A new eye on biodiversity: Nature Newsfor tropical ecologist Greg Asner, it's all about seeing the forest through its trees.
'and will significantly advance the team's biodiversity research. With the digital catalogue as a reference, Asner hopes that the observatory will be able to perceive the species of many individual trees by their optical properties,
which begins with mapping out tropical biodiversity. One thing is for sure: the array of chemical traits in these upper canopies is amazing and radically under-appreciated,
Anne Wanjiku Maina, advocacy coordinator for the African Biodiversity Network, an anti-GM group based in Thika,
it gives us quite a good handle on the biodiversity of the potato as well, says Bryan.
imperilling farming and biodiversity, scientists lack a clear definition of it or agreed standards to measure its causes and progression.
a forest biodiversity researcher at Imperial College London who is involved not in the Earthwatch project.
such as that in Gutianshan National Nature Reserve in Zhejiang Province, China, have confirmed already that plantations can be a haven for biodiversity."
"There are no long-term monitoring studies on biodiversity as well as carbon stocks, and very limited modelling studies on climate-change impacts, he says
the saola search is at the vanguard of an approach to gauging biodiversity that could prove much more efficient than conventional methods.
"I am almost sure that in ten years all the research on biodiversity will be done with DNA,
but not how to apply them to routine biodiversity surveys, points out Mehrdad Hajibabaei, an evolutionary molecular geneticist at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.
"It s the capital of biodiversity. But mining is already beginning to encroach on these areas,
a finding that conflicts with the idea held by many scientists that the crucible of disease emergence is biodiversity hotspots,
and reduce biodiversity, and that the oil s use as a biofuel offers only marginal benefits for mitigating climate change.
Biodiversity cash Wealthy nations have agreed to double their support to developing countries for protecting biodiversity
But the African Biodiversity Network (ABN), a regional research network based in Kenya, supports the step taken by the government and calls for the ban's strict implementation.
Biodiversity panel The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services set up in April 2012 to assess the state of the planet s ecosystems has selected a group of 25 Â international scientists
and threatening biodiversity, says Zhang. But until his study""there was little direct evidence for the magnitude of the problem in China.
the cold of the San diego's frozen zoo may be the key to ensuring that today's biodiversity makes it through the next few centuries of the Anthropocene intact.
despite their importance to us, have dwindled in biodiversity as genetic engineering has created specialized variants that now dominate the landscape.
But data on global forest biomass a major store of land carbon and a key indicator of biodiversity are no less important,
Pesticides spark broad biodiversity lossagricultural pesticides have been linked to widespread invertebrate biodiversity loss in two new research papers.
Pesticide use has reduced sharply the regional biodiversity of stream invertebrates, such as mayflies and dragonflies, in Europe and Australia, finds a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1.
Considering pesticides along with other known threats to biodiversity may be crucial for halting species declines, she says.
The world s botanical gardens are concentrated in eastern North america and eastern and Central europe, with sparse or nonexistent coverage in some notable biodiversity hotspots, such as the Andes mountains
That idea grates with many restoration ecologists, says Hobbs. Yet studies increasingly suggest that altered ecosystems need not be bad for biodiversity or ecosystem function.
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Departing head of biotech institute defends GM field trialsmaurice Moloney has led Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, UK,
and this biodiversity is an important rampart against disease. Researchers do not yet have a full picture of the susceptibility of these varieties,
Let's concentrate on saving biodiversity and not replacing it with technological dead end solutions!!!jesus what a stupid fucking crock of shit.
the whole biodiversity and supporting billions of people argument.@@Frost particularly I think you would pride yourself on believing in evolution.
These tropical forests are also important biodiversity hot spots that support incredible wildlife. Shinta Widjaja Kamdani of the Indonesian Chamber of commerce tells the press that this pledge is not just about signatures on a page
and is one of the most biodiverse places On earth with for example more than 1200 butterfly species alone.
Arne Mooers a professor of biodiversity at Canada's Simon Fraser University and colleagues worked for seven years to assess how much evolutionary history a specific bird represents compared to other bird species currently alive.
