Archive: January 2008
- SOUTHERN CORAL REEF CONSERVATION PROJECT - MONTHLY UPDATE JANUARY 2008
- 29 January 2008
- A monthly project update in the Philippines in January 2008
- Categories: General News, Monthly Project Updates, Philippines
- CORAL REEFS: UNPRECEDENTED FIXED NITROGEN
- 28 January 2008
- CO2 levels and global warming may or may not pose a threat to the oceans flora and fauna, but fixed nitrogen levels are increasingly cause for concern. Read Charles Birkeland's paper discussing mankind's impact on coral and where to go from here.
- Categories: Coral Reefs, Reports and Publications
- REEF FEST - ROCK FOR CORAL!!
- 22 January 2008
- Reef Fest arrange concerts and music events and all proceeds go to International Year of the Reef!! Want to arrange a gig? Or find out where your nearest event is?? Read on...
- Categories: Coral Reefs, General News, Press Releases
- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARTH
- 22 January 2008
- Encyclopedia of Earth invites Coral Cay and friends to contribute to their website. EoE is a new electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society – it’s a sort of Wikipedia for the environment.
- Categories: Coral Reefs, General News, Press Releases
- WORLD OCEAN OBSERVATORY'S NEW WEBSITE
- 22 January 2008
- The World Ocean Ovservatory is pleased to announce the launch of it's new online resource. Interactive, exciting and informative, it's a must for anyone wanting to learn about the worlds coral reefs.
- Categories: Coral Reefs, General News, Press Releases, Reports and Publications, Travel
- INSPIRATIONAL VOLUNTEER DIARY
- 22 January 2008
- Grace Quiton writes an inspiring account of her time with Coral Cay and the impact it has had on her life, her future and her understanding of her truly remarkable surroundings.
- Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Philippines
- VACANCY: KEY REEF SPECIES BIOLOGIST, SAMOA
- 15 January 2008
- The Key Reef Species Biologist is a professional level biologist in charge of the Key Reef Species Program of the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources-American Samoa Government. This position involves active field research, planning, grant management, logistics, data analysis, report writing, and personnel management.
- Categories: General News, Vacancies
- CORAL FOR KIDS! NEW BOOK RELEASED
- 15 January 2008
- Nancy Lucas has written a children's book aimed at educating students in Grades 1-5 about threats to coral reefs...
- Categories: General News
- VACANCY ON CHUMBE ISLAND
- 15 January 2008
- A vanancy has opened for a Conservation and Education Programmes Co-Ordinator, click here to read more...
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- ETHIOPIAN VOLUNTEER TELLS OF EXPEDITION LIFE
- 15 January 2008
- In 2007, Bruktawit Abdu from Ethiopia was awarded a Coral Cay Conservation Scholarship to participate on CCC's coral reef conservation project in the Philippines. Here's what Bruktawit has to say about her experiences with CCC:
- Categories: Diaries and Reviews, General News
- MIND THE GAP: IN CONSERVATION, AGE IS NOT A FACTOR!
- 15 January 2008
- It was the Spring of 2001 and I had just seen in an unwelcome 58th birthday. A time for reflection when middle-age shows signs of losing its middle. For the past dozen or so years I had run a small business importing fashion accessories from the Andean countries of South America, but the economy of the region and competition from the Far East was putting pressure on my margins so I had decided to call it a day...
- Categories: Diaries and Reviews, General News
- NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES: DECEMBER UPDATE
- 14 January 2008
- The Southern Leyte Coral Reef Conservation Project (SLCRCP) is a six-year collaborative project (2002–2008), to survey the coral reefs of Sogod Bay. The programme provides training and conservation education opportunities for local Filipinos, as part of an integrated programme to develop local capacity and ensure the long-term protection and sustainable use of marine resources throughout the region...
- Categories: Monthly Project Updates, Philippines
- NEWS FROM TOBAGO: DECEMBER UPDATE
- 14 January 2008
- Tobago received an unexpected but very welcome visitor this month in the form of a nesting leatherback turtle! The nesting season for leatherbacks is between April and September, so volunteers and staff alike where very lucky to experience and help out on turtle patrol with ‘Save our Sea Turtles’ with this out of season nesting turtle...
- Categories: Monthly Project Updates
- NEWS FROM TOBAGO: NOVEMBER UPDATE
- 14 January 2008
- As always November has been an action packed month for CCC volunteers and staff! One of our biggest achievements this month has been finishing our information board after months of hard work designing and painting. It is now up for all to see at Arnos Vale Bay...
- Categories: General News, Monthly Project Updates, Trinidad & Tobago
