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Datasets | Number of Bird Species by Terrestrial Ecoregion - 1 views

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GIS Birds Maps Environmental Science Living Environment ecoregions

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Downloadable world map using Wildfinder data to portray # bird species by terrestrial ecoregion

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Teachers and students in Mexico and the U.S. connect over birds - Round Robin - 3 views

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Crossing Boundaries International Birds Mexico

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Overview on the Lab of Ornithology's blog summarizing the Crossing Boundaries trip to Jalisco, Mexico

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Birds of New York State: Species - 2 views

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birds Biodiversity Maps new york Living Environment Environmental Science

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Includes statistics about NY bird species and a map showing variability in bird species richness across the state.

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National Parks with Benefits: How Protecting the Planet's Biodiversity Also Provides Ec... - 1 views

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Biodiversity ecosystem services wilderness preserve

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"Rather than look at protected areas as preserves cut off from our human activity except as tourist destinations, we need to recognize their broader role in our economies. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Rather than look at protected areas as preserves cut off from our human activity except as tourist destinations, we need to recognize their broader role in our economies. "</div>

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GIS Videos - 1 views

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Videos GIS

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ESRI videos on GIS careers such as forester, conservationist, and helicopter pilot

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Google To Deliver The Amazon Jungle In 3-D : NPR - 1 views

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Google Earth amazon rainforest

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"Google has long offered anyone with an Internet connection a street-level view of cities and landmarks around the world, from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Roman Coliseum. Now, it's teaming up with a Brazilian environmental group to offer a 3-D, on-the-ground view of one of the planet's most remote areas: the hamlet of Tumbira in the center of the Brazilian Amazon. The goal is to show how people in the Amazon live - and educate the public about their effort to protect the forest."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Google has long offered anyone with an Internet connection a street-level view of cities and landmarks around the world, from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Roman Coliseum. Now, it's teaming up with a Brazilian environmental group to offer a 3-D, on-the-ground view of one of the planet's most remote areas: the hamlet of Tumbira in the center of the Brazilian Amazon. The goal is to show how people in the Amazon live - and educate the public about their effort to protect the forest."</div>

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Making a Meaningful Map - 2 views

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Maps GIS

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Evaluate the effectiveness of your map in telling its story by answering these 10 questions.

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WWF - Living Planet Report - 2 views

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Sustainability ecological footprint Biodiversity

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"Use the Interactive Footprint Calculator to find your country and see how it compares to others. See what makes up the biggest components of our water footprint. Watch how the index for species populations move and change over time."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Use the Interactive Footprint Calculator to find your country and see how it compares to others. See what makes up the biggest components of our water footprint. Watch how the index for species populations move and change over time."</div>

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CareerZone - New York Department of Labor - 1 views

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careers

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"an innovative online career exploration and planning system designed to make career exploration and planning fun and easy... students can choose an occupation & read the job description, interests it utilizes, skills required, education needed, average wages for entry level and senior level, and job outlook.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"an innovative online career exploration and planning system designed to make career exploration and planning fun and easy... students can choose an occupation & read the job description, interests it utilizes, skills required, education needed, average wages for entry level and senior level, and job outlook. </div>

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A Moment of Science, Health and Tech Podcasts - 1 views

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Podcasts Videos

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"A Moment of Science is a daily audio podcast, public radio program and video series providing the scientific story behind some of life's most perplexing mysteries. "

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40 Million Trees and a Nobel Peace Prize: One Woman's Story | Wangari Maathai - 0 views

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Kenya International Sustainability

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In this 7-minute excerpt from the documentary Roots of Change: The Vision of Wangari Maathai see how she became the first African woman, and first environmentalist, to win the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Green Belt Movement that she founded has profoundly changed the physical and social landscape of Kenya...and it all began with planting trees.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In this 7-minute excerpt from the documentary Roots of Change: The Vision of Wangari Maathai see how she became the first African woman, and first environmentalist, to win the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Green Belt Movement that she founded has profoundly changed the physical and social landscape of Kenya...and it all began with planting trees. </div>

