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EVENT | 1 - 4 March 2010 | EN | Relevance: 50.18%
EVENT | 25 - 29 April 2010 | EN | Relevance: 35.96%
EVENT | 18 - 20 May 2010 | EN | Relevance: 43.98%
EVENT | 4 - 6 August 2010 | EN | Relevance: 46.61%
Tips for journalists reporting on issues surrounding the proposed scheme to pay developing countries to protect their forests.
PRACTICAL GUIDES | 16 December 2009 | EN | Relevance: 52.83%
EVENT | 26 - 28 May 2010 | EN | Relevance: 49.08%
Background information for journalists about the Copenhagen climate change summit, along with potential sticking points and outcomes.
PRACTICAL GUIDES | 24 November 2009 | EN | 中文 | Relevance: 39.73%
The International Press Centre for Biodiversity Research, run by the European-funded ALTER-Net project, links to biodiversity research news and press releases from universities and research institutes. It runs a networking service to put journalists in touch with biodiversity researchers willing to...
LINK | 23 November 2009 | EN | Relevance: 38.26%
Scientists have urged the UN's desertification convention to unite research on land degradation and so convince policymakers to take action.
NEWS | 28 September 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文 | Relevance: 34.00%
EVENT | 26 - 30 July 2010 | EN | Relevance: 45.48%
Reporting on how climate change affects health is a real challenge — screen your sources and find reliable experts, says Asefaw Getachew.
OPINION | 9 September 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文 | Relevance: 37.46%
Tips on how journalists can find, understand and use research findings to add weight to their stories.
PRACTICAL GUIDES | 26 August 2009 | EN | 中文 | Relevance: 67.43%
Journalists and scientists must guard against policymakers using science to legitimise pre-chosen and politically-motivated policies.
EDITORIAL | 13 August 2009 | EN | ES | 中文 | Relevance: 47.09%
As digital libraries surge ahead internationally, Africa is falling behind, a conference has heard.
The Global Canopy Programme (GCP) is an alliance of over 30 scientific institutions in 19 countries that work on forest canopy research, education and conservation. In addition to supporting research projects, GCP is active in informing policymakers and working with governments and the finance...
LINK | 8 July 2009 | EN | Relevance: 37.88%
An African country is to host the World Conference of Science Journalists for the first time.
Science journalism has an important role to play in scrutinising science and engaging with the media, says a Nature editorial.
Science journalists should aim to be "informed critics" of science, supporting its values but wary of backing everything said in its name.
IPCC chair R. K. Pachauri calls on journalists to maintain focus on the scientific rationale for action in their coverage of climate change.
OPINION | 24 June 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文 | Relevance: 37.21%
Science journalists in the developing world can help bring science news to a global public, says senior Harvard fellow Cristine Russell.
OPINION | 24 June 2009 | EN | Relevance: 88.36%
India won't be growing GM aubergine until everyone is convinced it is safe, says the government
A WHO group did support radical ways of increasing disease R&D, argues a member
A vaccine against rotavirus works even in developing country conditions
India plans to fill a climate "knowledge gap" with its new network
Professional societies springing up across Africa need funds and enthusiasm to networking to succeed