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Biodiversity - for iPad/Mac/PC
Hosted by The Open University · EN
What is biodiversity and why does it matter? How can everyday observations and online databases help to increase our knowledge about the diversity of species? On this album, Jonathan Silvertown, Professor of Ecology at The Open University, presents a guided tour of iSpot, a nature website that gives anybody and everybody a chance to share their observations and learn more about wildlife. In the audio track, Professor Silvertown describes his work in South Africa, protecting the delicate ecosystem of a unique heath-land habitat called 'fynbos'.
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Biodiversity
Feb 23, 201000:00:52Tap to summarizeAn introduction to this album
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Feb 23, 2010Tap to summarizeTranscript -- An introduction to this album
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Feb 23, 201000:05:49Tap to summarizeA guided tour of the key features of iSpot.org.uk, showing how people of all ages can contribute to this database of biodiversity.
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Feb 23, 2010Tap to summarizeTranscript -- A guided tour of the key features of iSpot.org.uk, showing how people of all ages can contribute to this database of biodiversity.
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Oct 7, 200900:04:53Tap to summarizeSilvertown introduces some of his latest projects, in particular how eco hydrology can improve the water supply to communities in the Cape of South Africa.
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Oct 7, 2009Tap to summarizeTranscript -- Silvertown introduces some of his latest projects, in particular how eco hydrology can improve the water supply to communities in the Cape of South Africa.
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