#Tropical countries growing wealth may aid conservationwhile inadequate funding has hampered international efforts to conserve biodiversity in tropical forests a new Duke university-led study finds that people in a growing number of tropical countries
This could make a big difference in protecting tropical biodiversity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
To measure how these countries'rising household incomes have affected public demand for biodiversity conservation and their governments'expenditures on it Vincent and a team of international scientists analyzed economic indicators from high income upper
Our findings provide a strong economic rationale for coupling international payments for carbon storage made to UMI tropical countries with biodiversity payments funded by those countries themselves.
to the University Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity. The findings are extremely important for assessing the resistance of tropical forests to climate change and reforestation.
#Organic agriculture boosts biodiversity on farmlandsdoes organic farming foster biodiversity? The answer is yes however the number of habitats on the land plays an important role alongside the type and intensity of farming practices.
The study shows that even organic farms have to actively support biodiversity by for example conserving different habitats on their holdings.
An international team including scientists from Technische Universitã¤t Mà nchen (TUM) investigated the contribution of organic farming to supporting farmland biodiversity between 2010 and 2013.
and analyze it to establish the impact of farming methods and intensity and of landscape features on biodiversity.
Even organic farms need to increase habitatsto sustain farmland biodiversity which is currently under grave threat researchers have identified complement organic farming methods with dedicated efforts to conserve habitats.
or herbaceous strips in arable farms they have a huge impact on the biodiversity of a farm.
and fuel with no further biodiversity loss minimal carbon costs and even a carbon gain
However researchers of the German Biodiversity and Climate Centre and the Goethe University now found out that the prime example of an invasive species is originally from Central europe and thus no immigrant after all.
and plant species in Central europe that are thought to have a significant negative impact on biodiversity economy and health.
In the spring of 2010 researchers of the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre and the Goethe University collected 300 specimens of the snail in 60 locations in France Spain the UK and the Benelux countries
Alien species are one of the main threats to biodiversity and native species as well as causing immense economic damage e g. via yield losses in agriculture.
what Dwomoh called a biodiversity hotspot. His study will focus on the remaining forest sections which are concentrated in Sierra leone Liberia CÃ'te d'Ivoire and Ghana.
Her SDSU graduate research assistantship on ant biodiversity and natural history was funded through the Meierhenry Fellowship.
experts arguedespite political proclamation of increased environmental focus experts argue that the European union's recent agricultural reforms are far too weak to have any positive impact on the continent's shrinking farmland biodiversity
and biodiversity will continue to decline across the continent. Under the new CAP almost a third of direct payments to farmers are now subject to conditions relating to'greening measures'.
Unless member states take serious steps beyond those required for the CAP the EU's own biodiversity targets for 2020 are very unlikely to be met.
The weak environmental reforms in the CAP put the fate of Europe's declining biodiversity at the hands of the individual member states said Dr Guy Pe'er lead author from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
The authors conclude that the CAP reforms fail to fulfil Target 3a of the EU Biodiversity Strategy
which explicitly requires the EU to maximise areas â#covered by biodiversity-related measures under the CAP.
Many regions of the new member states and countries of southern Europe are still supporting very high biodiversity says Andrã¡
The EU Biodiversity target implicitly assumes that the biodiversity-related measures under the CAP are effective at protecting wildlife.
and the EU as a whole to move towards sustainable agriculture securing biodiversity and vital ecosystem services for current and future generations.
Forest fires can affect both plant and animal biodiversity. The team's finding of ancient ecological recovery from a forest fire will help broaden scientists'understanding of biodiversity immediately before the mass extinction of dinosaurs.
We won't be able to fully understand the extinction dynamics until we understand what normal ecological processes were going on in the background. says Larsson.
If we destroy the biodiversity of pollinators then it will be irrelevant how effective our pesticides are
#Origin of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest of Brazilthe Atlantic Forest of Brazil is one of the world's most important biodiversity hot spots;
and maintain biodiversity is a major and controversial topic in evolutionary biology with large implications for conservation management.
nchez-Gracia from the Department of Genetics and the Biodiversity Research Institute of UB (IRBIO) together with Fernando Carbayo from the University of SãO Paulo (Brazil.
How is originated biodiversity? The causes of the origin and maintenance of extant biodiversity in the Neotropics--an area of high biodiversity value--have been discussed for decades.
