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Although few restoration projects are more than a decade old, many have already begun to generate encouraging results. In Costa Rica, University of Pennsylvania biologist Daniel Janzen is helping rebuild a nearly extinct tropical dry forest in the 110,000-hectare (272,000-acre) Guanacaste Conservation Area, which until five...
Restoring an ecosystem is somewhat like restoring a house or piece of antique furniture. "Before you begin," observes Holly Richter, a consultant with the Nature Conservancy in Boulder, "you need to know what the original looked like." Historical records can provide valuable insights. Passages from the Old Testament, for instance...
If the quest at times seems impossibly romantic, restorationists display a refreshing pragmatism. Rather than demanding that all hydroelectric dams be dynamited, river restorationists insist that power generators install fish ladders and adjust water flows to help salmon and trout reach upstream spawning grounds. Al Steuter, manager of the Nature...
Where was Ghaith Pharaon? U.S. authorities hunted for the globe-trotting Saudi financier last week after the Federal Reserve Board sought to fine him $37 million for serving as a front man for the notorious Bank of Credit & Commerce International. According to the Fed, Pharaon secretly used B.C.C.I. funds in...
"Our plan is to separate the uses out," Woods said in an interview yesterday. The Neighborhood Plan also provides for a large two-and-a-half acre block of open space, while the Planning Board's plan would create various individual parks or playing fields. In addition, Woods said, the...