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Threatened species hit hard by Australia’s bushfires
Environment

Threatened species hit hard by Australia’s bushfires

Australia’s bushfires have burned more than half the known habitat of 100 threatened plants and animals, including 32 critically endangered…
Wildflowers: robust, low-maintenance, pollinator-friendly
Environment

Wildflowers: robust, low-maintenance, pollinator-friendly

Gardeners trying to lure pollinators to their landscape would be wise to mimic nature and plant wildflowers. The attractive perennials…
Cottoning on: Chinese seed sprouts on moon
Science

Cottoning on: Chinese seed sprouts on moon

  A small green shoot is growing on the moon in an out-of-this-world first after a cotton seed germinated on…
Green thumb spruces up Bangladesh one tree at a time
Environment

Green thumb spruces up Bangladesh one tree at a time

Ohid Sarder pries a rusted nail from a tree and drops it into his bucket, another eyesore scrubbed from the…
Egypt’s exports of cut flowers, ornamental plants up to $35mn : Agriculture Union
Egypt

Egypt’s exports of cut flowers, ornamental plants up to $35mn : Agriculture Union

  Head of Agriculture Professions Union Sayed Khalefa said on Sunday that Egypt’s total exports of cut flowers and ornamental…
Photos: Agriculture Ministry launches nationwide initiative to cultivate rooftops
Egypt

Photos: Agriculture Ministry launches nationwide initiative to cultivate rooftops

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation has launched a national initiative to cultivate the roofs of various buildings and…
Foreign Ministry warns against smuggling rare animals, plants to China
Egypt

Foreign Ministry warns against smuggling rare animals, plants to China

The Foreign Ministry has called on Egyptian citizens traveling to China not to take any rare animals or rare plants…
Military buys two marble plants
Business

Military buys two marble plants

Armed forces’ National Service Project Organization purchased two marble plants in the cities of Badr and New Beni Suef, within…
How to grow a rooftop garden and wring pollution’s neck
Environment

How to grow a rooftop garden and wring pollution’s neck

Egypt’s capital spreads cement tentacles over what used to be extremely viable agricultural land, replacing it with rickety brick towers.…
A Greener Egypt: Detox your house with indoor plants
Environment

A Greener Egypt: Detox your house with indoor plants

Many of us are painfully aware of the toxins in Cairo’s air. With exhaust pipes spewing black smoke in our…
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