Again thanks to DAD-Net for more livestock videos. This time from Iceland, which has a local sheep breed called the Leadersheep. No, really.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67eiH9jYOtABotanic gardens get the treatment
We probably don’t give botanic gardens the attention they deserve. So it’s a pleasure to point out that Biodiversity and Conservation has a special issue out on Botanic Gardens in the Age of Climate Change, with a focus on Europe. Lots of interesting stuff in there, including from some old friends.
And since we’re on the subject of published papers, I’d like to say what a good idea it is to include an illustration in the abstract of a paper. I had not come across this before I stumbled on the example here on the left in a recent Scientia Horticulturae paper on Citrus phylogeny.
The way things were
Mr El-Sayed Mohamed El-Azazi, Executive Director of the Egyptian Deserts Gene Bank, has posted a comment to one of our previous posts about the looting of his genebank. It includes a link the following presentation on what the place looked like before the fateful day. The call has gone out for help replacing lost equipment. One can only hope it will be heeded.
Agrobiodiversity conservation on Brazilian TV
Thanks to DAD-Net, news of eight TV programmes about conservation of animal genetic resources in Brazil. English subtitles, anyone?
1. Introduction to the series
3. Pantaneiro horse and Pantaneiro cattle
5. Moura pig
6. Horses raised in the Marajó Island (Amazon region)
8. Buffaloes raised in the Marajó Island (Amazon region)
European agrobiodiversity meet in the offing
The 6th European Forum on Agricultural Biodiversity will take place from February 25-26 in Szeged, Hungary. The programme looks fun. And they were kind enough to include us on their page of links. We’re more than happy to reciprocate. As ever, there’s space here for anyone who wants to report on the event.