Buscador: Biodiversitat

Maig 2008

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Throwing the baby out with the bath-water

13/05/2008 David Dickson, Director, SciDev.Net, presents the critique of a recent report on the future of modern agriculture. Even as we fight the current needs of a hungry world in an environmentally sustainable way, the contributions of science and technology deserve recognition and not merely blame, he asserts.

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Imatge: Test varieties © WWF International

Mining endangers caves in north-east India

Coal miners inside a cave / Photo credit: Fraser Simpson / Down to Earth

08/05/2008 The natural caves of Meghalaya's Jaintia hills are a rich repository of climate change taking place over a million years. Indiscriminate coal mining and unsuitable extraction techniques are now imperiling the biodiversity of this archaeological heritage.

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Imatge: Coal miners inside a cave / Photo credit: Fraser Simpson / Down to Earth

Tropical Insects In For A Rough Ride

Tropical insects are threatened by global warming. Credit: Dean Forbes

07/05/2008 Global warming will take its biggest toll on insects in the tropics--home to more than half the world's species, scientists predict.
From: ScienceNow

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Imatge: Tropical insects are threatened by global warming. Credit: Dean Forbes