Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

Holi Special:Marijuana / Cannabis sativa/ Bhang(link)

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Marijuana is exctracted from the leaves and flowering tops of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. This plant grows in mild climates throughout the world including mainly parts of India, Africa, Mexico, South America, and the United States. In its prepared … Continue reading →

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Dr. Glen Barry proposes a terrestrial ecosystem protection goal to sustain the biosphere and human well-being(link)

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Planetary boundaries defines key thresholds in the Earth System’s ecological conditions that precede local or global ecosystem collapse and threaten human well-being. This observational study and literature review aggregate what is known regarding the quantity and quality of terrestrial ecosystems … Continue reading →

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Animal Demography Down the Road

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Guest post by Maria Kurk It is a fact of common knowledge nowadays that loss of biodiversity is one of the fatal consequences of global warming. If an average temperature increases, humanity risks losing as much as 30% of animal … Continue reading →

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Poor Health and Loss of Biodiversity are Slowing Down Economies in Tropics

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Per Capita incomes of Tropical countries  could be more than double if they managed to reduce their health burden from vector-borne and parasitic diseases to that of  temperate countries. Scientistss from Harvard Medical School and Princeton University in the United States … Continue reading →

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