Dominating hypotheses point out Pleistocene glaciations--which took place between 2. 5 years ago and 20000 years ago--or Tertiary tectonic geological reorganizations Tertiary
According to the new study extant biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil originated and has been shaped by complex interactions between ancient geological events
and studying high biodiversity areas focus on organisms with high-dispersal ability. However these models could not be good indicators to detect small areas with high biodiversity
so it makes difficult to understand the processes that generate and maintain biodiversity. Innovatively the study carried out by UB research group is focused on the land planarian (Cephaloflexa bergi) a low-dispersal organism
which inhabits soil ecosystems. Land planarians an animal model of phylogeographic studiesauthors explain that to formulate an efficient conservation policy a good understanding of spatial and temporal biodiversity patterns
and their underlying evolutionary mechanisms is required. For this reason--they add--it is necessary to work with organisms with a low-dispersal ability that are particularly sensitive to changes in the environment.
By applying Bayesian inference methods (Approximate Bayesian Computation ABC) two scenarios proposed to explain the biodiversity of Southern Atlantic Forest region were evaluated.
To improve biodiversity management and conservationthe study published in the journal Heredity highlights that land planarians are an advantageous biological model for making phylogenetic
The majority of people are unaware of the dimensions of the biodiversity crisis said Dr. Quentin Wheeler founding director of the IISE and ESF president.
The top 10 is designed to bring attention to the unsung heroes addressing the biodiversity crisis by working to complete an inventory of earth's plants animals and microbes.
We are very far from having exhausted the knowledge of the biodiversity On earth. Wheeler offered three reasons why an inventory of Earth's species is critical:
That could be given a problem the high biodiversity of tropical rain forests and their important role in the global carbon cycle and the Earth's climate.
But the extra emphasis on biodiversity due to degradation of natural habitats and accelerating extinction rate of plants and animals worldwide has placed a higher emphasis on researchers documenting
but recent museum biodiversity projects and collaborations have focused on discovering as many new species as possible.
Museum scientists utilized advanced taxonomic methods during recent biodiversity survey projects including DNA bar coding a process that uses a genetic marker to identify
It is important to understand the other 99 percent of biodiversity that once inhabited the planet
The scientist from the Department of Animal Ecology Evolution and Biodiversity also found out that bees are aware of
or to conserve biodiversity. What distinguishes silviculture from forest ecology is the idea of managing the forests to preserve
#Bee biodiversity boosts crop yieldsresearch from North carolina State university shows that blueberries produce more seeds and larger berries if they are visited by more diverse bee species allowing farmers to harvest significantly more pounds of fruit per acre.
We've shown that there is a real financial benefit associated with biodiversity Burrack says. The next step is to figure out how to foster that diversity in practical terms.
Climate change impacts on biodiversity are already being observed in alteration of the timing of critical biological events such as spring bud burst and substantial range shifts of many species. In the longer term there is an increased risk
Researchers from leading universities including the University of Sheffield carried out a survey of carbon stocks biodiversity and economic values from one of the world's most threatened ecosystems the western Andes of Colombia.
and biodiversity loss so there is an urgent need to simultaneously address both issues. This would cost very little money said senior scientist Dr David Edwards of the University of Sheffield's Department of Animal and Plant sciences.
The impact on reducing the biodiversity extinction crisis and climate change could be huge. The study also found that letting forests regenerate had a massive impact on the populations of threatened species. In secondary forests in the region researchers found 33 of 40 red-listed bird species that are threatened with extinction.
Biodiversity would also be restored improving habitats for many species at risk of extinction--all at minimal cost.
and soil pollution greenhouse gas emissions simultaneously reducing threats to human health biodiversity and food security.
soil climate and biodiversity. Professor Sutton said As the EU now starts to renegotiate the National Emissions Ceilings Directive it is an open question to what extent countries will emphasize technical measures or such behavioural changes.
and structure of the Congo rainforest affecting its biodiversity and carbon storage. Previous research used satellite-based measurements of vegetation greenness to investigate changes in the Amazon rainforest notably the effects of severe short-term droughts in 2005 and 2010.
