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Forced migration key issue at desert meeting
Environmental migration will be a key topic when international experts discuss desertification in Algeria next week.15/12/06
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Change in the air: science in the Muslim world
The Islamic world's scientific agency is on a path to reform. Ehsan Masood assesses the obstacles on the road ...23/03/06
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A new prescription for Kenya’s traditional healers
Ehsan Masood reports on how Maseno University in Kenya is helping traditional healers to modernise the way they diagnose ...02/09/05
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Biodiversity loss ‘poses grave threat to human health’
Scientists have warned that the ongoing decline in biodiversity means humankind risks losing sources of new drugs and crops.24/08/05
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Protecting biodiversity ‘may clash with pursuit of MDGs’
A UN drive to halve global poverty by 2015 could interfere with simultaneous international efforts to halt the loss ...19/05/05
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Healthy ecosystems ‘critical in fight against poverty’
Halting degradation of the planet's ecosystems is critical to ending world poverty and ensuring sustainable development in the global ...31/03/05
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‘Barcode of life’ seeks developing country partners
A consortium developing a way of identifying species rapidly using a sample of their DNA has called for more ...10/02/05
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Six components for science in poor nations
The UK aid agency's newly appointed chief scientist has outlined his approach to linking science to development policy.02/02/05
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Africa ‘needs more world-class research centres’
Delegates at a meeting discussing scientific capacity in Africa have called for more centres of 'research excellence' on the ...01/02/05
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Donors pledge long-term support for African science
British and Canadian aid agencies have agreed to join forces to build scientific capacity in Africa.31/01/05
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France stirs controversy with plan for biodiversity panel
A proposal to create an international panel of scientists — to reach a consensus on biodiversity — has already stirred up controversy among ...25/01/05
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Development aid ‘must boost science in Africa’
Non-governmental organisations have called for development aid for Africa to be directed towards strengthening science on the continent.07/01/05