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Ok gonna live tweet Zac's #DownToEarthWithZacEfron Ep. 5 on @netflix over lunch now netflix.com/title/80230601 
Bunch of introductory stuff about apples, which misses out on the whole bear story, which is a pity agro.biodiver.se/2016/05/the-ad…
Ok we're in Peru now, but no, my dude, Peru is not home to 70% of the Earth's species. That's the 10 megadiverse countries TOGETHER. Cool shots of Lima, though, one of most interesting cities in the world.
Thought I'd tweet about a cool feature of @GenesysPGR, the online portal to #genebank accessions. 1/n
The use case I'll consider today is: I have an accession I like. Show me all other accessions which come from a similar climate. 2/n
Here's what you do. When you have selected the accession you like, go to Map, and look for this on the left. Click on Show Climate...
How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth? lithub.com/how-do-we-pres…
Let me count the ways...
Community seed banks
45 scientists & policy wonks are meeting this week in Addis Ababa to make sure their agricultural research/development programs are run in compliance with national/international ABS laws and regulations. The meeting is coordinated by @CGIAR Genebank Platform and @ILRI. 1/n
@CGIAR @ILRI ABS=access to biodiversity and sharing of benefits arising from its use. That means the @UNBiodiversity Nagoya Protocol, the @planttreaty and relevant national regulations. 2/n
@CGIAR @ILRI @UNBiodiversity @planttreaty There's a bunch of research leaders and #genebank managers at the meeting. I'll add pix and other snippets to this thread as I get them from my "mole" at the meeting, who is apparently social media challenged. 3/n
Time for a thread I think. You may have seen the @hbriggs piece on @BBCWorld @BBCBreaking about the rice #genebank bbc.com/news/science-e…
Or the tweets from @CropTrust
Or @irri
