Hamadé offers a glimpse of his country of Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation in the heart of West Africa with an area of approximately 274,000 square kilometers and an estimated population of 21,510,181. The capital of the country is Ouagadougou. Formerly known as the Republic of Upper Volta, it has a young population, with 79 …
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Charles is a plant genetic resources specialist. He is currently a research scientist at Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), Ghana. He is also a postdoctoral research fellow at the CSIR-College of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana. He holds a bachelor’s of science in agriculture, master’s in Agronomy (Plant …
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Sarah is the research and development officer for Kawanda Agribusiness Consult. She provides input in strategic supervision of field research and innovations, and helps write research and project proposals for grants and organizational funding. She has broad experience in project planning and management, monitoring and evaluation, natural resource economics and evaluation, Environmental impact assessment, land …
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Meet Dr. Patrick Onyebuchi Agwu, Country Coordinator, Nigeria Patrick is a postdoctoral research fellow of The DAAD climapAfrica programme- Climate research in Africa, which is hosted by the Department of Forest Production and Product, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Tree-Ring Laboratory, Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany. “I am working on the topic “Climate sensitivity …
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National Moth Week’s network of country coordinators continues to grow, thanks to the tireless efforts of team member Dr. Vijay Barve with assistance from Sunday Berlioz Kakpo of Benin. They have reached out to scientists and researchers to bring on our newest coordinators in Africa and Southeast Asia. Our network of over 20 country coordinators …
We’re pleased to welcome Vestine Ingabire as the country coordinator forthe African nation of Rwanda. Thank you to team members Vijay Barve and Sunday Kakpo for helping to increase representation on the vast African continent, where climate change is a serious concern affecting wildlife. Vestine offers an introduction to her country, her career as a …
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National Moth Week proudly welcomes SciStarter <https://scistarter.org/>,the globally acclaimed, online citizen science hub, as its newest partnerorganization. SciStarter helps connect millions of citizen scientists around the worldwith thousands of potential projects offered by researchers, organizations,and companies, along with the resources, products, and services that enablecitizens to pursue and enjoy these activities. According to its website, …
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Even though it is “winter” in July in Australia, there is still a lot of insect activity night and day. The numbers of individuals and the species diversity may be reduced but we often find species that are not well known simply because entomologists are not very active during the winter period. We will put …
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My name is Jessica Hernández Jerónimo. I studied biology and I’m in the process of getting my bachelor’s degree at Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Aútonoma de México in Mexico City. I did my thesis about the diversity of butterflies of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila; and it is from there that I had my first …
Information and photos from Dr. David Rentz Thirty five people attended at the Cairns Botanic Gardens but not as many moths as we usually observe because we found out that the area was sprayed mosquitoes in late July. Below are some photos of people, moths and other guests.
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