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‘Fish with chips’ reporting from ocean among highlights at Census of Marine Life mid-point

14 Dec 05 Census of Marine Life A physconect siphonophore, Marrus sp., photographed during NOAA’s Arctic “Hidden Ocean” expedition in support of the Census of

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Ethics in a pandemic

27 Nov 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Coping effectively with a predicted influenza pandemic that threatens to affect the health of millions

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Ranks of ‘environmental refugees’ swell, calls grow for better definition, recognition, support

11 Nov 05 United Nations University Amid predictions that by 2010 the world will need to cope with as many as 50 million people escaping

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Prepare public for bird flu, experts urge governments

Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 27 Nov 2005 Ethicists offer guide to decision-making in predicted flu pandemic; quarantine, duty to care, resource allocations among key

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Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history

23 Oct 05 Census of Marine Life Seafood prices collected from U.S. restaurant menus dating to the 1850s will help plot the shifting harvest of

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Valuing biodiversity services, including its insurance against disease

25 Oct 05 DIVERSITAS, Paris By diluting the pool of virus targets and hosts, biodiversity reduces their impact on humans and provides a form of

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Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders

21 Aug 05 WorldFish Centre Calling fisheries critical for nourishing the poor and for helping Africa cope with the health, economic and social devastation of

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Census of Marine Life explorers surprised by diversity, density of Arctic creatures

29 Jul 05 Census of Marine Life A historic expedition of Census of Marine Life explorers to the planet’s most northern reaches has revealed a

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Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics

26 Jun 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics The biggest issue in medical ethics today is the growing occurrence of conflict between health

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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades

16 Jun 05 United Nations University Growing desertification worldwide threatens to swell by millions the number of poor forced to seek new homes and livelihoods.

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Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU

08 Jun 05United Nations UniversityVast genetic resources – “blue gold” on the international deep seafloor – need protection from unfettered commercial exploitation, warns a new

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Bridging the digital divide by making computers for kids as common as pencils

15 May 05 United Nations University A global education system in which a fully portable personal computer is as common as a pencil or textbook

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Discovery about genetics of sex workers with apparent HIV-AIDS immunity wins Canada’s top student biotech prize for Grade 12 Manitoba Scientist

Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre, Toronto 12 May, 2005 Top winners: Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Cape Breton, Ottawa, St. John’s Teen Scientist from Winnipeg to Compete

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United Nations University calls for world help to repair Iraqi higher education system

01 May 05 United Nations University Since the start of the war of 2003 some 84% of Iraq’s higher education institutions have been burnt, looted

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Nanotechnology’s miniature answers to developing world’s biggest problems

11 Apr 05 University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics In a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: New Report Warns Ecosystem Changes Will Continue to Worsen, Hampering Global Development Goals

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment / United Nations University March 30, 2005 A landmark study released today reveals that approximately 60 percent (15 out of 24) of

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South America’s vast Pantanal wetland may become next Everglades, UNU experts warn

21 Mar 05 United Nations University South America’s giant Pantanal wetlands, one of the world’s most bio-diverse ecosystems, is at growing risk from intensive peripheral

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First ever estimate of cod fishery in 1850s reveals 96% decline on Scotian Shelf

1-Mar-2005 Census of Marine Life Once a dominant species, the volume of cod on the Scotian Shelf has plunged 96% since the 1850s, according to

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The hidden vulnerability of mega-cities to natural disasters: underground spaces

14 Jan 05 United Nations University The rapid and extensive underground expansion of mega-cities – for subways, malls, parking and public utilities – takes place

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Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN

Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 6 January, 2005 Report urges end to monopoly of economists as development policy advisors Science and technology is so critically

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Cuba, South Africa, India, China, Brazil Among Developing Countries with Recipe for Thriving Health Biotechnology Industries, Saving Lives, Researchers Say in Three-Year, First-Ever Study

Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 6 December, 2004 Cuba, South Korea, and India make and export their own biotech vaccines, Egypt manufactures recombinant

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Census of Marine Life – Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records

23 Nov 04 Census of Marine Life Even in Europe and the best studied seas, the rapid ongoing discovery of new marine species shows no

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