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Biodiversity - for iPod/iPhone
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 14 years ago -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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Episodes
Transcript -- Biodiversity
February 23, 2010 03:26 - 19 KB application/pdfTranscript -- An introduction to this album
iSpot
February 23, 2010 03:25 - 5 minutes - 32.4 MB VideoA guided tour of the key features of iSpot.org.uk, showing how people of all ages can contribute to this database of biodiversity.
Transcript -- iSpot
February 23, 2010 03:25 - 27.1 KB application/pdfTranscript -- A guided tour of the key features of iSpot.org.uk, showing how people of all ages can contribute to this database of biodiversity.
Fynbos, a floral kingdom
October 07, 2009 01:19 - 4 minutes - 4.48 MBSilvertown introduces some of his latest projects, in particular how eco hydrology can improve the water supply to communities in the Cape of South Africa.
Transcript -- Fynbos, a floral kingdom
October 07, 2009 01:19 - 23.8 KB application/pdfTranscript -- 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.