The Desert Network: Finding Fungi with Georgie PereiraDid you know there are between 2.3 and 3.8 million fungi species in our world, accounting for 90% of Earth's unknown biodiversity? Yet, these ecosystem masters represent less than 1% of conservation funding. Thankfully, all that’s about to change. Enter Terra Expo City, Dubai, which hosts the world’s first IUCN SSC Centre for Species Survival dedicated to fungi. They're solving the mysteries of mycology, one desert truffle at a time.
Did you know there are between 2.3 and 3.8 million fungi species in our world, accounting for 90% of Earth's unknown biodiversity? Yet, these ecosystem masters represent less than 1% of conservation funding. Thankfully, all that’s about to change. Enter Terra Expo City, Dubai, which hosts the world’s first IUCN SSC Centre for Species Survival dedicated to fungi. They're solving the mysteries of mycology, one desert truffle at a time.
Did you know there are between 2.3 and 3.8 million fungi species in our world, accounting for 90% of Earth's unknown biodiversity? Yet, these ecosystem masters represent... Read more.
Bringing the Addax Back from the Brink of ExtinctionThe addax antelope is one of the rarest species on Earth. Thankfully, there’s a global plan already in the works: repopulate the species with cooperative conservation. Enter Dubai Safari Park, and its thriving addax breeding program.
The addax antelope is one of the rarest species on Earth. Thankfully, there’s a global plan already in the works: repopulate the species with cooperative conservation. Enter Dubai Safari Park, and its thriving addax breeding program.
The addax antelope is one of the rarest species on Earth. Thankfully, there’s a global plan already in the works: repopulate the species with cooperative conservation.... Read more.
