A new free course in Biological Diversity (Theories, Measures and Data sampling techniques)

Enroll this free course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/biological-diversity About this course: The course presents an overview of the theory behind biological diversity evolution and dynamics and of methods for diversity calculation and estimation. We will become familiar with the major alpha, beta, and gamma diversity estimation techniques. Understanding how biodiversity evolved and is evolving on Earth and how to…

Indonesia: the kingdom of beauty and hell

By Roberto Cazzolla Gatti Photographs by Roberto Cazzolla Gatti Translation by Mauro Cazzolla A razor cut to the heart: there is no other way to describe what you feel when you observe from above the archipelagos that look like peeled potatoes. They have been deprived of their luxuriant vegetation and amazing biodiversity just to make…