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SPEAK OUT is an initiaitve of P.O.W.E.R. to help us all find a way to participate on issues important to the planet. Whether you are an arm chair contributor or a live landscpe kind of person, this initiaitve will help you find your space and voice.  Get involved, do your part and SPEAK OUT.  LinkClick.aspx 


 

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The ten year plan of work for the Convention on Biological Diversity will focus on mainstreaming biodiversity.  Like the Convention on Climate Change, it is a multilateral treaty. Like the Convention on Climate Change, it has a protocol. In October in Japan the Conference of the Parties will be held. P.O.W.E.R. has been very active working on the Convention on Biological Diversity. If you would like to help us mainstream biodiversity from the individual to the International, please get in touch!
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 2010 INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR BIODIVERSITY

  Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
~ Gary Snyder

Watch the International Year for BioDiversity Video from the Convention on Biological Diversity on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1VYmpTikgw

Species of the Day Button (to your right)
Check back daily for the highlighted species - picture will tell you who is profiled.  The link represents the Red List - a global ranking of species moving closer to extinction. Thank you to the World Conservation Union (IUCN) for the button and for all the work they do to protect and bring to the front of mind the BioDiversity of our planet. 

International Youth Accord on BioDiversity 
Please support the work of youth around the world by signing the International Youth Accord at www.biodiversitymatters.org  The Accord will be presented to International leaders at the Convention on Biological Diversity meetings taking place in Japan in October 2010.  

P.O.W.E.R. Involvement
P.O.W.E.R. is taking a lead for work on BioDiversity. Leslie Adams is co-chair for the Canadian Environmental Network BioDiversity Caucus and is helping establish a working group on BioDiversity for the Ontario Environmental Network. P.O.W.E.R. is also helping facilitate the international Youth work on the Convention on Biological Diversity, and has youth from across the Region taking leadership on the matter. Over the coming months, please check back frequently for updates and information. If you want to get involved, be you youth or adult, in your personal or professional life, please send an us an email - click here.

P.O.W.E.R. IS TAKING ACTION TODAY... FOR A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW!
Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources -- P.O.W.E.R. is a thriving not-for-profit community based organization committed to protecting the environment and the quality of life in North Halton and beyond. P.O.W.E.R. was formed in 1987 by citizens concerned about a plan to turn the Acton quarry, on the Niagara Escarpment, into a garbage dump. The dump was stopped but the importance of protecting water, environmental resources and ecology, and the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve, continues.

P.O.W.E.R. and its broad-based membership and partners work to, educate, foster actions and develop measured solutions that address unsustainable patterns and approaches that affect the quality of life and health of our planet. We believe that a healthy environment is the foundation for a bright future. Recognizing this, P.O.W.E.R. works to develop proactive projects, programs, directions and policies that recognize the necessity, importance, value and role of natural spaces, native species and ecosystem function and flows for sustainable communities.

Special thanks to Lucas Wagner of RealTime Computer Services for building and hosting our website and for continuing to go beyond to help meet our needs. Thanks also to Glenn Heshka for the beautiful photograph that is our web banner! We look forward to showcasing more of Glenn’s photos in the future.

With our web site, P.O.W.E.R. strives to serve our community better. Protecting our natural environment and helping people engage is the reason we exist. Please tell us if you have any ideas about how we can serve you better.

As you browse the site, please let us know if you see anything that is not quite right.  

P.O.W.E.R.
P.O. Box 192 Georgetown, ON L7G 4T1
(905) 873-1820
info@powerhalton.ca

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species:Jamaican Iguana
distribution:Jamaica
habitat:Tropical dry forest
Red List:Critically Endangered - was considered extinct for much of the last century, until its rediscovery in 1990
main threat:Habitat loss and invasive species

Find out more - click the picture above 
note - if the picture doesn't match the text, check back later that day or click on the picture
also check out http://www.arkive.org/ for a great resource on species
 
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