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Yeah…. well I lied…
Sorry, I have not been able to update with the new projects – they are finished, just not launched. As soon as the powers that be throws them out there, I will be able to put them up here. They should be coming out very soon, so keep an eye out. Below is a sample of one of the cooler ones.
Groupon Central
Groupon Central is an internal tool for all the US employees to easily send out messages to the right person. This app is PHP and a lot of AJAX, that will guide them to the right place. Set up with Google Authentication, I get their personal information when they go to the site, allowing me to personalize the site for them in their job role.
More to come on this soon.
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FOND DU LAC, Wis. - The Wisconsin State Senate adjourned its Jan. 22 session by honoring Mercury Marine for celebrating 75 years in business. The company, with world headquarters in Fond du Lac, Wis., was founded on Jan. 22, 1939, in Cedarburg, Wis., and is celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout the year.
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Several Apple Music users reported missing music in their collections on Wednesday after Apple conducted a surprise deletion of unrecognised files from customer libraries.
The issue went viral after a user under the name of JamesPinkstone published a blog post about their experience with Apple after the problems came to light:
"The software is functioning as intended," said Amber.
"Wait," I asked, "so it's supposed to delete my personal files from my internal hard drive without asking my permission?"
"Yes," she replied.
When I signed up for Apple Music, iTunes evaluated my massive collection of Mp3s and WAV files, scanned Apple's database for what it considered matches, then removed the original files from my internal hard drive. REMOVED them. Deleted. If Apple Music saw a file it didn't recognize—which came up often, since I'm a freelance composer and have many music files that I created myself—it would then download it to Apple's database, delete it from my hard drive, and serve it back to me when I wanted to listen, just like it would with my other music files it had deleted.
The blog post prompted other victims of Apple's automated technology to come out too, prompting a storm of angry consumers on the internet.
"This happened to me too! Different versions & studio tracks replaced by live versions," proclaimed one user.
"Happened to me. Was super frustrating & made me feel crazy," wrote another.
Observers on social media were quick to react to the scenario, with Apple Music customers panicking that the same might happen to them.
"Jeez @AppleMusic. What's next? Will the ghost of Steve Jobs turn up in the night and smash all my CDs and records?" tweeted one user.
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Of all, allow us to think regarding just what makes a mattress so pricey to begin with. I think this is a little bit odd to lots of people, myself included. Exactly what are we speaking about right here: a great deal of steel springs confined in some foam, product, and various other items that would certainly or else be fairly inexpensive. Not long back, every one of these components were assembled manually in the U.S.A. Cushion manufacturing simply cannot be automated, that made offering an affordable cushion laid out of the inquiry. Quick ahead a number of years, when manufacturing has actually relocated overseas and also progressed technology has actually allowed these items to be assembled with a lot less human get in touch with, and also it's difficult to understand why prices have actually gone no area nonetheless up.
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We all know that exercise is good for us. But have you ever wondered how far the benefits go? And did you know that staying active is extra important for stroke survivors too? Indeed, exercise after stroke is imperative for a healthy recovery. Here's what you need to know:
Why We Love Exercise
That's right, we used the L-word. We love exercise because it can help lower your blood pressure, improve sleep, and reduce your risk of falling. Mentally, it can also help reduce depression, improve self-worth, and promote independence. Benefits like these are what every stroke survivor needs! So even if you feel like you can't exercise, there are ways for everyone to fit a little fitness into their day.
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After a brain injury, it's easy to lose motivation to exercise. But if we stay sedentary for too long, all sorts of health issues start to erupt. Here's how to stay active no matter what your limitations are – just consult with your physician first to make sure that it's safe for you.
Exercise with Severe Limitations
