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☆ Prestigious Rose Breeder Names Its New Bloom for a Black Gardener
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For more than 60 years, David Austin Roses has bred the world’s most prestigious blooms. They are the Air Jordans, the Birkin bags, the Steinway pianos of roses, and have become what we know, smell and delight in as the modern English rose. And every year for more than 60 years, David Austin Roses has named one or two new varieties after historical British figures, including Queen Elizabeth II, Emily Brontë, Roald Dahl and Charles Darwin. At the Chelsea Flower Show in London last month, David Austin Roses introduced the Dannahue, an apricot-colored English shrub rose named after Danny Clarke, a gardener known to his social media followers and to television viewers in Britain as the Black Gardener. The shrub is available only in Britain for now but will be sold to American gardeners next year.

Persons: David Austin, Birkin, Queen Elizabeth II, Emily Brontë, Roald Dahl, Charles Darwin, David Austin Roses, Danny Clarke, Clarke, ” Organizations: Chelsea Locations: London, Britain

☆ Natural evolution: Record Galapagos deal sparks clamour for eco-friendly debt swaps
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The growing appetite comes as record numbers of developing world governments face debt pressures due to higher global interest rates. There have been around 140 over the past 35 years, but even including last month's super-sized Galapagos deal they have only involved around $5 billion of debt altogether. The top-level attendees will be urged to do more, not only debt swaps, but also by providing foreign exchange guarantees and automatic debt-payment breaks for countries hit by climate-related disasters. "Seeing something that has a group of countries involved would be amazing," Issa said. Ecuador says it is eyeing another transaction to capitalise on the halo effect from the Galapagos deal.

Persons: Ramzi Issa, Charles Darwin's, Issa, Ilan Goldfajn, Scott Nathan, Nathan, Emmanuel Macron, Mia Mottley, Suisse's Issa, Simon Jessop, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Ecuador, Credit Suisse, Inter, American Development Bank, U.S . International Development Finance Corporation, Reuters Graphics, Thomson Locations: Ecuador, Belize, Barbados, Gabon, Paris, Sri Lanka, Indian, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Seychelles

☆ Peter Grant Has Documented Evolution in Action
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Emily Bobrow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Around two million years ago, a group of birds from South America flew 600 miles west to make their home on the Galápagos Islands. They belonged to a single species, but by the time Charles Darwin arrived in the Galápagos in the 1830s he found nearly 10 different species, with beaks of various shapes and sizes. He deduced that the birds, now known as Darwin’s finches, developed these differences to keep from competing for the same food: pointy beaks were better for catching insects, broad beaks were handy for cracking seeds.

Persons: Charles Darwin Organizations: South America Locations: South, Galápagos

LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Ecuador sealed the world's largest "debt-for-nature" swap on record on Tuesday, selling a new "blue bond" that will funnel at least $12 million a year into conservation of the Galapagos Islands, one of the world's most precious ecosystems. Tuesday's $656 million "Galapagos Bond," as it has been dubbed, will run until 2041 and gave investors that bought it a 5.645% "coupon" or interest rate, its bankers said. Ecuador sovereign bonds currently yield from 17% to 26%, but the new bond has an $85 million 'credit guarantee' from the Inter-American Development Bank and $656 million of political risk insurance from the U.S. International Development Finance Corp (DFC), effectively making it less risky. The driver has been the remote Galapagos Islands, some 600 miles (970 km) off Ecuador's mainland coast, that inspired Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Scott Nathan, the chief executive of DFC, said people needed to "stay tuned" for similar deals in other countries and the Galapagos deal had been a long time coming.

