UNDER THE SEA - Conserving Jamaica's marine biodiversity
WE MUST remember that entire ecosystems such as coral reefs and mangroves represent a part of our biodiversity and need special attention for protection and conservation. Both reefs and mangroves are a part of the natural protection against...
Getting to know your reefs - Preserving and documenting our Marine biodiversity
WHY SHOULD we be interested in knowing about all this bio-diversity in our waters? There are several good reasons, both scientific and even political, which require us to document information about the biodiversity in our ocean space.
OUR VIEW : What is biodiversity?
The term Biodiversity is used to denote the variety of plants and animals in any locality or environment. Biodiversity can be expressed in a number of different ways and for our purposes here, we will define it as 'species richness'...
LETTER OF THE WEEK - Gramoxone is highly poisonous
I MAKE REFERENCE to your interesting article in March 23 issue of The Gleaner regarding pesticides. I have a sad story to tell. A couple of months ago, we were out for a walk with our beautiful and highly-talented Japanese Akita dog.
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