While exercise with severe limitations might seem like a wild idea, it's actually highly encouraged. For starters, severe limitation includes paralyzation or severe weakness on one side of the body (also known as hemiparesis). This type of impairment can lead to significant amounts of time spent in bed, so try sneaking a little activity into your day by performing exercises lying down or upright in a chair. Some examples include neck stretches, knee lifts, or any type of assisted movements. Little by little, try to target the joints and muscles that you aren't using to avoid developing stiffness.
Exercise with Moderate Limitations
Moderate limitations include significant weakness in one limb. If movement in one leg is impaired, try to exercise using a stationary bike and see if you can strap both feet to the petals. If your legs are fine but your arm needs help, then you can enjoy the freedom of walking and dancing, which are both excellent forms of exercise. We mean it, dance movement therapy really does help.
Exercise with Mild Limitations
When you can move all four limbs despite weakness in one or two of them (i.e. mild limitations), then you have even more options. You can try activities like swimming, walking, or even using a stair stepper. As long as you get moving, that's all that matters.
Exercise with No Functional Limitations
With no functional limitations, the world is your oyster. Try experimenting with different hobbies and sports until you find something you love. Then you won't even have to motivate yourself to do it – the passion will already be there!
When to Stop Exercising
We know, we know, we just told you to start exercising and now we're telling you to stop? Well, not quite. All we ask is that you practice intuitive exercising. If you ever feel dizzy, have trouble breathing, or experience any pain – especially chest pain – that's your body's way of telling you to stop. And when your body tells you it wants to stop, listen to it.
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Author: mattf Date: Wed Dec 5 08:25:24 2012 New Revision: 1417308 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1417308&view=rev Log: preparing for release 1.1.2 Modified: hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/CHANGES.txt hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/build.xml hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/src/docs/releasenotes.html Modified: hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/CHANGES.txt URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/CHANGES.txt?rev=1417308&r1=1417307&r2=1417308&view=diff ============================================================================== --- hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/CHANGES.txt (original) +++ hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/CHANGES.txt Wed Dec 5 08:25:24 2012 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Hadoop Change Log -Release 1.1.2 - Unreleased +Release 1.1.2 - 2012.12.05 INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES Modified: hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/build.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/build.xml?rev=1417308&r1=1417307&r2=1417308&view=diff ============================================================================== --- hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/build.xml (original) +++ hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/build.xml Wed Dec 5 08:25:24 2012 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ <property name="Name" value="Hadoop"/> <property name="name" value="hadoop"/> - <property name="version" value="1.1.2-SNAPSHOT"/> + <property name="version" value="1.1.3-SNAPSHOT"/> <property name="final.name" value="${name}-${version}"/> <property name="test.final.name" value="${name}-test-${version}"/> <property name="year" value="2009"/> Modified: hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/src/docs/releasenotes.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/src/docs/releasenotes.html?rev=1417308&r1=1417307&r2=1417308&view=diff ============================================================================== --- hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/src/docs/releasenotes.html (original) +++ hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/src/docs/releasenotes.html Wed Dec 5 08:25:24 2012 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@   <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> -<title>Hadoop 1.1.1 Release Notes</title> +<title>Hadoop 1.1.2 Release Notes</title>    -
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 These release notes include new developer and user-facing incompatibilities, features, and major improvements.  +
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 HADOOP-8567. + Major new feature reported by djp and fixed by jingzhao (conf)
 + Port conf servlet to dump running configuration to branch 1.x
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 Users can use the conf servlet to get the server-side configuration. Users can
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 + +1) connect to http_server_url/conf or http_server_url/conf?format=xml and get XML-based configuration description;
 + +2) connect to http_server_url/conf?format=json and get JSON-based configuration description. +

