scholarly journals Who Cares in Hawaii?

Oryx ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 582-583
Author(s):  
Jerome J. Pratt
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Endemic Birds ◽  
The World ◽  
National Science ◽  
Data Book

More than 95 per cent of Hawaii's original fauna and flora occurs nowhere else in the world. In 1965 the compiler of the Birds Red Data Book, Jack Vincent, listed 25 of Hawaii's original 69 bird species as extinct. With the discovery of a new not yet named Honeycreeper (Drepanidiae) on Maui in 1973, by a National Science Foundation sponsored expedition and the re-discovery of the Maui nukupuu Hemignathus lucidus effinus in 1967, the count changed to 70 known species with 24 extinct. Of Hawaii's remaining 46 endemic birds 27 are threatened with extinction.

Potentials and Problems of Hill Areas in Relation to Conservation of Wildlife in India

1980 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Oza
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
The World ◽  
Data Book ◽  
Wild Dog ◽  
Research Centres ◽  
Golden Langur ◽  
Nilgiri Langur

Basically through population pressures leading to habitat encroachment and commercial slaughter, India is becoming poorer, day be day, in her still-rich heritage of wildlife. Virgin forests on the plains and in the hilly regions are dwindling. Unfortunately, education and research centres have not cared to educate the youth of the country about the importance of nature conservation.The Author's field endeavours, extending over more than a decade, have helped to reveal that 18 of India's 27 threatened mammalian species—lion-tailed Macaque, Macaque, Nilgiri Langur, Golden Langur, Snub-nosed Langur, Wolf, Asiatic Wild Dog, Malabar Large-spotted Civet, Clouded Leopard, Indian Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Asian Elephant, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Kashmir Stag, Gaur, Wild Yak, Nilgiri Tahr, and Markhor—have their homes in hilly or montane habitats. Pradoxically, India has the dubious distinction of ranking second in the world, and first among the 15 countries of the Oriental region, in having 27 mammalian species whose world populations are to some extent threatened according to the Red Data Book (IUCN, 1972).

scholarly journals The World Flora Online 2020 project: will Cameroon come up to the expectation?

Rodriguésia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 961-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Michel Onana
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
West African ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
The World ◽  
Data Book ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
High Level

Abstract Biodiverse Cameroon has been highlighted as the top country in tropical Africa for plant species diversity per degree square, with a higher diversity than all other West African countries added together, and including two of the top documented centres of plant diversity in Tropical Africa. Despite its reduced taxonomic capacity, with only six active taxonomists a high level of botanical activity in the country has resulted in accomplishments such as the databasing of the YA Herbarium (over 60,000 records), which has an in-country collection coverage of almost 95% of the known plant species that are recorded for Cameroon. Other accomplishments are the Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon, several local checklists and published volumes of the Flore du Cameroun which covers 37% of the country's species. Currently the checklist of Cameroon records 7,850 taxa at species and infraspecific level. Resources are needed to support and heighten the profile of this small botanical community. Already thanks to strong collaboration between Cameroon and renowned botanical institutes of others countries, in particular France and United Kingdom, one hundred and thirteen plant families have been published and would help this country to complete the recording of its biodiversity towards contributing to the World Flora Online 2020 project.

scholarly journals The status and conservation of the endemic bird species of São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Atkinson ◽  
Nic Peet ◽  
James Alexander
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Sao Tome And Principe ◽  
The Status ◽  
Data Book

SummaryFieldwork on the distribution, status and ecology of the endemic bird species of São Tomé and Príncipe was conducted from June to September 1990. The results are here combined with other evidence, notably from recent ICBP-backed fieldwork. Findings largely support existing Red Data Book listings, although Oriolus crassirostris is now found only in remote undisturbed areas at low density, and deserves “Rare” status. Particular achievements of the 1990 fieldwork were the first observations since the 1920s of Bostrychia bocagei, Lanius newtoni and Amaurocichla bocagii, the first two being very rare (one seen of each) and the last patchily common (along streams), records of all three being from either Rio Xufexufe or Rio Ana Chaves or both. Primary forest, mature secondary forest and shade forest are all important to the security of the full avifauna of both islands.

scholarly journals Ilmuan Wanita dan Diskursus Sains (Ilmu Pengetahuan)

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Muhammad Alfatih Suryadilaga
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
European Commission ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
National Science ◽  
Female Scientists ◽  
Islamic Golden Age

According to current research, the European commission reports that this year the number of women who receive a PhD (doctorate) reaches 40% or even more for "life sciences", but only 15% of European industrial researchers are women. Especially in Latin America 60% of technological doctors are women, and 59% are in Argentina. However, women aren't playing a significant role in scientific decisions. For example in 1998 at the National Science Foundation Board in the US, only 8 out of 24 of its members are women or 33.3%. Thereby the profile of women must actually still be supported in the context of progressing science that they deserve. Other than focusing on discussing the discourses of science by looking at the origins and the development that until now has produced the Islamic golden age, this article will also give in,depth informationon a few female scientists that has given the world a gift in its struggle to respond to science in the present day. This is not meant to dream of past glory but to sober-up the Moslem men and women to help each other in thinking of the importance of science and as soon as possible watch the development of science and technology right now!

Contribution to the moss flora of tundra zone of the Kola Peninsula (North-West of Russia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-247
Author(s):  
O. A. Belkina ◽  
A. Yu. Likhachev
Keyword(s):  
Kola Peninsula ◽  
Barents Sea ◽  
Tundra Zone ◽  
North West ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Murmansk Region ◽  
The World ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Data Book ◽  
Northeastern Coast

Moss flora of surroundings of the Drozdovka and Ivanovskaya bays on the northeastern coast of the Kola Peninsula (Barents Sea) was studied in 2016. A list of 203 species of mosses is presented, 13 of them are new for tundra zone of the Murmansk Region. 135 species were collected within the Nature monument “Guba Ivanovskaya”. Some rare variations and forms of mosses were collected. New localities of 6 species included in the Red Data Book of the Murmansk Region (2014) were found. Populations of Cynodontium suecicum, rare in the world species, was revealed near Drozdovka River. The studied bryoflora is similar to the other local moss floras of the tundra zone of the Murmansk Region.

scholarly journals Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book.

1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 331
Author(s):  
J. A. Thomas ◽  
N. Mark Collins ◽  
M. G. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Red Data Book ◽  
The World ◽  
Swallowtail Butterflies ◽  
Data Book

Online specimen catalog available at the University of Wyoming

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-194
Author(s):  
Michael Cassiliano
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
World Wide ◽  
University Of Wyoming ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
The World ◽  
National Science ◽  
The University

The specimen catalogue of the Collection of Fossil Vertebrates in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming in Laramie is now available on the World Wide Web. The URL for the site is http://paleo.gg.uwyo.edu. The construction of the website is the final step in the collection improvement grant (DBI-9808626) awarded by the National Science Foundation to Jay Lillegraven and Mike Cassiliano. The website was built by Brian Kraatz, a graduate student of Jay's. The specimen catalogue lists over 41,000 vertebrate fossils, an increase of more than 14,000 since the start of the grant. The collection's main focus is on mammals from the late Cretaceous, Paleocene, and early Eocene.

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