Nibbles: Social CRP, Coconut genebank, Rice breeding, Conservation debate, Mongolian herders, American chestnut, Marine conservation

CGIAR Research Programme on Roots, Tuber and Bananas gets a blog to go with its Facebook page and Twitter feed.
Coconut clones? I don’t think so.
Rice yield gene? I don’t think so.
NY Times hosts a debate on conservation, and genebanks get a look-in.
Mongolia’s reindeer herders get some advice.
“My great grandfather’s legacy is something I grew up knowing and respecting, but my parents’ conservation ethic is something that I have always lived.”
Marine reserves can be good for fish. And abalone?