Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

India Gets to Mars on the First Try – MOM’s the Word(link)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Dear Readers A fellow blogger has written a very good post on India’s Mars Mission and commented on my previous post. Here I am giving a brief introduction of the post and a link to the post.Please read in the … Continue reading →

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Satellite Reveals Indonesia’s Fast Dwindling Forests

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Satellite images have found that Indonesia’s ancient forests, a treasure of biodiversity and also a buffer against climate change, have shrunk much faster than thought, scientists said. Between 2000 and 2012, Indonesia lost around 6.02 million hectares of primary forest, … Continue reading →

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Fossil of World’s Biggest-ever Flying Bird discovered

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Science Daily reports  that scientists have identified the fossilized remains of an extinct giant bird that could be the biggest flying bird ever found. read here

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Are We Pushing Sumatran Tigers to Extinction?

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

  Sumatran Tiger is nearly extinct due to human involvement in its habitat, according to a new research paper. These tigers are found exclusively on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and only 400 of them live today. A high level of … Continue reading →

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