Heidi and Harvey Bookman and the Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
#Predation on invertebrates by woodland salamanders increases carbon capturewoodland salamanders perform a vital ecological service in American forests by helping to mitigate the impacts of global warming.
Dr. Hartwell Welsh Jr. research wildlife biologist at the U s. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) helped conduct a study in Northwestern Calif. that examined how woodland salamander
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Despite ruminant livestock's poor image as major greenhouse gas emitters sustainably managed grazing can increase biodiversity maintain ecosystem services
and estimated crop yields were significantly comparable with county averaged National Agricultural Statistics Service yield data and ground-based precipitation-induced DSSAT results Mishra says.
and the Missouri Ozarks according to a new report by the U s. Forest Service and partners that assesses the vulnerability of the region's forest ecosystems
which is part of the Central Hardwoods Climate Change Response Framework a collaboration of federal state academic and private partners led by the Forest Service's Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS).
A Report from the Central Hardwoods Climate Change Response Framework Project was published by the U s. Forest Service's Northern Research Station
Forest Service science is delivering tools and data that will help managers in the Central Hardwoods
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Importantly the new standards did not result in increased food waste contradicting anecdotal reports from food service directors teachers parents
and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) demonstrates that it is possible to qualify bison coming from an infected herd as free of brucellosis using quarantine procedures.
Once the aquaponics project was completed the tilapia were turned over to Michigan Tech Dining Services and wound up on the lunch tables at Wadsworth Hall.
because these behaviors increase the likelihood that her eggs will be said fertile Melody Keena research entomologist U s. Department of agriculture Forest Service Northern Research Station.
Figuring out that the bees were using plastics in place of natural materials took some detective work by U of G's Andrew Moore supervisor of analytical microscopy at Laboratory Services.
and Hunter College The study was set in two after-school programs affiliated with Brooklyn Community Services a New york city-based nonprofit community organization in the summer and fall of 2011.
whether and how intensified farming affects these services provided by the ecosystem. This research has been carried out in close cooperation with teams from the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (Frankfurt/Main) and the Institute of Experimental Ecology at the University of Ulm.
or absence of the â#oeanimal service providersâ#affects the quantity and quality of the harvest.
the impact of the animal provided services on the harvest was equally good in all three cultivation systems even in the unshaded plantations. â#oewe put this down to the mosaic landscape structure on Mount kilimanjaro with its gardens forests
Shaky foundations in sun plantationsâ#oehowever it is likely that these seemingly stable ecosystem services rest on shaky foundations in the sun plantationsâ#believe the WÃ rzburg scientists.
Honey bees provide ecosystem services through pollination of crops worth $215 billion annually worldwide. Concern over honey bee declines in recent decades as well as annual losses has sparked debate over their causes
In the 1980s the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reduced the number of colonies in the U s. by one million by changing the formulation of how colonies were counted previously;
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#Market forces influence value of bat-provided services, such as pest controlservices provided by Mother Nature such as pest control from insect-eating bats are affected by market forces like most anything else in the economy a University of Tennessee Knoxville study finds.
and technological substitutes affect the value of pest control services provided by Mexican free-tailed bats on cotton production in the U s. They found the services are impacted by the forces to the tune of millions of dollars.
and Evolutionary Biology and led by UA's Laura LÃ pez-Hoffman is the first to examine how bat ecosystem services change over time.
and the adoption of transgenic Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis cotton which is modified to express its own pesticide the researchers found that the value of the pest control services dropped 79 percent from a high of $23. 96 million in 1990
and pesticides that replace nature's services such as pollination and natural pest control diminish the importance of protecting ecosystems said LÃ pez-Hoffman
The researchers point to mounting evidence of the evolution of pest resistance to Bt cotton suggesting that the value of bat pest control services may increase again.
In fact by preying on the individual insects that survive the Bt toxin bats may provide the additional service of slowing the evolution of resistance to Bt and other insecticides.
