Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

Tajikistan using GIS for better potato varieties

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Potato material from the International Potato Center (CIP) is helping farmers to enhance food and income security in Central and Southwest Asia in the face of climate change. A three-year CIP project is boosting potato production with varieties that have … Continue reading →

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Antarctic as World Park

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Antarctica constitutes a large polar desert, characterized by year round below zero temperatures, scarce precipitations and strong winds. The continent is around 14 million km2, of which less than 2% is ice-free. The ice sheet rises to over 4000 meters … Continue reading →

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Indonesia is one of the world’s richest areas of biodiversity

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Incorporating 17,000 tropical islands, Indonesia is one of the world’s richest areas of biodiversity.According to the Jakarta Post, over half of this biodiversity remains unrecorded with only 20 of the more than 400 regencies in the country recording species. Indonesia … Continue reading →

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Urban ‘Green’ Spaces May Contribute to Global Warming

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Dispelling the notion that urban “green” spaces help counteract greenhouse gas emissions, new research has found — in Southern California at least — that total emissions would be lower if lawns did not exist. Lawns look great — they’re nice … Continue reading →

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