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Ecotourism with a Hand-Lens
Published in Evelyn Brister, Robert Frodeman, A Guide to Field Philosophy, 2020
Ricardo Rozzi, María Teresa La Valle, Shaun Russell, Bernard Goffinet, Francisca Massardo
Step 4: Implementation of areas for in situ biocultural conservation. FEP requires participants to contribute to biocultural conservation actions: for example, the implementation of in situ conservation areas. This conservation fieldwork fosters a sense of responsibility as citizens who are ecologically and ethically educated proactively participate in care of the diversity of habitats and their various forms of life. For example, participants have contributed to the creation of the “Miniature Forests of Cape Horn Interpretive Trail” at Omora Park. Today, this trail allows visitors to observe and enjoy the diversity of habitats, species, and ecological interactions. In addition, during guided visits to the trail FEP participants invite various institutions and members of society to join initiatives to protect the diversity of habitats and their multifaceted communities of small and large co-inhabitants in Cape Horn and/or other regions of the world. In this way, FEP has helped to establish an institutional platform at Omora Park that integrates scientific research, education, and ecotourism, at the same time that it (re-)integrates philosophy with sciences, arts, and humanities.
The Vulnerability of Microbial Ecosystems in a Challenging Climate
Published in Javid A. Parray, Suhaib A. Bandh, Nowsheen Shameem, Climate Change and Microbes, 2022
Basharat A. Bhat, Lubna Tariq, Rakeeb A. Mir, Ishfaq Majeed, Maajid M. Bandh
In situ conservation, also known as on-site conservation is the preservation of organisms in their natural habitats. These methods have the capability of long-term preservation of populations, species, and ecosystems. Conventionally, protected areas have been seen as the base or foundation for in situ conservation. A small fraction of bacterial diversity can be grown in the laboratory (Stewart, 2012), and there are plenty of microorganisms known to be non-cultivable. Hence, they can be preserved through the in situ mode of conservation.
Glossary of scientific and technical terms in bioengineering and biological engineering
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Scientific and Technical Terms in Bioengineering and Biological Engineering, 2018
in situ conservation is a method that attempts to preserve the integrity of genetic resources by conserving them within the evolutionary dynamic ecosystems of their original habitat or natural environment.
Foreseen impact of climate change on temporary ponds located along a latitudinal gradient in Morocco
Published in Inland Waters, 2021
Patrick Grillas, Laila Rhazi, Gaëtan Lefebvre, Mohammed El Madihi, Brigitte Poulin
Climate change will strongly affect the diversity of temporary ponds plant communities resulting from alteration of their hydrology. Impacts on wetlands and their species are often beyond the influence of local wetland managers (Finlayson et al. 2017). The implementation of the avoid–mitigate–compensate framework adopted by the Ramsar convention could help in adaptation. However, in a Mediterranean context of increasing demand of water for human use, there is little room for maneuver. Some compensation measures could be put in place for the inevitability of changes or loss of values, such as maintaining or restoring corridors for movement of species toward cooler, higher altitudes (Finlayson et al. 2017) or restoring or creating wetlands at appropriate locations. Long-distance dispersal of wetland plant species has been shown (Figuerola and Green 2002), but the effective transport of seeds is more likely in large wetlands than in isolated small ponds. Thus, conservation strategy may need assisted translocation or ex situ conservation actions (e.g., seed banks, Fenu et al. 2019).
Phytotoxicity of tin mine waste and accumulation of involved heavy metals in common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench)
Published in International Journal of Phytoremediation, 2018
Jürgen Franzaring, Walter Damsohn, Andreas Fangmeier, Sonja Schlosser, Hannes Kurz, Philipp Büttner
The following crop species were used for the experiments. Seeds of common and tartary buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum Moench and F. tataricum (L.) Gaertn. (Polygonaceae) were supplied from Institut fir Biologësch Landwirtschaft an Agrarkultur Luxemburg (IBLA). Seeds of maize, Zea mays L. (Poaceae) cv. “Ronaldino”, garden bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Fabaceae) cv. “Neckarkönigin” and quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa Willd. (Chenopodiaceae) cv. “Zeno” stemmed from commercial suppliers. Seeds from the wild plant species were supplied by the Genebank for Wild Plants for Nutrition and Agriculture (Genbank für Wildpflanzen für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung WEL, University of Osnabrück), which has been established for the ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources of Germany. The metal tolerant alpine pennycress, Noccaea caerulescens subsp. calaminaris (syn. Thlaspi calaminaria, Brassicaceae) stemmed from WEL-accession NW-01-0080-2010, while the halophyte annual seablite, Suaeda maritima Durmort (Amaranthaceae), stemmed from the WEL-accession NW-2-236-2012-01.