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BSI to preserve 400 endemic plant species at botanical garden in Mundhwa
3 months, 3 weeks ago

BSI to preserve 400 endemic plant species at botanical garden in Mundhwa

Hindustan Times  

As many as 400 endemic plant species from across the country will be preserved in the newly developed botanical garden in Mundhawa, said officials. The plant species have great significance in the flora of India and their preservation in the garden will help researchers, students as well as the conservationist to study the endemic plant biodiversity across the country, said …

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Guarding greenery on Northeast China's Changbai Mountain
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Guarding greenery on Northeast China's Changbai Mountain

China Daily  

CHANGCHUN - As dawn light casts a glow over Changbai Mountain, Jia Xiang and his team begin another demanding day of fieldwork. Every piece of data is vital for understanding the health of the forest," said Jia, an engineer at the Changbai Mountain scientific research institute. Changbai Mountain, located in Northeast China's Jilin province, stands as one of the country's …

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Uttarakhand forest department releases report on 2,147 conserved plant species
7 months ago

Uttarakhand forest department releases report on 2,147 conserved plant species

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand Forest Department’s research wing on Thursday announced in its annual report that it has conserved 2,147 plant species in the Himalayan state through in-situ and ex-situ measures across seven different forest ranges of its research wing. Sanjeev Chaturvedi, chief conservator of forests and in charge of the state forest research wing, said the conserved plant species include 109 …

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The rewilding project bringing back an ancient breed of cattle to Portugal
9 months, 1 week ago

The rewilding project bringing back an ancient breed of cattle to Portugal

BBC  

The rewilding project bringing back an ancient breed of cattle to Portugal Izabela Cardoso and Fernando Teixeira The tauros is a specially bred version of the auroch, an extinct cattle species The tauros, a specially bred version of the long-extinct auroch cattle, is being introduced to Portugal's Côa Valley. "We promote the coming back of wild species and replace the …

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Guests Who Never Left: A guide to the green invaders around us
1 year, 1 month ago

Guests Who Never Left: A guide to the green invaders around us

The Hindu  

Bengalureans are quite familiar with the African Tulip trees seen across the city sporting glossy deep green foliage and dense clusters of flowers that resemble bright scarlet flames. To combat this knowledge gap and initiate more dialogues and efforts around management of invasive plant species, Bengaluru-based Biodiversity Collaborative and Mysuru-headquartered Nature Conservation Foundation has brought out Guests who Never Left, …

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Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods
1 year, 4 months ago

Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods

Salon  

Humans have physically reconfigured half of the world's land to grow just eight staple crops: maize, soy, wheat, rice, cassava, sorghum, sweet potato and potato. Many experts argue that further expanding modern industrialized agriculture — which relies heavily on synthetic fertilizer, chemical pesticides and high-yield seeds — isn't the right way to feed a growing world population. Many U.S. farmers …

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Plant spotted three years ago identified as new species
2 years, 4 months ago

Plant spotted three years ago identified as new species

The Hindu  

A plant with pretty white to lilac flowers spotted near paddy fields in north Kasaragod three years ago has been identified as a new species of the genus Impatiens. Christened Impatiens thulunadensis, the species is an annual herb growing 30 to 60-cm tall, and sports branched, yellowish-green stems with purple striations and white to lilac flowers. Anil Kumar, associate professor, …

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Full Bench Of Madras High Court Directs State To Find Out Best Practices For Removal Of Seemai Karuvelam Trees
2 years, 10 months ago

Full Bench Of Madras High Court Directs State To Find Out Best Practices For Removal Of Seemai Karuvelam Trees

Live Law  

In a batch of writ petitions seeking the eradication of invasive plant species 'Seemai Karuvelam' across Tamil Nadu, a full bench of Madras High Court has requested the government officials to do what is best for the people of Tamil Nadu, irrespective of what the industrial lobby wants.The full bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari, Justice N. Sathish Kumar. …

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More bad news for flora, loss of animal biodiversity spells doom for some plants
2 years, 11 months ago

More bad news for flora, loss of animal biodiversity spells doom for some plants

Firstpost  

Houston: Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. Using our trained model, we could estimate seed dispersal by every bird and mammal species – even rare or extinct species for which there isn’t any species-specific data on the seed dispersal process. Further, we estimate that if currently endangered seed disperser species such as bonobos, savanna elephants …

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TN to have a draft policy soon to clear invasive plant species from its forests
3 years ago

TN to have a draft policy soon to clear invasive plant species from its forests

The Hindu  

By February, Tamil Nadu will have a draft policy on the ecological restoration of its forest areas infested with invasive, alien plant species. The committee will identify, demarcate and assess the extent of areas infested with invasive alien species in forest areas of Tamil Nadu; formulate Standard Operating Procedures for removal, disposal and eco-restoration of infested areas and suggest permanent …

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The hidden bustling world of hedgerows
3 years ago

The hidden bustling world of hedgerows

BBC  

The hidden bustling world of hedgerows Getty Images The economic benefits of hedges accrue over time as they develop, sequester carbon, provide shade and become a rich home to pollinators Hedgerows were historically planted as barriers between fields, but in a human-dominated world, they are critical havens, corridors and connectors for wildlife. Getty Images Some hedgerows in Britain are 800 …

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这周在昆明举行的COP15是一个什么会议？
3 years, 2 months ago

这周在昆明举行的COP15是一个什么会议？

China Daily  

10月11日，2020年联合国《生物多样性公约》第十五次缔约方大会在云南昆明正式开幕。 图片来源：中新网 先来简单科普一下： In 1993, the Convention on Biological Diversity came into effect, which set three objectives – the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, ushering in a new era for the protection of global biodiversity. 1993年，《生物多样性公约》正式生效，公约确立了保护生物多样性、可持续利用其组成部分以及公平合理分享由利用遗传资源而产生的惠益三大目标，全球生物多样性保护开启了新纪元。 《生物多样性公约》是一项保护地球生物资源的国际性公约，由联合国环境和发展大会于1992年6月5日通过并开放给各国签字、批准和加入，目前共有196个缔约方。中国是批准加入该公约最早的国家之一（the first …

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New Guinea has the greatest variety of plants of any island
4 years, 4 months ago

New Guinea has the greatest variety of plants of any island

Daily Mail  

New Guinea has the most diverse island plant life in the world according to researchers, who found it had 20 per cent more flora than Madagascar or Borneo. Experts from the University of Zurich examined 700,000 plant specimens from the southwestern Pacific island of New Guinea as part of a study into its ecosystem Botanists have long known that this …

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