- What is acacia?
- No plants…no humanity – call for action
- And other stories from the XVIII International Botanical Congress
The XVIII International Botanical Congress was in Melbourne from 23-30 July 2011.
We helped run the media room for the event. You can see the stories released throughout the conference below.
Download a report highlighting some of the media coverage of the conference here
View the conference website here: http://www.ibc2011.com
As many as two-thirds of the world’s 350,000 plant species are in danger of extinction in nature during the course of the 21st century. Human beings depend on plants for almost every aspect of life, and our expectations of using them to build more sustainable, healthier, and better lives in the future. [continue reading…]
Posted on behalf of Lynne Sealie, CSIRO
The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and Museum Victoria (MV) are proud to announce the launch of the Australian Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). [continue reading…]
The man who heads up the world’s largest integrated bioenergy research institute is pretty confident the US will meet its target of producing 30 per cent of its transport fuels from plants by the year 2030. And Australia is helping them do it. [continue reading…]
Australia’s wheat crop looks to have been saved from a devastating infestation of rust—for now.
In 1999 a new strain of stem rust, a devastating fungal disease of wheat, emerged in Uganda. It has now spread to north to Yemen and Iran, and south to South Africa. Rust transport from South Africa to Australia by wind has been documented in the past. [continue reading…]
Willows are major environmental weeds of riverbank habitats across much of south-eastern Australia. They obstruct water flow, increase water temperature, change water chemistry and can displace native riverine plant species.
A CSIRO project looking at the reproductive ecology and dispersal ability of the most aggressive invasive species of willows in Australia is providing urgently needed information to help land managers more efficiently control this weed. [continue reading…]
At the Botanical Congress today
At the Botanical Congress today
Within 5 km of News Limited in Holt Street, Sydney for example there are reports of at least 3,500 different animal species, and 2,400 plant species.
ABC Southbank in Melbourne is a neighbour to more than1200 animals and 519 plants. In the coming months the records will be more detailed as institutions add their records. [continue reading…]