A new paper out in Biodiversity and Conservation presents a review of how smallholder agroforestry contributes to the conservation of tropical tree species. That can seem a funny way to look at it, I admit that even as a co-author.
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Genetic and species diversity of crops, trees, livestock, fish, pollinators, microbes etc etc
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The American chestnut was the king of the trees in forests in the eastern U.S. until a fungus from Asia brought them down. We are getting very close to making a resistant American chestnut.
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The protection of our fauna and flora is becoming one of the most important tasks of this generation, as more and more become endangered by human greed.
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This book assesses the potential of insects as food and feed as one major and readily available source of nutritious and protein-rich food. 20/05/13
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“Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy." Ishirō Honda (1911-1993) Sometimes monstrous things lurk at our feet.
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The 16th century roots of botanic gardens lie in medicine but their more modern roles encompass research, education and conservation. So what are botanical gardens actually for? (RT @bgci: BBC News - What are botanic gardens for?
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Cornish pasty makers fear they may need to raise prices because they are having to pay almost three times more than last year for local ingredients.
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Read Where to follow the global ale trail for travel tips, advice, news and articles from all around the world by Lonely Planet (RT @MarciaFarah1: @Prof_Burton Beer & travel fun --> RT "@lonelyplanet: Following the global ale trail
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Scientists are working hard to understand the life that teems within our soil and that is threatened by farming and development.
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Log in to Horticulture Week to read Community food growing network to launch in UK and other horticulture industry news and jobs (RT @AnnaEvely: Community food growing network to launch in UK http://t.co/rels5aO1tj)...
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Sense about Science ? Equipping people to make sense of science and evidence (RT @LizWilsonUK: MT @senseaboutsci: Can scientists create wheat with 2 harvests/yr to increase yield?
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Nutrition-sensitive landscapes was a side-event at the Int.
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This video is about the Tesuque Seed Bank on Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico. The seed bank is a storage facility for native varieties of seeds from the Americas ...
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An inventory of crop wild relative taxa occurring in the United States, and a prioritization of species toward a national strategy for conservation of U.S. Delete the scoop?
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Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity. The theme this year is Water and Biodiversity, which may be why I am in Bonn, at a conference on Water in the Anthropocene.
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Concerned by the alarming loss of plant species, on 1-2 May international experts met in St Louis, USA, calling for a concerted worldwide effort to address the loss of essential knowledge about plants and their uses, especially at the level of...
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Farmers, Farming Communities to be Honoured for Conserving Plant Genetic ... Press Information Bureau (press release) ...
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Hemp, the THC-free cousin of cannabis, has recently been made legal in Colorado, but the feds still don't approve.
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The protection of our fauna and flora is becoming one of the most important tasks of this generation, as more and more become endangered by human greed. Via Wildforests Delete the scoop?
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Genetic modification has so far mainly been confined to developing crops that tolerate herbicides and resist pests.
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An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola.
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Today is Fascination of Plants Day. We open with a video of what happens when you pull a plant cell apart with LASERS! (RT @AnneOsterrieder: The 'Annals of Botany' Blog is running a series of posts to celebrate Fascination of Plants Day.
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RT @alexspinelli: Intl treaties&conventions play a major role in intl coop 4 #PlantProduction & protection.Learn more: http://t.co/MIwVXYqwEu #unfao @ippcnews
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RT @PlantSciNews: recent evolution of cold tolerance in grasses suggests current distribution not limited by temperature http://t.co/dg1FCl2G70
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To most people ginkgo is either the tree with the smelly “fruits” or the source of a leaf extract that is good for your memory, but the unmistakable acrid aroma of the fallen seeds, or the pills in the health food store, are only part of what makes...
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I’m pretty sure we have blogged in the past about “A Neglected Heritage,” a documentary film about plant genetic resources produced by Ulf Gyllensten in 1984 for the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (now Bioversity International) in... Delete the scoop?
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