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     · The Land Institute. The Land Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Salina, Kansas, that was founded in 1976. The Land Institute's work, led by a team of plant breeders and ecologists in multiple partnerships worldwide, is focused on developing perennial grains, pulses and oilseed bearing plants to be grown in ecologically intensified, diverse crop mixtures known as ...

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  • Land Water | Land Water | Food and Agriculture ...

    FAO's work in land and water is relevant to several dimensions of sustainable development, such as the governance and management of food production systems; the provision of essential ecosystem services; food security; human health; biodiversity conservation; .

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  • Migrant crisis: Migration to Europe explained in seven ...

     · Migrant crisis: Migration to Europe explained in seven charts. More than a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe in 2015, sparking a .

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  • Understanding Syria: From PreCivil War to PostAssad

     · Syria is not just a piece of land; it is densely populated. When I first visited Syria in 1946, the total population was less than 3 million. In 2010, it reached nearly 24 million.

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  • Leviticus 25:4 But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of .

    The Sabbatical Year . 3 For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops. 4 But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land— a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard. 5 You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. . The land must have a year ...

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  • Plants of the Bible AC

    The land which GOD promised to Abraham and his descendants was extremely fertile. Because of its diverse climate, the world of the Bible contained many varieties of plants. Botanists have identified 3,500 species of plant life in Palestine and Syria.

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  • Culture of Syria

    Identifiion. Syria is the name that was given to the region by the Greeks and Romans and probably derives from the Babylonian suri. Arabs traditionally referred to Syria and a large, vaguely defined surrounding area as Sham, which translates as "the northern region," "the north," "Syria," or "Damascus."

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  • The Rarest Plants On Earth

     · The plant was believed to be extinct for over half a century when a team of botanists studying plants on the island rediscovered the plant in 2009. The scientists took extreme care of the few individual plants discovered and extracted the spores of the plant which was used to establish successful cultivars in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, United Kingdom.

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    ABOUT US. The Ecologist is an environmental news and analysis website with a focus on environmental, social and economic justice. Our aim is to edue and inform as many people as possible about the wonders of nature, the crisis we face and the best solutions and methods in managing that crisis.

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  • Syria Geography, Facts, and History

     · Syria is situated on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It has a total area of 185,180 square kilometers (71,500 square miles), divided into fourteen administrative units. Syria shares land borders with Turkey to the north and west, Iraq to the east, Jordan and Israel to the south, and Lebanon to the southwest.

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  • Syrian missile lands near Israel's topsecret nuclear reactor

     · A Syrian surfacetoair missile landed near Israel's topsecret nuclear reactor on Thursday — triggering warning sirens in the Negev Desert .

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  • Syrian Refugees: Resourceful and Resilient

     · Syrian refugees: Resourceful and resilient. by CARE Australia October 12, 2015. Syria. Necessity is the mother of invention and 50yearold Syrian refugee Aeed has put his construction experience to good use at Azraq refugee camp, using scrap material to better insulate his family's temporary shelter. He is just one of many combining skills ...

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  • Goal 15: Life on Land | The Global Goals

     · Goal 15: Life on Land | The Global Goals. 15 Life on Land. Life on Land. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertifiion, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. Goal 15 in Action Explore the Targets. A flourishing life on land is the foundation ...

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  • Syria: Army Planting Banned Landmines

     · The Syrian army should cease its use of antipersonnel landmines and recognize that planting this internationally banned weapon will hurt Syrians .

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  • New Agriculturist: Country profile

    While Syria was once an exporter of grain to the Roman Empire, it is now a net importer, largely because of increased population and land degradation. Irrigation is fairly extensive in parts of the west, particularly close to urban centres, such as Aleppo in the north, Hamah and Hims in .

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  • Russia lands forces at former air base in northern Syria

     · Russian military police were spotted flying into an air base in northern Aleppo near the border with Turkey. The move comes after Donald Trump ordered a withdrawal of US troops from Syria.

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  • Israel carries out air strike after Syrian missile lands ...

     · According to the Israeli army, the Syrian attack was not aimed at the nuclear power plant, but at an Israeli plane. The missile would have missed its target and landed about 30 kilometers from the plant. Among the affected launchers in Syria is the loion where the missile was launched.

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  • America's Abandonment of Syria | The New Yorker

     · Many Syrians thought that the ... he planted another garden with radishes and bell peppers. "This tent is dear to my ... that stretched from where we stood: this was the no man's land.

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  • PLANTS OF THE BIBLE

    PLANTS OF THE BIBLE The land which God promised to Abraham and his descendants was extremely fertile. Because of its diverse climate, the world of the Bible contained many varieties of plants. Botanists have identified 3,500 species of plant life in Palestine and Syria.

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  • Half of the world's habitable land is used for agriculture ...

     · Half of all habitable land is used for agriculture. 2. This leaves only 37% for forests; 11% as shrubs and grasslands; 1% as freshwater coverage; and the remaining 1% – a much smaller share than many suspect – is builtup urban area which includes cities, .

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  • The Penium margaritaceum Genome: Hallmarks of the Origins of Land Plants

    The evolutionary features and molecular innovations that enabled plants to first colonize land are not well understood. Here, insights are provided through our report of the genome sequence of the unicellular alga Penium margaritaceum, a member of the Zygnematophyceae, the sister lineage to land plants.

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  • Syrian Arab Republic Maps Facts

     · Key Facts. Flag. Syria occupies an area of around 185,180 sq. km in the Arabian Peninsula. In general terms, Syria is a flat desert plateau, dissected by mountains with a narrow coastal plain to the west that fronts the Mediterranean Sea. The coastline of Syria is around 180 km long and features sandy bays, low cliffs, and rocky headlands.

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  • The Land Ethic

    Published in 1949 as the finale to A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold's "Land Ethic" essay is a call for moral responsibility to the natural its core, the idea of a land ethic is simply caring: about people, about land, and about strengthening the relationships between them.

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