Biodiversity conservation

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Ecosystem and biodiversity conservation presence of invasive species... 

Conservation agriculture Air, soil and water protection Biodiversity conservation Decreases erosion Decreases pollution Higher water retention Improves soil structure Mitigates climate change Reduces farm costs Reduces flooding Reduces work time Palaniappan et al. (2009) Stagnari et al. (2009)... 

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Homstead Agroforestry- A Source for Nutrition, Employment, and Biodiversity Conservation... 

Homestead Agroforestry - A Pathway for Plant Biodiversity Conservation... 

Bashar MA (1999) Homestead agroforestry Impact on biodiversity conservation and household food security. A case study of Gazipur District, Bangladesh. A master of science dissertation, Agricultural University of Norway... 

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Biodiversity Conservation, Economic Development, and Dn/g Discovery in Suriname... 

The importance of the search for new paradigms for biodiversity conservation and new approaches to the discovery of drugs from the rain forest have been described in several recent publications, as well as in the RFA referred to above, and need not be discussed further here. The reader interested in more information is referred to any of the recent publications in this area.1016... 

As noted above, the overall goals of the Suriname ICBG program were to promote biodiversity conservation, economic development, and drug discovery in Suriname, and this description will be framed in terms of these three goals. 

The Suriname project has increased the knowledge of the flora of the region (as noted above), helped prevent the loss of traditional knowledge of plant-derived medicines, provided educational opportunities for Surinamese scientists and students that emphasize the benefits of intact forest ecosystems, and promoted sustainable economic development in Suriname s interior. A growing interest and support within the national government is also apparent, as can be seen by the recent rejection of large-scale timber concessions. The following specific achievements have been made in the area of biodiversity conservation. 

Dudgeon D. 2000. The ecology of tropical Asian rivers and streams in relation to biodiversity conservation. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 31 239-263. 

Beringer, E. (1996) Biodiversity conservation - A task for ecological agriculture (in German).- Lebendige Erde 47(4), 306-308. 

Goss, K.F. (2003) Environmental flows, river salinity and biodiversity conservation managing trade-offs in the Murray-Darling basin.- Australian Journal of Botany 51, 619-625. 

Tissue culture enables germplasm of Jerusalem artichoke to be preserved in biodiversity conservation programs. Once established in tissue culture, Jerusalem artichoke cultures can be stored for extended periods at low temperatures. In vitro cultures of nine cultivars, for example, were maintained in a Canadian study as a backup to a field germplasm collection (Volk and Richards, 2006). Survival was highest for plants kept for 3 months at 5°C, while after 6 months 52% of cultures remained healthy. 

Zachariah, T.J., Sasikumar, B. and Nirmal Babu (1 998) Variation for quality components in ginger and turmeric and their interaction with environments. In Biodiversity, Conservation and Utilization of Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. I IS R, Calicut, India, pp. 11 6-120. 

There is a complex web of interactions between traditional medicine, biodiversity conservation, protection of indigenous rights, encouraging research and development investment, improving access to medicines and enhancing healthcare. Placing tension at one point in that delicate web can dramatically alter the interactions and the outcomes of natural product research. 

As a result of this ambiguity, many countries have placed barriers on the exporting of biological materials, even for non-commercial research. In retrospect, rather than fuelling biodiversity conservation, the CBD has raised unrealistic expectations and has proved inadequate to cope with the complexity of drug discovery. 

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