As we race to discover the other 90 percent of the species that make up the tapestry of life we are focusing our efforts on global biodiversity hotspots--places that are both unusually diverse
This is a place the California Academy of Sciences considers a global biodiversity hotspot. However Madagascar's biodiversity is threatened increasingly adding new urgency to the research being conducted on the island.
This year Academy scientists were able to identify 38 previously unknown ant species seven new plants and two new spider species from Madagascar.
Ants and other insects provide a better map of true biodiversity. New species unearthed close to homewhile researchers from the California Academy of Sciences are spanning the far reaches of the globe to find new plants animals
and biodiversity#he explained. Agricultural researchers are also studying methane reduction through improved animal genetics
People and biodiversity factors are also importantin reality such a map of where most carbon could be stored is limited probably of use for deciding where to plan carbon projects
and benefit biodiversity and people says Michelle Greve from the University of Pretoria who led the project as part of her Phd at Aarhus University.
but would also conserve native biodiversity and support ecosystem services that is services that the environment provides which benefit humans.
However it does not support as high biodiversity as some other areas and more importantly it is populated also densely by people who practice intensive agriculture in the area.
and co-benefits for biodiversity and people concludes Jens-Christian Svenning professor at Aarhus University and supervisor on the Phd project.
and biodiversity conservation that decision makers will consider as they evaluate projects from forest restoration to watershed management said Jefferson Hall Smithsonian staff scientist and project director.
to coastal biodiversity. In a study conducted by WCS and the University of Queensland evaluating the effects of terrestrial protected area designs on Fiji's coral reefs it turns out that
When designing terrestrial protected areas the key is to consider not only how much they benefit terrestrial biodiversity
or timber value of forests than on any desire to protect biodiversity. Fiji's current terrestrial protected areas which cover less than 3 percent of land area in the country neither adequately protect Fiji's sensitive island habitats
It examines the impact of social and economic organisation on The english landscape biodiversity the agricultural revolution landed estates the coming of large-scale industry and the growth of towns and suburbs.
#Young tropical forests contribute little to biodiversity conservationa satellite image of a green swath of tropical forest does not tell the whole story.
These ephemeral secondary forests may contribute little to tree-biodiversity conservation according to a new report by scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
Perhaps the most extensive of its kind in the tropics van Breugel's study suggests that forests subjected to regular human disturbance may undergo profound long-lasting tree biodiversity loss.
Whereas fallow forests can have a surprisingly high tree-biodiversity a large proportion of tree species only occur as seedlings and saplings.
Also we get a unique chance to stimulate the discussion with input from expertise of other disciplines such as economy biodiversity and health.
and are important for biodiversity; they are a nursery ground for many fish species and host a variety of plants that have adapted to grow in salt water.
This is the conclusion reached by the UPV/EHU's Landscape Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services group in its research carried out on the pine plantations of Bizkaia.
as a result of the fall in the profitability of the plantations of exotic rapid-growth species says Ibone Ametzaga member of the UPV/EHU's Landscape Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services group.
In these aspects native forests provide a better service maintaining local biodiversity or accumulating carbon more.
in order to secure boreal biodiversity and ecosystem services and adaptation to climate change. These jointly created recommendations concern the northern areas of Finland Sweden Norway and Northwest Russia.
The paper'Octocoral gardens in the Gulf of Maine (NW Atlantic) by Peter Auster et al published in Biodiversity studied Octocorals a type of fragile deep-sea coral reef that grow
The researchers note that increased timber harvesting may harm biodiversity and other ecosystem services so they recommend forest managers take those factors into account as they try to maximize the flow of timber carbon storage and albedo in mid-and high-latitude temperate and boreal forests.
and scientific attention needs to be paid to deserts noting that 2014 is the halfway point in the United nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification and the fourth year of the United nations Decade for Biodiversity.
The scientific community can make an important contribution to conservation in deserts by establishing baseline information on biodiversity and developing new approaches to sustainable management of desert species and ecosystems.
and often inhabited by only a few scattered individuals--unlike our native European conifer forests that cover large areas says Dr Patrick Knopf from the RUB Department of Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants.
which now appears in the December edition of Biodiversity and Conservation. This assessment is a major step towards addressing the substantial information gap regarding the conservation status of bonobos across their entire range said lead author Dr. Jena R. Hickey of Cornell University
forest one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems and a key indicator of global climate change.
