The sad state of biodiversity
Factfile on biodiversity ahead of talks opening Monday under the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad, India.
Ecology
Oct 5, 2012
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Australian lawmakers block super-trawler
Australia blocked a controversial super-trawler from fishing in its waters Thursday in a narrow parliamentary vote which forced concessions from the centre-left Labor government.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2012
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Biodiversity conservation depends on scale: Lessons from the science-policy dialogue
The year 2010 marked the deadline for the political targets to significantly reduce and halt biodiversity loss. The failure to achieve the 2010 goal stimulated the setting up of new targets for 2020. In addition, preventing ...
Ecology
Aug 30, 2012
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Climate change doubles cost of conserving nature
Climate change will make conservation of biodiversity, and all the associated human benefits such as clean water and clean air, more challenging and expensive, with costs increasing by more than 100 percent in some cases, ...
Ecology
Apr 17, 2012
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Conserving biodiversity could benefit the world's poor
Land areas that are a priority for wildlife conservation provide relatively high levels of ecosystem services such as pollination, water purification, food production, and climate regulation, so safeguarding them is expected ...
Ecology
Jan 12, 2012
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Citrus indica Tanaka - a progenitor species of cultivated Citrus
A group of enthusiastic cytogeneticists (Marlykynti Hynniewta, Surendra Kumar Malik and Satyawada Rama Rao) from North Eastern Hill University show that C. indica occupies a special taxonomic position, as reflected in the ...
Ecology
Nov 10, 2011
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Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick
(PhysOrg.com) -- The area affected by the Montara oil spill off the Kimberley coast contains a huge amount of marine life, including some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean, according to a marine wildlife ...
Ecology
Oct 23, 2009
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