☆ Ecuador frees cash for Galapagos conservation with $1.6 bln bond repurchase
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Rodrigo Campos | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse repurchased Ecuadorean sovereign notes worth $1.6 billion in face value, the country's bankers said on Thursday, freeing cash for conservation of the unique Galapagos Islands in the biggest debt-for-nature swap ever struck. The buyback will free cash that Ecuador will put into conservation of its Galapagos Islands, one of the world's most precious ecosystems and the inspiration for Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The offer, laid out by Credit Suisse late last month, amounts to the biggest debt-for-nature swap, as such transactions are known in banking circles, struck to date. The move has a political crisis as backdrop, as the National Assembly is in the middle of an impeachment process against President Guillermo Lasso for alleged embezzlement, allegation Lasso denies. Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ecuador launches debt buyback plan aimed at Galapagos protection
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A pelican is seen on Santa Cruz Island, part of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. REUTERS/Santiago ArcosLONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Ecuador has launched a long-awaited debt buyback plan that will free up money to protect its Galapagos Islands, one of the world's most precious ecosystems and the inspiration for Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. "The Offeror is making the Offer... as part of a broader refinancing operation to channel savings and promote certain conservation and sustainability efforts," the buyback plan said. The operation is private, the country's finance ministry said in a message to journalists, and cannot be discussed. Reporting by Marc Jones; Editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Sonic world of animals: Listen to an extinct bird's mating call
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

What’s sometimes lost in this feast for the eyes is the sonic world of animals — audible to humans in the case of birdsong. Source: British Library“Animals: Art, Science and Sound” showcases the British Library’s wildlife collection, which contains over 250,000 recordings of animals from around the world. Source: British LibraryThe species was declared extinct in 2000. The song of a nightingale Published by the Gramophone Company Ltd. in 1910, it was the first published recording of any animal. Source: British LibraryThe groundbreaking release marked the beginning of commercial wildlife recording that culminated in the 1970s.

☆ Coral reef discovered in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Quito, Ecuador Reuters —A scientific expedition has discovered a previously unknown coral reef with abundant marine life off Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, the country’s environment ministry said on Monday. “A deepwater scientific expedition has found the first totally pristine coral reef, approximately two kilometers (1.2 miles) long, at 400 meters (deep), on the summit of a submarine mountain,” Environment Minister Jose Davalos said on Twitter. “Galapagos surprises us again.”Scientists had believed that the only Galapagos reef to survive El Nino weather in 1982 and 1983 was one called the Wellington reef, along the coast of Darwin Island, but the new discovery shows other coral has persisted, the ministry said in a statement. The South American country last year expanded the Galapagos marine reserve by 60,000 square kilometers (23,166 square miles), an extension of the 138,000 square kilometers already in place, to protect endangered migratory species between the Galapagos and the Cocos Island in Costa Rica. The Galapagos, which inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, are also home to giant tortoises, albatrosses, cormorants and other species, some of which are endangered.

☆ Bridgewater's new executive team is already making big changes. But was it all part of Ray Dalio's master plan?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

On tap, we've got stories on the top VCs in Texas, more headaches for Blackstone's BREIT, and why boomers stink. Maybe it's just the fear of facing your own mortality and realizing that life, in fact, will go on without you. As Rebecca Ungarino reports, the world's largest hedge fund is making a slew of new changes less than six months after billionaire founder Ray Dalio stepped aside. Bridgewater, which was founded in 1975 from Dalio's two-bedroom apartment, is arguably just as well known for its culture as its size. Edited by Jeffrey Cane (tweet @jeffrey_cane) in New York and Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bullock) and Nathan Rennolds (tweet @ncrennolds) in London.

☆ When Does Life Begin?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Elizabeth Dias | Bethany Mollenkof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

“It is not black and white.”America’s fight over abortion has long circled a question, one that is broad and without consensus:When does life begin? The question of when life begins has been so politicized it can be hard to thoughtfully engage. Ancient Egypt gave the power to create new human life almost entirely to men. The scientific revolution, from Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution to reproductive science, disrupted centuries of thought on human life. “When does the responsibility for a life begin and end?”

