19-Mar-2007 United Nations University Book catalogues unethical research, gene theft in Pacific countries The Pacific region has experienced some of the world’s worst examples of
6-Mar-2007 United Nations University Growing need for elements in high-tech scrap –- often incinerated in poor countries Standardizing recycling processes globally to harvest valuable components
19 July 2006 DIVERSITAS, Paris Robert Watson Warning that Earth is on the verge of “a major biodiversity crisis,” 19 of the field’s most distinguished
26 June 06 Dalhousie University Ocean Tracking Network Ron O'Dor Scientists and resource managers could soon have a highly detailed picture of marine conditions and
May 4, 2006 Census of Marine Life Zooplankton DNA Sequenced at Sea; scientists census tiny species with starring role in food chain, world climate Census
25-Feb-2007 Census of Marine Life Deep-sea species at unusually shallow depths on uncapped seabed (photo (c) Julian Gutt, AWI) Once roofed by ice for millennia,
Rockefeller University / University of Guelph 18-Feb-2007 Scientists complete DNA portrait of US, Canadian bird species, Guyanese bats At unprecedented levels of difficulty involving highly
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 22-Jan-2007 Public health trumps individual human rights, medical ethics experts say Ross Upshur Medical ethics and other experts
14-Dec-2006 United Nations University Joint International Conference Algiers, Dec. 17-19 About 200 experts from 25 countries are convening in Algiers Dec. 17-19 to advise shifts
Census of Marine Life 10-Dec-2006 A host of record-breaking discoveries and revelations that stretch the extreme frontiers of marine knowledge were achieved by the Census
5-Dec-2006 United Nations University Tony Shorrocks The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of global household wealth according to a
13-Nov-2006 University of Helsinki / Rockefeller University, New York ‘Growing stock’ expanding in most forested nations, even with modest prosperity An increasing number of countries
24 Oct 06 United Nations University Some 300,000 combatants under age 18 – some as young as six and 40% of them girls – are
National Forest Congress, Ottawa www.nfc-cfn.ca Sept. 24, 2006 Create National Accounting Systems To Reflect All Values Of Boreal Forests: Economist It’s time to create a
11-Sep-2006 University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics Experts rank top 10 ways of improving health in poor countries from emerging stem cell and related
31 July 2006 Census of Marine Life A startling revelation about the number of different kinds of bacteria in the deep-sea raises fundamental new questions
29 May 06 United Nations Environment Programme / World Bank Without significant gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil within a single human
Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre 17 May 2006 Research by a 16-year-old Ottawa-area student that contributes new insights into the workings of the HIV-AIDS virus
17 Jan 06 United Nations University Asia suffered 220 landslides in the past century – by far the most of any world region – but
22 Dec 05 WorldFish Centre One year after a tsunami devastated South Asian communities, global fisheries experts say habitat restoration, retraining and education programs are
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
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