I would have to strongly disagree with the opinon that Monsanto or any
biotech company cares at all about sustainable agriculture (meaning good for
people, and able to be replicated again and again without harm to the
environment). Those who are championing the return of small, local, organic
farme
I would say the big biotech companies are the world's leading authorities
with regard to the issue of how we can feed the world in the coming
decades.
Example:
http://www.monsanto.com/responsibility/sustainable-ag/default.asp
Excerpts:
"By 2050, say United Nations’ experts, our planet must doub
We weren't at Hilton Pond this week but we were still involved in explorations
of natural history--this time in Upstate New York near the shores of the St.
Lawrence River. While there we wandered roadsides around Morristown, taking
photos of some of the many plants--native and imported--that abound
Elizabeth,
The Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS) at UGA has done a lot
of the type of vegetation mapping that Tim mentioned for national park units in
the southeast. You might find the publications on their website helpful, which
include literature examples and references fo
We are looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher to study biodiversity and
ecosystem services in bioenergy crops in southern Wisconsin. This two-year
position will be with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and will be supervised by Claudio
Gr
The Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) is a volunteer based
science and advocacy group that works to protect and restore the Mystic
River, its tributaries and watershed lands for the benefit of present
and future generations and to celebrate the value, importance and great
beauty of the
Who would you say are the world's leading authorities in agricultural
ecology (how can we feed the world given our rates of consumption, increased
meat demand, that kind of thing)?
What questions are actively being addressed (besides the above) by academics
that are hot topics in ag ecology right
Hi all,
Last year, I tested five different traps in an attempt to come up with a
suitable live trapping method for collecting a rare species of invetrebrate.
The species lives in woodlands so four of the traps were placed on the
forest floor at the base of a tree and the fifth was wrapped around th
Elizabeth,
There is an entire world of vegetation mapping out there. One place that might
help you get started is the National Park Service, which has mapped nearly all
NPS properties throughout the US. If I recall correctly, they typically follow
this procedure:
- using aerial imagery, prod