System the Michael j fox Foundation the Levine Foundation the Parkinson Alliance the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship and the Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service
and protecting ecosystem services that people depend on. Co-author Dr. Goetz sees corridors as avenues for migration of flora
For Dr. Goetz Conserving tropical forests ultimately requires prioritizing the services they provide to people in a local setting.
Thomas Marler from the College of Natural and Applied sciences at the University of Guam and John Lawrence from the U s. Department of agriculture Natural resources Conservation Service reported on a large-scale study of Cycas micronesica in Hortscience.
and scholars to understand urban green spaces as not only providers of services but also providers of material products.
and scholars to understand urban green spaces as not only providers of services but also providers of material products.
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The article by the U S. Environmental protection agency U s. Forest Service and other organizations addresses planning practices for locations along major transportation corridors and considers options to address short-and long-term impacts
Properly designed and managed roadside vegetation can help us breathe a little easier said Dr. Greg Mcpherson research forester at the U s. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station.
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for now according to new research by the U s. Forest Service. The key word is appear said Talbot Trotter the study's lead author and a research ecologist with the U s. Forest Service's Northern Research Station.
In many regions particularly in the southern Appalachians the loss of hemlock to hemlock woolly adgid has been devastating.
However when Forest Service scientists used regional Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA) data to get a big picture view of the status of hemlock in the eastern U s. the results surprised them.
and economy said Michael T. Rains Director of the U s. Forest Service's Northern Research Station
and the Forest Products Lab. Forest Service research is working hard to more aggressively control nonnative insects
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and economic service which is relevant for our food security. Annually in Europe more than 24 million honey bee colonies contribute to the production of 130000 tons of honey
The National Science Foundation and the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the USDA Forest Service provided funding.
However some ants also benefit from the plant's services without giving anything in return such as the parasitic ant species Pseudomyrmex gracilis.
and other critical ecosystem services coordinated land use should play a key role in agricultural policy
but with the exception of biomass yield all other services were greater in the perennial grass crops Landis said.
If high commodity prices continue to drive conversion of these marginal lands to annual crop production it will reduce the flexibility we have in the future to promote other critical services like pollination pest suppression and reduction of greenhouse gasses.
and Wildlife Service a government agency that is committed to protecting preserving and enhancing the world's diverse wildlife and their habitats.
and the Insect Pollinators Initiative Crops project indicates that demand for pollination services has risen five times as fast as the number of colonies across Europe.
The study led by Professor Simon Potts compared the number of available honeybee colonies in 41 European countries with their demands for pollination services in the years 2005 and 2010.
although the total number of honeybee colonies increased in some European countries the demands for the pollination services supplied by these pollinators has increased much faster due to the increasing demand for biofuel feedstocks.
and Italy honeybee stocks were found to be insufficient to supply these pollination services alone.
basic ecosystem service. Adding The results don't show that wild pollinators actually do all the work
and services consumed by U s. households so-called household carbon footprints. Interactive carbon footprint maps for more than 31000 U s. zip codes in all 50 states are available online at http://coolclimate. berkeley. edu/maps.
while in other locations it might be electricity food or goods and services. California for example has relatively low emissions associated with household electricity but large emissions from transportation.
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The presence and effects of this mutation have recently been discovered by scientists from Aarhus University University of Liã ge MTT Agrifood Research Finland in collaboration with the Danish Agricultural Advisory Service and the Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation.
AECOM, a global  technical and management support services firm, designed an impressive concept for an urban food jungle.
Not plausible for a cash-strapped municipal government stretched far beyond its means just providing basic services.
But according to a report from the United states Department of agriculture Forest Service, it's an important green infrastructure system for sustainable cities.
when it comes to replacing personal service with that of a computer. We survive without a ticket agent at the airport, a cashier at the grocery store and a teller at the bank.
The right place for robotic coffee Terry Mahlum, regional director for Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services,
The 100 percent recyclable carpet is returned to the manufacturer at the end of its service life and completely remanufactured into new carpet;
The service keeps trees out of incinerators while minimizing excessive transportation to shuttle trees to disposal facilities.
