biodiversity and climate by Rita Vandeloo BE https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea en-us 2019-01-08 14:30:08 UTC 2024-11-09 15:28:32 UTC hello@padlet.com 1 My bio areaThe fire salamander is possibly the best-known salamander species in Europe. It is black with yellow spots or stripes to a varying degree; some specimens can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant. rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/318356847 In Flanders this salamander is rather rare but in Buggenhout bos we can find them thanks to cool running water in the streams. (a-biotic element)]]> 2019-01-08 15:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/318356847 Theme 2 The reintroduction of the Grey Wolf: rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/318397201 The reason: The wolves were brought in because the increased deer population was overgrazing the deciduous, woody species such as aspen and cottonwood. ]]> 2019-01-08 16:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/318397201 Theme examples of relation betwen predator and his preys rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/320068194
drosera , an carnivorous plant and insects. This plant lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the soil in which the plants grow.

In Limburg, in the ‘Kempen’, the soil is very poor and this predation helps the plant to complete their menu.

]]> 2019-01-13 17:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/320068194 Theme 3Treaths to biodiversity I visited the Botanic Garden in Meise Belgium. The Meise Botanic Garden is an internationally renowned centre of excellence for plant diversity research, conservation, and documentation. The mission is “Building a sustainable future through discovery, research, and conservation of plants”.With a living collection of 18,000 plant species, a herbarium with 4 million preserved specimens, and an extensive archive and botanical library, The institute is among the largest botanic gardens in the world.Their science centres on collection-based research of plant diversity, evolution, ecology, and conservation. The botanic garden studies a wide range of taxonomic groups, including plants, algae, fungi, and lichens from Europe, Central Africa, Antarctica, and other parts of the world.Botanic Garden Meise is dedicated to sharing its knowledge on plants and their environment with the research community, students, and the public. rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322489514 2019-01-20 14:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322489514 Theme 3 rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322489884 The Natagora project
The life project of the Botanic Garden of Meise Botanic garden Meise

The life Herbages project

Natagora, the Walloon Public Service (DNF and DEMNA) and Meise Botanic Garden are partners in an ambitious European project in southern Belgium: the LIFE "Herbages" project (LIFE+11NAT/BE/001060).
 
 In addition to the restoration and management of threatened habitats (calcareous grasslands, Nardus grasslands,...), and land acquisitions to increase the network of nature reserves, the project has also implemented the strengthening and scientific monitoring of populations of five plant species that have become so rare that they are likely to disappear from our country in the very near future: dwarf everlast, clustered bellflower, mountain arnica, proliferous pink and maiden pink.

A film highlights the different aspects of the project that took place over 7 years (2013 - 2019)..
https://youtu.be/7IjF81K3S9




]]> 2019-01-20 14:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322489884 Theme 3Overexploitation of plants: the "Wenge" wood of the Millettia laurentii Tropical rainforests are threatened by logging — for wood, but especially to clear ground for agriculture. Every year, an area almost three times the size of Belgium disappears. As a rough estimate, this amounts to 5 billion trees. This is an enormous problem as tropical rainforests are the lungs of our planet. Every year they remove 1.4 billion tonnes of CO2 from the air, which is more than all other forests in the world combined.Tropical rainforests are therefore crucial in combatting global warming.Millettia laurentii has some clever tricks to deal with damaging insects and fungi. The wood — also called Wenge — is so hard that it is pest-resistant. Moreover, it is poisonous. However, precisely because it is so hard, Wenge is ideal for making furniture, doors, window frames and even guitar necks. Millettia laurentii is consequently logged on a huge scale and is threatened with extinction.Millettia laurentii is a legume tree from Africa and native to the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The species is listed as "endangered" in the IUCN Red List, principally due to destruction of its habitat and over-exploitation for timber.[1] Wenge, a dark colored wood, is the product of Millettia laurentii. Other names sometimes used for wenge include African rosewood (ambiguous), faux ebony, dikela, mibotu, bokonge, and awong. The wood's distinctive color is standardized as a "wenge" color in many systems. rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322491327


