Animal Conservation

The Karst Conservancy Protects Hidden Landscapes

Ocala, FL (PRWEB) October 19, 2004

A new defender in land conservation has emerged. Based in Ocala, Florida, The Karst Conservancy is a national level land conservation organization dedicated to protecting karst. Karst regions hold huge stores of fresh water and contain some of the most fragile ecosystems on earth, though most people are unaware that they actually live on karst. The Karst Conservancy protects important karst properties by directly acquiring them, holding conservation easements, and using other tools that permanently protect the land.

Karst is a term geologists use

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Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda (Noyes Series in Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Management)

Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda provides a broad-based overview of the biology of the red panda, Ailurus fulgens. A carnivore that feeds almost entirely on vegetable material and is colored chestnut red, chocolate brown and cream rather than the expected black and white. This book gathers all the information that is available on the red panda both from the field and captivity as well as from cultural aspects, and attempts to answer that most fundamental of questions, “What is a red panda?” Scientists have long focused on

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Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink

At a time when animal species are becoming extinct on every continent and we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most renowned scientists, brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall-along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard-shares fascinating survival stories about the American Crocodile, the California Condor, the Black-Footed Ferret, and more; all formerly endangered species and species once on the verge of extinction whose

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