Joomla! site syndication http://wetlandresearch.com 2010-09-08T05:50:20+01:00 http://wetlandresearch.com http://wetlandresearch.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-07-27T08:29:36+01:00 http://wetlandresearch.com http://wetlandresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=2 A great site that offers a 5 part video series about the vanishing wetlands in Louisiana and the effects of the BP oil spill. Timely and informative. Category 5 Wetlands Watch (http://category5wetlandswatch.wordpress.com/) Category Five - Episode 202 (http://vimeo.com/13040884) from Category Five/Wetlands Watch (http://vimeo.com/user1811954) on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com). text/html 2010-04-30T19:00:00+01:00 http://wetlandresearch.com http://wetlandresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=2 text/html 2010-02-02T18:43:13+01:00 http://wetlandresearch.com http://wetlandresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=2 Every Year thousands of people gather on February 2nd to celebrate International Wetlands Day and to celebrate the uniqueness and importance of these natural resources. For 2010, the Ramsar Convention chose the Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change based on the close relationship between wetlands, global warming and rising sea levels. Activities worldwide celebrating wetlands include presentations, hiking, bird wathcing and lectures. For more information on events in your area, visit www.ramsar.org (www.ramsar.org) . text/html 2009-08-23T19:00:00+01:00 http://wetlandresearch.com http://wetlandresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=2 The US FWS released an updated Wetlands Mapping Standard to better support accurate mapping andclassification of wetlands, with an emphasis on the use of Geoegraphic Information Systems (GIS) which are predominant, in comparison to when mapping standards were first created. The new standard is also dedigned to be more conpatible with datasets from other government agencies, including the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and NOAA datasets. For more information, read the report here (http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/wetlands-mapping/2009-08%20FGDC%20Wetlands%20Mapping%20Standard_final.pdf) . text/html 2009-07-30T19:00:00+01:00 http://wetlandresearch.com http://wetlandresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=2 Some pages updated with major edits during July 2009. Nevada (wiki/index.php?title=Nevada) Politics (wiki/index.php?title=Politics) Wetland Law (wiki/index.php?title=Wetland_Law) New Hampshire (wiki/index.php?title=New%20Hampshire) Maryland (wiki/index.php?title=Maryland) Wetland Quotes (wiki/index.php?title=Wetland_Quotes) Iowa (wiki/index.php?title=Iowa) Louisiana (wiki/index.php?title=Louisiana) A Wiki Sitemap (wiki/sitemap.xml) was also added, making it easier for RSS readers to follow recent changes.