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1999 Protocol on Biosafety
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1999 Protocol on Biosafety

March 22, 2022March 23, 2022

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is an international treaty that seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology. It was adopted in January 2000 and entered into force in September 2003.

Global Dimming
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Global Dimming

March 21, 2022March 23, 2022

The BBC broadcast its well-known Horizon documentary every week on 15 January 2005. This was about a hazardous global dimming phenomenon. Fossil fuel use produces two impacts. 

High-yield tips and ideas for raised bed gardening
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High-yield tips and ideas for raised bed gardening

March 19, 2022March 23, 2022

People grew in elevated beds for millennia. As the only plant beds in which the soil level of the walkways surrounding them is higher, it may be impossible to determine the benefits they give — except gardeners with poor back, that is, who do not have to stop to tend plants.

Pot Planting: How to Plant a Tree in a Pot
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Pot Planting: How to Plant a Tree in a Pot

March 18, 2022March 23, 2022

The magic of the plant pot is that it has a drainage hole in the bottom. This allows excess water in the soil to escape, preventing root rot and over watering. When planting potted plants in your garden, always make sure you place them higher than the surrounding dirt (unless you want to grow potatoes).

Biodiversity loss and extinction
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Biodiversity loss and extinction

March 18, 2022March 23, 2022

Massive human activity extinctions  Although human activity has long been known about the value of biodiversity, it has caused massive extinctions. As stated in August 1999 (former link), the Environment New Service presently has a rate of 1.000 times the background rate. It may increase to 10.000 times the background rate in the next century...

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