The recycling services are available through January 22. Photos: Paris. fr
Stalled NYC construction site becomes urban farmwhat to do with thousands of square feet of real estate where construction is on hold?
Good Egg says that purchases that are made through its service serve the community,'guarantee fair wages,
For perspective, North american wood pellet production capacity was just 4. 2 Mt in 2008 according to the U s. Forest Service.
They are trying to get 56 miles of rail built that would restore rail service from Chicago to the Gulf of mexico
and it is now ready to begin service four years later as a digital terrestrial broadcaster for both Tokyo and the surrounding region, Kanto.
Given that Apple's design achievements have distinguished its products and services in the marketplace over the years,
the restoration partner of the National parks Service, to update three sections of the National Mall.
The airport paid $14, 900 for the service this year. Chicago's O'hare International airport (ORD) has requested bids for goats to clear brush in an out of the way area of a 7, 000-acre property.
and because of the complexities in using new services. As a result, the home of 2020 looks about the same as the home of 2011 in terms of resource consumption and management.
The international service provider functions not just in France but in 25 countries across Europe and Africa.
Raitif hopes that the partnership will help advance understanding of European communications and service provider strategy among the American researchers.
Demographics the size of the population influences the demand for space and services; Urban form and density sprawling cities tend to have higher per capita emissions than more compact ones;
poses a significant threat to the honey bees and their pollination services. Å Australia is the last country to not have been invaded by this disease
it will be a stronger more evolved strain posing a significant threat to honey bees and our pollination services,
These companies, Cyber-Rain and ET Water, have released both recently cloud services that provide guidance about
The company lets you connect with the service, which integrates weather forecasts, via a computer or a free Apple iphone application.
The weather information comes the Weatherbug service which is interesting considering the investments that parent company Earth Networks is making in its predictive technologies.
GNOME is a free service (although you have to give up some personal information). The company figures that people using the application will save an average of 20 percent to 50 percent depending on their current watering habits.
but these cloud-based services will probably become more ubiquitous. I wouldn't be surprised to see more water utilities consider layering such applications into their web sites
or service or supply chain practice either greener or more sustainable, businesses have to look at the entire end-to-end process.
which offers supply chain and product lifecycle logistics services. Bodenheimer's company puts two data points that you have to absolutely consider
agribusiness unit and an information technology services unit (the aforementioned ITC Infotech. From the company's sustainability report:
a permanent extinction of the Natural Capital that would have been providing vital services for generations to come.
because the value of the services provided free by nature, such as the cleaning of our air and water and the provision of fertile soil simply haven t been accounted for oe they do not figure in a country's GDP,
and without being valued, there is no emphasis on protecting these vital services and the living systems
and the potential to create green industry around managing all of the ecosystem services it provides could help boost our economy,
Biodiversity and a sustainable food supply are linked intimately by way of both ecosystem goods and services.
services such as nutrient and water cycling, soil aeration, pest control, and pollination are essential in sustaining the global food supply.
Other ecosystem goods and services sustain human health in a variety of ways. Studies have estimated that at least 80%of the world s population relies on compounds obtained mainly from plants as their primary source of health care.
Examples of health-related ecosystem services include water filtration, flood regulation and waste removal. Intact ecosystems can protect humans from natural disasters, such as cyclones.
The loss of important ecosystem services is cause for concern. The processes by which humans degrade
what goods or services they provide for humans. In that sense biodiversity loss represents a significant moral failure.
J. B. Hunt Transport Services, one of the nation s largest transportation companies, recently partnered with Washington Gas Energy Services (WGES),
I spoke recently with Gary Whicker, senior vice president of Engineering Services at J. B. Hunt. We talked about carbon offsets,
Transit time and service are the considerations. Typically, trucking can be faster than the train.
And there s always been the perception that the service isn t equal to that of trucking.