☆ Scientists discover hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A hammerhead shark swims after a shark nursery was discovered off Isabela Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador, in this photo delivered by Galapagos National Park newsletter on December 16, 2022. "The discovery of these new breeding areas is very important, especially for the hammerhead shark," said park ranger Eduardo Espinoza in a statement on Friday from the Galapagos National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers the scalloped hammerhead shark, the species found in the Galapagos, as "critically endangered." Researchers spent months scouring the archipelago for possible nursery sites as part of a hammerhead shark monitoring program. Researchers are monitoring the nurseries to track the young shark population in nursery areas and to follow their migration patterns.

☆ Signed Charles Darwin Manuscript Sells for Nearly $900K at Auction
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A signed Charles Darwin manuscript sold for $882,000 at auction, Sotheby's says. Prior to the sale, the highest-priced Darwin document sold for just over $400,000, BBC reports. The manuscript is Darwin's defense of his natural selection theory. After his death in 1882, the theory of natural selection went on to become widely accepted as a key part of evolution by scientists. Prior to the sale, the most expensive Darwin document sold for over $400,000, according to the BBC.

☆ Newsmax cuts ties with Lara Logan after her QAnon-inspired, on-air rant about world leaders drinking the blood of children and making people eat insects
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lara Logan, a war correspondent turned conspiracy theorist, went on a QAnon-inspired rant on Newsmax. She accused world leaders of dining on the blood of children and making people eat insects. The Guardian reported that Logan told Newsmax host Eric Bolling that world leaders "dine on the blood of children," referring to the blood libel conspiracy theory that proliferates in QAnon circles. You know, the ones who want us eating insects, cockroaches, and that while they dine on the blood of children? Newsmax, in a statement to The Hill on Friday, said it "condemns in the strongest terms the reprehensible statements made by Lara Logan."

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☆ O broască țestoasă dintr-o specie considerată dispărută acum 100 de ani trăiește în Insulele Galapagos
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-27 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Ecuador a confirmat, marți, că o țestoasă gigant descoperită în 2019 în Insulele Galapagos face parte dintr-o specie considerată dispărută acum 100 de ani, informează Digi24. Parcul Național Galapagos pregătește o expediție pentru a căuta mai multe exemplare, într-o tentativă de a salva specia. "Universitatea Yale a prezentat rezultatul studiilor genetice și comparația ADN care a fost făcută cu un specimen extras în 1906", a anunțat Parcul Galapagos. Populația de broaște țestoase gigant din Insulele Galapagos este estimată la 60.000 de exemplare din diferite specii. Turiștii din toată lumea vin în Insulele Galapagos pentru a vedea biodiversitatea care a inspirat teoria evoluției a lui Charles Darwin.

Persons: Gustavo Manrique, Charles Darwin Organizations: Universitatea Yale, UNESCO Locations: Ecuador, Insulele, Insulele Galapagos

☆ Atracţie turistică, pierdută pentru totdeauna; Arcul lui Darwin s-a prăbuşit în mare
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-19 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ewz.roAtracţie turistică, pierdută pentru totdeauna; Arcul lui Darwin s-a prăbuşit în mareArcul lui Darwin, una dintre cele mai cunoscute formaţiuni stâncoase din Insulele Galapagos, s-a prăbuşit în mare. „Prăbuşirea Arcului lui Darwin, podul natural aflat la mai puţin de un kilometru de principala zonă a Insulei Darwin, a fost anunţată”, a scris ministerul. Arcul lui Darwin a făcut parte, la un moment dat, din Insula Darwin, care este acum deschisă pentru vizitare. Botezat după biologul englez Charles Darwin, arcul este considerat unul dintre cele mai bune locuri pentru sărituri şi scufundări din arhipelagul aflat în Oceanul Pacific. În această dimineaţă, la ora locală 11:20, Arcul lui Darwin, celebru la nivel mondial, s-a prăbuşit în faţa ochilor lor.

