landscape planning News
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Conservation checklist aids best practice in managing landscapes
Sound, science-based approaches are needed to meet the challenge of conserving biodiversity and natural resources. However, despite over two decades of research, there is little agreement on general principles governing best practice in landscape management with much ecological knowledge overlooked. Following a workshop in Australia, conservation experts from around the world have now identified ...
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Grundfos Pumps to Halve Water Consumption For Irrigation at Fresno Facility During 2011
Grundfos Pumps Corporation today announced that it will voluntarily cut in half the amount of potable water used to irrigate its 27-acre campus here during 2011, with plans to eliminate the practice entirely by the end of 2012. As a result, the global pumps and pumping systems manufacturer will save roughly 3 million gallons of potable water during 2011 – enough to fill four Olympic-sized ...
By Grundfos
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Metropolitan Water District Hosts Spring Green Expo This Thursday (May 16)
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: WHAT: Hosted by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the Spring Green Expo is an educational event featuring more than 65 exhibits by college students, businesses and public agencies. The event, which is free to the public, includes three one-hour seminars focusing on the latest in landscape design, vegetable garden ...
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`REDD+ actions can have varying impacts`
Impacts of actions under Reduction of Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) – a UN mechanism to stem deforestation and degradation – on biodiversity and carbon vary across forest types and landscape conditions, a new global assessment shows. Key findings of the preliminary assessment of links between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people, prepared by the International Union of ...
By SciDev.Net
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Glenn County Soil Partnership Honored with Excellence in Innovation Award
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and California Association of Resource Conservation Districts recognized the outstanding achievements of the Glenn County Soil Partnership at an awards last week at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, Calif. The Partnership — including the Glenn County Resource Conservation District, Glenn County University of California ...
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ASA, CSSA, and SSSA present scholarships and fellowships
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) will present the following 2010 Scholarships and Fellowships at their Annual Meetings on Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Long Beach, CA, www.acsmeetings.org. American Society of Agronomy Scholarships: The Hank Beachell Future Leader Scholarship, funded through the Agronomic Science ...
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