Many of the benefits from woodlands and forests for example carbon storage maintenance of biodiversity and recreational use are enjoyed uncosted
Losses or gains in forest cover shape many important aspects of an ecosystem including climate regulation carbon storage biodiversity
biodiversity threats from changes in forest cover; the carbon stored or emitted as a result of gains or losses in tree cover in both managed and unmanaged forests;
#Carbon storage recovers faster than plant biodiversity in regrowing tropical forestsa new study of regrowing tropical forests has concluded that plant biodiversity takes longer to recover than carbon storage following major disturbances such as clearance for farming.
The new study is the first large-scale analysis of the recovery of both plant biodiversity
and plant biodiversity. Each site had comparable data for a nearby site that was relatively free of human disturbance.
#In the study the researchers point out that these results show that forests that are regrowing following agricultural use may be more valuable for the carbon they store than for their biodiversity for the first 100 years.
and biodiversity are interchangeable. This work shows this is not the case. Co-author Professor James Bullock from the Centre for Ecology
. While the re-growth of forests following clearance is valuable in soaking up carbon the biodiversity benefits will take a very long time to emerge.#
Given the large additional area it would require such an approach would also not avert climate change spare biodiversity
We are using this study to warn Peruvians on the terrible impact of illegal mining in one of the most important enclaves of biodiversity in the world a place that we have vowed as a nation to protect for all humanity.
because we're talking about a global biodiversity hotspot. The region's incredible flora and fauna is being lost to gold fever.
thus benefitting crops and biodiversity on the islands. A recent survey by Mr Abhineshwar Prasad of The University of the South Pacific reported over 100 species of arthropods associated with road side patches of S. trilobata including Hymenoptera such as parasitoid wasps
Indeed the findings of this study have important implications for today's concern about the loss in diversity of bees a pivotal species for agriculture and biodiversity.
's most biodiverse protected areas. Fortunately for the scientists more than one camera is often set
and mitigate a variety of threats to biodiversity and wildlife including Andean bears including road construction logging unsustainable natural resource use and agricultural expansion.
It could also disrupt plant and animal communities in one of the regions of highest biodiversity in the world.
and other keystones of the area's biodiversity but it has had significant costs for people living in the area.
and the area's biodiversity was not without cost to the people who live around the area.
That's information conservation managers can use to fine tune policy as they work to balance their efforts to protect biodiversity with ways to also allow the people that depend on the forest for survival to thrive.
and policymaking says Hans ter Steege first author on the study and researcher at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in South Holland Netherlands.
Ecologist Miles Silman of Wake Forest University another co-author of the paper calls the phenomenon dark biodiversity.
Just like physicists'models tell them that dark matter accounts for much of the universe our models tell us that species too rare to find account for much of the planet's biodiversity.
but climate change is rapidly altering the distribution and magnitude of forest pestilence and altering biodiversity and the ecosystem.
Professor Nicholas Jonsson of the Institute of Biodiversity Animal health and Comparative Medicine said: Resistance to all the main acaricides is documented well--for example amitraz resistance is seen in about 20%of Australian tick populations and more than 50%of Mexican ticks.
The fate of much of the world's biodiversity is going to depend on it. The study was motivated by a desire to understand how long species can live in forest fragments.
That's the only way we can ensure biodiversity will survive. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by National University of Singapore.
spread of invasive plant species by changing soil chemistryinvasive species are among the world's greatest threats to native species and biodiversity.
Additionally it will be useful in a number of other disciplines including geology archaeology biodiversity glaciology and rangeland ecosystem research.
which result in a dramatic decrease in biodiversity. Additionally there is also contamination of soil and waterways by agricultural chemicals as well as carbon costs because of vehicles and artificial fertiliser necessary to maintain the pasture.
and encourages biodiversity using native shrubs and trees. Additionally shrubs and trees with edible leaves and shoots along with pasture plants produce more food for animals per unit area of land than pasture plants alone.
One of the additional benefits of using the silvopastoral system is that it increases biodiversity.
Biodiversity is declining across the globe and the main culprit is farming--33%of the total land surface of the world is used for livestock production.
