I just came across this little educational video explaining what biodiversity is, what it does, and what we’re doing to it. If you’re looking to explain biodiversity and its importance to someone, this is a good place to start. Not a bad tool for school children either.
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Non-native species introduced mainly via increasing trade of goods and services have huge economic, health, and environmental costs. These ‘biological invasions’ involve the intentional or unintentional transport and release of species beyond their native biogeographical ranges, facilitating their potential spread. Over the last few decades, invasive species have incurred an average cost of at least…
Wildfire burns between 3.94 million and 5.19 million square kilometres of land every year worldwide. If that area were a single country, it would be the seventh largest in the world. In Australia, most fire occurs in the vast tropical savannas of the country’s north. In new research published in Nature Geoscience, we show Indigenous…
Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world’s species of animals, birds, plants and insects – between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian plants and mammals and just under 50% of our birds are found nowhere else. But habitat destruction, climate change, and invasive species are wreaking havoc on Earth’s…
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Excellent video on Biodiversity. It would be perfect for my students. Can you tell me how I can access the direct link.
Many thanks, Nicole
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Yes, it’s pretty good for a quick-and-dirty tour of biodiversity. Just right-click the video pane and click ‘Open in Vimeo’ for the direct link.
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I am a researcher Loris conservation project in Sri Lanka. Therefore very helpful to me your publications. If you have any publication under the topic of Biodiversity conservation or conservation biology please mail me to improve my knowledge. Our office address is, NO A-30, Maddumage Watta, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. Thank you. Vimukthi Sumanasekara
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Vimukthi – for any publications that peak your interest here, just send me a message using the form at the bottom of this page, and I’ll gladly forward them. It’s easiest if you provide an email and I can send you a PDF copy. CJAB.
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