<span>Desertification is the cancer of the earth,” Argentine geographer Elena Abraham told IPS. “It is a process of degradation that does not manifest itself in spectacular ways but furtively advances, and by the time it is visible there is nothing to be done, and people have to move away, in search of an alternative.”</span>
Mitosis is important because this is the stages (cell cycle) in a cell where the chromosomes are split into two and have their own nucleus. There are seven stages to this process
1. Interphase
2. Prophase
3.Prometaphase
4.metaphase
5. Anaphase
6. Telophase
7. Cytokinesis
To collect seeds
Globally, biodiversity is diminishing at an unprecedented rate “at the ecosystem, species, and genetic levels,” Chopra explains. ... Further, groups such as Bioversity International and Global Crop Diversity Trust fund seed banks around the world.