We ve worked hard to get the transit time and level of service as close to the truck as possible.
That s a service we provide to customers. Tell me about your role in the Cleansteps partnership.
This year we will ship over 1 million loads via intermodal service. Let s just say the average one,
Cloud computing and Internet services for agriculture are growing in popularity, allowing farmers to keep better track of their assets--from crops to livestock to expenses.
--which they want to remake into a mix of residential and commercial spaces--around basic services,
since it is offered as a service and is priced on a monthly subscription basis. For example, an open field of 20 to 40 acres might use five nodes,
It goes without saying that Mulligan's idea also ignores the actual services that various ecosystems render to us humans refreshing the air, cleaning water, reducing pests, and so on.
There is no shortage of debate about how the U s. Forest Service should go about suppressing forest fires.
For years, the Forest Service has struggled to keep up with a backlog of thinning and prescriptive burn projects that would reduce the chances of large, highly destructive and dangerous fires across the increasingly arid West,
Forest Service chief Tom Tidwell says fire suppression claims nearly half of the agency's yearly budget.
the Forest Service's Technology and Development arm and two Arizona timber companies is testing
Currently, Forest Service employees hike through these pine forests and manually mark trees that should remain,
This means the Forest Service still must mark trees to be removed. By next summer, though, upgrades will allow the software to upload thinning prescription plans that guide harvesters through forests,
and services that have the least impact possible. In the theme parks, those Photopass cards that you get to run around are made now of 95 percent recycled content
Biofuels are growing rapidly thanks to a large service economy. 2010 was a $50 billion marke. 2015 prediction:
à  Retail gas stations can be taken into and out of butanol service without problem. It's much easier to distribute
a service that brings fresh fruits and vegetables to a dozen such food deserts in the Indianapolis area.
which offers food composting services for hundreds of clients in the region, including Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, Sodexo, University of Maryland and Alexandria City Public schools.
and services weren t there to do it, so I decided to do start this business. What are you finding with your clients in terms of composting being something consumers are aware of
and it s a living thing, they think of it less than a trash service and more of something that you can use for gardens and growth.
Many chefs say we don t need this service, and they say they are just taking it home to compost,
In January we are going to be announcing an oil collection service to work with a local producer of biofuels, DC Biofuels.
It turned to its longtime IT services partner, N2n Global, to help it evaluate different solutions.
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For business, food waste a ripe opportunity for savingsi feel like a character in a movie, said Holly Elmore, a 53-year-old former caterer from Atlanta.
The 244-mile trip marked the first ever use of jet biofuels on a regular commercial service.
service to sewer lines and streetlights, and what its demographers have found is a consistent pattern of inequity.
or ETJ) are eligible for basic services...and which citizens aren't. Take Zanesville, Ohio.
The Cedar Group Institute tied together geo-coded data from public sources with government census data to show that black neighborhoods were deliberately being denied access to city water service.
perhaps as a not-for-profit service for only scientists, governments, or environmental monitoring agencies
engaged with Navman Wireless for services that help track and optimize routes. The company tested the GPS SYSTEMS
Smaller operators offering more deluxe accommodations, such as Limoliner, Lux Bus America and New york Shuttle also expanded service in 2011.
 Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development The enthusiasm for comfortable and relatively low-cost bus service contrasts markedly with air and rail service.
Airasia X announced this week that it is suspending service to New zealand due to unprofitability, as prices have increased more than 30 percent
Also this week, Israel's El al airlines announced higher fuel surcharges, eliminated its service to Brazil
and iced its plan to expand service to the U s. Of the six major airlines in India,
Trucking and delivery services Next to airlines, long-haul trucking companies are arguably the most vulnerable to fuel price shocks.
Local drivers for repair services, florists, cleaning services, pizza shops, mobile food businesses, and so on are feeling the pinch even more.
