Water experts of 26 UN agencies meet in Canada, plan coordinated response to looming crisis
United Nations University 1-Feb-2010More than two dozen leading United Nations water experts will convene in Hamilton, Canada Feb. 2-4 to […]
Environment
Sales of green energy to help halt decay of Philippines’ legendary rice terraces
e8 Montreal 21-Jan-2010 2,000-year-old ‘stairway to heaven,’ a threatened World Heritage Site, to benefit from proceeds of $1 million, e8-donated
Student sleuths exploring with DNA barcodes reveal zoo of 95 species in typical NYC homes – find a mystery cockroach and new evidence of food fraud
Rockefeller University New York City 28-Dec-2009 Two New York City high school students exploring their homes using the latest high-tech
Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss
22-Nov-2009 Census of Marine Life Washington DC Deep sea teeming with species that have never known sunlight Census of
World will miss 2010 target to stem biodiversity loss, experts say
DIVERSITAS, Paris 11-Oct-2009 Growing water needs, mismanagement leading to ‘catastrophic decline’ in freshwater biodiversity The world will miss its
Set world standards for electronics recycling, reuse to curb e-waste exports to developing countries
United Nations University 15 September 2009 Sold in 2006: 230 million computers, 1 billion cell phones, 45.5 million TVs; many
Cool new tools let public contribute to massive interactive online biodiversity encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 23-Aug-2009 Over 30,000 still images and video, as well as local information about
Tuvalu hopes solar project inspires climate talks; nation sets goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2020
e8, Montreal 19 July 2009 Pacific nation of 9 islands seeks to expand first solar system, donated by e8, a
UNEP report details surprising green energy investment trends worldwide
United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi / Paris 3-Jun-2009 Some $155 billion was invested in 2008 in clean energy companies and
DNA barcoding of mosquito species deployed in bid to end elephantiasis
JRS Biodiversity Foundation Philadelphia, USA 29-Apr-2009 First use of DNA barcoding in war against a major world disease New biotechnologies