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Few places on Earth are as untouched as the "Crown of the Continent" — a 10-million-acre expanse of mountains, valleys and prairies in Montana and Canada. The area has sustained all the same species — including grizzlies, lynx, moose and bull trout — for at least 200 years.Now — in one of the most significant conservation sales in history — The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public

So I was waiting for the lemons to come from San Francisco, then they came, and this morning I preserved about a pound of them. In case you are not familiar with preserved lemons (which are basically pickled) they are a sort of sweet-sour-salty and quite lemony sort of spice/condiment that can be used in [...]

US News and World Report: Since the mid-1980s, the U.S. government, in an attempt to reduce the environmental fallout from large-scale farming, has been paying farmers to set aside less-than-ideal land for conservation. The results have been overwhelmingly positive: Soil erosion has been reduced; chemical and fertilizer runoff has eased; habitats for game birds and endangered species have been created and enlarged. The pushback to climate change has been equally noteworthy: In 2007, the lands trapped 50 million ... Link   From ecologicalinternet.org

India Culture which stretches back thousands of years has preserved its rich and unique heritage in the nuclear and computer age in a country where international-call centres and information technology are as much a part of everyday life water-wheels in the countryside. India has managed to preserve its established traditions by always absorbing customs, traditions and ideas from both invaders and immigrants. India Culture and its many practices, languages, customs and even monuments are examples of this co-mingling over many centuries. India Culture is personified by famous monuments such as the Taj Mahal and other examples of Islamic-inspired architecture as well as Buddhist and other religious monuments created over many hundreds of years. This tradition of religious and social fusion h

Preserved Black Beans, Fermented Black Beans and Salted Black Beans all mean the same thing, namely black beans which have been preserved in a salty solution and are usually sold in glass jars. The taste is naturally salty and usually, only a small portion is used. This dish was oft cooked by mum for lunch during my schooling days and it tastes delicious with plain white porridge or even sweet potato porridge. Preparation and cooking should be less than 30 minutes as it only involved mincing the pork and cooking it with the preserved black beans. You’ll be amazed how easy it is to whip up a great tasting dish in a jiffy. This is mum’s recipe for Minced Pork Balls with Preserved Black Beans (more…) Share This

The government of Germany has agreed to write off half of Indonesia`s foreign debts if the country could properly preserve the national parks in Sumatra. Chief of the South Bukit Barisan National Park (TNBBS) Task Force Ir Lusman Pasaribu said here on Friday the agreement made in the form of an MoU would be effective 2007 to 2011. However, the government of Indonesia provided 6.25 million euros for the preservation of the South Bukit Barisan, Mount Leurse and Kerince Slebat national parks.The government of Germany has agreed to write off half of Indonesia`s foreign debts if the country could properly preserve the national parks in Sumatra. Chief of the South Bukit Barisan National Park (TNBBS) Task Force Ir Lusman Pasaribu said here on Friday the agreement made in the form of an MoU would be effective 2007 to 2011. However, the government of Indonesia provided 6.25 million euros for the preservation of the South Bukit Barisan, Mount Leurse and Kerince Slebat national parks.Covering 356

I'm having a sore throat now and to sooth it, I made myself a pot of Preserved Sour Plum with Lime Drink. I like to chilled it in the fridge so I can have it anytime I like.Ingredients:(To make 1 glass)3-5 Preserved Sour Plum (酸梅)1-2 Lime (酸柑)200ml Hot WaterHow to do it:Throw in the preserved sour plum in a glass of hot water.Let it stand of about 15 minutes.Squeeze in the lime juice.Give it a quick stir.Drink it!Note:The preserved sour plum I'm using is rather sour so I using 4 and juice of 2 limes. You can add more if you like. The flavour get stronger the longer you stand the sour plum in hot water.You can drink it hot, warm or chill. I like best when it's ice cold!It's a instant sore throat reliever!

Amid 70-mile-an-hour winds and freezing Antarctic conditions, an American-Argentine research team has recovered the well-preserved fossil skeleton of a juvenile plesiosaur (general info) --a marine reptile that swam the waters of the Southern Ocean roughly 70 million years ago. The fossil remains represent one of the most-complete plesiosaur skeletons ever found and is thought to be the best-articulated fossil skeleton ever recovered from Antarctica. The creature would have inhabited Antarctic waters during a period when the Earth and oceans were far warmer than they are today. James E. Martin (homepage), curator of vertebrate paleontology and coordinator of the paleontology program at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's Museum of Geology, announced today the plesiosaur bones will be unveiled at the museum on December 13, 2006. The long-necked, diamond-finned plesiosaurs are probably most familiar as the legendary inhabitants of Scotland's Loch Ness*, although scientifi

The first fossils of half-billion-year-old clusters of soft-shelled eggs have been found preserved in a strange new way in south China - some of the eggs were even caught in the act of dividing. The three-dimensional clusters of petrified eggs from invertebrate animals that lived in a sea 501 million to 510 million years ago are preserved in silica - glass essentially. Jih-Pai Lin, an Ohio State University (School of Earth Sciences) paleontologist, explained this is a totally unexpected way for soft eggs to fossilize and survive for eons. Lin is the lead author of a report on the egg clusters published in the December issue of the journal Geology. The discovery means there are probably even more early eggs and embryos fossilized in ancient rocks. Fossil hunters just need to keep in mind the different ways they might be preserved, and therefore the different types of rocks in which they might be found. Continued at "Dinosaurs: Ancient Egg Cluster Preserved in Glass"------- Based on th

A die-hard traditionalist, late shehnai ‘doyen’ Bismillah Khan took many years to accept using technology to promote his music and his instrument. He was known to create a fuss when his stage was cluttered up with microphones, fold-backs and other hi-tech gizmos. Today however his “manasputri” Soma Ghosh has released two CD’s on traditional Indian styles of [...]