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NFC: Fw: Nature Conservancy Nature News, September 2000
NATURE CONSERVANCY Nature News for September 2000
Welcome to Nature News, our once a month peek into the
state of the planet. Learn what lands, waters, plants
and animals The Nature Conservancy is working to save
and where to find more information. For general information
about The Nature Conservancy, please visit our Web site:
http://www.tnc.org.
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CONTENTS
1. 50th Anniversary Adventures
2. Parks-in-Peril
3. Add Water-Freshwater Initiative
4. Reef Relief
5. Fast Fact-Rain Forests
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1. 50th Anniversary Adventures
Sailing in Indonesia; re-tracing Charles Darwin's path in
South America; hiking and rafting in the canyons of Arizona
and Utah; exploring Florida's Everglades. These four trips
are available in 2001 in honor of The Nature Conservancy's
50th anniversary. Each adventure is designed to bring travelers
closer to the Last Great Places The Nature Conservancy strives
to protect.
To read more, visit:
http://www.tnc.org/naturenews/story1.html
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2. Parks-in-Peril
From Guatemalan highlands to Dominican Republic fisheries
to the Andes, The Nature Conservancy and USAID have helped
protect millions of acres throughout Latin America and the
Caribbean. Since 1990, the Parks in Peril program has
strengthened 37 parks and transformed what were "paper parks"
into clearly demarcated, well-guarded and adequately funded
reserves. By bringing on-site local conservation management
to these critical areas, the program has helped in-country
partners create fully functioning protected areas.
To read more, visit:
http://www.tnc.org/naturenews/story2.html
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3. Add Water -Freshwater Initiative
Rivers throughout the Americas, home to natural wonders and
native plants and animals, are threatened by dams, agricultural
practices, development, and invasive species. However, The
Nature Conservancy's Freshwater Initiative delivers solutions
that meet both human demands and ecosystem needs for fresh and
flowing water freshwater in the United States, Latin America,
and the Caribbean. The Freshwater Initiative combines the best
available science, with education and outreach programs.
To read more, visit:
http://www.tnc.org/naturenews/story3.html
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4. Reef Relief
Coral reefs support a quarter of all marine life, provide
barriers against erosion and are a resource for medical research.
However, they are being damaged by over-fishing, boat anchors
and pollution. Ten percent of reefs have been destroyed and
twenty percent are in danger. The Conservancy's Rescue the
Reef program provides funds to protect these vital marine
ecosystems.
To read more, visit:
http://www.tnc.org/naturenews/story4.html
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5. Fast Fact-Rain Forests
As the football season kicks off, consider this: in the
developing world, two football fields (200 yards) worth of
rain forest vanish every second. Roughly 33 million acres of
rain forest disappear each year. The race is on to protect
the remaining rain forests, home to 70% of the world's plants
that contain cancer fighting properties, and an important tool
in reducing global warming.
To read more, visit:
http://www.tnc.org/adoptanacre
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