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New Tracking Tags Helping With Management Depressed Fisheries
Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2009New tracking and observing technologies are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, according to a new study. Until recently, scientists provided fishery managers only such limited data as stock counts and catch estimates, said Charles Greene, Cornell professor of ocean sciences ... more Food Choices Evolve Through Information Overload 
Leeds, UK (SPX) Mar 25, 2009Ever been so overwhelmed by a huge restaurant menu that you end up choosing an old favourite instead of trying something new? Psychologists have long since thought that information overload leads to people repeatedly choosing what they know. Now, new research has shown that the same concept applies equally to hundreds of animal species too. Researchers from the University of Leeds ha ... more Destron Fearing's rTag Dynamic System 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Mar 25, 2009Digital Angel has announced that its Destron Fearing unit's rTag Dynamic system has been successfully demonstrated by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (AARD) to a group of leading Canadian livestock producers. As an agency of the Alberta provincial government, AARD's stated mission is to promote prosperity for Alberta through a strong, competitive, sustainable agriculture and food ... more A Quarter Of The World's Population Depends On Degrading Land 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 25, 2009A new study published in the journal Soil Use and Management attempts for the first time to measure the extent and severity of land degradation across the globe and concludes that 24% of the land area is degrading - often in very productive areas. Land degradation - the decline in the quality of soil, water and vegetation - is of profound importance but until now there have been no consist ... more Valero Energy Has Winning Bid To Purchase VeraSun Plants 
San Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 25, 2009Valero Energy has announced that its bid to buy ethanol plants from VeraSun Energy has been accepted by the bankruptcy court overseeing the assets' auction. In addition to the five plants and a sixth site under development in Valero's original bid, the bankruptcy court approved Valero's purchase of two additional ethanol plants from VeraSun. Together, the plants have an annual production ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 22, 2009A province in north China that supplies Beijing with much needed water is itself facing serious shortages of the resource, state media reported ahead of World Water Day on Sunday. Li Qinglin, director of Hebei's water conservation department, said water shortages had become a big problem for the province's social and economic development, the official Xinhua news agency reported late Saturda ... more Water: Diplomacy key to defusing row over 'Blue Gold' 
Istanbul (AFP) March 20, 2009From South Asia and to the Middle East, from Australia to California, rivers and aquifers that cross boundaries have become potent sources of friction. Farmers squabble with city dwellers over irrigation rights while countries in river basins complain about pollution or water theft from upstream, as their neighbours build dams to siphon off flow from the watershed. "Conflicts about water ... more World water forum pledges action, but rift over statement 
Istanbul (AFP) March 22, 2009A seven-day focus on the world's water crunch wound up Sunday with a pledge by more than 100 countries to strive for clean water and sanitation for billions in need and fight drought and flood. But some countries criticised the cornerstone outcome of the fifth World Water Forum as flawed while activists dismissed the event itself as a "trade show." The declaration, coinciding with World ... more India Set To Launch Imaging Satellite With Israeli Support 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Mar 23, 2009India is all set to launch a radar imaging satellite (RISAT) built with "substantial inputs" from the Israel aerospace industry from Sriharikota spaceport, an ISRO official said. Israel has supplied Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), which is in fact "heart" of the 1780-kg remote sensing satellite, the official told PTI on condition of anonymity. "Israel has supplied substantial systems," the ... more Southern Africa's freshwater species in peril: watchdog 
Istanbul (AFP) March 19, 2009The world's leading conservation agency on Thursday said many species of freshwater fish, shellfish and insects in southern Africa were at threat from water extraction and habitat loss. A study of 1,279 freshwater species across southern Africa found that 94 of them, or seven percent, are at risk of extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said at the World Water ... more |
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Istanbul, Turkey (UPI) Mar 19, 2009 The scale of issues being discussed at the fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul is vast, ranging from basic sanitation in Third World countries to massive international hydroelectric projects. The event has attracted heads of state, including Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Iraq's Jalal Talabani and Tajikistan's Emomalii Rahmon, five prime ministers and the crown prince of Japan, Naruhito Kotai ... more African freshwater species risk extinction 
Washington (UPI) Mar 19, 2009 An international conservation group says many freshwater fish, crabs, dragonflies, mollusks and aquatic plants are at risk of extinction in southern Africa. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a study conducted with the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity shows 7 percent of species are known to be regionally threatened or extinct and that figure is expec ... more SciSys Software Sees Cyber Model Of GOCE Turn Into Orbital Model 
Reading, UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2009The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the most sophisticated mission ever to investigate the Earth's gravitational field and to map the reference shape of our planet - the geoid - with unprecedented resolution and accuracy. The launch was applauded by staff at SciSys' offices in the UK and Germany where they have been responsible for the design and implementation of the mission's ... more Despair as California's Central Valley dries up 
Firebaugh, California (AFP) March 18, 2009"Now we know how the Indians felt," sighed Jim Diedrich, a farmer who said he was betrayed by the government as California's Central Valley reels from a serious drought. Diedrich, whose family has farmed in the western US state since 1882, bitterly surveyed their 640-acre (260-hectare) stretch of land. What would usually be a tomato field has now been reduced to a dusty expanse dotted wi ... more Wheat Experts From 40 Countries Gather In Mexico 
Ciudad Obregon, Mexico (SPX) Mar 19, 2009The world's leading wheat experts from Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas - invited to Mexico by Nobel Prize Winner Norman Borlaug - have reported significant progress in developing new varieties of wheat capable of resisting a virulent form of an old plant disease that threatens wheat production worldwide. But research released at the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative 2009 Tech ... more
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