The agricultural engineer, José Esquinas, has worked for 30 years for the FAO, the organization of the United Nations that fights global hunger. His work has contributed to preserve the biodiversity of agricultural species throughout the planet, thanks to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food, promoted by himself and signed by 140 counties. […]
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Insect hotels to combat infestation and recover biodiversity
Cortijo El Puerto is a ranch located in Lora del Rio, Seville, committed to ecological olive and almond tree farming. In their 122 hectares they have installed 14 insect hotels, panels built with natural materials that house wasps, lacewings, bees, bumblebees and ladybirds. Some of them help to pollinate the fields whilst others fight moths […]
An underwater robot finds more than a thousand species among underwater volcanos of the Gulf of Cádiz
More than a thousand vegetable and animal species have been discovered in the depths of the Gulf of Cádiz. A sea bottom full of mud volcanoes that counts on the highest biodiversity in Spain in an environment of these characteristics.