The Environment Chronicle

Notable environmental events between 2007 and 2007 Deselect

  1. On the occasion of the World Soil Day 2006 the Soil of the Year 2007 has been proclaimed. The curatorship “Soil of the Year” chose the Podsol/Podzol.

  2. Moss of the Year is the Common Wall Moss (Grimmia pulvinata).

  3. Members of the Phycological Section of the German Botanical Society who conduct research on algae nominate kelp ‘alga of the year’.

  4. Medicinal Plant of the Year 2007 is the Common hop (Humulus lupulus).

  5. Poisonous Plant of the Year is the Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).

  6. Tree of the Year 2007 is the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris ).

  7. Bird of the Year 2007 is the Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).

  8. Endangered Breed of the Year 2007 is the Murnau-Werdenfels cattle.

  9. Insect of the Year 2007 is the Black-and-Red-bug (Lygaeus equestris).

  10. The Common Spadefoot (Pelobates fuscus) was nominated to the Toad of the Year by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde e.V. (DGHT). Because of their hidden way of living this species is not very well known to the public.

  11. Fish of the Year 2007 is the tench or the doctor fish (Tinca tinca).

  12. Water plant of the year 2007 is the Spiny Naiad (Najas marina).

  13. Mollusk of the Year is the Isognomostoma isognomostomos a species of land snail.

  14. Butterfly of the Year 2007 is the Map Butterfly ( Araschnia levana ).