News: biodiversity
High genetic diversity discovered in South African leopards
Researchers say the discovery of very high genetic diversity in leopards found in the Highveld region of South Africa has increased the need for conservation efforts to protect leopards in the country.
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Wildlife trade threatening unprotected animals
International trade in animals not regulated by multilateral agreements is putting them under increasing threat. More than three times the number of unregulated animal species are being imported into the United States compared to the number of regulated species.
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Ocean warming threatens richest marine biodiversity
An international team of scientists led by researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has revealed that rates of future warming threaten marine life in more than 70 per cent of the most biodiverse-rich areas of Earth’s oceans.Â
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Symposium grows urban mini forest knowledge
The Miyawaki Miniforest movement, which connects biodiversity and community, will be the focus of a two-day symposium that brings together experts from across the world.
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On a mission to discover unknown ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn species
Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new mission launched by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Academy of Science’s Taxonomy ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog, to discover and document all unknown ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn species by 2050.
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Using the past to maintain future biodiversity
New research shows that safeguarding species and ecosystems and the benefits they provide for society against future climatic change requires effective solutions which can only be formulated from reliable forecasts.
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Past climate safe havens now most vulnerable
The profound threat of future climate change to biodiversity demands that scientists seek ever more effective ways to identify the most vulnerable species, communities, and ecosystems.
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