The theory drives the default strategy of conserving biodiversity by designating nature reserves. This strategy sees reserves as islands in an inhospitable sea of human-modified habitats
and doesn't adequately account for biodiversity patterns in many human-dominated landscapes according to the Stanford study.
and forest remnants can be more valuable for biodiversity than previously assumed said Daniel Karp who earned his Phd in biology at Stanford in 2013
which the future of biodiversity most critically hinges the study's authors wrote. Not only do more species persist across the'sea of farmland'than expected by island biogeographic theory novel yet native species actually thrive there said co-author Elizabeth Hadly the Paul S. and Billie Achilles Professor in Environmental Biology at Stanford and senior
Biodiversity is not the only loser. People are losing many of nature's benefits such as water purification provided by forests
and the different ways to manage it for biodiversity shade grown coffee only seems to be grown in a few regions says Jha.
Full sun coffee plantations often result in deforestation loss of biodiversity and soil depletion while leaving communities more vulnerable to flooding and landslides.
Such a strong relationship to food has had a profound impact on human health by reshaping environmental biodiversity influencing the diets of neighbors and preserving elements of culture.
Some old-growth characteristics may be desirable for managers to incorporate into managed stands such as increasing coarse woody debris to levels consistent with natural stands in order to increase habitat potential and biodiversity.
and identified more than 100 areas where additional protection efforts would help safeguard avian biodiversity. We used genetic data to identify the bird species that have the fewest relatives on the'Tree of Life'that is
The data also offer some insight into large-scale processes affecting biodiversity Mooers says. We also found that
These findings show that pollutants that accumulate in the Polar regions are an important threat to biodiversity.
Liberia's status as a biodiversity hotspot and the fact that it is home to some of the last viable and threatened wildlife populations in West Africa has received little media attention in the past.
although restored land was not as productive as land that had not been degraded restoration efforts increased biodiversity by 44%and provision of ecosystem services by 25%.
and specifically'Target 15'of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to restore 15%of the world's degraded ecosystems by 2020.
He conclude Ecosystems are a rich source of biodiversity and the services they provide are relied upon by local people.
and the full title of the project is'Restoration of Forest Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Rural development'.
We're asking that conservationists as well as other sectoral interests carefully weigh up the biodiversity costs
because they are vulnerable to biodiversity loss and which ecosystems are more resilient to widespread tree removal.
We were astonished that biodiversity changes were affected so strongly by soil texture and that it was such an overriding factor said Thomas Crowther a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale School of Forestry
The researchers also examined how the effects of deforestation on microbial biodiversity change over time. Contrary to their expectations they found no correlation even over the course of 200 years.
This has the potential to inform land management practices concerned with the conservation of biodiversity and the sequestration of carbon in the soil.
Despite an established forest conservation theory holding that tree harvesting should be minimized strictly to prevent the loss of biodiversity
But conversion to agriculture is a permanent loss of all forest biodiversity. The manufacture of steel concrete and brick accounts for about 16 percent of global fossil fuel consumption.
and densities in non-reserved forests--in addition to keeping some global forests in reserves--would help preserve biodiversity in ecosystems worldwide Oliver said.
#Students on field course bag new spider speciesas a spin-off (pun intended) of their Tropical Biodiversity course in Malaysian Borneo a team of biology students discover a new spider species
when she signed up for her field course in Tropical Biodiversity says Elisa Panjang a Malaysian master's student from Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
She is one of twenty students following the course organised by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in The netherlands and held in the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah Malaysian Borneo.
which via the station's satellite link was submitted to the Biodiversity Data Journal a leading online journal for quick dissemination of new biodiversity data.
and industry shelter habitats for biodiversity and in very poor areas sources of livelihoods. Over the years however many watersheds throughout the world have suffered from intensive resource extraction and mismanagement.
Not only do they store carbon they support biodiversity regulate water flows and reduce soil erosion. Nearly 1. 6 billion people worldwide depend on forests as a source of food medicines timber and fuel.
Our findings imply that management of overabundant grazing animals would be beneficial for conservation of plant biodiversity says Horvitz who is also a founding member of UM's Institute of Theoretical and Mathematical Ecology.
