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Photos: 600 new species discovered in Madagascar since 1999
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 6th, 2011
Mongabay: More than 600 species of plants and animals have been described in Madagascar over the past decade, reiterating the position of Indian Ocean island as one of the world's top biodiversity hotspots, says a new report issued today by WWF.
Compiling data from scientific papers published between 1999 and 2010, WWF's Treasure Island [PDF] says Madagascar's bounty of previously undescribed species amounts to 385 plants, 42 invertebrates, 17 fish, 69 amphibians, 61 reptiles and 41 mammals. The discoveries...
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Food security in developing world threatened by climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 6th, 2011
Mongabay: Food security in developing world threatened by climate change
If swift action is not taken to prepare farmers in the developing world for hotter, drier, shorter growing seasons, climate change may threaten the lives of hundreds of millions of people by 2050. People in Africa and South Asia are particularly at risk of further impoverishment and hunger in a warmer world. According to the UN, a billion people are already going hungry worldwide.
Responding to pressing evidence that climate change...