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 HADOOP-9115. + Blocker bug reported by arpitgupta and fixed by jingzhao
 + Deadlock in configuration when writing configuration to hdfs
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 This fixes a bug where Hive could trigger a deadlock condition in the Hadoop configuration management code. + + +

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 MAPREDUCE-4478. + Major bug reported by liangly and fixed by liangly
 + TaskTracker's heartbeat is out of control
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 Fixed a bug in TaskTracker's heartbeat to keep it under control. + + +

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Other Jiras (describe bug fixes and minor changes)
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 HADOOP-8880. + Major bug reported by gkesavan and fixed by gkesavan
 + Missing jersey jars as dependency in the pom causes hive tests to fail
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ivy.xml has the dependency included where as the same dependency is not updated in the pom template.

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 HADOOP-9111. + Minor improvement reported by jingzhao and fixed by jingzhao (test)
 + Fix failed testcases with @ignore annotation In branch-1
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Currently in branch-1, several failed testcases have @ignore annotation which does not take effect because these testcases are still using JUnit3. This jira plans to change these testcases to JUnit4 to let @ignore work.

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 HDFS-3727. + Major bug reported by atm and fixed by atm (namenode)
 + When using SPNEGO, NN should not try to log in using KSSL principal
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When performing a checkpoint with security enabled, the NN will attempt to relogin from its keytab before making an HTTP request back to the 2NN to fetch the newly-merged image. However, it always attempts to log in using the KSSL principal, even if SPNEGO is configured to be used.

This issue was discovered by Stephen Chu.

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 HDFS-4208. + Critical bug reported by brandonli and fixed by brandonli (namenode)
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In one test case, NameNode allocated a block and then was killed before the client got the addBlock response. After NameNode restarted, it couldn't get out of SafeMode waiting for the block which was never created. In trunk, NameNode can get out of SafeMode since it only counts complete blocks. However branch-1 doesn't have the clear notion of under-constructioned-block in Namenode.

JIRA HDFS-4212 is to track the never-created-block issue and this JIRA is to fix NameNode in branch-1 so it c...

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 HDFS-4252. + Major improvement reported by sureshms and fixed by jingzhao (namenode)
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Namenode prints a log with an exception to indicate successful completion of reading of logs. This causes misunderstanding where people have interpreted it as failure to load editlog. The log message could be better.

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 MAPREDUCE-2374. + Major bug reported by tlipcon and fixed by adi2
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Some very small percentage of tasks fail with a "Text file busy" error.

The following was the original diagnosis:
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Our use of PrintWriter in TaskController.writeCommand is unsafe, since that class swallows all IO exceptions. We're not currently checking for errors, which I'm seeing result in occasional task failures with the message "Text file busy" - assumedly because the close() call is failing silently for some reason.
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UT Failure in IHC 1.0.3: org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TestJobHistoryServer. This UT fails sometimes.

