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- Written by: Matusz Rawlik
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We invite you to listen to Dr. Mateusz Rawlik’s lecture entitled “Post-mining sites: from devastation to natural wealth”.
Open-pit mining of raw materials is associated with extensive changes to the natural environment. Forest reclamation is reduced to the introduction of tree seedlings, but the colonization of these afforestations by forest species is carried out through natural processes. The key feature that determines species richness and the circulation of matter in afforestations created by reclamation is the ability of trees to symbiotically bind atmospheric nitrogen. The vegetation of forests in post-mining areas resembles forestless areas. As time passes, these forests will become more similar to natural forests.
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- Written by: Sonia Paź-Dyderska
- Category: Climate for biodiversity
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We invite you to listen to Ms. Sonia Paź-Dyderska’s, M.Sc., lecture entitled “Citizen science, or how to protect biodiversity on a daily basis.”
Loss of biodiversity is the greatest threat to the proper functioning of life on Earth. Citizen science is a valuable tool for protecting this diversity, involving the collection and analysis of environmental data by citizens who collaborate with scientists on various projects. One of the fastest-growing projects is iNaturalist, where users from around the world share their observations of plants, animals, and fungi.
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- Written by: Paweł Horodecki
- Category: Climate for biodiversity
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We invite you to listen to Dr. Paweł Horodecki’s lecture entitled “Together or separately? How do we write guidelines for industrial site reclamation?”
Should post-industrial sites reclamation be based only on the Scots pine and the silver birch? Definitely not. The fertilization and productivity of habitats on devastated sites proceed much faster under the canopy of mixed stands. Promoting such stands also reduces the cultivation risks associated with the sensitivity of certain species to unfavorable habitat conditions. Pioneer pine and birch should be introduced only there, where other species will not survive.
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- Written by: Mariola Rabska
- Category: Climate for biodiversity
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We invite you to listen to Dr. Mariola Rabska’s lecture entitled “The role of sex in plants in a changing environment.”
Of the various systems of sexual reproduction in plants, hermaphroditism, monoecy and dioecy are the most common. The latter system gives researchers the opportunity to see what consequences result from plants fulfilling the male role versus the female role. The environment, as well as the changing climate, can affect the different sexes in different ways, and species with diverse reproductive systems are affected differently.
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- Written by: Marian J. Giertych
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We invite you to listen to Prof. Marian Giertych’s lecture entitled “Life on an oak tree - a local biodiversity hotspot”.
A hotspot is a place characterized by high biodiversity. Such a name can be given to our oak trees - Quercus. The oak, as a long-lived tree, is a host plant for a whole range of other organisms to which it provides food. It is inhabited by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of species of insects, many mycorrhizal and parasitic fungi, oak mistletoe parasitize on the shoots, and acorns provide food for many species of mammals and birds.
