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The international symbol for recycling, with the three arrows standing for reduce, reuse, recycle.
Reduce Reuse Recycle
The queen conch is an important cultural and economic resource for Caribbean countries, but populations are in decline due primarily to overfishing and poaching.
Strombus gigas (Queen Conch)
A biodigestor processes organic waste into gas and fertilizer. It is a simple system to implement with inexpensive materials and is being introduced in isolated rural communities and developing countries to get the double benefit of getting solve energy and environmental problems, and perform proper management of both human waste and animal.
Water: Biodigestor
Unsustainable development and overfishing threaten Belize's coral reefs.
Belize coral reefs in jeopardy
Side view of a red lawn mower.
Lawn Mower
The degraded coral reefs of Mexico's east coast need clean, clear water to survive.
Coral reefs of Mexico are in jeopardy
Best management practices are needed from the ridge to the reef for healthy coastal zones and positive social wellbeing.
The coastal areas of Guatemala are impacted by…
The reduction of impacts and threats to the coastal ecosystem of Honduras benefits both humans and coral reefs.
The current features of and threats to the…
Hawai'ian crested honeycreeper singing
'Akohekohe (palmeria dolei)
Adult Hawaiian black-faced honeycreeper standing
Po'ouli (melamprosops phaesoma)
Hymenachne was introduced into northern Queensland, Australia in the 1970s to use in ponded pastures. It escaped cultivation a few years after its release in 1988. It is spreading throughout the tropical wetlands of northern Australia and is most common in the coastal wetlands of northern Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Olive hymenachne)
Side view of a Painted Bunting with the right wing, and part of the stomach visible.
Passerina ciris (Painted Bunting)
A side view of a Seaside Sparrow.
Ammodramus maritimus (Seaside Sparrow)
A side view of a Nelson's Sparrow. Nelson's sparrow and the saltmarsh sparrow were considered to be a single species, the sharp-tailed sparrow; because of this it was briefly known as Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow.
Ammodramus nelsoni (Nelson's Sparrow)
White fish lay in brown murky water nearby an abandoned shrimp net. In Chilika Lake, active shrimp pens and abandoned nets trap sediment and kill juvenile fish.
Abandoned shrimp nets
Dishwashers use a lot of water and the gray water may contain phosphates.
Dishwasher
Equipment used to spread fertilizer on residential lawns.
Lawn Fertilizer Spreader
A conceptual diagram shows the process between pressure, response, and state during a large storm.
Pressure response diagram
An above view of the square blue house, shows two of the structures walls and three side of the yellow pyramid roof. The house is elevated on stilts and has a set of stairs that lead up to the front entrance.
Fale: enclosed 4 (Samoa)
Illustration of the flag for the United States of America
Flag: United States of America
This symbol shows a flattened view of the official flag of Hawaii. The flag comprises of red, white, and blue stripes and includes the British flag in the top left-hand corner.
Flag: USA Hawaii
Illustration of excess sediment running off the land into the water.
Inputs: sediments 2
A stylized Hi'a Lehua flower shows the green leaves and base and long, upward reaching red petals.
Metrosideros Polymorpha (Hi'a Lehua)
A wooden fence is depicted from raised side view. The fence is made out of brown logs and has large gaps in the fence slates.
Wood-split fencing 02
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