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Pavlovsk Station finally in the news
You of course heard it here first, but the potentially tragic situation unfolding at VIR’s Pavlovsk Station has now made it into the pages of New Scientist. Let’s hope this has some effect.
Nibbles: Madagascar’s environment, Zambian beer, Agroecology, Shade coffee, AnGR, Entomotherapy
- BBC photos of natural resources management in Madagascar.
- Zambian brewer uses local sorghum.
- Olivier De Schutter says ecological agriculture can feed the world.
- The future of coffee according to Conservation International.
- BBC says African livestock an “untapped genetic resource.” So it must be true.
- Take two cockroaches and call me in the morning.
The ups and downs of trees
I’m really not sure how good an idea it is, but this “Great Green Wall of Africa” that people are talking about will certainly be a sight to see. And a bit of a food resource too if the indicative list of the species that will be used is anything to go by. While I was wondering whether to write about this, four other tree-related stories popped up in my feed reader, which convinced me. So apparently “between 1980 and 1997 England saw a 64% drop in trees,” which sounds pretty incredible, but is probably nothing compared to what is going on in southern Congo. On the plus side, Argentina seem to be building its own green wall down south. Although there’s nothing in the press piece about what species will be used. And finally, in Liberia, old rubber trees are being uprooted and recycled, hopefully as a prelude to replanting something.
LATER: And another, from Tasmania.
Nibbles: Rhoades, Trigonella, Plant nutrition, Annals of Botany roundup, Vitamin A, Insect Week, yeast, Biocultural diversity online
- Remembering Robert Rhoades.
- Fenugreek 101.
- Plant nutrition experts on why plant nutrition is important for development.
- Nigel Chaffey rounds up botanical news. Best of its kind.
- Lois Englberger and others comment on that provocative vitamin A paper.
- Hey, did you know it was Insect Week?
- Olivia Judson on yeast.
- Welcome to Terralingua’s Portal on Biocultural Diversity Conservation!