A report by the UN secretary-general's panel on global sustainability adds weight to calls for more science in policymaking.

Chile's parliament has substantially improved its tax incentives for companies to invest in R&D.

Engineers want the Rio+20 summit proposals to give more emphasis to the role engineering plays in driving sustainable development.

A bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.

Offices of research, innovation and commercialisation (ORIC) are set to improve links between Pakistan’s universities and its enterprises.

Patent applications to the Brazilian office of industrial property rose by 15% from 2009-2011, but most of them were from foreigners.

Colombian scientists have questioned the government's decision to give large portions of science royalties to areas with poor R&D capacity.

Asia now collectively invests slightly more than the United States in research and development, says a report.

Colombia is seeking to become an ‘academic campus’ at which foreign students and scholars can pursue graduate studies and do research.

Campaigners welcome plenty of science in the first draft of the planet's environmental negotiations, but say there are omissions.

The UN has published its draft negotiating document, 'The Future We Want', ahead of the Rio+20 summit in June.

Peru has unveiled an ambitious innovation project to improve collaboration between the public and private sectors, and boost science.

Uganda's president has declared, again, that he will raise scientists' pay to "international standards".

Low participation in a Chilean programme to insert researchers into the production sector has been blamed on mistrust between scientists and entrepreneurs.

A conference has called for new agricultural universities in East and Central Africa with a focus on innovation.

Botswana is awaiting parliamentary approval next month of two science and technology bodies.

Indian premier Manmohan Singh wants the country’s scientists to follow policy using science and technology to push inclusive growth.

The benefits to poor farmers of new crop varieties are hotly debated, but a new study shows they can help reduce poverty.

South Asian countries should drop political agendas in favour of collaboration in sustainable development research, experts say.

Scientists and officials in Senegal are working on a science policy that will join up research efforts to meet development needs.