Feeding the future: Saving agricultural biodiversity

CNN | Sep. 4, 2009 (Special Report)

Thanks to a new $116 million global fund established this summer, the Quechua Indians are being paid to maintain their diverse collection of rare potatoes and ensure that they will be available to help the world adapt to future climate change.

The Quechua are one of 11 communities around the world, chosen for the important collection of crops they farm, which together are part of a major new initiative to ensure that the world has the options it ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 9, 2009 - 9:23 PM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 15, 2009

The work to protect biodiversity of food species is interesting.

Efforts to preserve biodiversity of all living things should also be supported.

the world’s valuable diversity is disappearing incredibly fast. More »

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