Zakri Abdul Hamid

Malaysia eyes green science, technologies for entry into world’s developed country club; Global titans of science and business volunteer to help Malaysia pioneer an environmentally-sustainable path to high income

Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Government of Malaysia /  and Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) May 17, 2011 New York

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Human clones: New U.N. analysis lays out world’s choices

United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan 10-Nov-2007 Report says ban on human reproductive cloning, coupled with restricted therapeutic research, is global compromise

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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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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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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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UNU Report: End Catch-22 for Indigenous People

United Nations University 19 Feb 2004 To decide whether a new product seeking patent protection is novel or based upon traditional knowledge, officials require free

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Money talks: Concern for biodiversity pressed on boardrooms by new breed of fund managers

10 Feb 04 United Nations University A new breed of fund managers looking to pressure businesses to improve social, environmental and ethical performance, a phenomenon

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UN report: Accelerate global agreement to oversee exploitation of South Pole ‘extremophiles’

01 Feb 04 United Nations University Work should be stepped up on international agreements to oversee prospecting efforts in Antarctica by research institutions, universities and

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