Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight ‘neglected’ diseases of poor: study
McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health 3 Nov 2009 Experts propose ‘Global Health Accellerator’ to help new drugs, diagnostics, vaccines reach […]
World will miss 2010 target to stem biodiversity loss, experts say
DIVERSITAS, Paris 11-Oct-2009 Growing water needs, mismanagement leading to ‘catastrophic decline’ in freshwater biodiversity The world will miss its agreed
What are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 to $1.2 Million per Hectare, per Year: Experts
Diversitas, Paris Economists, assigning values to ‘ecosystem services,’ report staggering totals and rates of return on investment Experts concluding the
Medical ethics experts identify, address key issues in H1N1 pandemic
Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 23 Sep 2009 The anticipated onset of a second wave of the H1N1 influenza pandemic
Set world standards for electronics recycling, reuse to curb e-waste exports to developing countries
United Nations University 15 September 2009 Sold in 2006: 230 million computers, 1 billion cell phones, 45.5 million TVs; many
Health biotech firms with developing country partners better postitioned to innovate, prosper
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 9 Sep 2009 Lower manufacturing, clinical trial, R&D costs of developing country partners equal major
Cool new tools let public contribute to massive interactive online biodiversity encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 23-Aug-2009 Over 30,000 still images and video, as well as local information about
Tuvalu hopes solar project inspires climate talks; nation sets goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2020
e8, Montreal 19 July 2009 Pacific nation of 9 islands seeks to expand first solar system, donated by e8, a
Health research agencies form global alliance to curb humanity’s most fatal diseases
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases London / Washington / Toronto 15-Jun-2009 Six of the world’s foremost health agencies, collectively managing
UNEP report details surprising green energy investment trends worldwide
United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi / Paris 3-Jun-2009 Some $155 billion was invested in 2008 in clean energy companies and
Scientists announce major global collaboration to create online ‘macroscopic observatory’ of Earth’s biodiversity
Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Natural History Museum, London 31-May-2009 Biodiversity information,
Ocean life in olden days: Researchers upend modern notions of ‘natural’ animal sizes, abundance
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 24-May-2009 Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle
Mexican Genome Mapped
National Institute of Genomic Medicine Mexico City 11-May-2009 Landmark Mexican Study Reveals Significant Genetic Variation Between Nation’s Population And World’s
“Designer Wheat” Research Breakthrough Wins Grade 10 Saskatchewan Student, 16, Top Honour in National Biotech Competition
Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre / BioTalent Canada Toronto / Ottawa 6-May-2009 Genetic research by a 16-year-old Saskatchewan student that
DNA barcoding of mosquito species deployed in bid to end elephantiasis
JRS Biodiversity Foundation Philadelphia, USA 29-Apr-2009 First use of DNA barcoding in war against a major world disease New biotechnologies
Indigenous peoples at world summit to share climate change observations, coping techniques
United Nations University Tokyo, Japan 19-Apr-2009 With the first climate change-related relocation of an Inuit village already underway, some 400
Clean energy investment not on track to avoid climate change
New Energy Finance London 4-Mar-2009 Impact of recession and low energy prices may postpone peak of world CO2 emissions by
Census of Marine Life explorers find hundreds of identical species thrive in both Arctic, Antarctic
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 15-Feb-2009 Earth’s unique, forbidding ice oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic have revealed a
Biotech Scientists Team with Curators to Stem Decay of World’s Art, Cultural Heritage
United Nations University Programme for Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC), Caracas, Venezuela 8-Feb-2009 The growing relationship between scientists and curators
Rainforests Regrowing: Impact on Extinction Rates Sparks Debate at Smithsonian
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Washington / Panama 12-Jan-2009 Satellite data and other research reveal that huge tracts of abandoned tropical
Biomarkers in blood could aid diagnosis of crippling, often fatal forms of malaria
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Dec-2008 Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that
Scientists Report Major Steps Towards 1st Census of Marine Life
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 9-Nov-2008 Among report’s revelations: Antarctic ancestry of many octopus species, behemoth bacteria, colossal sea