Operators of small fleets, like Phoenix-based HVAC repair shop George Brazil Services, try to maximize their fuel efficiency by switching to more efficient vehicles
Larger fleet operators are turning to logistics services to optimize their fleet activities, using GPS devices to track their drivers on a minute-by-minute basis
For national delivery services like UPS who have optimized already their drivers'habits and engaged in a long campaign to upgrade the fuel economy of their fleets,
Eventually that activism led to a conversation that turned into the expansion of the Downeaster Amtrak service from Portland to Brunswick.
It s one of the only Amtrak services where you can get Wifi and lobster rolls.
which alternatives we re doing to expand on â express bus service or commuter rail. What else is happening in Portland?
David Nowak, head of the U s. Forest Service's (USFS) Northeastern research unit, hopes to provide an answer.
and discipline to two very different high-tech companies, design software developer Autodesk and Internet services giant Yahoo!
I pay Verizon $30 a month for that service and the Blackberry works with all my PC notebooks and netbooks.
Normally, the service is $40 a month. I'm due for for upgrade and a Palm Pre would save me $30 a month!
One research group says the global climate adaptation services industry is already worth $2 billion.
The company offers organic farming as a service. Initially they make an assessment, which costs $90.
Materials Packaging Product Manufacturing and Assembly Transportation and Distribution Use and Service End of Life There really isn't any timing yet as far as
Urban farms=green infrastructure There is significant potential for urban agriculture to provide critical environmental services to the city through stormwater runoff mitigation, soil remediation,
initiated revenue-generating education and training services, and can profit from the environmental services they are providing,
such as tipping fees for collecting compostable waste. Read the complete report: The Potential for Urban agriculture in New york city Via The City Fix Photo:
The U s. Forest Service's urban and community forestry program has a laughable $900, 000 in the bank to disperse in grants.
but in the meantime, perhaps rival firm Google's mapping service or a traditional A to Z would be a better option.
It is called The Value of Producing Food, Energy and Ecosystem Services within an Agro-Ecosystem.
The motivation for the research is the worldwide decline in ecosystem services; the report seeks to illustrate that organic and sustainable farming practices can reclaim some of this value.
We started treating the chronically mentally ill as customers for mental health services rather than as patients.
 Researchers with the U s. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest and Southern Research Stations found that certain types of city trees may help lower property and violent crime rates.
We also offer our services to any other organisation running a community farm or garden (for example local authorities, schools
We also offer our services to any other organisation running a community farm or garden (for example local authorities, schools, trusts,
Enlisting the services of Mr. Mcelroy or Dr. Brendan, if you prefer his Web moniker costs markedly less.
Mr. Mcelroy operation is one of many offering rehabilitation services for the iphone. A quick perusal of the business reviews site Yelp for places to take a mangled phone turned up dozens of listings in urban areas like San francisco, New york, Chicago and Los angeles. Companies like Missionrepair,
Rapid Repair and iresq primarily offer mail-order services, which require shipping off the damaged iphone.
it wasn t long before he had improved enough to charge for his services. Through an advertisement on Craigslist, Mr. Mcelroy began offering to replace shattered screens,
The idea taking shape in Clitheroe is to replace flowers with edible vegetables and offer a modest"pick-your-own"service of plantings to anyone passing by.
group accounting, common pricing and head-office services. Local managers may have been greater discretion, but they remain part of a group.
but in conjunction with its spinoff firm Life Code LLC, it has provided testing services for the development of nutraceuticals based on its unique genomics platform.
how long before they re delivering our goods and services automatically? Check out clips: oebig Dog Robot, The Stanley self-driving car (originally covered in THE FUTURIST in May-June 2006.
or who are affected by natural disasters. oeninety-five percent of the world designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10%of the world customers, notes advisory council member Paul Polak,
And young corporate stars seeking to cash in for billions by selling shares to the public are consumer services the online game company Zynga last week,
but evidence shows that the vision is beginning to be realized on the ground, in recent investments, products and services, coming from large industrial and technology corporations and some ambitious start-ups.
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