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Conversion of coconut gene farms threatens diversity

2015-05-25 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: The land conversion of coconut gene banks located in research farms across the Asia-Pacific threatens the future of coconut diversity, researchers warn. A coconut gene bank in Indonesia was recently converted into a racetrack while another in Samoa was turned into a prison, SciDev.Net has learned. Scientists in Southeast Asia are worried that without legal protection the number of coconut gene banks in the region could dwindle further. Plant ecologist Percy Sajise, a former regional director...

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