The persistence of garlic mustard greatly reduces forest biodiversity. To study the effect of rampant deer on trillium
A study published today in the Journal of Ecology by a team from the LOEWE Biodiversity
and a doctoral student at the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (Bik-F) and the University of Halle-Wittenberg. 48 hours and again one month after establishing the depots the team searched for the seeds within a 2. 5
or even enhance biodiversity Dr Hanley said. In particular the presence of large densities and varieties of flowering plants supports a number of pollinating insects
The main authors of the article are researchers Eduardo Mateos from the Department of Animal Biology of the University of Barcelona (UB) and Xavier Santos from the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources of the University
If the main objective of is to maximize biodiversity habitat management may provide mosaics to preserve heterogeneity;
of the Barcelona Provincial Council and the Directorate General for the Environment and Biodiversity of the Goverment of Catalonia.
In its investigations into seven subject areas--from glaciers and water balance to woods biodiversity and agriculture to health and energy--the researchers took the so-called CH2011 Scenarios as their starting point for the future development of temperature and precipitation in Switzerland.
The changing conditions necessitate an adaptation of forest tending and the promotion of biodiversity. Adaptive measures and improved management are not enough however for coping with climate change.
The distinctive evolutionary histories and biodiversity values of these areas needs to be recognised by conservation managers and policy makers.
#In grasslands remade by humans, animals may protect biodiversity: Grazers let in the light, rescue imperiled plantsa comparative study of grasslands on six continents suggests there may be a way to counteract the human-made overdose of fertilizer that threatens to permanently alter the biodiversity of the world's native prairies.
The solution is one that nature devised: let grazing animals crop the excess growth of fast growing grasses that can out-compete native plants in an over-fertilized world.
The researchers'data analysis concluded that the grazers improved biodiversity by increasing the amount of light reaching ground level.
Light appears to be very important in maintaining or losing biodiversity in grasslands. The effect was greatest where large animals wild and domesticated grazed on the test plots:
Despite ruminant livestock's poor image as major greenhouse gas emitters sustainably managed grazing can increase biodiversity maintain ecosystem services
The role of forests is essential for climate change mitigation and biodiversity preservation amongst others.
An important way to create more self-managing ecosystems with a high level of biodiversity is to make room for large herbivores in the European landscape--and possibly reintroduce animals such as wild cattle bison and even elephants.
and thereby ensure the basis for a high level of biodiversity says senior scientist Rasmus Ejrnã s. The study received financial support from the 15 june Foundation and a grant from the European Research Council.
A region of ultra-high biodiversity the western Amazon harbors thousands of plant species that grow at different elevations and in different soils on different geologies.
Understanding effects of smoke compounds on seed germinationalthough seemingly destructive wildfires help to maintain biodiversity
Livestock affect most of the world's biodiversity hotspots Liu said. They make up 20 percent of all of Earth's land mammals
The epicenter of China's devastating Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 was in the Wolong Nature Reserve a globally important valuable biodiversity hotspot and home to the beloved and endangered giant pandas.
The potential temperature changes also pose a severe threat to biodiversity. Furthermore the researchers used a simple climate model to study a variety of plausible greenhouse gas scenarios and SRM termination years over the 21st century.
and how biodiversity is related to both aspects of ecosystem functioning says Andy Hector. The researchers also found that grassland diversity
#Making biodiverse agriculture part of a food-secure futureis biodiverse agriculture an anachronism? Or is it a vital part of a food-secure future?
Products of biodiversity within culturally-based diets provide essential micronutrients and lower prevalence of diet-related chronic disease.
Food-policy makers around the world should seek to develop novel compensation mechanisms that reflect the benefits of small-scale biodiverse agriculture Prof.
and new strategies for sustainable use of the extraordinarily high levels of biodiversity within the Andean potatoes.
and Zoo Zurich and join us in this effort to conserve Madagascar's unique biodiversity through the sale of future carbon credits said Pierre Manganirina Randrianarisoa the Secretary general of the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
and a first for Madagascar in advancing the use of carbon credits to fight climate change while protecting biodiversity and human livelihoods.
The project's important role in protecting a crucial area of biodiversity value also aligns with Microsoft's own focus on using technology information
while also delivering biodiversity value and community support. Makira contains an estimated one percent of the world's biodiversity including 20 lemur species hundreds of species of birds
and thousands of plant varieties including many found nowhere else on earth. The Makira forest spans nearly 400000 hectares (more than 1500 square miles) making it one of the largest remaining intact blocks of rainforest in 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.
