http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on biodiversity and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/news/ Jamaica and four other Caribbean countries have been granted US$1.7 million to reduce the biodiversity threat of invasive alien species.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/jamaica-to-tackle-species-threatening-biodiversity.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:28:26 GMTBiofuels are neither a panacea nor a pariah, says a major UN report, but they must not be grown on productive cropland.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/world-needs-sophisticated-biofuel-approach-urges-report.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityTue, 20 Oct 2009 05:11:20 GMTScientists and farmers from Peru and Ethiopia will defend agrobiodiversity through the exchange of scientific and traditional knowledge.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/peru-and-ethiopia-team-up-to-defend-biodiversity.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityFri, 16 Oct 2009 03:30:34 GMTResearchers have found a way to spin fabric from water hyacinth, turning the much-criticised weed into a potential windfall.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/water-weed-given-new-life-as-fabric.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityMon, 05 Oct 2009 01:17:48 GMTFarmers in drought-stricken Kenya are uprooting imported eucalyptus species that were planted near water sources.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/thirsty-eucalyptus-trees-get-the-chop-in-kenya-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityWed, 30 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMTEstablishing an effective science–policy interface is key to combating biodiversity loss, say Harold Mooney and Georgina Mace.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/get-biodiversity-science-to-decision-makers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityMon, 28 Sep 2009 06:00:00 GMTWe must take responsibility for the costs of modifying tropical ecosystems for human consumption, says botanist Scott A. Mori.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/tropical-ecosystems-threatened-by-over-consumption.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityThu, 24 Sep 2009 03:24:47 GMTA Costa Rican research centre has opened the most advanced biotechnology laboratory in Central America.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/costa-rica-opens-advanced-biotechnology-lab-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityMon, 24 Aug 2009 03:37:34 GMTEcuadorian authorities are fumigating aeroplanes to stop disease-carrying mosquitoes hitching a ride to the Galapagos islands.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/mosquitoes-stopped-on-way-to-the-galapagos.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityWed, 19 Aug 2009 05:41:50 GMTA genetic 'barcode' proposed for plants should improve knowledge of plant distribution while striking a blow against illegal loggers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/universal-dna-barcode-proposed-for-plants.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityMon, 10 Aug 2009 02:48:51 GMTGene banks have a key role to play in the development of climate-proof crops, says agricultural scientist M. S. Swaminathan.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/gene-banks-essential-in-fight-against-climate-chan-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityThu, 06 Aug 2009 02:20:47 GMTPoor countries may become more open to sharing seeds now that a fund to support their crop protection efforts has been agreed.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/deadlock-broken-on-international-seed-sharing.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityThu, 25 Jun 2009 03:43:35 GMTEssential field trials of GM trees are being hindered by anti-GM activists working through the Convention on Biological Diversity, say Steven H. Strauss and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/gm-tree-research-blocked-by-impossible-recommendat.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityThu, 18 Jun 2009 01:33:07 GMTThe loss of biodiversity in South America has been analysed by experts from 12 countries, who have urged local communities to commit to conservation.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/experts-appeal-to-defend-south-american-biodiversi.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityFri, 29 May 2009 04:23:42 GMTInternational bodies, governments and indigenous people must all help protect medicinal biodiversity, say Jeffrey A. McNeely and Sue Mainka.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/medicinal-biodiversity-needs-stronger-protection-e.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityWed, 29 Apr 2009 12:56:42 GMTBiodiversity negotiations will greatly impact academics, and scientists must speak up before it is too late, warn Sikina Jinnah and Stefan Jungcurt.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/could-biodiversity-negotiations-stifle-research-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityFri, 30 Jan 2009 02:30:45 GMTChina's profitable rubber industry is a boon for some rural communities, but the environmental costs could be much higher.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/chinese-rubber-rush-leads-to-ecological-credit-cru.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityThu, 22 Jan 2009 03:43:15 GMTShade-grown coffee farms are rich in native tree species and are important corridors of genetic diversity linking forests, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/traditional-coffee-farms-improve-tree-biodiversity.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityMon, 19 Jan 2009 04:51:13 GMTTropical forests that grow back following deforestation are unexpectedly rich in plant and animal life that can help conservation efforts.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/-comeback-forests-rich-in-biodiversity-say-scienti.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityMon, 19 Jan 2009 02:16:04 GMTResearchers have found that more than half the plants in west Nepal have medicinal use — higher than that reported in previous studies.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/nepal-himalayas-lush-with-plants-of-medicinal-valu.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_biodiversityMon, 05 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/