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Without better local management, the world's most iconic ecosystems are at risk of collapse under climate change, say researchers in Science. Protecting places of global environmental importance such as the Great Barrier Reef and the Amazon rainforest from climate change will require reducing the other pressures they face, for example overfishing, fertilizer pollution or land clearing.

The international team of researchers warns that localized issues, such as declining water quality from nutrient pollution or deforestation, can exacerbate the effects of climatic extremes, such as heat waves and droughts. This reduces the ability of ecosystems to cope with the impacts of climate change.

"We show that managing local pressures can expand the 'safe operating space' for these ecosystems. Poor local management makes an ecosystem less tolerant to climate change and erodes its capacity to keep functioning effectively," says the study's lead author Marten Scheffer, chair of the Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management at the Netherlands' Wageningen University.

The authors examined three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Spain's Doana wetlands, the Amazon rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. While many ecosystems are important to their local people, these ecosystems have a global importance--hence their designation as World Heritage Sites. For instance, the Amazon rainforest is a globally important climate regulator.

Like coral reefs, rainforests and wetlands around the world, these sites are all under increasing pressure from both climate change and local threats.

For example, the Doana wetlands in southern Spain are Europe's most important wintering site for waterfowl, hosting over half a million birds, and home to numerous unique invertebrate and plant species. Nutrient runoff from the use of agricultural fertilizers and urban wastewater is degrading water quality in the wetlands, causing toxic algal blooms, which endanger the ecosystem's biodiversity. A warming climate could encourage more severe blooms, causing losses of native plants and animals, say the researchers.

"Local managers could lessen this risk and therefore boost the wetlands' climate resilience by reducing nutrient runoff," says co-author Andy Green, a professor at the Doana Biological Station. He added that nutrient control measures could include reducing fertilizer use, improving water treatment plants and closing illegal wells that are decreasing inputs of clean water to the wetlands.

Rising temperatures and severe dry spells threaten the Amazon rainforest and, in combination with deforestation, could turn the ecosystem into a drier, fire-prone and species-poor woodland. Curtailing deforestation and canopy damage from logging and quickening forest regeneration could protect the forest from fire, maintain regional rainfall and thus prevent a drastic ecosystem transformation.

"A combination of bold policy interventions and voluntary agreements has slowed deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon to one fourth of its historical rate. The stage is now set to build on this success by ramping up efforts to tame logging and inhibit fire," says Daniel Nepstad, executive director of Earth Innovation Institute.

The Great Barrier Reef is threatened by ocean acidification and coral bleaching, both induced by carbon dioxide emissions. Local threats such as overfishing, nutrient runoff and unprecedented amounts of dredging will reduce the reef's resilience to acidification and bleaching.

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The state government has admitted it was aware there was tension surrounding illegal land clearing

THEY KNEW: Environment Minister Rob Stokes, pictured centre with department chief Terry Bailey, right, and local MP Kevin Anderson, left, said they were aware of the issues in the Croppa Creek area which has now seen all operations on the ground suspended after Tuesdays alleged murder. Photo: Gareth Gardner 310714GGA06

THE state government has admitted it was aware there was tension surrounding illegal land clearing in the Croppa Creek area before Tuesdays alleged shooting murder.

NSW Environment Minister Rob Stokes and Office of Environment and Heritage chief executive Terry Bailey flew into Tamworth yesterday morning to meet with grief-stricken family members and work colleagues of local compliance officer Glen Turner. The 51-year-old husband and father-of-two was on a reserve on Talga Ln, north of Moree, on Tuesday night when he was set upon and allegedly gunned down by local farmer Ian Robert Turnbull.

Mr Turner was allegedly shot in the back by the 79-year-old farmer, who is behind bars on one count of murder.

Local ecologist Phil Spark said he, along with other residents, had received no reply from the minister after highlighting the problems gripping the Croppa Creek area.

I raised it with the minister last month. We sent a letter to inform him of the whole history, and we told him of the issues, what was going on, he told The Leader.

