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Exotic invasive species aggressively disrupting delicate US ecosystems
By Melissa Segrest
Green Right Now
They started out as pets, perhaps living in little boys’ bedrooms, being shown off to friends and wrapping around arms. But then the Burmese pythons grew, and grew, and grew (about 7 feet in a year), and they weren’t so cute or easy to deal with any more.
 So, trying to do the right thing, their owners gently released them into the wild, near the large, shallow “river of grass” that flows through much of south Florida, known as the Everglades.
Problem solved.
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Tags: · Brazilian pepper, Burmese python, cheatgrass, Cuban tree frogs, David Kimbro, Doria Gordon, English ivy, Everglades, exotic invasive species, fire ants, hydrilla, invasive predators, invasive species, mongoose, monitor lizards, multiflora rose, National Invasive Species Council, Old World climbing fern, Richard Mack, The Nature Conservancy, Water Hyacincth
Oysters at the edge of calamity
By Shermakaye Bass
Green Right Now
The world is not our oyster. At least, not according to The Nature Conservancy, which presented a pioneering survey on the state of global shellfish to the International Marine Conservation Congress in Washington, DC in late May that uncovered some startling statistics.
Conducted by Nature Conservancy scientists from five continents over a five-year period, the first-ever report states that 85 percent of the world’s oyster reefs have disappeared over the last 150-odd years, largely due to over-harvesting, poor water quality and degraded environments. The complex habitats, also called oyster beds by some, are vital to the world’s bays and estuaries. And as go the reefs, the report warns, so, potentially, go much larger, interlocking marine ecosystems.
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Tags: · Chesapeake, Dr. Perry Gayaldo, Gulf of Mexico, Mike Beck, The National FIsheries Service, The Nature Conservancy
Report says 85 percent of world’s oyster reefs have vanished
From Green Right Now Reports
A new report released today by The Nature Conservancy says 85 percent of oyster reefs have been lost worldwide and they are now the most severely impacted marine habitat on the planet.
 “We’re seeing an unprecedented and alarming decline in the condition of oyster reefs, a critically important habitat in the world’s bays and estuaries,” Mike Beck, senior marine scientist at The Nature Conservancy and lead author of the report, said in a statement. “However, realistic and cost-effective solutions within conservation and coastal restoration programs, along with policy and reef management improvements, provide hope for the survival of shellfish.”
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Tags: · Christine Crawford, Mike Beck, Oyster reefs, The Nature Conservancy
Top designers show eco-creations at “Design for a Living World” exhibit
 By John DeFore
Green Right Now
Opening this week at New York City’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the exhibition “Design for a Living World” explores possibilities for ecological sensitivity in a realm of top-tier design work — from fashion star Isaac Mizrahi to artist/architect Maya Lin — in which conspicuous over-consumption is often the rule.
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Tags: · Abbott Miller, Christien Meindertsma, conservation, Cooper-Hewitt Packard, Design for a Living World, Ezri, Hella Jongerius, Isaac Mizrahi, Maya Lin, Paulina Reyes, Stephen Burks, sustainability, Tarazi, Ted Mueling, The Nature Conservancy, Yves Behar
Green groups need your year-end donations
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Now that you’ve worn off the magnetic strip on the credit card buying presents for everyone, gotten the letter that your health insurance premiums are doubling and your job is being “redefined,” it’s time to think about those year-end donations. Sigh.
While environmental groups will likely have an easier time on Capitol Hill next year talking policy with a new Administration that sees global warming as a real threat, they paradoxically could be facing headwinds with donors.
Consider first that some of their large contributors may have been dragged down in the Bernard Madoff securities/Ponzi scheme, which savaged many charitable foundations. While the extent of that damage is being assessed, it’s safe to assume that even nonprofits that escaped that five-alarm fire, have been singed by the economic meltdown.
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Tags: · BarbaraKesslerBlog, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Working Group, Greenpeace, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nature Canada, The Nature Conservancy
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