{"id":16991,"date":"2024-05-22T03:28:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T03:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/?p=16991"},"modified":"2024-05-22T03:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T03:32:19","slug":"2024-international-day-for-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/blog\/2024\/05\/2024-international-day-for-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 International Day for Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Commemorating the adoption of the Convention on Biodiversity at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, this year\u2019s International Day for Biodiversity theme \u201cBe part of the Plan\u201d<\/strong> is a call to action for all stakeholders to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by supporting the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, also referred to as the The Biodiversity Plan<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Biodiversity Plan offers opportunities for cooperation and partnerships among diverse actors.\u00a0Everyone has a role to play and therefore can Be Part of the Plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s explore Szil\u00e1rd\u00a0Library’s newest arrivals on topics of biodiversity, environment and ecosystems and think of our part in the Plan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n \n Phytochemicals in medicinal plants (De Gruyter STEM 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Edited by Charu Arora et al.<\/p>\n

Benefitting from phytochemicals in medicinal plants has lately gained increasingly more global relevance. The medicinal bioactivity might range from wound healing activity to anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effects. This work describes the challenging scientific process of systematic identification and taxonomy through molecular profiling and nanoparticle production from plant extracts until a final use.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n A future history of the 21st century : how we overcame the crisis of civilization (Independently published 2020) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Federico Tabellini<\/p>\n

Using a broad range of academic sources and an accessible writing style, Tabellini offers a vision of a prosperous future with its roots firmly in the present and its branches always in the realm of possibility. How did we solve the great problems of the contemporary world, from climate change to the labor market crisis, from the gaping inequalities in wealth distribution to the spreading new populisms and nationalisms?<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Biomimetics (Icon Books 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Brian Clegg<\/p>\n

Biomimetics literally means emulating biology \u2013 and in a broader sense the term covers technological advances where the original inspiration came from nature. The Earth is a vast laboratory where the mechanisms of natural selection have enabled evolutionary solutions to be developed to a wide range of problems.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Wetlands (John Wiley & Sons Inc 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By William J. Mitsch et al.<\/p>\n

Wetlands rank among the most productive but also the most vulnerable ecosystems. They break down toxins and help maintain aquatic ecosystems, provide both permanent and temporary homes for key species, and contribute enormously to biodiversity and global ecological health. In recent years the importance of wetlands has been increasingly well understood, and their management and restoration has become a particular focus of environmental research.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Global plant invasions (Springer 2023) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

Edited by David R. Clements et el.<\/p>\n

Invasive species are one of the main threats to biodiversity. They have inspired concern for many reasons, including economic and environmental impacts in specific jurisdictions within particular countries. However, it is apparent that for some invasive plant species, political borders offer only weak barriers because these species have succeeded in invading many countries, emerging as threats at a global level. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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\n \n Naturalist : a graphic adaptation (Island Press 2020) <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n

By Edward O. Wilson and adapted by Jim Ottaviani<\/p>\n

Regarded as one of the world\u2019s preeminent biologists, Edward O. Wilson spent his boyhood exploring the forests and swamps of south Alabama and the Florida panhandle, collecting snakes, butterflies, and ants\u2014the latter to become his lifelong specialty. This graphic edition, brings Wilson\u2019s childhood and celebrated career to life through dynamic illustrations and Wilson\u2019s own lyric writing.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s theme is\u00a0\u201cBe part of the Plan\u201d, where everyone has a role to play and therefore can Be Part of the Plan. Let’s explore newest arrivals on topics of biodiversity, environment and ecosystems and think of our part in the Plan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8023],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-16991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-new-books"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16991"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17047,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16991\/revisions\/17047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16991"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/szilard-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=16991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}