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  • The same sort of thing happened last summer, on a trip to New Guinea which _ like Borneo, is a "megadiversity" area.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • Classified as a "megadiversity" country, Mexico features almost every variety of ecological habitat on Earth, making it an excellent destination for nature-based travel.

    All booked up 2006

  • Classified as a "megadiversity" country, Mexico features almost every variety of ecological habitat on Earth, making it an excellent destination for nature-based travel.

    All booked up 2006

  • (Since the term was first coined in the late 1980s, a variety of scientists and scientific groups have tweaked the megadiversity list, including slightly different sets of countries.)

    Bill Chameides: Where Nature Does Her DNA Banking 2010

  • With this megadiversity concept, we wanted to show that the people were intertwined with the landscape systems, and we linked this into the Catholic narrative of the saints into the pictures.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • With this megadiversity concept, we wanted to show that the people were intertwined with the landscape systems, and we linked this into the Catholic narrative of the saints into the pictures.

    Quito 2: Back to the Airport 2009

  • It capitalizes on local conditions to grow a design suited to the needs of the city while celebrating Ecuador's status as a country of megadiversity.

    Quito 2: Back to the Airport 2009

  • It capitalizes on local conditions to grow a design suited to the needs of the city while celebrating Ecuador's status as a country of megadiversity.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • The country is one of the few nations that is, in its entirety, both a hotspot and a megadiversity country, placing it among the top priority hotspots for global conservation.

    Biological diversity in the Philippines 2008

  • First, we analyze the management of megadiversity natural ecosystems in rainforests to identify generic policies that make forest management more sustainable.

    Overview and outline of Making Development More Sustainable 2007

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