CEMEX, Conservation International and Agrupacion Sierra Madre to Highlight World's `Hotspots'.HOUSTON -- Latest Edition in Conservation Book Series to be Unveiled at Houston Museum of Natural Science The Houston Museum of Natural Science is a science museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, USA. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society Event on Feb. 2 CEMEX CEMEX Cementos Mexicanos , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CX), Conservation International and Agrupacion Sierra Madre Sierra Madre, city, United States Sierra Madre (sēĕr`ə mä`drā), residential city (1990 pop. 10,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the foot of Mt. Wilson; inc. 1907. There is some light manufacturing. will present "Hotspots Revisited," the 12th edition in CEMEX's conservation book series, at a special event at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on Feb. 2, 2005. "Hotspots Revisited" highlights 34 regions where 75 percent of the world's most threatened mammals, birds and amphibians amphibians members of the animal class Amphibia. Includes frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and cecilians all capable of living on land or in water. survive within habitat that covers just 2.3 percent of the Earth's surface Noun 1. Earth's surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" surface . One of the hotspots featured in the book includes a part of Big Bend National Park Big Bend National Park, 801,163 acres (324,471 hectares), W Tex.; authorized 1935, est. 1944. It is a triangle formed where the Rio Grande runs southeast then northeast in a big bend along the U.S.-Mexico border, notably through deep canyons such as the Santa Elena. in Texas. Since the inception of the conservation book program in 1993, CEMEX has donated these works to global conservation groups such as Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund and the World Conservation Union, allowing them to sell these books to help fund their conservation projects. In addition, more than 175,000 books have been donated to universities, research institutions, governments and libraries worldwide.
WHAT: Reception, program and book signing to unveil "Hotspots
Revisited"
WHO: Welcoming remarks:
Mayor Bill White
General remarks:
CEMEX Executive Vice President of Development Armando
Garcia
CEMEX U.S. President Gilberto Perez
Conservation International President Russell Mittermeier
Agrupacion Sierra Madre President Patricio Robles Gil
Guest Speaker:
Dr. Andrew Sansom, former director of the Texas Nature
Conservancy and the Texas Parks and Wildlife
WHERE: Houston Museum of Natural Science
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at 6 p.m.
Opening remarks will begin at 6:30 p.m.
CEMEX is the leading global producer and marketer of cement and ready-mix products with its headquarters in Monterrey, Mexico. CEMEX is the largest cement producer in North America and the largest U.S. manufacturer and distributor of cement with 13 cement plants and 52 land and marine terminals serving 30 states. CEMEX also operates 86 ready-mix plants and 23 aggregate facilities in the United States. The Company's U.S. operations are headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, visit www.cemex.com. |
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