“Biodiversity” is a relatively new compound word, but biological diversity (when referring to the number of species) is not. Over the last decade its definition has taken a more reductionist turn. Possibly the simplest definition for biodiversity, lacking in specificity or context, is merely the...
They are the most threatened ecosystem(受到威胁的生态系统).World Wetlands Day came from the Convention on Wetlands(湿地公约) signed in Iran, China joined the convention on July 31, 1992. By the end of 2019, our country had 57 wetland nature reserves listed as major wetlands for protection ...
COVID-19 has disrupted the scheduling of major international meetings planned for late 2020, including the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 26 by a year. The year 2021 is now de f...
From 623 publications containing the word "GBIF", we obtained 324 peer-reviewed publications. Among these publications, there were 237 journal papers, 17 doctoral theses, 66 master theses, and 4 conference papers. The publications came from 114 journals and 49 research institutes and universities. ...
Many years ago, when Xu Jianchu, chief scientist of the World Agroforestry Center and director of the Innovation Center, came here for the first time, what he saw was only "bare, dry-hot river valley and muddy water of Honghe River flowing". ...
a blanket of cold winter white covered the preserve. As I crossed the threshold from windswept prairie to quiet savanna-on-the-kame, I was met by a hug of majestic bur oaks that gently placed me under their protection. (I nominate the word “hug” as the collective noun for a grouping...
"I know it is a fact that when it comes to rules,guidelines,laws and stuff like that,international students are sort of treated as low-level citizens.Even I can't even use the word "citizen" to begin with because that's what they make clear we are not." The government said that ...
Then the pandemic happened. We all decided to start working for home – a perfect time to do the survey. It would give us all a social activity to bond over during this time of isolation. Andrew even came up with a hashtag for us to share our findings#StayHomeBiodiversityChallenge.Contin...
The virtual ceremony was punctuated by special highlights including commendations from Zabeeda Hosein-Abid, School Supervisor III, Ministry of Education; remarks by educator and debate judge, Theophilus Nedd; as well as entertainment by spoken word artiste, Zakiya Gill and a performance of King Aus...
It turns out that we were much more successful spreading the word about the field guide than the Canadian Food Inspection Agency had expected, and ended up having significantly more orders come from outside of Canada than the CFIA had budgeted for! Out of money, and with more than 1,000 ...