Linking Journalism with the Web of Life

April 2010 Blog Posts (5)

Agrobiodiversity is biodiversity too

In my latest post at the Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog I describe very briefly an attempt to bridge the gap between the biodiversity conservation and agricultural communities by combining data on deforestation and on the wild relatives of crops. http://agro.biodiver.se/2010/04/crop-wild-relatives-mashed-up-with-deforestation/

We sometimes forget that there is much biodiversity…

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Added by Luigi Guarino on April 30, 2010 at 8:38 — No Comments

Thanks for the opportunity to share

Good idea to better connect journalists and media people with the world of biodiversity and sustainable development. Journalists can help us to reach out more effectively to the vast majority of citizens who are not yet actively involved in conservation and reducing their footprint. Whose primary concern is their home, job, family and friends. Who are not cynics, but don't yet realize how they impact on nature and what they can do to reduce their footstep and at the same time improve their…

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Added by Frits Hesselink on April 29, 2010 at 9:59 — No Comments

Introducing myself

Thanks for the invitation to join the Biodiversity Media Alliance. I just want to use my first post here to say that I work on the ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, including crop wild relatives, but my interests extend to the conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity in general, by whatever means :)

Together with my friend and colleague Jeremy Cherfas, I blog on these issues at the Agricultural… Continue

Added by Luigi Guarino on April 29, 2010 at 8:20 — No Comments

Free access to special biodiversity supplement in Nature

The journal Nature has created a special supplement on biodiversity to mark the UN International Year of Biodiversity.

All of the material is free, but for a limited time only.

The collection includes feature articles, opinion pieces, news and views articles and original research papers

You can see the… Continue

Added by Mike Shanahan on April 28, 2010 at 10:00 — No Comments

Welcome to the Biodiversity Media Alliance

Hello and thanks for joining this website.

It exists to build bridges between journalists and sources of stories, news and interviews about biodiversity — why it matters, how it is threatened, and what can be done to protect it and use it in a sustainable way.

All members can use the Blogs section to share news, thoughts, ideas, publications, etc., and you can include photos,… Continue

Added by Mike Shanahan on April 28, 2010 at 1:00 — 8 Comments