Plant taxonomy
‘Plant library’ in Istanbul hosts some 37,000 species
Dubbed as the "Plant Library of Turkey," the Forestry Faculty of Istanbul University, located in Istanbul's Sarıyer district, hosts some 37,000 plant species found in the country's rich flora.
"There are plant samples here in the 'plant library' that have been collected since the 1950s," Ünal Akkemik, an academic from the university, told Demirören News Agency on April 20.
Greek police seize over 200 kilos of cannabis
Police on Monday announced three separate drug busts from traffic stops in northern Greece that led to the confiscation of more than 200 kilograms of cannabis.
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Project to map Greece’s seagrass meadows gets go-ahead
The first ever attempt to map Greeces seagrass meadows has been given the go-ahead after Agricultural Development Minister Giorgos Karasmanis signed a decision to launch an invitation for bids for the 850,000-euro project.
The charting of the Posidonia oceanica, which is commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, is to be carried out by the end of 2015.