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Fall in rice strains highlights China's biodiversity gap
Despite progress in some areas, the dramatic decline in China's rice varieties exemplifies its general loss of biodiversity.
NEWS | 26 November 2009 | EN
Jamaica to tackle species threatening biodiversity
Jamaica and four other Caribbean countries have been granted US$1.7 million to reduce the biodiversity threat of invasive alien species.
NEWS | 5 November 2009 | ES
World needs sophisticated biofuel approach, urges report
Biofuels are neither a panacea nor a pariah, says a major UN report, but they must not be grown on productive cropland.
Peru and Ethiopia team up to defend biodiversity
Scientists and farmers from Peru and Ethiopia will defend agrobiodiversity through the exchange of scientific and traditional knowledge.
NEWS | 16 October 2009 | ES
Water weed given new life as fabric
Researchers have found a way to spin fabric from water hyacinth, turning the much-criticised weed into a potential windfall.
NEWS | 5 October 2009 | EN
Thirsty eucalyptus trees get the chop in Kenya
Farmers in drought-stricken Kenya are uprooting imported eucalyptus species that were planted near water sources.
NEWS | 30 September 2009 | EN
Costa Rica opens advanced biotechnology lab
A Costa Rican research centre has opened the most advanced biotechnology laboratory in Central America.
NEWS | 24 August 2009 | ES
Mosquitoes stopped on way to the Galapagos
Ecuadorian authorities are fumigating aeroplanes to stop disease-carrying mosquitoes hitching a ride to the Galapagos islands.
NEWS | 19 August 2009 | ES
Universal DNA barcode proposed for plants
A genetic 'barcode' proposed for plants should improve knowledge of plant distribution while striking a blow against illegal loggers.
Deadlock broken on international seed sharing
Poor countries may become more open to sharing seeds now that a fund to support their crop protection efforts has been agreed.
Experts appeal to defend South American biodiversity
The loss of biodiversity in South America has been analysed by experts from 12 countries, who have urged local communities to commit to conservation.
NEWS | 29 May 2009 | ES
Traditional coffee farms 'improve tree biodiversity'
Shade-grown coffee farms are rich in native tree species and are important corridors of genetic diversity linking forests, say researchers.
'Comeback' forests rich in biodiversity, say scientists
Tropical forests that grow back following deforestation are unexpectedly rich in plant and animal life that can help conservation efforts.
Nepal Himalayas 'lush with plants of medicinal value'
Researchers have found that more than half the plants in west Nepal have medicinal use — higher than that reported in previous studies.
India's tropical agriculture 'can support biodiversity'
Cultivation of areca nut in India can help conserve biodiversity, with implications for other forms of tropical farming, say researchers.
NEWS | 11 November 2008 | EN
Ecuadorian scientists reject new patent rule
Ecuadorian researchers disagree with an article in the new constitution that bans patenting products related to the country's biodiversity.
NEWS | 1 October 2008 | ES
Scientists tackle DNA barcoding 'resistance'
Scientists are proposing a set of guidelines to tackle developing countries' resistance to take up DNA barcoding for biodiversity mapping.
Conservation areas 'attracting human settlement'
Protected conservation areas attract human settlement rather than drive people away, which could threaten biodiversity, finds a study.
South Asian nations join forces to tackle climate change
South Asian nations have agreed on a three-year plan to lessen climate change impacts in the region.
UN roadmap paves way for curbing biopiracy
Following the UN biodiversity conference, countries have agreed a roadmap to negotiate the access and sharing of genetic resources.
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