Tag Archives: biodiversity

The communication among trees

The forestry engineer Enrique García Gómez reveals in ‘The intelligence of forests’ surprising secrets of [...]

The monarch butterfly, a threatened migratory species

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are characterized by their resilience and migration. Each year, in a [...]

The Yemeni Island of Socotra: a unique refuge for the dragon tree

Tristan Semiond – FUNCI Some 370 kilometers south of Yemen, in the middle of the [...]

Akkar Trail, new Med-O-Med member for the promotion of eco-tourism

We are pleased to welcome Akkar Trail to our Med-O-Med Network as a training and raising [...]

May 10th, the new International Argania Day

The United Nations General Assembly, at the request of Morocco, has recognized May 10th as [...]

Enhancing ecosystem services in Apple orchards

This article, published originally in The applied ecologist, focus on how sustainable agriculture can be [...]

Jordan’s Wild Tulips

Tulip is an obsession. There is something special about it, the way its fleshy flowers [...]

Salé’s School of Gardening, a biodiversity niche

Text and photographs by Inés Eléxpuru – FUNCI We all know what has been and [...]

Qatar Med-O-Med BG organized Environmental Contest

The Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG), a very active Med-O-Med member, has host its third consecutive [...]

The Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan

The Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan Our friends of the The Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan [...]

Spain – On parakeets and other animals in Alicante

On occasion of the creation of a botanic garden at the premises of the Biological [...]

The importance of the biodiversity in Islam

The diversity and variety of species are often mentioned in the Qur’an. And it is [...]

Biodiversity study in Mediterranean region

Last week, which held the World Environment day, WWF, IUCN and Plantlife published the report, [...]

Spanish biodiversity catalogue

The Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs of Spain, after working more than two [...]

2011-2020, Decade of biodiversity

United Nations Declare UN-Decade for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020: Following a recommendation of the Parties [...]

An award for the inventor of the term “biodiversity”

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology category goes [...]

The Vertical Garden, from nature to cities

Do plants really need soil? No, they don’t…..The soil is merely nothing more than a [...]

I Med-O-Med seminar. Summary

“The Muslims of al-Andalus cultivated all of the branches of knowledge, in a disinterested, generous [...]

Introduction to Med-O-Med Stations

“Med-O-Med Stations” aim to be model locations for sustainable consumption and development that focus on [...]