Biodiversity

Unexpected large monkey population discovered in Cambodia (People's Daily)

29 Aug 2008

Surprisingly large populations of two globally threatened primates have been discovered in a protected area in Cambodia, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)reported on Thursday. The report counted 42,000 black-shanked douc langurs along with2,500 yellow-cheeked crested gibbons in Cambodia's Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, an estimate that represents the largest known populations for ...

Call to tap biodiversity (The New Straits Times)

29 Aug 2008

KUANTAN: Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should be involved in biotechnology research and development programmes to improve their products and penetrate international markets.

Tomato, Tomahto: Boston's Best Heirlooms (Bostonist)

28 Aug 2008

Last night, Bostonist attended the sold-out Slow Food produce tasting we plugged last week , which allowed us to try several rare strains of tomato, pear, watermelon, and apricot (all are in season) that Slow Food is helping to preserve through their ARK of Taste project , which aims to promote biodiversity and track tasty food products for future generations. So what did we learn? ...