Tuesday 9 Feb 2010
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Tue 2 Feb 10
South Africa launches biodiversity information portal
The South African National Biodiversity Institute has launched an online biodiversity information portal to mark the start of the International Year of Biodiversity. The Biodiversity Advisor will be a user-friendly guide for developers, planners and scientists wanting to access information such as the distribution of a particular species across South Africa. More... Source: SciDev.net
Tue 2 Feb 10
Tool for assessing value of pollination services and national vulnerabilities to pollinator declines
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, in collaboration with the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique has developed a tool for assessing the value of pollination services and national vulnerabilities to pollinator declines. Click here for examples from Ghana and Nepal of the analyses possible with the tool. The economic value of pollinators in Ghana - with a high dependence of its economy on cocoa production which in turn is 90% dependent on insect pollinators for yields - was estimated at $788 million dollars; the economic value of pollinators to the Nepal economy in 2005 was $81 million. More... Source: Pollinator Partnership
Mon 1 Feb 10
First Encyclopedia of Life Rubenstein Fellows
The Rubenstein Fellows Program provides partial stipend or salary support (up to 50% in one year) for early career scientists to serve species-level information through the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). The first Fellows have been announced; selection was on the basis of stellar achievement, promise for continued accomplishment, and their ability to catalyze research communities to contribute to EOL. The next call is due in the second half of 2010. More...
Thu 21 Jan 10
Latest on Biodiversity Heritage Library Europe
Newsletter 2 gives an update of the project's progress during the last year and it includes some articles of digitisation work from some of their partners. Click here.
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Tue 5 Jan 10
HEAR's Biocontrol in Hawaii website is now available online
The purpose of the Biocontrol in Hawaii site is to provide publicly-accessible current information about biological control (biocontrol) in Hawaii, including current and historical research, and cross-referenced lists of target species and biocontrol agents. A list of selected species targeted for biological control in Hawaii is presented, including the current status of each biocontrol agent. More...

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Anthonomus grandis and the cotton trade.
Courtesy EcoPort : Ian Ferris
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