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Not Black & White | Conservation Magazine - 0 views

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Kenya International Sustainability Biodiversity

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Grazing by zebras, other African wildlife can actually help cattle -- student-friendly summary of the Science article

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Kenya should embrace living with nature as the model for a healthier, wealthier nation - 0 views

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Kenya Biodiversity Sustainability International

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Simple and cost effective investments in predator proof stockades, known as bomas, eliminates much human-predator conflict... The economic well-being of the country depends ultimately, not on the bricks and mortar of runaway development activity, but on the natural environment that-alone-will define the limits of what we can, or cannot, do. Only by embracing conservation can we create a sustainable basis for our continued economic and social development.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Simple and cost effective investments in predator proof stockades, known as bomas, eliminates much human-predator conflict... The economic well-being of the country depends ultimately, not on the bricks and mortar of runaway development activity, but on the natural environment that-alone-will define the limits of what we can, or cannot, do. Only by embracing conservation can we create a sustainable basis for our continued economic and social development. </div>

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NSF News - Zebras vs. Cattle: Not So Black-and-White - US National Science Foundation (... - 1 views

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Biodiversity International Kenya Living Environment Environmental Science

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A new study by Kenyan and University of California at Davis researchers shows that grazing by wild animals doesn't always harm, and may sometimes benefit, cattle. The results are published in this week's issue of the journal Science.""Our findings provide further evidence that biodiversity conservation and economic development can be simultaneously achieved in human-occupied savanna landscapes.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A new study by Kenyan and University of California at Davis researchers shows that grazing by wild animals doesn't always harm, and may sometimes benefit, cattle. The results are published in this week's issue of the journal Science.""Our findings provide further evidence that biodiversity conservation and economic development can be simultaneously achieved in human-occupied savanna landscapes.""</div>

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Right Whale Listening Network, Cornell, Bioacoustics - 1 views

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whales Scientists Videos Living Environment Environmental Science

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This website explains the high-tech systems used by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to hear, monitor, and protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, and you can see live info about where these whales have been detected within the past 24 hours.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This website explains the high-tech systems used by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to hear, monitor, and protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, and you can see live info about where these whales have been detected within the past 24 hours. </div>

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Right Whale Research Blog - 0 views

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Blogs whales Scientists Living Environment Environmental Science

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A blog by the New England Aquarium about the massive collaborative effort to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from ship strikes, gear entanglements and other threats.

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Innovative program saves wildlife, protects forests, and fights poverty in Africa - 0 views

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Kenya International Sustainability agriculture wildlife

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"A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examines how the Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) program has succeeded in stabilizing wildlife while improving agriculture in the Luangwa Valley."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examines how the Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) program has succeeded in stabilizing wildlife while improving agriculture in the Luangwa Valley."</div>

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Amazon rainforest communities added to Google Street View - 0 views

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Google Earth International rainforest amazon Living Environment Environmental Science

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"Google is adding addresses along sections of the Amazon River and Rio Negro in Brazil to its Street View service."

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WWF - List of Ecoregions - 0 views

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ecoregion Science Pipes biodiversity

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Ecoregion descriptions by WWF, useful with Science Pipes biome lesson and other activities using these ecoregions

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Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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articles ICT learning

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"Pundits may be asking if the Internet is bad for our children's mental development, but the better question is whether the form of learning and knowledge-making we are instilling in our children is useful to their future." "Online blogs directed at peers exhibit fewer typographical and factual errors, less plagiarism, and generally better, more elegant and persuasive prose than classroom assignments by the same writers."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Pundits may be asking if the Internet is bad for our children's mental development, but the better question is whether the form of learning and knowledge-making we are instilling in our children is useful to their future." "Online blogs directed at peers exhibit fewer typographical and factual errors, less plagiarism, and generally better, more elegant and persuasive prose than classroom assignments by the same writers." </div>

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