‘Ecoagriculture’ is a new paradigm for understanding and managing biodiversity, agriculture and rural livelihoods together within a landscape.
Plant species genetically related to those in cultivation are at risk, conservation programmes, awareness raising and training for species assessments help.
Boosting funding for efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation can simultaneously combat climate change and conserve biodiversity, a pioneering atlas launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) shows.
Tropical oceans are known as the deserts of the sea. And yet this unlikely environment is the very place where the rich and fertile coral reef grows. Caves in the coral reef ensure the reef’s continued existence. Although sponges in these coral caves take up a lot of dissolved organic material, they scarcely grow. However, they do discard a lot of cells that in turn provide food for the organisms on the reef.
