Conservation, Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Jul 28th, 2010,
This week’s Creature Feature takes us to Africa and the Middle East, where you’ll find a rather odd member of the Ibis family. The Northern Bald Ibis (aka the Hermit Ibis or Waldrapp) is a decent sized member of the Ibis family (about 28-31 inches or 70-80 cm). Once found across northern Africa, southern Europe, and the Middle East, this critically endangered bird is now limited to Morocco (about 500) and Syria—where less than 10 remain. Although there have been some semi-wilding breeding colonies or reintroduction programs added to a few countries, including Turkey, Austria, and Spain, these birds are…
Tags: Africa, bird, Creature Feature, critically endangered species, Europe, Hermit Ibis, Middle East, Northern Bald Ibis, spiritual, Thoth, Waldrapp
Nature, Politics, Jan 12th, 2010,
![]( "<!--:en-->Conservation, Native rights and sustainable energy: Cape Wind suffers another")
' src='http://gf3.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/4795.jpg' alt='conservation-native-rights-and-sustainable-energy-cape-wind-suffers-another-blow' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> What would be the United States’ first offshore wind farm project – dubbed Cape Wind – may be in jeopardy due to an announcement by the National Park Service last week. The NPS stated that the site of the proposed wind farm, in Massachusetts’ Nantucket Sound, should be eligible for protection by being included in the National Register of Historic Places. Two Native American tribes, the Aquinnah and the Mashpee Wampanoag, are opposed to the project due to traditional and spiritual reasons: ‘The turbines would be clearly visible to both Aquinnah and Mashpee people and would degrade their essential view…
Tags: American, Cape Wind, government, Indian, Martha's Vineyard, Mashpee, Massachusetts, Nantucket, native, project, spiritual, sustainable energy, tribes, United States, Wampanoag, wind farm
