There is evidence that reforestation reflects a biodiversity gain of more than 200% in a degraded area Originally published in Portuguese at Valor Econômico – 7/22/2024 5:01 Carbon dominates the climate agenda, but biodiversity is the heart of the matter. The ton of carbon is a good unit of measurement, but the carbon itself is […]
I recently discovered an incredibly relevant document for those interested in biodiversity within the O&G industry context. “Most energy companies are keenly aware that failure to operate in an environmentally and socially responsible manner can present significant risks to a company’s operations and reputation. Thus, companies have increasingly recognized the business case that exists to […]
Originally published on LinkedIn in October 2017 (but still important) Without scientists, the only thing you can get out of a forest are the trees. At the next the Biodiversity COP in 2018 in Egypt, Brazil should take a position on a topic that has sparked controversy in 2016: How to ensure benefit sharing from access […]
The question poised by a consultant during a conversation, that would offend an lepidopterologist, is the key to answer another question: how do we fund more biodiversity molecular research? That is the conversation I had with Joe Lopez from the Global Invertebrate Genome Alliance – GIGA, whose global meeting starts next week. Most of the […]
Every Species has DNA so it is reasonable to use DNA to identify every species The actual practice of using DNA sequences for systematics began to take shape in the 1970s and 1980s as DNA sequencing technology became more accessible to researchers. The seminal work was conducted by Cann et al., 1987 using mitochondrial DNA […]
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