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Brazil's mightiest biomes get mapped the IBA way (www.birdlife.org)
Brazil is a country of superlatives: big and biodiverse. Three of the most extensive biomes in the entire world — the Amazon Rainforest, the Pantanal Wetlands and the Cerrado savannas occur in... More
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New UN rules could allow more countries to share chemical-free crop protection (www.vancouversun.com)
-A bug-sized version of biological warfare that can protect crops such as coffee or mangoes may be aided by new rules meant to be agreed upon in 2010 under a UN treaty for safeguarding nature, experts... More
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Photos: Madagascar's wonderful and wild frogs, an interview with Sahonagasy (news.mongabay.com)
To save Madagascar's embattled and beautiful amphibians, scientists are turning to the web. A new site built by herpetologists, Sahonagasy, is dedicated to gathering and providing information about... More
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Why seed dispersers matter, an interview with Pierre-Michel Forget, chair of the FSD International Symposium (news.mongabay.com)
There are few areas of research in tropical biology more exciting and more important than seed dispersal. Seed dispersal—the process by which seeds are spread from parent trees to new sprouting... More
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How that cork in your wine bottle helps forests and biodiversity, an interview with Patrick Spencer (news.mongabay.com)
Next time you’re in the supermarket looking to buy a nice bottle of wine: think cork. Although it’s not widely known, the cork industry is helping to sustain one of the world’s most biodiverse... More
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11 rainforest countries pledge sustainable forest management (sify.com)
Eleven tropical rainforest countries Tuesday agreed to commit on sustainable forest management at a ministerial meeting held in Indonesia's Bali province, Xinhua reported.
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Japan View (csr-asia.com)
Fujitsu establishes action guidelines on biodiversity. In its medium-term environmental vision, "Green Policy 2020," it declared its commitment to conserve biodiversity by implementing tropical... More
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Deforestation Pushing Amazon to Its Ecological Limits (solveclimate.com)
Many of the Risks and Ecological Processes are Poorly Understood, Studies Warn.
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Second Hydrocarbon Boom Threatens the Peruvian Amazon (www.sciencedaily.com)
A rapid and unprecedented proliferation of oil and gas concessions threatens the megadiverse Peruvian Amazon. The amount of area leased is on track to reach around 70% of the region, threatening... More
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Scientist discovers Himalayan wildcat haven (www.hindu.com)
A little-known rainforest in north-east India could be home to the world’s largest number of wildcat species, with no less than seven species photo-documented by a wildlife biologist at the end of... More
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