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Fire and Ants
...Fire is known to affect how the trees and grass in savanna ecosystems interact, and to induce changes in biodiversity...English
Our Planet Reviewed
...of naturalist expeditions.The expeditions will span ten years to conduct a massive inventory of biodiversity in geographical areas which, up until now, have been little explored...English
Study Shows how Invasive Plant Species Stop New Life
..."The more we know about this process," Stigall said, "the more we will understand how to best preserve biodiversity."Read more interesting articles about Biodiversity..English
World Fails to Meet Biodiversity Loss Targets
...World Fails to Meet Biodiversity Loss TargetsWorld Fails to Meet Biodiversity Loss Targets©Lynette StraussThe Global Biodiversity Outlook is published every four years and is the product of close collaboration between the Secretariat of the Convention..English
Wildlife and Soccer
...Wildlife and SoccerWildlife and SoccerWhat does the Soccer World Cup and biodiversity have in common?..English
New Freshwater Ecosystem Atlas
...These data sets were then put into a spatial format and were once again taken to freshwater ecologists and biodiversity experts at regional review workshops...English
Species Down - Disease Up
...Eco-epidemiologyIt is new to think about biodiversity - and therefore, species and land conservation - as integral to public health...English
Voice Your Opinion on Mining Applications and the Environment
...The Mining Toolkit will be an important and positive tool for improving the mining process, so avoiding unnecessary biodiversity loss and environmental degradation and destruction, and facilitating more expedient and effective public participation in..English
Nature Hotspots in Africa Caribbean and Pacific Group
...These countries are also host to 11 of 25 of the world's biodiversity hotspots and at least 220 different indigenous groups...English
Six Weeks and 1900 Traps Reveal Myriad Creepy Crawlies
...A summer biodiversity survey will be done during December 2007 and January 2008 to see what moves about in the veld as it gets hotter in the park...English
New Climate Exchange in Africa
...(ACE) uses birds and BirdLife's Important Bird Area (IBA) network to demonstrate how biodiversity in Africa will respond to Climate Change, and what can be done to mitigate its impacts...English
Strong Sentences for Illegal Possession of Rhino Horn
...Tambo International Airport in June 2010 and remanded in custody, was found guilty of the illegal possession of 12 rhino horns in terms of Section 57 (1) of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, Act 10 2004 (NEMBA) as well as fraud..English
Biodiversity
...BiodiversityBiodiversityWhat is biodiversity? Biodiversity in an area means the multiplicity of various species, the genetic wealth of each species, and the relations between species and natural environments within which these beings evolve...English
Elephant Management Policy Review
...The "carrying capacity" at which biodiversity is maintained will be much lower than a food related "carrying capacity" but scientists do not have a good knowledge of the biodiversity consequences of elephant impacts at this stage...English
Insect Biodiversity Studied With Enthusiasm
...Insect Biodiversity Studied With EnthusiasmInsect Biodiversity Studied With EnthusiasmHow many ant species do you know?..English
Burning For Biodiversity
...This new policy is aimed at maintaining biodiversity through realistically co-existing with the reality of unplanned burns caused by illegal trans-migrants from neighbouring countries and other causes...English
Scientists Tackle Thorny Issues at Annual Science Network Meeting
..."If the Kruger National Park is to retain its iconic status, we have to enhance the lives of people, while achieving our conservation and biodiversity objectives," he stressed...English
World Environment Day
...This theme supports the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, a global campaign designed to encourage worldwide action to safeguard biodiversity, the intricate network of life...English
Seriously Threatened Grasslands Receive Attention
...Seriously Threatened Grasslands Receive AttentionSeriously Threatened Grasslands Receive AttentionHAENERTSBURG - With the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) declaring in November last year that the grasslands biome is one of the most..English
Focus Shifts To Grassland
..."It must be noted that the grassland biome ranks extremely high in biodiversity composition, second only to the fynbos biome," says Dr David Mabunda, chief executive of SANParks in the 2009/10 annual report...English
Invasive Alien Species Declared Major Threat to Life on Earth
...species per country which have a negative impact on biodiversity...English
Social Research in SANParks
...This facilitates improved acknowledgement and success of various SANParks' biodiversity-related initiatives...English
Poor People Arise and Help the Letaba River
... Buffer areas have been identified by several international bodies as being important in the conservation of biodiversity...English
Birdlife Reveals The Merits Of Conservation Partnerships
...But because the lessons learned are of broad relevance to those working on biodiversity conservation and development issues, we are also offering them to a wider audience."
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