#Biodiversity in production forests can be improved without large costsforest management is based on recommendations that are supposed to maximize economic revenues.
This would also greatly benefit biodiversity. These results were obtained by a research group lead by Professor Mikko Mà nkkã nen at the University Jyvã¤skylã¤.
Small additional investments into biodiversity may yield large benefits. In particular increasing habitat availability for the capercaillie is relatively inexpensive says MÃ nkkã nen.
According to the Finnish government's decision 180 million euro will be spent in 2008-2016 (the METSO program) on maintaining biodiversity in mostly privately owned southern Finnish forests.
Small investments may provide large biodiversity benefits he explains. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Suomen Akatemia (Academy of Finland.
More biodiversity, better harvestbees birds and bats make a huge contribution to the high yields produced by coffee farmers around Mount kilimanjaro â#an example of how biodiversity can pay off.
It has been conducted by tropical ecologists of the University WÃ rzburg Biocenter jointly with colleagues from the LOEWE Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (Bik-F Frankfurt/Main) and the Institute for experimental Ecology of the University
This research has been carried out in close cooperation with teams from the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (Frankfurt/Main) and the Institute of Experimental Ecology at the University of Ulm.
#Herbicides may not be sole cause of declining plant diversitythe increasing use of chemical herbicides is blamed often for the declining plant biodiversity in farms.
The study's results have implications for biodiversity conservation efforts. Researchers from UT and the University of Arizona Tucson studied how forces such as volatile market conditions
whether or not it is economically worthwhile to conserve biodiversity. There is a worry that technological substitutes such as cloning
'Our study has shown that organic farming as an alternative to conventional farming can yield significant long-term benefits for biodiversity'said Sean Tuck of Oxford university's Department of Plant sciences lead author of the study.'
'There are many ways to study biodiversity and species richness is easy to measure providing a useful starting point.
because the biodiversity benefits of each organic farm will be diluted in clusters of organic farms compared to an organic island providing rich habitats in a sea of pesticide-covered conventional fields.
biodiversity co-benefits into climate change mitigation strategies. Drs. Patrick Jantz Scott Goetz and Nadine Laporte describe their findings in an article entitled Carbon stock corridors to mitigate climate change
and promote biodiversity in the tropics available online in the journal Nature Climate Change on January 26.
These habitat corridors are essential for longer-term biodiversity conservation while also providing opportunities for climate change mitigation in the form of carbon sequestration
and are important for tropical biodiversity. Part of the study focused on the Legal Amazon where the team used economic and biological information combining species richness
Identifying lands locally valuable for agriculture or other high-value uses considering biodiversity and the threat of deforestation our analysis provides both maps and a framework for realistic conservation planning.
and maintain biodiversity in agricultural systems Shelton added. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Entomological Society of America.
#First African study on biodiversity in genetically modified maize finds insects abundantprevious studies from China Spain
and the United states on genetically modified (GM) rice cotton and maize have concluded that the biodiversity of insects
In order to preserve ancient cities'local character and biodiversity researchers are looking to native plant species that can withstand the low water environments that are necessary in lightweight green roof design.
U s.-led militarized interdiction for example has succeeded mainly in moving traffickers around driving them to operate in evermore remote biodiverse ecosystems.
If the breeds are lost we lose forever the opportunities offered by this crucial biodiversity. Amanda Carson a vet and Secretary of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association added:
My goal as a scientist is to uncover the evolutionary forces that have shaped biodiversity says Dr. Dá
#Meet the rainforest diversity policea new study has revealed that fungi often seen as pests play a crucial role policing biodiversity in rainforests.
'To see if they play a role in promoting rainforest biodiversity we sprayed plots with Ridomil Goldâ
'The findings show that fungi play a vital role in maintaining the biodiversity of rainforests preventing a few highly competitive species from dominating.
so they can make informed decisions about conservation and biodiversity. Their research Life history as a predictor of salamander recovery rate from timber harvest in southern Appalachian forests U s a. was published in Conservation Biology.
and increasing biodiversity during the formation of new ecosystems says Archibald. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Simon Fraser University.
The ability to authenticate premium and rare varieties would encourage growers to maintain cacao biodiversity rather than depend on the most abundant and easiest to grow trees.
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