If farmers were to switch to sustainable livestock production methods such as the silvopastoral system the result would be much greater biodiversity with no increase in land use.
It is clear that silvopastoral systems increase biodiversity improve animal welfare and provide good working conditions
The paper'Sustainable efficient livestock production with high biodiversity and good welfare for animals'will be published in the 25 september edition of Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Story Source:
Less biodiversitythis development gives rise to concern about the biodiversity of the forests of the future according to Brody Sandel who is one of the researchers responsible for the study.
while protecting biodiversity and human livelihoods said WCS president and CEO Cristiã¡n Samper. WCS congratulates Madagascar
which contains an estimated one percent of the world's biodiversity including 20 lemur species hundreds of species of birds
and the valuing of biodiversity. Thus the sale of carbon stored in the protected forests of Makira Natural Park provides a significant financial opportunity for Madagascar.
and has received a'Gold'level validation by the Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance. Avoided deforestation has been identified as a key mechanism for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
#Heavily logged forests still valuable for tropical wildlifenew research has found rainforests that have been logged several times continue to hold substantial value for biodiversity
and is perceived to hold little value for timber carbon or biodiversity. Dr Struebig Lecturer in Biological Conservation from DICE explains:'
'For biodiversity simple measures such as setting artificial nest boxes for bats and birds may if guided by research help bring some species back to the numbers found in unlogged areas'he said.
'Quantifying the Biodiversity Value of Repeatedly Logged Rainforests: Gradient and Comparative Approaches from Borneo'is published In advances in Ecological Research Volume 48
Lead author Dr Louise Matthews Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Biodiversity Animal health and Comparative Medicine said:
which sectors cause environmental impact and biodiversity loss. At the same time it was established which sectors produce value added.
biodiversity loss land use and ecotoxicity. The calculation method allows a detailed analysis to find the most important production chains for each type of impact.
and that the level of biodiversity in a tropical forest may determine the size of the carbon sink.
Forest degradation however comes with a loss of biodiversity that can affect nitrogen fixers too
Nitrogen fixers are a component of biodiversity and they're really important for the function of these forests
which do not support biodiversity and provide few environmental benefits to local inhabitants. But alternatives such as planting strips of trees on farms agroforestry--integrating trees into cropping systems
This massive array of underexplored biodiversity will face an unprecedented threat before the end of the century.
It will have far-reaching consequences for biodiversity and carbon storage. To test whether trees are migrating northward having faster turnover
Their study could provide the framework for pest management that helps both farmers and biodiversity.
In recent years Stanford biologists have found that coffee growers in Costa rica bolster bird biodiversity by leaving patches of their plantations as untouched rainforest.
and thus a greater biodiversity of insect-eating birds fared better under attack from the insects.
and urban areas and to enhance pollination services for crops and biodiversity. Under current agri-environment schemes the UK Government pays farmers to manage their land for the benefit of particular habitats
To answer that question Helgen called on Roland Kays director of the Biodiversity and Earth Observation Lab at the North carolina Museum of Natural sciences to help organize a field expedition.
but to map all species old and new to shed light on Earth's biodiversity and identify possible pest species
The region's Wehea Forest is known a biodiversity hotspot for primates including the Bornean orangutan subspecies Pongo pygmaeus morio the least studied of orangutan subspecies.
Since Wehea Forest is a biodiversity hotspot paperwork have been submitted to legally change the status of Wehea Forest from production forest to protected forest.
The region's Wehea Forest is known a biodiversity hotspot for primates including the Bornean orangutan subspecies Pongo pygmaeus morio the least studied of orangutan subspecies.
Since Wehea Forest is a biodiversity hotspot paperwork have been submitted to legally change the status of Wehea Forest from production forest to protected forest.
The continued presence of a DDT byproduct reveals how long this banned chemical can impact biodiversity.
which together form around two thirds of the world's species. This means that butterflies are useful indicators of biodiversity and the general health of ecosystems.
Agricultural intensification leads to uniform grasslands which are almost sterile for biodiversity. In addition butterflies are also vulnerable to pesticides often used in intensively managed farming systems.
