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NKorea plan to ban hillside farms will increase hunger: aid group
Seoul (AFP) Nov 10, 2008North Korea plans to replant barren hillsides in an apparent attempt to reduce flooding which has worsened acute food shortages, a South Korean aid group said Monday. But the eviction of hillside farmers, which has already begun, will only aggravate hunger in the short-term, according to the Good Friends group which has contacts in the hardline communist state. It said a policy decree is ... more One dead, five hurt after Mali authorities open fire on protest 
Bamako (AFP) Nov 10, 2008One person died and five were injured Monday when security forces opened fire on a protest over plans to privatise drinking water distribution in northwestern Mali, hospital and official sources said. Authorities intervened after hundreds of protesters ransacked city hall in the town of Lere and threw stones at the mayor and his deputy, injuring them and several other people, said a municipal ... more Pollinator Decline Not Reducing Crop Yields Just Yet 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 11, 2008The well-documented worldwide decline in the number of bees and other pollinators is not, at this stage, limiting global crop yields, according to the results of an international study published in the latest edition of the respected science journal, Current Biology. Co-author, CSIRO Entomology's Dr Saul Cunningham, says however that the study detected warning signs that demand for ... more Farm Aid Promoting Sustainable Farm And Food Vision 
Somerville MA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008Farm Aid President Willie Nelson has sent an open letter to President-elect Barack Obama, congratulating him on his victory and offering Farm Aid as a resource for a new farm and food policy that supports a sustainable, family farm system of agriculture. By way of introduction, Nelson explained, "I started Farm Aid in 1985 when family farmers were being forced off their land as a result of ... more Atlantic sharks at risk as fishing bites: study 
Geneva (AFP) Nov 10, 2008More than a quarter of sharks in the northeast Atlantic Ocean face extinction with some species already wiped out in certain areas due to over-fishing, a conservation group said on Monday. Twenty-six percent of sharks, rays and chimaeras are threatened with extinction and another 20 percent are in the 'near threatened' category, the Switzerland-based International Union for the Conservation ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2008A hurricane watch has been posted for the Cayman Islands. A Hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours. At 1 p.m. EST, Nov. 6, Tropical Storm Paloma, located in the western Caribbean near the Honduras/Nicaragua border, has continued to strengthen. Paloma's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph with higher ... more New NASA Technique Measuring Glacier Driven Sea Level Changes 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2008A NASA-led research team has used satellite data to make the most precise measurements to date of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers in the Gulf of Alaska, a region expected to be a significant contributor to global sea level rise over the next 50-100 years. Geophysicist Scott Luthcke of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and colleagues knew from well-documented ... more Tokyoites go farming to escape urban woes 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Tomohiro Kitazawa makes an unlikely farmer. He works neither under the sun nor in the fields, instead reporting for duty in the bustling heart of Tokyo. As Japan's capital city struggles with problems from food safety to global warming to unemployment, a growing number of people in the famously crowded metropolis are becoming city farmers, planting crops atop tall buildings or deep ... more Study focuses on improving blueberries 
Athens, Ga. (UPI) Nov 6, 2008 Scientists say they plan to use a $1.7 million federal grant to make the southeastern United States a leading blueberry producer. University of Georgia experts say the nation has 75,000 acres of cultivated blueberries, with a third of that grown in southern states. Harald Scherm, a University of Georgia plant pathologist, said the region is already well on its way to become the hub of ... more Global crisis leaves mountains of cotton unsold in China: report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Half of the autumn cotton harvest in northwest China's Xinjiang region remains unsold as demand from textile and garment makers has weakened amid the global slowdown, state media said Thursday. Planters in Xinjiang, China's largest cotton plantation area, are left with more than a million tonnes of unsold cotton, as bulging stockpiles have turned dealers into reluctant buyers, the Xinhua new ... more |
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West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Nov 5, 2008 U.S. animal scientists say the poultry industry's commercial chickens are missing more than half the genetic diversity native to the species. As concerns such as avian flu, animal welfare and consumer preferences impact the poultry industry, the reduced genetic diversity of the world's commercial bird breeds is increasing their vulnerability and the industry's ability to adapt ... more Eastern Pacific Tuna Hang In The Balance 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2008Next week marks a pivotal moment for Eastern Pacific tuna. The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), the international body charged with the conservation and management of tuna and associated species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, will meet in San Diego from Nov. 2-7 to consider conservation measures for vulnerable tuna populations. Whether this 16-nation Commission will ... more Dried mushrooms may slow global warming 
Irvine, Calif. (UPI) Nov 5, 2008 U.S. scientists have discovered dried mushrooms might be slowing climate warming in dry spruce forests in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia. University of California-Irvine researchers determined when soil in those forests and other northern areas is warmed, fungi that feed on dead plant material dry out and produce significantly less climate-warming carbon dioxide than fungi in cooler ... more Asian demand behind falling shark populations: report 
Sydney (AFP) Nov 5, 2008Asian demand for shark fin soup is pushing the animal's population in the wild to new lows, the Australian government and a wildlife trade monitoring group said in a report released Wednesday. The report found that while more than one-fifth of shark species were already threatened with extinction, a lack of government control on overfishing and the problem of illegal fishing were further ... more Germany's CESAR Crowned King Of Rovers In ESA's Robotics Challenge 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 05, 2008A robot rover designed by a Bremen university team has won an ESA contest to retrieve soil samples from a lunar-style terrestrial crater. Eight student teams fielded rovers during the event, their progress monitored by an advanced 3-D viewer already flight-tested in space and planned for eventual deployment on the Moon. Craters surrounding the Moon's poles are a top 21st Century science ta ... more
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