http://burnsenvironmental.com/information For Environment, For Infrastructure Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:35:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In most discussions concerning the value of natural biodiversity services The topic of how to value what nature provides is well covered, but when it comes to placing actual monetary value on an acre, or a million acres of forest or wetland the topic is much less traveled. The safest ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2009/12/biodiversity-services-financing-biodiversity/ We were saddened to learn of the death of one of the true heroes of our century, a man credited with saving more lives than anyone in human history, Norman Borlaug, whose work in plant science developed a strain of wheat which helped double the worlds food production between 1960 ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2009/09/nobel-prize-winning-plant-scientist-dies-at-95/ // Plant biodiversity has a direct effect on wildlife biodiversity The loss of biodiversity in an area will, in almost every case, begin with the loss of botanical diversity. It is really pretty simple. The wildlife that inhabits a region will be there primarily because of the food supply and cover ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2009/09/plant-biodiversity-wildlife-biodiversity/ Each of the plants listed bellow, was once considered to be a harmless landscape plant. Unfortunately, many have migrated into the woodlands and are now having a negative impact on the native flora and fauna. The fruits and berries from these plants are not as nutritious as native plants, and ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2009/09/non-native-invasive-landscape-plants/ // Biodiversity Services Biodiversity Information | Burns Environmental Burns Environmental specializes in environmental information and services related to conserving native habitats and related biodiversity issues.  The services we provide involve the identification and elimination of non native species in local settings on residential, and commercial scales, and the establishment of dominate ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2009/08/biodiversity-services-biodiversity-information/ // // Lawn Culture Everyone loves a beautiful, freshly cut green lawn, well, almost everyone. More and more people are moving away from the traditional large grass covered areas, opting instead to use more trees, shrubs, and other plants, and they are "going native" with the varieties. I suspect that this ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2009/08/native-habitats-and-evolving-lawn-and-landscape-cultures/ // Environmental Services | Preserving Biodiversity One of the often overlooked areas of vegetation management, and it's related environmental services, is it's role in preserving the environment through preserving biodiversity. The biggest threat to our environment is the loss of native species, to species which are not native to our area. ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2008/09/environmental-services-preserving-biodiversity/ Infrastructure Services | Protecting Infrastructure What is infrastructure? The Infrastructure is what we rely on to get the things we need to carry on business and daily life. It includes our transportation lines such as roadways, waterways, water supply, and rail lines, our industrial sites such as tank farms, and pole yards, ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2008/09/infrastructure-services-protecting-infrastructure/ // Biodiversity can seem to be a complicated issue. The seeming complexity can be furthered by oversimplification leading to misunderstanding at one point, and the exaggeration of the complexity at another. Nowhere is this more evident than in the valuation of biodiversity services. Biodiversity services, that is, natural biodiversity services as ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2008/09/value-of-natural-biodiversity-services/ Biodiversity Services Preserving biodiversity may be the major ecological and environmental issue of this century. Whether it is in the worlds rainforest regions, the Pacific Islands, Europe, Asia, Africa, or right here on the North American continent, in East Texas. Any species that cannot continue to exist due to fire, chainsaw, ... http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/2008/09/biodiversity-services/