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Researchers have called for more planning and better collaboration to make two of China's environmental programmes more sustainable.

The United Arab Emirates has opened a new academy to tackle water shortages and facilitate training in water resources management.

Human rights can serve as a valuable guide for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, according to a report.

A European society has launched a special task force to help provide low-cost fertility treatment for developing countries.

Researchers have created maps highlighting areas at risk from groundwater arsenic contamination in South-East Asia and Bangladesh.

The Philippine government has boosted its science and technology budget from US$16.4 million in 2007 to US$26.6 million.

A Nigerian drink could be bad for the heart and liver, oil firms "forced" to employ Nigerian graduates, wind energy grows in Africa, and more.

Access to the Internet in Jamaica has increased by 52 per cent over the past eight years, a study has found.

Brazilian bioenergy research has received a boost with the launch of a new research programme in São Paulo aiming to foster collaboration.

Scientists have mapped the areas most likely to experience aftershocks from the Sichuan earthquake in China.

Scientists have found that Japanese encephalitis poses a double threat to the brain, which could explain its severe symptoms in children.

A Mexican tax exemption scheme, designed for companies investing in R&D has met with criticism for benefitting nonscientific companies.

A UK-based trust will provide over US$6 million of funding for research projects based in Ghana and Tanzania.

Reseachers have shown that T. cruzi, the Chagas disease agent, is able to impair HIV replication in the human placenta.

G8 leaders pledge to cut carbon emission levels to 50 per cent by 2050, but developing countries continue to insist on more concrete targets.

Vitamin A saves babies, satellites help in Myanmar relief, Sri Lanka 'greenest in South Asia', and more.

Protected conservation areas attract human settlement rather than drive people away, which could threaten biodiversity, finds a study.

A proposal for a scheme to attract expat scientists back to Vietnam with good salaries and research funding is under discussion.

South Asian nations have agreed on a three-year plan to lessen climate change impacts in the region.

A scientific organisation in Mexico has signed a document asking that the US$90 million target to science in 2008 be distributed more directly.