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- December 2, 2010
Africa Can Feed Itself in a Generation
Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge,MA,USA 2-Dec-2010 Africa can feed itself. And it can make the transition from hungry importer to self-sufficiency in a single generation. The
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- November 2, 2010
Speed installation of system to monitor vital signs of global ocean, scientists urge
Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans Plymouth, UK 1-Oct-2010 ‘It is past time to get serious about measuring what’s happening to the seas around
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- November 2, 2010
Continuing biodiversity loss predicted but could be slowed
Diversitas Paris, France Common approach urged to unify global biodiversity advice. A new analysis of several major global studies of future species shifts and losses
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- October 5, 2010
First Census Shows Life in Planet Ocean is Richer, More Connected, More Altered than Expected
Census of Marine Life Washington DC, USA 4-Oct-2010 Culminating a 10-year exploration, 2,700 scientists from 80 nations report first Census of Marine Life, revealing what,
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- September 29, 2010
Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’
DIVERSITAS, Paris 29 Sep 2009 The world’s rivers are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis to be published Sept. 30
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- September 14, 2010
Global health vs. global wealth: Looming choice for health firms in developing countries
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical firms in developing countries from
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- August 5, 2010
Census of Marine Life publishes historic roll call of species in 25 key world areas
Census of Marine Life Washington, DC 2-Aug-2010 Representing the most comprehensive and authoritative answer yet to one of humanity’s most ancient questions — “what lives
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- July 16, 2010
Reports detail global investment and other trends in green energy
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Division of Technology Industry and Economics Paris 15-Jul-2010 In 2009, for the second year in a row, both the US
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- June 10, 2010
Relaunch of Calypso among year of plans to mark centennial of Jacques Cousteau’s birth
Cousteau Society Paris 8 June 2010 Year-long plans include re-launch of iconic vessel Calypso for education tour; new Cousteau Divers program. Documentary with National Geographic
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- May 10, 2010
Cheaper drugs, vaccines forecast as collaborations grow between developing countries’ biotech firms
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 10 May 2010 ‘South-South’ biotech collaborations boost health, economies: Study The availability of more affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics that
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- May 7, 2010
Explorers Inventory Hard-to-See Sea Life: Tiny but Mighty Microbes, Plankton, Larvae, Burrowers — Keys to Earth’s Food and Respiratory Systems
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 18-Apr-2010 Microbial mat the size of Greece found on oxygen-starved South American seafloor; Scientists puzzle out Neptune’s riotous diversity
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- May 7, 2010
Saskatchewan Science Prodigy, 14, Astonishes Canada’s Scientific Elite with Research on Crop-Killing Disease, Wins National Biotech Competition
Biotalent Canada / Bioscience Education Canada Ottawa / Toronto 27-Apr-2010 Research by a 14-year-old science prodigy from Saskatoon into the molecular fingerprint of a disease
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- April 20, 2010
Finishing the job of polio eradication worldwide is an ethical obligation: Experts
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Apr 20, 2010 55th anniversary of first polio vaccine Failure to pursue eradication of polio worldwide given the capacity and
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- April 14, 2010
Greater access to cell phones than toilets in India: UN
United Nations University 14-Apr-2010 UNU-INWEH report offers 9-point prescription for achieving Millennium Development Goal for sanitation Far more people in India have access to
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- February 22, 2010
Urgent need to prepare developing countries for surge in e-wastes: UN
22-Feb-2010 United Nations University, Tokyo / United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Rocketing sales of cell phones, gadgets, appliances forecast in China, India, elsewhere Sales of electronic
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- February 6, 2010
Water experts of 26 UN agencies meet in Canada, plan coordinated response to looming crisis
United Nations University 1-Feb-2010More than two dozen leading United Nations water experts will convene in Hamilton, Canada Feb. 2-4 to plan fresh strategy for a
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- January 26, 2010
Sales of green energy to help halt decay of Philippines’ legendary rice terraces
e8 Montreal 21-Jan-2010 2,000-year-old ‘stairway to heaven,’ a threatened World Heritage Site, to benefit from proceeds of $1 million, e8-donated mini-hydro project Philippines officials today
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- January 26, 2010
China a rising star in regenerative medicine despite world skepticism of stem cell therapies
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University Health Network / University of Toronto 8-Jan-2010 Chinese researchers have become the world’s fifth most prolific contributors to peer-reviewed
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- January 2, 2010
Student sleuths exploring with DNA barcodes reveal zoo of 95 species in typical NYC homes – find a mystery cockroach and new evidence of food fraud
Rockefeller University New York City 28-Dec-2009 Two New York City high school students exploring their homes using the latest high-tech DNA analysis techniques were astonished
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- December 19, 2009
Indigenous delegates to UN talks in Copenhagen debut video evidence, accounts of climate change
Christensen Fund, Palo Alto, California 3-Dec-09 A delegation of more than 20 indigenous teens, women, elders and shamen heading to historic Copenhagen climate talks today offered
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- November 30, 2009
Traditional indigenous fire management techniques deployed against climate change
29-Nov-2009 United Nations University Tokyo / Darwin Carbon credits bring millions for new jobs in indigenous communities; Australian project a model of opportunity, especially for
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- November 29, 2009
Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss
22-Nov-2009 Census of Marine Life Washington DC Deep sea teeming with species that have never known sunlight Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an