Post-2015 discussions offer a chance to link the environmental and development agendas — it shouldn't be bypassed, says Myles A. Wickstead.

Analysis of scientific trends can help policymakers target limited resources where science and development collide, argues Linda Nordling.

Constant calls for evidence-based policy miss the underlying politics of knowledge, argues analyst Peter Bille Larsen.

Bioeconomy opens up development opportunities for Latin America, but it also involves several risks, says Federico Vasen.

Scientists in developing countries should increase the quality of their research by publishing more good papers, not fewer, says Rafael Loyola.

Science may be the only way to keep traffic moving in the region's huge cities as car numbers continue to rise, says Crispin Maslog.

Projects to conserve dryland areas must ensure that women have secure access to and control over this land, says Henrietta Miers.

Brains Network editor Marc Mcilhone backs open sharing in the second article on how to support online science journalism in Africa.

In the first of two articles on how to support African science journalism online, Research Africa editor Linda Nordling takes on plagiarism.

Conservative traditions, rather than religious belief, seem to be the main barrier to modern science in Muslim countries, says David Dickson.

Committing to disability-inclusive technology transfer in the post-2015 development goals will help to cut inequality, says Sue Coe.

Along with investment in science popularisation policies, new ways to bring science and society together are needed, says Carla Almeida.

The Islamic world's current science effort is on life support and without major 'surgery' could be yet another policy failure, says Athar Osama.

Results-based carbon financing shows the way forward for involving the private sector in development, says ClimateCare's Edward Hanrahan.

International bodies are offering true research opportunities, but African funding is needed to prepare the ground, writes Linda Nordling.

Funding for programmes that target major diseases should be matched by investment in the health systems that underpin them, says Ghana's Irene Akua Agyepong.

Companies have much to offer when it comes to helping female entrepreneurs in developing countries access markets, says Henrietta Miers.

Child malnutrition among refugees who fled conflict in Myanmar still needs attention, writes Sandy Barron.

TB is linked with a deadly silicosis epidemic hidden for decades in rural South Africa. Gold mining firms must make amends, says Jaine Roberts.