Global warming threatens tigers "In Bangladesh, they are confined to the Sundarbans, a globally important mangroves ecosystem that extends into India and represents the last stronghold of ... Group says deal pending in refuge drilling suit Christine Canaly of the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council said Wednesday that Toronto-based Lexam Explorations Inc. has agreed to sell its natural gas rights if a $9.7 million deal can be reached by May 17. The agreement would settle a lawsuit over Lexam's plans to drill on the Baca National Wildlife Refuge in the San Luis Valley, about 200 miles southwest of Denver. The ecosystem council and Citizens for San Luis Valley-Water Protection Coalition sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for approving drilling on the wildlife refuge next to the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Lexam intervened on the government's behalf. Lexam Vice President Stefan Spears confirmed that an in... VMware Expands VMware vCloud Developer Ecosystem With Open-Source Java and Python SDKs for VMware vCloud API "We are working aggressively to expand the VMware vCloud ecosystem and accelerate market availability of open-source client libraries for the VMware vCloud API," said Dan Chu, vice president, cloud infrastructure and services, VMware. "Our ISV community has embraced our investment in the VMware vCloud Initiative and is integrating key solutions as part of innovative services from VMware vCloud Express providers such as Terremark." Key open-source client libraries and tools for the VMware vCloud API are now available from standard cloud software resources including Dasein, jclouds and libcloud, underscoring the strong interest from the open-source community in supporting the VMware v... CareCloud Raises $2.3 Million for Innovative Healthcare IT Ecosystem "The CareCloud platform treats healthcare and its participants as an ecosystem whereby physicians, patients and others can transact on a business level and ... Nexus One great, but consider the ecosystem before you buy You're buying into an entire ecosystem. That ecosystem consists of the carrier network and all the accessories and applications that go with your phone. ... Asian Carp DNA Found in Lake Michigan The find sparks a new firestorm of concern over the effect the carp will have on the ecosystem and the Midwest fishing industry. Officials say they still ... Opera Buys Mobile Ad Firm AdMarvel based AdMarvel says it aims "to make mobile advertising an open ecosystem, through better transparency of performance and simpler management of ad traffic ... Powerwave Wins RCR Wireless Ecosystem Award The awards, which highlight top achievements in 10 broad “RCR Wireless Ecosystem” segments of the wireless, telecom, media and IT market, showcase companies ... Europe Mulls Policy on Biodiversity The effort could be costly, as such a system foresees payments for so-called ecosystem services. Those payments would be aimed at rewarding those whose land provides these services from those who benefit from them. The bloc also is supporting efforts to establish a so-called Inter-Governmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to mirror the Inter-Governmental Platform on Climate Change, which is the United Nations body dealing with issues of climate science. In its paper, the commission said the current rate of biodiversity loss – from habitat destruction, fragmentation and degradation caused by land-use change, over-exploitation, invasive species, pollution and...

New Calif. water policy aims to save state's key estuary, but critics say it falls short The perilously low populations of salmon and native fish are symptoms, according to numerous scientists, of a crashing ecosystem in the West Coast's largest estuary. Numerous theories abound for the decline, from too much water being pumped from the delta for drinking and irrigation to the use of agricultural chemicals. Whatever the cause, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers believe they took a step to restoring the delta when they passed policy reforms last November and approved an $11 billion water bond to go on the November ballot. Schwarzenegger said it would launch the nation's largest environmental restoration project since the federal effort to save the...