When it comes to amphibian and reptile biodiversity, the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in South America stand out.
A new survey of 'herps' in and around Manu National Park in Peru by UC Berkeley postdoc Rudolf von May and his Illinois colleagues Alessandro Catenazzi and Edgar Lehr recorded a greater biodiversity -- 287 species, some new to science - than any other protected area in the world, including the previous leader in Ecuador.
Video produced by Roxanne Makasdjian & Phil Ebiner
full story: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/18/manu-national-park-in-peru-sets-new-biodiversity-record/
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Electrical Engineering 123, 001 - Spring 2015
Digital Signal Processing - Shimon Michael Lustig
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Stopping Mass Atrocities: An International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect R2P and International vs. National Policy Perspectives
International commitments have occasionally been at odds with U.S. priorities at home. How does R2P fit within current U.S. foreign policy and what are the challenges to embracing its principles? Which organizations, policy makers and politicians have been instrumental in promoting the idea? What theoretical and practical obstacles must be overcome for R2P to become an influential part of U.S. foreign policy? Issues to be discussed include a range of interventions, including use of force.
- Donald Steinberg, International Crisis Group, moderator
- Lee Feinstein,...
Regional Grower Perspectives on Diversified Farming Systems: costs, benefits and obstacles
The Berkeley Institute of the Environment (BIE) will host Roundtables on Diversified Farming Systems (DFS), a series of eight interactive sessions that brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers, writers and practitioners focused on the efficacy and complexities of multi-functional agriculture. The goal is to engage in incisive dialogue on the current scientific understanding of the ecology, sociology and economics of diversified farming systems, and to identify knowledge gaps leading to development of research proposals and new scholarly work. By exploring the private and social costs and benefits of multi-functional DFS, the intent is to identify new pathways for redirecting agricultural development toward greater ecological and social sustainability. All interested members of the community are invited.
eCHEM 1A: Online General Chemistry
College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/echem1a
Curriculum and ChemQuizzes developed by Dr. Mark Kubinec and Professor Alexander Pines
Chemical Demonstrations by Lonnie Martin
Video Production by Jon Schainker and Scott Vento
Developed with the support of The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
George A. Akerlof (Economics 2001), Steven Chu (Physics 1997), Donald A. Glaser (Physics 1960), Yuan T. Lee (Chemistry 1986), Donald L. mcFadden (Economics 2000), George F. Smoot (Physics 2006), Charles H. Townes (Physics 1964)