The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE) said its members have not yet secured agreement with Monsanto on a royalty collection procedure for the company's Intacta soybean event, although the company says it has reached an accord with 430 companies to receive and market the biotech bean. India's Oilseed Planted Area to be Lowest in 12 Years Reports out of India this week indicate the country's area planted to oilseeds (soybeans, peanuts and sunseed) this year likely will fall to only about 15–16 million hectares as a result of the delayed monsoon. That would be the smallest area since 14.4 million hectares in 2002. Last year India planted about 19.8 million hectares of the three oilseeds. The area planted to soybeans...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.