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Value of Natural Biodiversity Services
Biodiversity can seem to be a complicated issue. The seeming complexity can be furthered by oversimplification leading to misunderstanding at one point, and the exaggeration of the complexity at another. Nowhere is this more evident than in the valuation of biodiversity services. Biodiversity services, that is, natural biodiversity services as opposed to human efforts to [...]
September 28, 2008
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Tags: Biodiversity Services, Environmental services, Green services, Natural biodiversity services, Preserving biodiversity, Valuing biodiversity services · Posted in: Biodiversity and pest control, Biodiversity Services, Ecology, Environment, Environmental services, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Exotic Vegetation Management, Green services, Invasive species, Native habitat, Natural biodiversity services, Nature, Pest control, Preserving biodiversity, Valuing biodiversity services
Environmental Services |Exotic Vegetation Management
Environmental Services: Exotic Vegetation Management It’s a fact of life. Plants move. They migrate from one area to another using a bewildering variety of locomotion methods. Sometimes they travel by hitch hiking on people or animals, sometimes by wind or water, but travel they do. If there is an invasive plant in your area, the [...]
September 7, 2008
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Tags: Biodiversity Services, Environmental services, Exotic Vegetation Management, Green services, Habitat Management · Posted in: Biodiversity, Biodiversity Services, Environmental services, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Exotic Vegetation Management, Green services, Habitat, Habitat Management, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Native habitat, Native plants, Non native plants, Wildlife habitat
Aquatic Biodiversity: Protecting Lakes
Aquatic Biodiversity: Protecting Lakes With water shortages predicted for parts of the United States, planners are scrambling to figure out just exactly what our water needs will be for the future, and just exactly how to deal with them. Preserving what we have. One thing is for certain, we need to preserve the viability of [...]
September 2, 2008
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Tags: Biodiversity Services, Exotic aquatic plants, Invasive species · Posted in: Biodiversity, Biodiversity Services, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Non native plants
“What harm can a little plant possibly do?”
Invasive Plants and Biodiversity: “What harm can a little plant possibly do?” I get this question from a lot of people: “What harm can a little plant possibly do?” The simple answer: The answer to that question is” Billions of dollars in damage and control efforts, and the most significant loss of biodiversity in history! [...]
September 2, 2008
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Tags: Exotic species, Invasive species · Posted in: Biodiversity, Exotic aquatic plants, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Non native plants
Exotic Plants Biodiversity: A Cause and Effect Tale
Exotic Plants, Biodiversity: A Cause and Effect Tale The following tale is true in most of it’s content, the names have been changed to protect the innocent! A plant native to Asia sprouts. It is pulled from it’s native waters and shipped to an aquarium wholesaler in South Florida. It is bought by a family [...]
September 2, 2008
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Tags: Biodiversity, Cause and effect, Chos theory, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants · Posted in: Biodiversity, Exotic aquatic plants, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Native plants, Non native plants, Real Estate, Water