gulf of Guinea (the “armpit” of Africa), Sao Tome and Principe doesn’t only have a decent number of species overall, but with 28 endemics (staggering 18% of the total), it has a higher endemism level than the Galapagos! The Species per Square Mile Approach.
Environmental Economics
OCTOBER 13, 2014
Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer of cacao, the raw ingredient in M&M’s, Butterfingers and Snickers Bars, has shut down its borders with Liberia and Guinea, putting a major crimp on the workforce needed to pick the beans that end up in chocolate bars and other treats just as the harvest season begins.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2013
It is, instead, a member of the Petroicidae, the Australasian robins, a family mostly found in New Guinea and Australia but also reaching here in New Zealand and as far across the Pacific as Fiji. According to my Pizzey and Knight Australian guide, it s restricted to the tropical area around Cairns, mostly in the montane area of the Atherton Tablelands, as well as the island of New Guinea.
Nature Conservancy - Science
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
Standing on a ridgeline in Papua New Guinea, I can see vivid green forest stretching for miles in every direction. Inconsequential as this small garden may seem amid the immensity of forest, subsistence agriculture is a major driver of deforestation here in Papua New Guinea.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia, edited by Yong Ding Li & Low Bing Wen.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 5, 2011
The birds have historically been found from the Philippines south through central Indonesia to Papua New Guinea though they recently colonized remote parts of the west coast of Australia’s Cape York peninsula. Birders across Australia are excited about reports of a flock of 23 Spotted Whistling Ducks just north of Cairns in a pond in Wonga Beach.
Elephant Journal
MARCH 9, 2018
I’ve often been my own guinea pig, whether that meant rising at 4.30 In the past seven years, I’ve read countless books, attended many seminars, and listened to even more podcasts in my pursuit of personal development. taking cold showers, or writing out daily affirmations.
Nature Conservancy - Science
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
Seemingly ageless as the land itself, she is thin but strong, her dark skin wrinkled by a life spent in the Papua New Guinea forest. An Iwarame woman represents Papua New Guinea in a village drama. A sing-sing in the village of Iwarame, Papua New Guinea.
Nature Conservancy - Science
JUNE 19, 2017
Throwim’ way leg — it’s a New Guinea pidgin phrase that means “to take the first step on a long journey.” In this fantastic read, legendary mammalogist, traveler, and science activist Tim Flannery recounts his years of fieldwork studying rare New Guinea mammals in the 1980s.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 10, 2012
The family Picathartidae consists of two very unusual birds; White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes , endemic to the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa; and Gray-necked or Red-headed , restricted to Lower Guinea forests of Central Africa.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2012
A number of these migrate from New Guinea each year to nest on the grounds of the camping ground, but they can be kind of shy for a bird chosing to nest at a birding Mecca. They are another New Guinea migrant – so be sure to check when you want to visit to get these astonishing migrants.
10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2012
The genus includes six medium sized butcherbirds and the much larger and terrestrial Australian Magpie (formerly assigned its own genus), and are found across Australia and New Guinea.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2012
They are both found in Australia, though the Spotted Catbird is also found in New Guinea. The third Ailuroedus catbird, Ailuroedus buccoides , or White-eared Catbird , is found on Papua New Guinea and in Indonesia. We can start first with what catbirds are not.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2012
Cassowary House isn’t just a place to rest your head with some birds, it is also the headquarters of Sicklebill Tours, famous for it’s jaunts to New Guinea. I have, on two occasions no less, explained before that Cassowary House , near Cairns, is an exception place worth a visit.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2017
And seeing a Pied Imperial Pigeon in the Bahamas is a heck of a lot easier than travelling to Papua New Guinea!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2018
And the results are indicative, representative and nothing short of surprising: Brunei, The Gambia, Belize, Jamaica, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Panama and Haiti top the list.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
The original Collared Kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris, still spans across a mighty swathe of territory, from the Red Sea to New Guinea. All the way back in 2011 I wrote about the confusing taxanomic enigma that is the Collared Kingfisher , a species that ranges from the Red Sea to Tonga in a bewildering variety of forms. I’m happy to report that an analysis of the species and some relatives has found that, as suspected, it isn’t a single species.
Conservancy Talk
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Rainforest in the Adelbert Mountain Range of Papua New Guinea’s Madang Province. Last year I was in the famed Golden Teak forests of Central Myanmar.
Environmental Economics
DECEMBER 23, 2013
other than the ridiculousness, for being against the gold standard: The first money pit is an actual pit — the Porgera open-pit gold mine in Papua New Guinea, one of the world’s top producers. In today's NYTimes, Krugman describes human rights and environmental reasons (uniting economists and sociologists!),
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2016
But he’s got stiff competition, including peers working to save Tree Kangaroos in Papua New Guinea, Sumatran Orangutans in Indonesia, and Snow Leopards in Pakistan. Sparrowhawk photo by Freek Verdonckt, Batumi Raptor Count. The Whitley Awards , bestowed by the UK-based Whitley Fund for Nature, have been dubbed the “Green Oscars” for their role in recognizing and supporting grassoots-based conservationists in developing countries.
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