The timber of this "Millettia laurentti is very hard and therefore, there is overxploitation.]]> 2019-01-20 14:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322491327 1 My bio-area link: rlgc.be/ rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322497527 In our region there is an Association " de regionale landschappen" who's doing a lot of work to save and improve the biodiversity

]]> 2019-01-20 15:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322497527 Theme 3 - Step 4 Result of my comparisonsI see that many other learners descripe their country with a map and information about the status of biodiversity in their country. Some are really proffesional. I didn’t really made the padle that way but I added some maps and more local information.I feel a little bit frustrated because I am not used to this “padle – thing”. So, I realise that many padles are good structured, but mine is different 😊Although the learners come from different areas in the world, I see that the problems are similar.So I see f.i. that in UK some species of bats are vulverable, in Belgium the situation of most of the bats is also very critical. I also remarks resemblance about plants, because I am a guide in the botanic garden in Meise, where we have plants of all over the world.F.i. So, I read in a padle of a learner of the Phillipines that the Alocasia sanderiana is in danger because of the beautiful leaves. I see that this plant figures at the red list as “critacely endangered”. This plant belongs tot he family of the araceae.In the botanic garden in Meise – Belgium we have some species of the amorphophallus titanus, a “vulnerable” plant (also at the red list). This plant is from Indonesia.So, we live far from each other but I still feel connected thanks tot the plants.Conclusion: It is an interesting way to learn from each other.:) rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322508060 2019-01-20 16:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/322508060 1 My bio-area rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328237594 This is the country I'm living in. It's a small country and I live in the provincie "Vlaams Brabant" near to Brussels]]> 2019-02-06 13:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328237594 Theme 1 My bio areaThe Wood "Buggenhoutbos" in Flanders rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328239745 In Flanders there are no hotspots. The biodiversity is not very large. Only 10 % of the surface is wood. One of the woods we still have is this wood. The last years the agency for nature "Natuur en Bos" is trying to enlarge the wood to create more diversity. Around there is agriculture and houses. 
Some more information about Buggenhout you can find on this site: boshttps://www.natuurenbos.be/sites/default/files/beheerplan_buggenhoutbos.pdf
this is the link to the management plan of the wood "Buggenhoutbos" with all the information about the abiotic elements (soil composition and relief) and the biotic elements: different plants and animals, such as the salamander and fungi such as the Geastrum triplex and the agaric
]]> 2019-02-06 13:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328239745 Theme 1 The week of the bee: The week of the bee: an anual sensibilisation campaign in FlandersThe aim is sensitize people about the importance of bees and how to protect them. rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328260271 Last year, in 2018, this week started in the Botanic Garden in Meise. with a lot of nice activities for the public.



]]> 2019-02-06 14:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328260271 The bee: a a useful but vulnerable species in my country rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328261334 At the website of the botanic garden of Meise you can find a list of plants that are important for bees. :
http://www.weekvandebij.be/bijvriendelijke-kruiden]]> 2019-02-06 14:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328261334 Theme 2 rita_vandeloo https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328270504 The tree frog: eat and be eaten:
Tree frogs are at the same time preys and predators.
Besides worms and crickets, moths are a favorite, and despite the small size of the frog, it can eat a pretty big moth. They'll also eat beetles, pillbugs, sowbugs, small spiders, even tiny frogs, in addition to other similar-size foods. Pretty much if they can fit it into their mouth, they'll eat it.
Tree frogs are consumed by many different carnivorous animals. Mammals, reptiles, birds, and fish all eat tree frogs. Many of the frogs rely on camouflage to protect themselves from predators, and the more arboreal species escape ground-dwelling predators by hiding in trees.
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/tree-frog/

]]> 2019-02-06 14:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/328270504 Hello giannisannousis https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/329492679 I have read your data about your bioarea and I do enjoy reading this work! It is very intresting to learn about the provincie Vlaams Brabant!
Well done!!]]> 2019-02-09 14:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rita_vandeloo/3rbt30yv2aea/wish/329492679