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Honolulu Board of Water wants to Raise Rates by a Total of 70% over the Next 5 Fiscal Years
Please visit the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai'i's Water Conservationpage to find ways to offset this increase by means of Efficient Irrigation.
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Water Conservation
Chris Dacus, LICH President, was interviewed on Hawaii Public Radio, KIPO, FM 89.3 regarding July being Irrigation Conservation Month and the new LICH Irrigation Water Conservation measures. Listen online
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How Landscape Architects can Save the World
The excesses of the "landscape urbanism" aside, Michael Mehaffy believes landscape architects are well positioned to lead the way towards positive change in the urban landscape. Here's why.
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How Successful are Plant Species Reintroductions?
by Sandrine Godefroid et al., Biological Conservation , Volume 144, Issue 2, Pages 672-682, conducted a survey that analyses
249 plant species reintroductions worldwide by assessing the methods
used and the results obtained from these reintroduction experiments.
The objectives were to examine how successful plant species
reintroductions have been so far in establishing or significantly
augmenting viable, self-sustaining populations in nature (ie
restoration projects). The results indicate that survival, flowering
and fruiting rates of reintroduced plants are generally quite low (on
average 52%, 19% and 16%, respectively). Furthermore, the results show
a success rate decline in individual experiments with time. Survival
rates reported in scientific literature are much higher (78% on
average) than those mentioned by survey participants (33% on average).
For more information purchase the report online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5X-51BWXVD-1&_user=3928936&_coverDate=02%2F28%2F2011&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000061806&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=3928936&md5=100869b37619964a662af414c5170c3a&searchtype=a
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How Species Save our Lives
Please read here, for a very interesting article about the importance of observing, and learning the natural world.
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