Wed written to Robyn Parker stacks of times to no avail.

Mr Stokes wouldnt be drawn on the letter or any of the information he had received, and said he

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At least three decades of a Detroit family lived in the home. Now, after 40 years, leaks and cracks have caused major damage to the roof, walls, and even the foundation. But the family is banding together hoping you can lend a hand.

Oscar Edwards was born mentally disabled and the house is the only one he's ever known. For Faatima Evans, moving just isn't an option.

"It's all he knows. There is no where else my uncle has lived."

Evans says 66-year-old Oscar has the mental capacity of a child and depends on the comfort of his childhood home on Petoskey in Detroit. He grew up there and lived with his brothers at the home until last year when they passed away.

"When our uncles passed away, he refused to go. He wasn't leaving the house, period," Evans said.

While he may not want to leave the house, may not get a choice. Last summer's record rains caused major flooding throughout the house. It was so bad, Edwards' nephew and caretaker, Solomon Bryant, was concerned the state would remove Oscar.

"The first thing I thought about was my uncle," Solomon said. "I didn't want them to take him or anything like that. I want to take care of him."

As luck would have it, most of the damage was in Oscar's room; the one he had for almost his entire life. It's being gutted to the studs and now will have to be redone from the ceiling to the floor.

The damage was overwhelming. Evans finally got inside and found the roof was caved in and holes in the ceiling. But it wasn't all because of the flood. The home needed new plumbing and wiring plus the porch and stairs were too dangerous to walk on.

She knew she had to ask for help.

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LOS ANGELES - Mr. T pities the fool who doesn't know the first thing about home renovation.

"You can't just knock down everything, There might be electrical wiring. There might be a gap open," he cautioned during a recent phone interview. "You have to take your time. You have to scout things out. If you do the wrong thing, it's going to be a disaster."

Once known as one of Hollywood's tough guys, the one-time bouncer and mohawked member of TV's "The A Team" will show a tender side as he helps people in need redo kitchens and living rooms as part of a new show on Scripps Networks' DIY. "I Pity The Tool" is the latest in a growing series of programs on the cable network that place celebrities in the midst of tricky home repairs and remodels.

Daryl Hall, Vanilla Ice and William Shatner are among the famous folk who have come to DIY to show off their skills in taking homes apart and rebuilding them. And the network has good reason to supplement fare like "Rescue Renovation" and "Rehab Addict," said Kathleen Finch, president of Scripps' home-category networks HGTV, DIY and Great American Country. "We are bringing people to the network for reasons other than just watching a demolition or a construction project," she said.

The celebrity method has popped up in other parts of the Scripps empire as well. Valerie Bertinelli has been spotted in Food Network's daytime lineup, while programming featuring rapper Rev Run and actress Jennie Garth has been featured on DIY or HGTV. Scripps has gained a reputation for turning chefs and home-arts experts into stars, but the company has also realized it stands to gain by making use of people whose fame is already established.

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When viewers tune in Mr. T's new program, the first episode of which is slated to debut in 2015, they will also get something else: a sentimental tale. The pilot will show Mr. T. helping out an old associate, a man whom Mr. T visited when the guy was a teenager and had broken his neck while playing in the snow (the man is back on his feet again, with a large family). Future episodes, slated for 2016, are expected to also show Mr. T. lending a hand to people who need it, like military veterans or people going through hard times.

"I am tough, but deep inside my toughness, I like to let people know I'm an old-fashioned mama's boy," said Mr. T, who has spent recent years working on commercials, a short-lived reality series on Viacom's TV Land and a book. "I have a heart of gold, but I'm really a marshmallow in my heart."

Scripps and DIY are set to unveil the series as part of the company's presentation for the "upfront" market, when U.S. TV networks try to sell the bulk of their advertising for the coming programming season. The celebrity series, said Finch, helped the network grow its ratings among its target audience, people between 25 and 54, more than 8% in 2014.

"These people have built-in fan bases that come to see their heroes do things that they didn't really know they could," she said.

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