The Environment Chronicle
Notable environmental events
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Fish of the Year 2008 is the Bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus amarus).
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Water plant of the year 2008 is the Eared watermoss (Salvinia natans).
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Orchid of the Year: Southern Marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)
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Butterfly of the Year: Silver-studded Blue (Plebeius argus).
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Medicinal Plant of the Year 2008 is the Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum).
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Lichen of the Year is the wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina).
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Insect of the Year 2008 is the Zygaena carniolica.
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Flower of the year: Musk thistle or Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans)
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Mollusc of the Year is the Myosotella myosotis, a species of salt marsh snail.
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The European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea) was nominated to the Frog of the Year 2008 by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde e.V. (DGHT). The European Tree Frog is the best known frog species in Central Europe.
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The internationally operating environmental foundation Global Nature Fund (GNF) proclaimed the Mahakam Wetland located in the Indonesian part of Borneo Threatened Lake of the Year 2008. Together with the partner organisation Conservation Foundation for Rare Aquatic Species of Indonesia (RASI) GNF wants to draw the attention to the dramatic increase in deforestation caused by slash-and-burn clearing.
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Fungus of the Year 2008 is the Boletus aereus.
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Fluvial Topography of the Year 2008 and 2009 is the Nette, a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It rises in the Eifel and flows into the Rhine between Weißenthurm and Andernach.
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Spider of the Year 2010 is the Tegenaria atrica.
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Orchid of the Year: Nigritella rhellicani
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Insect of the Year 2007 is the Black-and-Red-bug (Lygaeus equestris).
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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.
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Fish of the Year 2007 is the tench or the doctor fish (Tinca tinca).
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Water plant of the year 2007 is the Spiny Naiad (Najas marina).
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Paramecium is the protozoa of the year 2007.
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Laboratory Animal of the Year 2007 and 2008 is the rat/alcohol experiment.
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Lichen of the Year is the Cetraria islandica.
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Mollusk of the Year is the Isognomostoma isognomostomos a species of land snail.
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Butterfly of the Year 2007 is the Map Butterfly ( Araschnia levana ).
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Fungus of the Year 2007 is the Cordyceps militaris .
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The Landscape of the Year: is the Danube Delta
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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.
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Moss of the Year is the Common Wall Moss (Grimmia pulvinata).
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Perennial Herb of the Year is the Veronica.
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Members of the Phycological Section of the German Botanical Society who conduct research on algae nominate kelp ‘alga of the year’.
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Medicinal Plant of the Year 2007 is the Common hop (Humulus lupulus).
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Poisonous Plant of the Year is the Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).
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Medicinal Herb of the Year: Sweet Violet (Viola odorata)
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Vegetable of the Year 2007 / 2008 is the Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.).
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Tree of the Year 2007 is the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris ).
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Animal of the Year: Moose or Elk (Alces alces)
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Bird of the Year 2007 is the Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
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Flower of the Year: Water avens (Geum rivale)
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Endangered Breed of the Year 2007 is the Murnau-Werdenfels cattle.
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Spider of the Year is the Arctosa cinerea.
