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Quercus macrolepis
Data Request for Gap Analysis of Western Eurasian and North African Oaks
Website Editor | Oct 26, 2026
Julianne Skai Arbor
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Oak decline in Iran
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Over the past two decades, the Zagros forests have been...
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Plant Focus

Quercus afares, Kew, © James MacEwen
Species Spotlight: Quercus afares Pomel
The only oak species endemic to Africa is rare in cultivation. It shouldn't be.
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Climate Change and Conservation

By Charles Snyers ... | November 29, 2015

Tomorrow, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP21 opens in Paris.  A couple of days ago, I came across an essay published by Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom, that I found quite interesting.  The essay "Carbon Capture: Has climate change made it harder for people to care about conservation?"was published a few months ago in The New Yorker.  It can be found online here. 

Franzen refers to Woody Allen’s movie Annie Hall, when young Alvy Singer stopped doing his homework because "the universe is expanding." Likewise, our focus on climate change prevents shorter-term conservation intitiatives, writes Franzen. This essay stirred a lot of controversy.