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Putting Trees On Farms Fundamental To Future Agricultural DevelopmentNairobi, Kenya (SPX) Feb 14, 2011 Trees growing on farms will be essential to future development. As the number of trees in forests is declining every year, the number of trees on farms is increasing. Marking the launch of the International Year of Forest by the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF9) in New York on 29 January, Dennis Garrity, the Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre, highlighted the importance of mixing trees with agriculture, the practice known as agroforestry. "Over a billion hectares of agricultur ... read more |
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 Healing Our Planetary Ills From The Ground Up Under our feet and ubiquitous, lowly soil can be easily overlooked when it comes to addressing climate change and population growth. But in the January-February issue of the Soil Science Society of ... more | .. |
 P Summit Calls For A New Alchemy Around Phosphorus And Food The problem with phosphorus, a critical element in fertilizers and food, is, as comedian Rodney Dangerfield would say, that it "can't get no respect." Increasingly scarce, yet commonly overuse ... more | .. |
  Kenya's Fisheries Management Promotes Species That Grow Larger And Live Longer Marine conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society working in Kenya have found that better fisheries management that includes restricting fishing gear is producing more predatory and lon ... more | .. |
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  Simple Marine Worms Distantly Related To Humans Two groups of lowly marine worms are related to complex species including vertebrates (such as humans) and starfish, according to new research. Previously thought to be an evolutionary link between ... more | .. |
 Livestock Boom Risks Aggravating Animal Plagues Increasing numbers of domestic livestock and more resource-intensive production methods are encouraging animal epidemics around the world, a problem that is particularly acute in developing countrie ... more | .. |
 Pheromone Increases Foraging Honey Bees, Leads To Healthier Hives The application of a naturally occurring pheromone to honey bee test colonies increases colony growth resulting in stronger hives overall, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Oregon ... more | .. |
  Lake-Effect Theory Sinks, But Quake Timing Questions Go A chronology of 1,000 years of earthquakes at the southern end of the San Andreas Fault nixes the idea that lake changes in the now-dry region caused past quakes. However, researchers say, the timel ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
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  Discovery Could Change Views Of Human Evolution Feet arches give humans a spring in their steps, shock absorbing abilities, and stiff platforms to propel themselves forward, allowing them to walk upright consistently. Now, researchers at the Univ ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka flood damage $600 mln The damage from monsoon flooding in Sri Lanka over the last six weeks is estimated at $600 million, a government minister said Sunday amid a slow response to an international appeal for help. ... more | .. |
  Obama walks tightrope amid Mideast revolution The US administration has only just begun to grapple with the challenges in Egypt and in the rest of the Arab world now that Hosni Mubarak has been toppled, analysts said. ... more | .. |
  Danish warship captures Gulf of Aden pirates A Danish ship patrolling the Gulf of Aden under NATO operational control captured 16 suspected Somali pirates who were sailing a hijacked vessel, the Danish navy and NATO said Sunday. ... more |
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  Kenyan conservationists worried over rising ivory demand A slowdown in the increase of Kenya's elephant numbers is raising fears among conservationists that hard-fought gains in saving the animals may be reversed amid growing demand for ivory. ... more | .. |
Egypt army steps out of the shadows Egypt's powerful military stepped out of the shadows after Hosni Mubarak's overthrow to run the state in a constitutional vacuum, but questions still loom over its future political role, analysts say. ... more | .. |
Kenya sees rise in elephant population despite poaching Despite increased poaching and a recent severe drought, Kenya has recorded a rise in elephant population in its flagship park, wildlife authorities announced Saturday. ... more | .. |
Food, demography are invisible drivers in Egypt uprising Huge population growth and food insecurity count among the factors that fuelled the revolution in Egypt and serve as a caution for other countries facing human and environmental overload, say analysts. ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
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Mubarak resignation hailed as win for democracy Western leaders hailed the toppling of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak as a historic victory for people power and democracy while China and Russia called for stability on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Board games cafes offer web break in China Jia Han was a web junkie who used to while away entire days in Internet cafes, but the 21-year-old university student says he has now found a healthier and more social pastime - board games. ... more | .. |
Swiss to vote on keeping army guns at home Switzerland, which has the highest rate of suicide by firearms in Europe, votes Sunday on whether to abolish its long-standing tradition of letting citizens keep army-issued weapons at home. ... more | .. |
  S. Korea detects fresh bird flu outbreaks South Korea on Sunday confirmed two fresh outbreaks of bird flu near its capital despite major efforts to stem its spread. ... more |
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  Canada heeds softwood lumber ruling Canada will increase export charges on softwood lumber to the United States, the government said Friday after an arbitration court ruled it had wrongly subsidized lumber exports. ... more | .. |
 New map charts a 'leaky' Earth Canadian researchers have made the first-ever global survey of Earth's permeability - essentially, they say, how "leaky" our planet is. ... more | .. |
Malaysia: Pirates face death penalty Four suspected Somali pirates could face the death penalty if convicted by a Malaysian court of armed robbery and firing weapons at Malaysian defense forces. ... more |
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Tiangong hosts dual crews after debris impact delays Shenzhou-20 return
Dust and Sand Movements Reshape Martian Slopes
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 Multiculturalism loses appeal in Europe Multiculturalism seems to have lost its appeal in Europe, after French President Nicolas Sarkozy this week joined a flock of leaders who have declared the concept a failure. ... more | .. |
Raytheon offers 'pain gun' to troubled India US defence group Raytheon says it wants to sell India a controversial "pain gun" it claims would be safer than rubber bullets in quelling unrest in the insurgency-racked country. ... more | .. |
 Powerful quake rocks Chile year after disaster A powerful earthquake struck Friday off the coast of Chile, throwing a scare into residents nearly a year after a massive temblor and tsunami wreaked death and destruction in the same region. ... more | .. |
  Chinese AIDS activist jailed for criminal damage A Chinese AIDS activist has been jailed for a year for criminal damage at the hospital where he believes he was infected as a child, his lawyer said Saturday. ... more |
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Mubarak exit caps emotional day for protesters Stolid determination gave way to waves of elation on Friday as hundreds of thousands of Egyptian protesters drove Hosni Mubarak from power after rapping at the doors of his tottering 30-year regime. ... more | .. |
Turrkish court orders arrest of coup suspects: report A Turkish court Friday ordered the arrest of 162 suspects, including senior military figures, on trial over an alleged 2003 plot to overthrow the Islamist-rooted government, Anatolia news agency said. ... more | .. |
  China FM urges West to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Friday urged Western countries to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe as he paid a visit to buttress ties with the southern African nation. ... more | .. |
 23 fishermen missing in Russia: report A Russian fishing trawler with at least 23 people on board has gone missing in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported Monday. ... more |
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