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A Black-browed Babbler (Malacocincla perspicillata), a bird of the Passeriformes order not seen since 1848, has been spotted in a forest in Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo in South-East Asia. The news of the rediscovery of the babbler was…
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The Norwegian Sea is home to a starfish that is a veritable sentinel of climate change. This starfish, which in English is called cookie-cutter seastar because of its shape similar to a cookie cutter, has become the subject of a…
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Illegal wildlife trade and trafficking is worth billions of dollars a year and is decimating many species, some of which are already threatened with extinction. Despite being a major problem for biodiversity, there is a lack of global understanding of…
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12 February is Darwin Day, the annual event that falls on the birthday of Charles Darwin (born on 12 February 1809), the British naturalist who, with his theory of evolution, changed the interpretation of events in the world of nature.…
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On February 5, we celebrate the National Food Waste Prevention Day, conceived and set up in 2014 by the Zero Waste campaign proposed by Last Minute Market with the University of Bologna - Department of Agrifood Science and Technology and…
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One of the biggest challenges facing agriculture today is finding a sustainable alternative to the use of fertilisers and pesticides, substances that have a huge impact on the environment. Given the increase in the number of products banned or considered…
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On October 5, the week dedicated to the allocation of the Nobel Prize winners began. The committees in Sweden and Norway are currently nominating the winners in the various categories ranging from science, literature and economics to peace. So let…
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The fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO), the report drawn up by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, which summarises the most recent data on the state of biodiversity and draws conclusions relevant to the implementation of…
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From 17 to 27 September, the Parco Nord in Milan will host the 14th edition of the Biodiversity Festival, the annual event dedicated to the themes of nature and sustainability. The programme includes eleven days of initiatives that focus on…