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Agriculture's impact on malaria
Raising agricultural productivity is a priority in much of sub-Saharan Africa, where some 70% of people live in rural areas and rely on farming. But 90% of the estimated 660,000 global deaths caused by malaria in 2010 were also in Africa, and agricultural development can play a role in its transmission.
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Biodiversity tax on industries surprising: Confederation of Indian Industry
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said on Tuesday that Madhya Pradesh government did not consult it before levying the 2 % biodiversity tax on industries of the state.
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Pesticides Spark Broad Biodiversity Loss
Agricultural pesticides have been linked to widespread invertebrate biodiversity loss in two new research papers.
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Should zoos educate the public about climate change?
Zoos are usually thought of as entertainment destinations. As a place to take the kids on a nice afternoon, they are sometimes perceived to lack the educational heft of an art museum or a theatre.
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EU votes on crucial cap on biofuels made from food crops
Campaigners fear lobbying by industry and farmers' unions will weaken plans to limit role of food crops in biofuels production
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The scam of growth
I am working with the government of Bhutan to help the country become the world's first wholly organic country. I am also working to redefine the economic paradigm to focus on the happiness (gross national happiness) and well being of its people and the health of its environment, instead of narrowly defined growth as gross domestic product.
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Is the future of clean energy a pond of algae in every backyard?
The green credentials of biofuel crops have been sullied in recent years. Rienk van Grondelle believes the answer to the world's clean energy needs will be super-efficient algae
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Iceland resumes fin whale hunting after two-year break
Undercover pictures taken by Greenpeace show a harpooned whale being cut up for meat likely to be exported to Japan
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'Hoff' yeti crab hitched ride on ocean super-highway
A hairy crab named after David Hasselhoff hitched a ride on an ocean "super-highway" to cross from the Pacific to the Atlantic millions of years ago.
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Bringing Home the Bacon the Green Way
The world can satisfy its growing appetite for meat and animal-based products without upsetting livelihoods, especially of developing country farmers, or worsening climate change.
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Scrap biotech regulatory bill, says farmers' body
Rythu Swarajya Vedika, an umbrella organisation of farmers, NGOs and intellectuals working on farm-related issues, has debunked the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill 2013, demanding that it be scrapped in its present form.
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Biodiversity Index of Hyderabad improves
Hyderabad city improved its points in City Biodiversity Index (CBI) from 39 points in October 2012 to 59 points this month.
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Adapting to - not just fighting - climate change is taking the heat out of global warming talk
WASHINGTON - Efforts to curb global warming have quietly shifted as greenhouse gases inexorably rise.
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Biodiversity report fails climate change test: ACF
The final report of a cross-party inquiry into Australia's biodiversity and climate change produced only "weak and ineffective" recommendations and was a missed opportunity to act, the Australian Conservation Foundation said.
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Cuba Wakes Up to Costs of Climate Change Effects
HAVANA, Jun 17 2013 (IPS) - "How much is a species worth? What is the price tag on the services provided by a river or a forest?" These are the questions biologist María Elena Perdomo is asking to encourage Cubans to take account of environmental costs, which may apparently be incorporated in the present economic reforms.
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United Nations urges global efforts to respond to drought
NEW YORK, June 17 (UPI) -- United Nations officials say global action is needed to improve responses to the threat of drought around the world.
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Diamond Mining Could Push Angola's Antelope to Extinction
DUBAI, Jun 18 2013 (IPS) - Environmental campaigners are urging the Angolan government to halt plans to mine diamonds inside a national reserve that is home to the world's last wild population of a rare antelope, the Giant Sable.
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Liberia: Internal Affairs Minister Proposes "Green Tourism" - to Protect Liberia's Rainforest
Highlighting global warming and climate change as real challenges and threats resulting from undue human and industrial misuse and abuse of the ever diminishing forest resource, Minister of Internal Affairs Morris Dukuly has proposed a national program to protect the forests of Liberia.
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Rwanda Mountain Gorillas - We Name Them Because They Are Important
While gorillas are on the brink of being extinct in other African countries, Rwanda has given great importance to preserving Mountain Gorillas, and this comes along with a series of celebrations rooted in the African culture- the naming ceremonies- locally known as 'Kwita Izina'
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UN challenges Australia to protect Great Barrier Reef
World Heritage Committee says reef will be listed as threatened ecosystem unless government takes steps to protect it
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