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Is it time to kill off ‘biodiversity’?

September 28, 2010September 28, 2010 / mike shanahan / 19 Comments

Data from Google, graffiti on Wikipedia and a phone call with my Dad all suggest that biodiversity is not the best term to use to raise public awareness of a growing threat to our wellbeing. Continue reading →

Five vacant niches in the biodiversity blogosphere

September 10, 2010March 31, 2011 / mike shanahan / 11 Comments

As the variety of life diminishes fast all around us the time is right for more bloggers to focus on biodiversity and create a bigger conversation about what its decline means. There are plenty of vacant spaces in the blogosphere left for them to fill.

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The best blogs on biodiversity?

September 10, 2010February 10, 2012 / mike shanahan / 54 Comments

Looking for some good blogs about biodiversity? Here are some of my old favourites and some new discoveries. There’s something for everyone here, but I’d like to know your top tips too.

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The Song of the Dodo gets my vote

August 27, 2010August 27, 2010 / mike shanahan / 1 Comment

New Scientist magazine wants to know what the most underrated science books (written for a general audience) from the past 50 years are. Tell them your favourites and you could win some of the best science books of 2010. Continue reading →

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