Persons: Darwin, Insulei Darwin, Insula Darwin, englez Charles Darwin, Ne Organizations: UNESCO Locations: Insulele Galapagos, Insulei, Insula, englez, Pacific, Ecuador, Galapagos

☆ Arcul lui Darwin din Insulele Galapagos s-a prăbușit
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

O formațiune faimoasă de piatră, denumită Arcul lui Darwin și aflată lângă Insulele Galapagos, s-a prăbușit, informează BBC, citat de digi24.ro. "A fost raportată prăbușirea Arcului lui Darwin, o punte naturală de piatră aflată la mai puțin de un kilometri de Insula Darwin din Galapagos", a comunicat ministerul. Formațiunea era denumită după biologul britanic Charles Darwin și considerată o locație importantă pentru scufundări. Insulele Galapagos, aflate la aproape 1.000 de kilometri de Ecuador, sunt incluse în Patrimoniul Mondial UNESCO și faimoase la nivel mondial pentru diversitatea de specii și plante. Turiștii din toată lumea vin în Insulele Galapagos pentru a vedea biodiversitatea care a inspirat teoria evoluției a lui Charles Darwin.

Persons: Darwin, Insula Darwin, britanic Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin Organizations: BBC, Insulele, UNESCO Locations: Insulele Galapagos, Ecuador, Insula, Galapagos, britanic, Arhipelagul

☆ Formațiunea de piatră „Arcul lui Darwin” s-a prăbușit. Aceasta se afla lângă Insulele Galapagos, care au inspirat teoria evoluției
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Formațiunea de piatră „Arcul lui Darwin” s-a prăbușit. Aceasta se afla lângă Insulele Galapagos, care au inspirat teoria evoluțieiO formațiune faimoasă de piatră, denumită Arcul lui Darwin și aflată lângă Insulele Galapagos, s-a prăbușit. „A fost raportată prăbușirea Arcului lui Darwin, o punte naturală de piatră aflată la mai puțin de un kilometri de Insula Darwin din Galapagos”, a comunicat ministerul, potrivit BBC. Formațiunea era denumită după biologul britanic Charles Darwin și considerată o locație importantă pentru scufundări. Turiștii din toată lumea vin în Insulele Galapagos pentru a vedea biodiversitatea care a inspirat teoria evoluției a lui Charles Darwin.

Persons: Darwin, Insula Darwin, britanic Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin Organizations: BBC, Insulele, UNESCO Locations: Insulele, Insulele Galapagos, Ecuador, Insula, Galapagos, britanic, Arhipelagul

☆ O valiză cu 185 de ţestoase, descoperită pe aeroportul din Galapagos
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Reprezentanţii Parcului Naţional Galapagos (PNG) şi ai aeroportului care deserveşte insulele au descoperit într-o valiză aproximativ 185 de exemplare de broaşte ţestoase, între care zece decedate, ce urmau să fie transportate din arhipelag către continent, a informat duminică ministerul ecuadorian al Mediului. „Pe aeroportul #Baltra, 185 de broaşte ţestoase eclozate au fost detectate într-o valiză care se afla în curs de transfer către Ecuadorul continental", a spus ministerul pe Twitter, potrivit Agerpres. Situate la o distanţă de 1.000 de kilometri de coasta ecuadoriană, Insulele Galapagos au o floră şi o faună unice. Ministerul a declarat că descoperirea a avut loc „în timpul unei inspecţii de rutină” între aeroportul din Galapagos şi PNG, precizând că poliţia şi procurorii „iau măsuri”, fără a oferi detalii suplimentare. „Broaştele ţestoase nu au mai mult de trei luni, iar carapacea lor este extrem de tânără”, a declarat aeroportul din Galapagos într-un comunicat, ceea ce face dificilă localizarea originii acestor broaşte ţestoase, fiecare specie fiind diferită în funcţie de insula lor de provenienţă.

