Tag Archives: woodland

Call for articles: Nutritional values and family farming

Posted on June 16, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on AGRICULTURE BLOG…..:
Farming Matters | 30.2 | June 2014 We are told of the great advances that have been made in ‘modern’ agriculture in the last 60 years. Yet there are more hungry and malnourished people on…

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Has Owen Gone Off-piste on Offsetting?

Posted on January 6, 2014 by argylesock

argylesock says… Paterson lost the plot.

Posted in ecology | Tagged ancient woodland, biodiversity, conservation, development, ecosystem, forest, law, offsetting, Paterson_Owen, planning, politics, woodland | 2 Comments

Exotic trees

Posted on December 9, 2013 by argylesock

Lewis at woodlands.co.uk tells us about the exotic (alien) trees which are familiar in our British landscapes. Lewis tells us how many of these trees arrived during colonial times when great houses and gardens were built. He doesn’t mention how … Continue reading →

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The first detailed maps of the world’s forests from 2000-2012 (Google Maps)

Posted on November 17, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on DESERTIFICATION:
Read at : http://google-latlong.blogspot.be/2013/11/mapping-worlds-deforestation-over-time.html Mapping the world’s deforestation over time We’re excited to announce today that, in a collaboration led by Dr. Matthew Hansen at the University of Maryland, we’ve built the first detailed maps of…

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Developing advanced biofuels

Posted on October 31, 2013 by argylesock

In the United States, the Agriculture Secretary is Tom Vilsack. He’s offering money to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or retrofit existing facilities with appropriate technology to develop advanced biofuels. ‘Advanced biofuels’ means that these fuels are to come from non-food sources. … Continue reading →

Posted in knowledge transfer, miniculture, money and trade | Tagged algaculture, algae, biobased industry, biofuel, biotechnology, conservation, corn, finance, food waste, forest, fuel, land use, maize, palm oil, plant_monocot, tree, waste, woodland | 9 Comments

Loss of wild pollinators serious threat to crop yields, study finds | Environment | The Guardian

Posted on August 3, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on seeds for natural justice:
Loss of wild pollinators serious threat to crop yields, study finds | Environment | The Guardian. Wild bees and other insects twice as effective as honeybees in producing seeds and fruit on crops…

Posted in agriculture, ecology, food, horticulture | Tagged arthropod, conservation, crop, Europe, food, food security, forest, habitat fragmentation, hymenopteran, insect, plant_dicot, pollen, pollination, research, wild bee, wild pollinator, woodland | Leave a comment

“Dear Danny” – Chief Secretary responds to your note

Posted on August 2, 2013 by argylesock

Posted in ecology, money and trade | Tagged Alexander_Danny, conservation, Europe, finance, forest, land use, law, planning, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, politics, tree, woodland | Leave a comment

Looking at oil palm’s genome for keys to productivity

Posted on July 27, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… This is interesting science which could be enormous. The papers in the journal Nature are descriptive. They don’t offer a design for genetic modification (GM, also called genetic engineering). But the data published there opens that possibility for … Continue reading →

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How a giant tree’s death sparked the conservation movement 160 years ago

Posted on June 29, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on LEARN FROM NATURE:
Today marks the 160th anniversary of a seminal, but largely forgotten moment in the history of the conservation movement. The Guardian’s Leo Hickman reports On Monday, 27 June, 1853, a giant sequoia – one of the…

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Q&A: Traditional forest knowledge is not folklore, but a resource for change

Posted on June 22, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… Here’s discussion of knowledge transfer from people who live in the Amazon forest. These people know what they’re doing. Around the world forest people, desert people, island people and other ‘uncivilised’ people know many things that people in … Continue reading →

Posted in ecology, food, knowledge transfer | Tagged arthropod, conservation, ecosystem, entomophagy, food, foraging, forest, fungus, hunting, insect, knowledge, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, wild food, woodland | 3 Comments