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IBM Predictive Analytics Software Helps Marwell Wildlife Analyse Data to Improve Conservation Measures for Grevy’s Zebra

By Guest PostSeptember 15, 2010Technologyanalytics software, biodiversity, colin shearer, grevy's zebra, guy parker, ibm, ibm predictive analytics, london, marwell wildlife, multi-variate analysis, spss, start summit, wild

LONDON, – 15 Sep 2010: At the START Summit in London, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced how it is working with Marwell Wildlife, a conservation charity, to help secure a future for Grevy’s zebra, an endangered species with less than 2,500 individuals in the wild.

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Shade-coffee farms support native bees that help maintain genetic diversity in remnant tropical forests

By Guest PostJuly 27, 20101 commentEnvironment, Natureafricanized honeybees, Berkeley, biodiverse tropical regions, biodiversity, biologist, buzz, canopy of trees, chiapas, christopher dick, ecology, evolutionary biology, m. affinis, Mexico, miconia affinis, migratory birds, native bees, native trees, pollination, role, saquiyac tree, shade-coffee farms, shade-grown coffee, shalene jha, tropical forest, university of california, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Shade-grown coffee farms support native bees that help maintain the health of some of the world’s most biodiverse tropical regions, according to a study by a University of Michigan biologist and a colleague at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Rare Carnivorous Plant on Top 10 List of Newly Discovered Species

By Guest PostJune 17, 2010Naturealastair robinson, arizona state university, biodiversity, botanical journal of the linnean society, botanical journal of the linnean society of london, carl Linnaeus, carnivorous plant, dioscorea orangeana, entomologist, international institute for species exploration, kew botanist, madagascan yam, mike fay, nepenthes attenboroughii, paul wilkin, Philippines, pitcher plants, quentin wheeler, school of life sciences, sir david attenborough, taxon experts, taxonomy, vaughan southgate

Nepenthes attenboroughii, named after Sir David Attenborough, honorary Fellow of the Linnean Society, has been ranked number 1

Each year The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University names the Top 10 new species described in the previous calendar year.

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Extinction rate is higher, says the German Environment Minister

By ShamsMay 20, 2008Environmentbiodiversity, extinction rate

German Environment Minister, Sigmar Gabriel told a conference in Bonn that extinction rate for plants and animals is hundred to thousand times higher than the natural trend. It’s a U.N. biodiversity conference that plans to work out lines to slow down the extinction by 2010. Target line is too short. But steps to move forward are promising. Reuters news.

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IBM Predictive Analytics Software Helps Marwell Wildlife Analyse Data to Improve Conservation Measures for Grevy’s Zebra

Shade-coffee farms support native bees that help maintain genetic diversity in remnant tropical forests

Rare Carnivorous Plant on Top 10 List of Newly Discovered Species

*Nepenthes attenboroughii, named after Sir David Attenborough, honorary Fellow of the Linnean Society, has been ranked number 1*

Extinction rate is higher, says the German Environment Minister

Nepenthes attenboroughii, named after Sir David Attenborough, honorary Fellow of the Linnean Society, has been ranked number 1