Persons: Marcelo Mata, Charles Darwin, îşi, Ţestoasele Organizations: Agerpres, Ministerul, existenţa Locations: Insulele, Galapagos, Arhipelagul, Pacific

☆ O valiză cu 185 de ţestoase, descoperită pe aeroportul din Galapagos; Au fost înfăşurate în saci de plastic
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: AgerpresO valiză cu 185 de ţestoase, descoperită pe aeroportul din Galapagos; Au fost înfăşurate în saci de plasticReprezentanţii Parcului Naţional Galapagos (PNG) şi ai aeroportului care deserveşte insulele au descoperit într-o valiză aproximativ 185 de exemplare de broaşte ţestoase, între care zece decedate, ce urmau să fie transportate din arhipelag către continent, a informat duminică ministerul ecuadorian al Mediului. „Pe aeroportul Baltra, 185 de broaşte ţestoase eclozate au fost detectate într-o valiză care se afla în curs de transfer către Ecuadorul continental", a spus ministerul pe Twitter, potrivit Agerpres. Situate la o distanţă de 1.000 de kilometri de coasta ecuadoriană, Insulele Galapagos au o floră şi o faună unice. Ministerul a declarat că descoperirea a avut loc „în timpul unei inspecţii de rutină” între aeroportul din Galapagos şi PNG, precizând că poliţia şi procurorii „iau măsuri”, fără a oferi detalii suplimentare. Ele au fost găsite înfăşurate în saci de plastic şi zece nu au supravieţuit, potrivit comunicatului.

Persons: Marcelo Mata, Charles Darwin, îşi, Ţestoasele Organizations: Agerpres, Ministerul, existenţa Locations: Agerpres, Galapagos, Insulele, Arhipelagul, Pacific

☆ Imperialist movement vs. NGOs. Op-Ed by Victor Pelin
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-03 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +6 min

Imperialist movement vs. NGOs. Cultural Wars”, which the author calls a scientific work, has 856 pages and is accompanied by 1,500 references. The second factor that prevented a confrontation between the Russian imperialist movement and NGOs was the distraction of public attention. That’s why, while still waiting for the confrontation between the Russian imperialist movement and NGOs, the representative of the first should publish his financial reports. In fact, the activity of NGOs compared with that of the Russian imperialist movement that is involved, for example, in the war in Donbas, with the possibility of extension to the Republic of Moldova, lacks nerve and passion.

Persons: Victor Pelin „, Charles Darwin “, Moldova Renato Usatyi, Igor Dodon, ProTV, Vlad Filat, Mark Tcachuk, – Eduard Volcov, – Victor Pelin, Darwin, Victor Pelin Organizations: Izborsk, Moldovan, Civil Society, Priznanie Foundation, Gazprom, intuit Locations: Moldova, Russian, Republic of Moldova, Fălești, Bahamas, Plahotniuc, Donbas

☆ Cum să crești fertilitatea solului în agricultura ecologică
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-01 | by ( Luminita Crivoi | ) agrobiznes.md time to read: +6 min

Factorii principali care contribuie la creşterea producţiei sunt fertilitatea solului şi tehnologia de cultură. La început, să vedem ce diferenţe face fertilitatea bună a solului într-o gospodărie fermieră? Ce anume creează fertilitatea naturală a solului? Fertilitatea solului dintr-un câmp agricol poate fi îmbunătățită drastic, într-un ritm mult mai rapid decât cel natural. Nici nu am adus în discuție rolul bacterilor, fungilor, protozoarelor, sau nematozilor în fertilitatea solului, o armată gata să lucreze pentru fermier 365 zile/an, 24 h/zi.

Persons: Charles Darwin, Andrei Gumovschi Locations: microartropozi, fungilor

☆ (foto) Ziua Darwin: 15 animații satirice pentru a sărbători evoluția
▼ + stars: | 2016-02-13 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

Ieri, 12 februarie, a fost sărbătorită ziua Darwin pentru a promova știința și a-i recunoaște contribuțiile în domeniu marelui savant. Astăzi evoluția înseamnă mai mult decât ceea ce explica Charles Darwin în „Originea speciilor” din 1859. Iată câteva ilustrații adunate la un loc de către cei de la Bored Panda, care scot în evidență acest fapt.

Persons: Darwin, Charles Darwin Organizations: Panda

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