The error message is:
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 Caused an ERROR
Address already in use
java.lang.AssertionError: Address already in use
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An Iranian woman sits in her country's capital, wondering why her Canadian family abandoned her there.
Both are former employees of Canadian embassies —in Damascus and Tehran — closed in 2012 in the midst of social and political upheaval.
But documents obtained by The Canadian Press under access-to-information legislation show a stark contrast between the way Canada treated its former employees in Syria and those in Iran.
In Syria, a civil war prompted Canada to pull up stakes, while in Iran, a decision by Canada to cut off diplomatic ties with the government was behind the move.
In Syria, layoffs of local staff began in January 2012 and ended with the full closure of the embassy in March of that year.
A week after, then-ambassador Glenn Davidson wrote a memo on how it was handled, offering advice for future such closures.
For locally-engaged staff, workplaces are not just jobs and sources of income, they're also sources of pride, he wrote.
"Our bottom line was: look after your staff as you would wish to be looked after yourself," he said.
Each employee met individually with their manager, got a photo, a certificate of appreciation and even offers of counselling. Severance was paid immediately and arrangements were made for pensions and benefits.
"It broke my heart (that the embassy closed)," said Basila, a former employee,who asked that her real name be withheld to protect her family in Syria.
"But it wasn't surprising the way they treated us — Canadians know how to treat people."
The memo may not have reached Tehran.
The documents suggest planning to close the embassy was underway in April 2012. Locals were kept in the dark to protect them and the Canadians working there, lest the Iranian government find out ahead of time, the documents say.
"The closure of the embassy of Canada in Tehran, and the way in which the decision to close the mission was implemented was the result of a truly unique set of circumstances, " said an e-mail about the Iranians sent to senior Canadian diplomats around the globe.
It took two and a half years for The Canadian Press to obtain some 700 pages of records related to the closure of both embassies and they are heavily redacted.
Iranian locals knew they weren't fully trusted — that was part of the stress of working for a foreign government, especially one Iran didn't like, said Afsaneh, a long-time embassy employee who asked that her real name not be used to prevent any repercussions from the government in Tehran.
But there had been a warm relationship with their bosses and it turned cold that spring, she said.
"Something was wrong but we couldn't figure it out," she said in an interview.
As part of the plans for closing the embassy, the documents suggest the embassy was developing a strategy for handling the layoffs, including a scheduled set of calls, but the details are censored.
Canada announced on Sept. 7, 2012, it was listing Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism and ending diplomatic relations, with Canadians already out of the country.
Afsaneh found out about it from a friend watching the news on the BBC.
With the embassy doors locked, personal belongings of many local staff — who considered the embassy the safest place to store items like passports, diplomas and cash — remained inside for over two months.
And they waited as long for their severance pay and benefits.
A group of staff wrote an angry letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other senior officials in October that year, the first of several attempts at recouping their money and belongings.
The toxic relationship between Tehran and Ottawa was putting their lives and families at risk, they wrote, saying none would be able to find work.
"None of us expected such an approach from a government espousing and advocating human rights and Canadian values regarding its own employees," the letter said.
A month later a frustrated former employee wrote to two senior foreign affairs officials, Daniel Makysmiuk and Dennis Horak.
"Mr. Denial," the letter began, "excuse me, how long should I wait to get my right from the embassy?"
Later in November, through the Italian embassy, paycheques were delivered with a letter of thanks.
"Our gratitude is reinforced by the knowledge that strains in Canada's relations with Iran made your employment at the Embassy of Canada more challenging than normal, and thus your loyalty is doubly appreciated," then deputy foreign affairs minister Morris Rosenberg wrote.
The Foreign Affairs department declined a request for an interview and did not directly respond to specific questions about how Iranian staff were treated.
Documents suggest concerns were raised internally, but the elements which remain uncensored are mostly connected to pay and benefits.
It was a chilling contrast to what happened in 1979, Afsaneh said.
During the Iranian revolution, Canadian embassy staff were evacuated en masse and the crew that remained were later made famous for protecting American diplomats during the Iranian hostage crisis.
Locals were also offered help getting out of the country, Afsaneh said. But this time, nothing.
She and her husband had tried to leave earlier. About seven months before the embassy closed, they were told their application to immigrate to Canada was being returned as part of the Conservative government's move to erase a backlog of old files that spring.
So they remain in Iran, still hurt about how they were treated.
"We never expected them to tell us about their plan but wished our employer cared about us as they did in 1979," she said.
Meanwhile, staff in Damascus were offered positions in other embassies, reference letters and remained in seemingly-close contact with Canadian officials.
"I follow the news from Syria with great sadness, and worry about all of you, " former ambassador Davidson wrote in an e-mail reply to one in May 2012.
"I hope peace will return, but there is not much cause for optimism just now."
Basila had hoped for peace too, but eventually fled the country. She and her family travelled to Jordan, living in a refugee camp until they received word a church in Toronto was willing to sponsor them as refugees.
She is insistent her former work for Canada had nothing to do with her selection and is aware the Canadian government is under fire for its seemingly-slow response to the Syrian refugee crisis.
She has a different perspective.
"I've seen both sides of the file now," she said, comparing her time in the Canadian embassy and her time in the refugee camps.
"The government is doing the very best it can in very bad circumstances."


