Bolivian Deforestation

"Once a vast carpet of healthy vegetation and virgin forest, the Amazon rain forest is changing rapidly. This image of Bolivia shows dramatic deforestation in the Amazon Basin.

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"Loggers have cut long paths into the forest, while ranchers have cleared large blocks for their herds. Fanning out from these clear-cut areas are settlements built in radial arrangements of field and farms.  Healthy vegetation appears red in this image." - source: US Geological Survey

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Research Charts Growing Threats to Biodiversity 'Arks'

ScienceDaily (July 25, 2012) — Many of the world’s tropical protected areas are struggling to sustain their biodiversity, according to a study by more than 200 scientists from around the world... Deforestation is advancing rapidly in tropical nations and most reserves are losing some or all of their surrounding forest.

ZooKeys 209 (2012) : Special issue: 103-113 No specimen left behind: mass digitization of natural history collections

Just published: "Increasing the efficiency of digitization workflows for herbarium specimens," Melissa Tulig, Nicole Tarnowsky, Michael Bevans, Anthony Kirchgessner, Barbara Thiers 

Botany 2012 - idigbio Digitization Workshop

Just released, new herbarium specimen imaging workflow presented at the idigbio Digitization Workshop at Botany 2012. This workflow utilizes Bardecode Filer software to read the barcode from the image and rename the file with the barcode number.

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Field Guide, Volume 1, by Brandy Watts

Field Guide Vol. 1 from Brandy Watts on Vimeo.

In Field Guide Vol. 1 BrandyWatts explores ways in which photography can be used to experience nature. The book, whose size and shape suggests a naturalist’s notebook or nature guide, displays found images of plants and trees from the last century in a variety of photographic formats.

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