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By doing so, Slow Food hopes to promote the growing and eating of foods which are sustainable and preserve biodiversity in the human food chain. The list is intended to include foods which are rare, and are "culturally or historically linked to a specific region, locality, ethnicity or traditional production practice". [ 2 ]
kaka and 1080 poison 1080: The Facts website (a public education initiative by Forest and Bird and Federated Farmers) Effects of a 1080 operation on kaka and kereru survival and nesting success, Whirinaki Forest Park, Powlesland et al. (PDF, 400kb) New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2003) 27(2): 125–137
The World's 100 most threatened species [1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), along with the Zoological Society of London . [ 2 ]
He was part of Brazil's 2002 FIFA World Cup-winning squad in Korea/Japan, but played only 25 minutes, all of which were in the 5–2 first round victory against Costa Rica on 13 June. [ 166 ] In 2003, Kaká was the captain for the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup , where Brazil, competing with their under-23 team , finished as runner-up to Mexico .
The species can grow up to 3 meters tall, but generally grows to around 2 m (6 ft 7 in) with spreading branches producing leaf stalks up to 15 cm (6 in) long bearing 10–15 pairs of oblong leaflets. Not to be confused with C. maximus that has glossy leaves, the leaves of C. puniceus are matte, due to its cuticle having a dense reticulum of ...
Lists of endangered languages are mainly based on the definitions used by UNESCO. In order to be listed, a language must be classified as " endangered " in a cited academic source. Researchers have concluded that in less than one hundred years, almost half of the languages known today will be lost forever. [ 1 ]
Clianthus, commonly known as kakabeak (kōwhai ngutukākā in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. [2] They have striking clusters of red flowers which resemble the beak of the kākā, a New Zealand parrot.
It has an area of about 24,356.4 hectares (60,186 acres) and lies at nine municipalities and two cities. Near its center lies the 23.8-square-kilometer (9.2 sq mi) Volcano Island which has a 1.9-kilometer (1.2 mi) crater lake in the middle. The lake has a maximum depth of 180 meters (590 ft) and an average depth of 65 meters (213 ft). [8]