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This is probably the most wonderful news for conservation and biodiversity this year. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS.org) has reported an unusually large population of the scarce Western lowland gorilla in a swampy forest measuring 18,000 square miles in the Republic of Congo. Their census counted 125,000 individuals. That’s 8 gorillas per half square mile. It [...] When we talk about biodiversity, we frequently encounter strange-sounding or looking words that stand for the names of plants or animals. They are Latin words and the whole shebang is called taxonomy. Since Treasure Nature will be covering more stuff about plants and animals, let’s have a run down of the relevant topics. According to my [...] Dense populations usually works against biodiversity so if we’re reading TreasureNature, chances are we live far from areas with highly diverse animal and plant life, except for those in Sao Paulo, Brazil. However, if we are fortunate enough to be living in one of the Biodiversity Hotspots, then the greatest single thing we can do [...] As stated in Part 1 and Part 2, there are 34 regions through out the world with rich biodiversity as covered by BiodiversityHotspots.org. We have already tackled nine (9) for the Americas and twelve (12) for Africa, Europe, and Central Asia. The final installment will cover the Asia-Pacific region… East Melanesian Islands (Bismarck and Admiralty Islands, [...] As stated in Part 1, there are 34 regions through out the world with rich biodiversity as covered by BiodiversityHotspots.org. We have already tackled nine (9) for the Americas. Let’s get on with Africa, Europe, adn Centrtal Asia… Guinean Forest (West Africa). It is home to more than a quarter of West Africa’s mammals, including 20 [...] Biodiversity is a natural resource. Just like any resource we have to manage them carefully and avoid the issue of biodiversity loss. We have 34 regions scattered through out the world the serve as a reserve of the world’s total biodiversity. These regions are also the most threatened and are called our biodiversity hotspots. The site [...] As covered in this post on World Biodiversity Day, the theme for this year’s celebration is “Biodiversity and Agriculture,” highlighting the role of biological diversity in keeping our people fed today and in the future. A high biodiversity is crucial to sustainable agriculture, the only kind of food production where we can be sure that [...] Pollution is the introduction of contaminants to an environment, according to wikipedia. Pollutants are not necessarily toxic chemicals that poisons the air we breathe, soil we stand on, and water we drink. Even chemicals seen as beneficial like fertilizers, which in reasonable amounts can boost crop production, becomes a poison when used in quantities that [...] |
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