Podcasts by Biodiversity - for iPad/Mac/PC

Biodiversity - for iPad/Mac/PC

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

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Biodiversity - for iPad/Mac/PC
Transcript -- Biodiversity from 2010-02-23T03:26:55

An introduction to this album

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Biodiversity - for iPad/Mac/PC
iSpot from 2010-02-23T03:25:56

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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Biodiversity - for iPad/Mac/PC
Transcript -- iSpot from 2010-02-23T03:25:55

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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Biodiversity - for iPad/Mac/PC
Fynbos, a floral kingdom from 2009-10-07T02:19:54

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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Biodiversity - for iPad/Mac/PC
Transcript -- Fynbos, a floral kingdom from 2009-10-07T02:19:53

Transcript -- 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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Biodiversity - for iPad/Mac/PC
Transcript -- Fynbos, a floral kingdom from 2009-10-07T02:19:53

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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