The EU Biodiversity Strategy recognises the poor conservation status of grasslands. Grasslands should be managed properly the report states both within Natura 2000 protected areas and on HNV farmland.
and help achieve the goal of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2020. Story Source:
It will also inform our understanding of how carbon storage can be used to assess other fundamental ecosystem characteristics such as hydrology habitat quality and biodiversity.
Our work shows why biodiversity may be key to conservation of an entire ecosystem Brosi says.
Their idea is to test the concept of a truly sustainable forest where conservation biodiversity safeguarding environmental balance
Worthy of protectionnot least because of the high number of endemic species the region is one of the most important centres of biodiversity in the tropics of the New world.
The Guianas are at a crossroads concerning decisions and tradeoffs among utilisation conservation and preservation of their forests and thus substantial parts of the region's biodiversity.
and conserve places that are vital to birds and other biodiversity. In fact Tanzania's Priority Primate Areas were also often rich in bird life underscoring their value to conservation in general.
and unique species and contains the continent's highest mountain deepest lakes and large parts of two globally significant biodiversity hotspots the Eastern Afromontane and the Albertine Rift.
Science-based priority setting tools like this one are the best chance for developing nations to minimize biodiversity loss.
and biodiversity caused by intensive farming. Looking to the future the research weighed up the consequences of alternative land uses
Recasting the CAP as a Payment for Ecosystem Services mechanism would reward farmers for delivering a bundle of key of ecosystem services including climate change mitigation by the reduction of emission of greenhouse gases water regulation recreation and biodiversity conservation.
of which may be irreversible such as biodiversity loss. We have put a value to such costs and found that
in biodiversity. The EU's Common Agricultural Policy must account for the cost of not working with nature.
Work by scientists at Newcastle University UK has looked at the impact slugs have on grassland biodiversity
Pau conducted the research as part of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) Forecasting Phenology Working group and with Elizabeth M. Wolkovich of the University of British columbia's Biodiversity Research Centre;
because converting uncultivated land would lead to major emissions of greenhouse gases and cause significant losses of biodiversity.
The authors of the paper accept that the intensification of agriculture will have some implications for other important policy goals such as preserving biodiversity animal welfare human nutrition protecting rural economies and sustainable development.
and losses in one of the world's richest areas of biodiversity and home to the endangered giant pandas.
This previously unmeasured influence on the environment may offer a new way of looking at biodiversity management and carbon storage for climate change.
This has significance for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. Although the study was carried out on a small scale it could inform practices done in much larger areas.
Appreciating the role of predators is also important currently given that top predators are declining at rates faster than that of many other species in global trends of biodiversity loss.
Wolong is a biodiversity hotspot that's home to endangered giant pandas. Wolong and the conservation program became a stage on
#Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environmentsthe pesticides many of which are used currently in Europe and Australia are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
and fungicides on the regional biodiversity of invertebrates in flowing waters using data from Germany France and Victoria in Australia.
The authors of the now-published study state that this is the first ever study which has investigated the effects of pesticides on regional biodiversity.
whether or to which extent and at what concentrations their use causes a reduction in biodiversity in aquatic environments.
In both Europe and Australia the researchers were able to demonstrate considerable losses in the regional biodiversity of aquatic insects and other freshwater invertebrates.
A difference in biodiversity of 42 percent was found between non-contaminated and strongly-contaminated areas in Europe;
The researchers also discovered that the overall decrease in biodiversity is primarily due to the disappearance of several groups of species that are especially susceptible to pesticides.
The authors point out that the use of pesticides is an important driver for biodiversity loss
and that legally-permitted maximum concentrations do not adequately protect the biodiversity of invertebrates in flowing waters.
The threat to biodiversity from pesticides has obviously been underestimated in the past. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Helmholtz Centre For Environmental Research-UFZ.
#Pollinators easily enhanced by flowering agri-environment schemesagri-environment schemes aimed to promote biodiversity on farmland have positive effects on wild bees hoverflies and butterflies.
and water we turned to large-scale industrial animal production systems and put high environmental pressure on land soils and biodiversity Krausmann points out.
The utilization of vast land areas for the production of bioenergy can have a strong negative impact on food safety forest resources and biodiversity.
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