Three factors influence whether a species can adapt to a new habitat - food supply, climate and competition with other species.
Earlier this year the baiji or Yangtse River Dolphin was declared probably extinct, and the Critically Endangered vaquita (Phocoena sinus) - another species restricted to a small, specific habitat - will follow suit without swift action, conservationists believe.
The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), UN-HABITAT and UN-Water are co-organizing an official World Water Day 2011 event on 20 - 22 March 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Following nomination by the Secretary-General, the General Assembly, on 25 August 2010, elected Joan Clos of Spain as Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) at the level of Under-Secretary-General.
And in Hawaii, WATG is building the U-Sea Marine Habitat, an 80-room undersea hotel, observatory and marine research center.
The US space agency has been running the programme since 2001, using the 20m-deep Aquarius habitat as its test-bed facility.
Not gentle humor, but all-out comedy or satire that casts the whole experience and habitat of pre-adults as both ludicrous and avoidable.
This is a tragic wake-up call and begs for habitat restoration and non-violence, as well as more and more projects like that developed by NASA to find synthetic alternatives to meat.
It is very typical of a type of habitat called fen meadow - it's that sort of habitat that we want to restore.
Under an arrangement originally proposed by the Dutch - designed to satisfy European targets to protect the habitat of migratory birds - the Hedwige Polder was supposed to be returned to the sea.
He succeeds Anna Tibaijuka, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service to the Organization and her commitment in leading UN-Habitat.
The Conference is jointly organized by: UNW-DPAC and the Ebro River Basin Authority, UNESCO, UNW-DPC, World Bank, UNEP, OECD, ILO, ECLAC, ESCWA, and UN-Habitat.
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It is an initiative financially sponsored by the Fund for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG-F) composed by the six UN System agencies: UNDP, UNODC, UNESCO, ILO, UN-HABITAT, and UNICEF.
In the framework of efforts to reduce Co2 gas emissions, the Executive Heads participated in the inauguration of the new energy efficient office building for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN-Habitat in Nairobi.
Both oenophiles and salmon lovers can see which vineyards are taking action via Fish Friendly Farming, a certification project from the non-profit and Napa-based California Land Stewardship Institute, which gives its stamp of approval to wineries and farms that work on habitat and water-quality issues.
Off Palm Beach, Miami, marine developer US Submarines is building a six-room habitat 30 m below, complete with cooking facilities, lounges and fish-feeding stations.
Apparently they've managed to create some supa' fast memory chips by coating 30-nanometer-long bits of tobacco mosaic virus (pictured above in its natural habitat) with itsy-bitsy platinum nanoparticles.
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In fact, according to the New York State Biodiversity Research Institute, that man-caused influence comes in fifth behind habitat degradation and loss, non-native invasive species, pollution, and overuse of resources.
The current plan is to launch the first full-scale habitat (called Sundancer) in 2014.
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Because Breezy Point hadn't been hit by a storm of Sandy's magnitude for decades, piping-plover habitat there had shrunk.
Additionally, certain sections of the Walmart green roof will feature wildlife-attracting habitat features such as compost piles and water basins.
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The current Mike lives in a lush, 15, 000-square-foot habitat on the LSU campus, complete with a roaring waterfall and a stream.
Management of running afoul of regulations to protect the desert-tortoise habitat.
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But every day, hundreds of ASF volunteers battle for the species on the ground, rebuilding and restoring river and fish-spawning habitat in the Atlantic Canada provinces and Maine.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a Chicago-based organization considered an authority on such records, says an antenna is something simply added to the top of a tower that can be removed.
According to UN Habitat, the mega-cities of the future, (those with more than 10 million residents) will be "giant potential flood and disaster traps" if insufficient action is taken on behalf of their residents.
Of the four global regions inhabited by primates, the worst hit is Madagascar, where loss of habitat to traditional slash-and-burn agriculture has left some lemur species, such as Perrier's sifaka, stranded in tiny areas of forest.
More recently, the federal government, along with Delaware and New Jersey, tried to improve the wild-shellfish habitat by dropping millions of clam shells into the bay, which helps oysters mature by giving the larvae something to attach to.
We are delighted to have found in NRG a partner that shares our vision to build a solar power plant in San Luis Obispo County that enhances the local economy, protects local habitat and generates emission-free solar power for California.
Now if you too want to turn your back garden into a haven for our feathered friends, the RSPB is holding its Feed the Birds event on Saturday and their local teams have lots of advice on transforming your garden into a wildlife-rich habitat.
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