Posts Tagged ‘conservation’

• Scientists fine-tune extinction rate projections

  The journal Nature recently reported that modern methods of measuring animal populations are too simple and often do not take into account the complexity of what influences species numbers. Professor Stephen Hubbell, from California, and Professor Fangliang He, from China, …

• Nearly 50% of the world’s primates face extinction report says

  According to a newly released report by the IUCN Primate Specialist Group says that “almost 50 percent of the world’s primates are in danger of extinction.” The report points out that habitat destruction and hunting are the two main threats. …

• Save Trees. Trees Save.

  Here is a clever ad that says: “Save Trees. Trees Save.” From where the advertisement comes from is unknown. If someone knows who made this ad or more background information regarding the advertisement please let us know about it by …

• Save water and money by using a shower timer

  Do you like to take long, and especially hot, showers regularly? Besides making your skin dryer you will also waste money and water (30% of all home water consumption is in the shower) on those long hot showers. But fear …