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Netherlands to slaughter more animals in Q fever epidemicThe Hague (AFP) Dec 16, 2009 The Netherlands stepped up measures Wednesday against the world's biggest Q fever epidemic that has killed 10 humans, by ordering the slaughter of over 30,000 animals, a press release said. The ministry of agriculture announced the "preventative slaughter" of 34,000 expectant goats and ewes, and 1,200 billy goats "will be killed too as they can transmit the infection through their sperm". ... read more |
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Kavre, Nepal (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Thirty years ago, Nepalese farmer Badri Prasad Jangam realised that the once thickly-wooded hillside that overlooks his home had been transformed into a barren slope. Decades of deforestation had taken their toll, stripping away the topsoil, affecting vital underground water sources and threatening to bring disaster to a community entirely dependent on farming for its livelihood. Now the ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 15, 2009In support of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change taking place in Copenhagen, the European Environment Agency hosted the 'Bend the Trend' event on Sunday evening to provide a global climate networking platform and premiere the screening of the new 'Environmental Atlas of Europe'. The 'Environmental Atlas of Europe', a joint project of the European Environment Agency ... more 
Taipei (AFP) Dec 14, 2009Farmers in southern Taiwan have started to potty-train their pigs in response to a planned water pollution fee, breeders and officials said Monday. To keep their livestock from defecating into nearby rivers, a growing number of farms have established special "toilets" smeared with faeces and urine to attract the pigs -- and farmers say the results have been very encouraging. ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) Dec 13, 2009The haul of grey mullets Taiwan fishermen catch each year has plunged from a peak of 2.7 million 10 years ago to just 100,000 in a worrying sign of damaging climate change, it was reported Sunday. Fishermen on the west of the island used to look forward to the winter when cold currents from north Asia would bring huge shoals of mullets to the Taiwan Straits to lay eggs. Over the past few ... more 
Lima (AFP) Dec 12, 2009The most fished species in the world, anchovy stock is at historic highs in Peru that may be short-lived due to climate change and overfishing. Peru's fleet can catch around 20,000 tonnes each day in a four-kilometer (2.48-mile) radius. In contrast, a European zone where a ban is in effect through at least 2010, the catch level has been set at between 20,000 and 30,000 tonnes of adult ... more 
Jiuquan China (XNA) Dec 11, 2009China launched Wednesday a remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan VII," from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province. The satellite was successfully launched into the space on a Long March 2D carrier rocket at 4:42 p.m., the center reported. It will be mainly used for scientific experiment, land resources survey, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention and ... more |
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