biologic diversity

From academia to the field: How an Israeli professor founded an international organization to save biodiversity

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The This is My Earth project allows anyone to contribute to the acquisition of sensitive natural areas and their transformation into reserves through a scientific and collaborative approach.
When Western countries have a demand for wood for construction, for example, they will obtain it from countries where trees are still cut down for these purposes. Illustration: depositphotos.com

False environmental policy

Globalization allows for the rapid movement of goods, allowing rich countries to preserve their nature but at the cost of harming the nature of poor countries.
The effects of the climate may be even more significant than the direct effects of man. Photo: pixabay

Not only man directly: the climate as a key factor in the distribution of mammals

From squirrels to wolves, mammals have a problem. A new study examined which threatens them more - direct human actions, or climate change
Honey bees balance their diet. Photo: The Hebrew University

"The four species" that are essential to both nature and man angle

Etrog, Lulev, Myrtle and Willow? In honor of Sukkot, receive four species of a different kind. Insects, birds, plants and bacteria: how do they preserve nature, and why is it important to preserve them back?
The displaced people of the north. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil Stock

Neither in the city nor in the forest: on the meaning of the fires in the urban areas of the north

The effects of fires in the middle regions of Israel: threats to biological diversity and dangers to humans
Prof. Bla Galil. Photo credit - M. Mendelssohn

Invasive species: a growing threat to biodiversity in the world and in Israel

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Says Prof. Bela Galil, a senior marine biologist who works as a researcher and curator at the Steinhardt Museum of Nature at Tel Aviv University. In addition, she was one of the three main authors of the chapter on "Effects of Invasions
Eagle, among the critically endangered birds. Photo: Midad Goren, Society for the Protection of Nature.

New report: An alarming deterioration in the condition of birds in Israel

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"How did it happen that the flowering plants, which evolved the latest from an evolutionary point of view, make up 90% of all land plant species we know today?" Photo: Bernard DUPONT.

Why did the flowering plants suddenly take over the earth a short geological time ago?

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A giant otter swims in a lake in the Amazon rainforest in Peru. Photo: shutterstock

biological explosion

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Penguin couples in Antarctica. Photo: Tak, Flickr

Search Antarctica

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Nahal Nadar in Carmel Park. Orrling photo - from Wikipedia

MK Meir Shetrit: "You can live without a cottage but not without biodiversity"

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species facing extinction. Illustration: Assaf Rosenthal

Biodiversity is dwindling

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The spreading slick in the Gulf of Mexico as photographed by NASA's Aqua satellite on April 29, 2010

The Black Bay

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Forest fire. Photo: shutterstock

There is no contradiction between protecting the environment and economic well-being

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This is according to a report that dealt with the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity prepared for the United Nations ahead of the Copenhagen conference. For the attention of decision makers
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Researchers went underground to discover 850 new species

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

What is between wars and nature conservation?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Biodiversity - the grass wars

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The apple that caused the development of two new species of animals

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

African extinction

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

How do you protect the Amazon jungle in Ecuador?

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To prevent damage to the reserve, the president of Ecuador asks external bodies - states and private bodies - to cover the future profits from oil production, that is, the bodies are asked to donate money in exchange for a promise that "the reserve will not be damaged"
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Research reveals the link between hunting and evolution

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The desert threatens Israel

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The birth of the Amazon

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Biological robbery/Dr. Assaf Rosenthal

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