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« Bees Are Endangered Pollinators. »
° A single bee colony can pollinate 300 million flowers each day. grains are primarily pollinated by the wind, but fruits, nuts and vegetables are pollinated by bees.
° 70 out of the top 100 human food crops - which supply about 90 percent of the world's nutrition - are pollinated by bees.
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» What's Killing Our Bees - Why Does It Matter? «
° Bees are dying because of many factors - pesticides, drought, habitat destruction, nutrition deficit, air pollution, global warming and more.
° Humans are largely responsible for the two most prominent causes: pesticides and habitat loss.
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° The worker bees/female bees live about 6 weeks in the summer and several months in the winter. Colonies produce new worker bees continuously during the spring and summer.
° The reproduction slows down during the winter. A bee colony/hive may decline by 5-10 percent over the winter, and replace lost bees in the spring.
° There have been circumstances where it's extremely bad for bees, where the colony loses 15-20 percent of its bees.
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° In 2006, David Hackenberg - a bee keeper reported 90% of his bees die-off among 3,000 of his hives.
° U.S. National Agricultural statistics show a honey bee decline from about 6 million hives in 1947 to 2.4 million hives in 2008, a 60 percent reduction.
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« Solutions On Saving The Bees »
° Ban the 7 most dangerous pesticides.
° Protect pollinator health by preserving wild habitat.
° Restore ecological agriculture.
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» If you want to save the bees - sign this petition «
° Here
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← Tigers Are Constantly Being Killed. →
1,158 endangered and threatened exotic cats being illegally, yet openly sold in myanmar markets. °
As many as 59 tiger deaths were reported from across India in 2009 til December 8. °
15 were poached and the 44 remaining died due to illness and other causes. °
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2009 saw more than a two-fold increase in the number of tiger deaths compared to 2008 and almost a two-fold increase compared in 2007. °
28 big cats were killed in 2008 and 30 in 2007. The number of tiger deaths at more than 65 in 2009, India's last tiger census put their total at 1,411. °
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→ Tigers Help Us. ←
The tiger is a unique animal which plays a pivotal role in the health and diversity of an ecosystem.°
It is a top predator which is at the apex of the food chain and keeps the population of wild ungulates in check, thereby maintaining the balance between prey herbivores and the Vegetation upon which they feed. therefore, the presence of tigers in the forest is an indicator of the well being of the ecosystem. the extinction of this top predator is an indication that its ecosystem is not sufficiently protected, and neither would it exist for long thereafter. °
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← If The Tigers Go Extinct, The Entire Ecosystem Will Collapse →
When a species goes extinct, it leaves behind a scar, which affects the entire ecosystem. another reason why we need to save the tiger is that our forests are water catchment areas. °
It’s not just about saving a beautiful animal. It is about making sure that we live a little longer as the forests are known to provide ecological services like clean air, water, pollination, temperature regulation etc. °
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→ If you wish to save the tigers - sign this petition please. ←
Here °
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« Pandas are at risk of being endangered. »
° Their habitat is at the geographic and economic heart of China, home to millions of people. And they are endangered.
° Only 1,864 pandas exist in the wild today. in order to thrive, giant pandas need room to mate and breed, but illegal logging and deforestation is putting their bamboo forest home at risk.
° The catastrophic earthquake of 2008 caused a horrible human toll. It also destroyed a significant percentage of the pandas’ main food source, bamboo. Today, the replanting effort, modeled on using sustainable principles, has local farmers being paid to seed, tend and harvest the new bamboo, slowing their need to keep pushing into and clearing the forest which shelters the bamboo, which allows for less tampering with the natural panda habitat, and allows struggling families to be paid while doing something that helps, not adversely affects, the pandas.
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« Pandas Are Not In The Eye Right Now - Not Endangered As We Speak. »
° Despite pandas no longer being endangered because of China's huge spike in bamboo, we still need to make sure our pandas stay safe.
° China repopulated bamboo forests ; which creates 99% of the pandas diet.
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« Pandas are no longer endangered - still vulnerable. »
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