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This note sets out the regulatory framework at UK airports, including recent reforms in the Civil Aviation Act 2012, and explains the role of the regulator, the CAA.
The 2012 Act introduced a new regulatory regime at the UK's major airports (in the event only Heathrow and Gatwick), based on assessment of market power and focused on the interests of passengers and airports' customers (airlines etc.). These changes were the culmination of several years of consultation by both the previous Labour and present Coalition governments.
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Platanus orientalis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Platanus orientalis L.
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|The International Plant Names Index. 2012. IPNI. Available at: http://www.ipni.org/. (Accessed: 17 June).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Data Deficient ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Barstow, M. & Rivers, M.C.
|Oldfield, S.
|Bazos, I., Matevski, V., Montagnani, C., Petrova, A., Shuka, L. & Troìa, A.
|Rivers, M.C.
Platanus orientalis is a widespread tree occurring in southeastern Europe and across the Middle East and west Asia. The species is currently in decline within Europe due to habitat loss and loss of trees to fungal infection by Ceratocystis platani; in this region the species is considered Vulnerable. The species is also considered threatened within some countries and within Israel and Jordan the species is restricted geographically. The species is classed here as Data Deficient as we do not have sufficient population and threat data for the population across its entire range. This data should be collected to correctly classify the risk to species and ensure effective conservation action is put in place.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Platanus orientalis is native to southeastern Europe and Asia. In Europe it is found in, Italy, Greece and some Balkan states. Outside of Europe, this species is found in the Caucasus, the middle East and India (GRIN 2017, Danin et al. 2017, Abdulla 2017). Some parts of the species native distribution are uncertain due to the wide cultivation of this species for example in India and particularly in Italy where some botanists only consider the species native in Sicily and Calabria.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Georgia; Greece (East Aegean Is., Greece (mainland), Kriti); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Israel; Italy (Italy (mainland), Sicilia); Jordan; Lebanon; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Syrian Arab Republic; Tajikistan; Turkey (Turkey-in-Asia, Turkey-in-Europe)
Introduced:Croatia; Montenegro
Present - origin uncertain:India
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|Range Map:
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|Platanus orientalis is a widespread species and its population is assumed to be large. The species is considered common in the Southern Balkan Peninsula but within a few countries the species can occur in small populations. In Bulgaria, the species is found in just three regions over four river basins separated by mountains and its population is considered to be declining (Grueva and Zhelev 2011). The species is also considered declining in Greece (I. Bazos pers. comm. 2016) and Albania (L. Shuka pers. comm. 2016) due to a fungal disease. While in Italy the population is thought to be stable but the habitat is considered vulnerable. Overall in Europe there is suspected ongoing and future reduction in population of 30% over the next 100 years due to the current observed loss of species to fungal infection. There are also historical declines in the species (Bazos et al. 2016).
In Asia population data for the species is scarce. In Jordan, the species is confined to three regions in the north of the country (RBG Jordan 2017) and it is restricted similarly in Israel (Danin et al. 2017). FAO noted the occurrence of the species in Iraq in 1952, however this occurrence has not been confirmed in recent literature (FAO 1952).
The population trend for this species is decreasing based on decline shown in Europe. The population trend for the species across its entire range is not known.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Platanus orientalis is a tree up to 25 m tall (Abdulla 2017). It is long lived, fast growing and large. The species grows along rivers and in valleys on a variety of soils (EUFROGEN). The species has been reported to be frost sensitive (Grueva and Zhelev 2011). Platanus orientalis is able to grow in mixed forests (FAO 1986). The preferred habitat of the species is widely in decline across the species range and is experiencing reductions in both extent and quality.
|Use and Trade:
|Platanus orientalis' most common use is as an ornamental plant which has led to its cultivation across temperate regions (EUROFOGEN 2017). The species is also used for its timber to produce furniture, barrels, crates, cabinets, panelling and gun carriages (Abdulla 2017, RBG Kew 2017). Its wood is also used for pulp and paper production and in Iran specifically the tree bark is used in traditional medicine (Abdulla 2017). The species has the potential to be used to improve urban environment as it is tolerant to air pollution and other urban stresses (EUROFOGEN 2017).
|Major Threat(s):
|Platanus orientalis is threatened by habitat loss across its range. In Bulgaria, the species is at risk due to the development of flood defences along rivers and the clearing and cleaning of river banks (Grueva and Zhelev 2011). In Jordan there is loss due to logging and urban development (RBG Jordan 2017). In Israel, over 81% of the species natural habitat is estimated to have disappeared (National Red List Israel 2003). In Macedonia, the construction of motorways threatens the species. Overall across Europe, the expansion of agriculture and the redirection of water courses is restricting species habitat (Bazos et al. 2016). The species is also at risk of decline due to infection by the fungus Ceratocystis platani which causes mortality of the tree. The disease is prevalent in Albania and Greece and has also been reported in FYR Macedonia and Italy (Bazos et al. 2016). Although there is not recorded evidence of these threats across the species Asian range the species is still likely to be threatened by them here.
|Conservation Actions:
The species is recorded in 100 ex situ collections from across the species range (BGCI 2017) and four seed collections are held within The Millennium Seed Bank (RBG Kew 2017). The species has been assessed at the country level as follows:
It is recommended that threats within the Middle East and Asia are further investigated and the population surveyed. The fungal threat and habitat loss within Europe and its impact on population should be properly monitored and investigated.
|Barstow, M. & Rivers, M.C. 2017. Platanus orientalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T33951A68135880. . Downloaded on 14 August 2018.
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