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Hi! Welcome to this humble blog. You may want to subscribe to TN’s RSS feed for updates. Thanks! :DThis is probably the most wonderful news for conservation and biodiversity this year. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS.org) has reported an unusually large population of the scarce Western lowland gorilla in a swampy forest measuring 18,000 square [...]
Dense populations usually works against biodiversity so if we’re reading TreasureNature, chances are we live far from areas with highly diverse animal and plant life, except for those in Sao Paulo, Brazil. However, if we are fortunate enough to be living in one of the Biodiversity Hotspots, then the greatest single thing we can do [...]
As stated in Part 1 and Part 2, there are 34 regions through out the world with rich biodiversity as covered by BiodiversityHotspots.org. We have already tackled nine (9) for the Americas and twelve (12) for Africa, Europe, and Central Asia. The final installment will cover the Asia-Pacific region…
East Melanesian Islands (Bismarck and Admiralty Islands, [...]
As stated in Part 1, there are 34 regions through out the world with rich biodiversity as covered by BiodiversityHotspots.org. We have already tackled nine (9) for the Americas. Let’s get on with Africa, Europe, adn Centrtal Asia…
Guinean Forest (West Africa). It is home to more than a quarter of West Africa’s mammals, including 20 [...]
Biodiversity is a natural resource. Just like any resource we have to manage them carefully and avoid the issue of biodiversity loss. We have 34 regions scattered through out the world the serve as a reserve of the world’s total biodiversity. These regions are also the most threatened and are called our biodiversity hotspots.
The site [...]
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants to an environment, according to wikipedia. Pollutants are not necessarily toxic chemicals that poisons the air we breathe, soil we stand on, and water we drink. Even chemicals seen as beneficial like fertilizers, which in reasonable amounts can boost crop production, becomes a poison when used in quantities that [...]
Tragedies are not limited to Shakespeare, botanical history is also littered with them. Such is the story of the American Chestnut Tree.
Before the 1990’s, the American Chestnut was the dominant tree species (approximately 40%) in the forest of the Eastern United States. The American Chestnut was highly priced for its beautiful and durable wood, its [...]
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