カテゴリー: Plants
Prof Yasuyuki Aono’s meticulous work charted shifting bloom dates as a marker of climate changeEven in his final months, he counted the days until the cherry blossoms. Prof Yasuyuki Aono of Osaka Metropolitan University spent his career gathering data …
Visitors staying at ‘healing retreats’ bring vital income to the diverse cultures of the region, writes Enrico Malatesta, while Emily Webster says there is no need to leave the UK to find shamanic healing. Plus, a letter by John LowrieYour article (‘Ay…
The formidable Indian environmentalist discusses her 50-year struggle to protect seeds and farmers from the ‘poison cartel’ of corporate agricultureYou don’t have to look very far to find the essence of life, says Vandana Shiva. But in a society caught…
Shaji NM has devoted his life to collecting and farming tubers such as yam, cassava and taro, and promoting them across the countryKnown as “the tuber man of Kerala”, Shaji NM has travelled throughout India over the past two decades, sometimes inspecti…
Peak bloom reached on 26 March in Kyoto and experts say impact of global warming is to blameJapan’s famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any time since formal records began nearly 70 years ago,…
Tree-viewing parties are banned as many coronavirus restrictions remainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan will emerge from 10 weeks of coronavirus restrictions on Sunday, just in time for the peak of the annual cherry blo…
Gardening craze has reportedly led to endangered species being dug up from mountains and forests Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOfficials in the Philippines say the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling a new problem in the coun…