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Australia admits defeat on 90-year NZealand apple banSydney (AFP) Nov 30, 2010 Australia Tuesday agreed to allow the import of New Zealand apples for the first time in almost 90 years, but said it would first review quarantine to make sure they were free of pests. Australia lost its appeal overnight against a World Trade Organization ruling that it should accept the New Zealand fruit, forcing the export-dependent nation to give up the long-running fight. Australian Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said the government would now conduct a review of the import risks posed by N ... read more |
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  Freshwater Mussels Discovered In Urban Delaware River Scientists working with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and The Academy of Natural Sciences have made an important discovery in the Delaware River between Chester, Pennsylvania, and Trenton ... more | .. |
 Water Resources Played Important Role In Patterns Of Human Settlement Once lost in the mists of time, the colonial hydrology of the northeastern United States has been reconstructed by a team of geoscientists, biological scientists and social scientists, including Uni ... more | .. |
 Gene Transfer From Transgenic Crops: A More Realistic Picture A new data-driven statistical model that incorporates the surrounding landscape in unprecedented detail describes the transfer of an inserted bacterial gene via pollen and seed dispersal in cotton p ... more | .. |
 Japan culls 23,000 chickens to contain bird flu Japan began slaughtering about 23,000 chickens Tuesday at a poultry farm in western Shimane prefecture where an outbreak of bird flu was discovered, the local government said. ... more |
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 Soil Microbes Define Dangerous Rates Of Climate Change The rate of global warming could lead to a rapid release of carbon from peatlands that would further accelerate global warming. Two recent studies published by the Mathematics Research Institu ... more | .. |
 DNA Technique Aids Crops And Trees At Risk From Deadly Honey Fungus An international team of scientists has developed a new technique to aid crops at risk from a devastating agricultural parasite commonly known as the 'honey fungus', one of the most serious diseases ... more | .. |
 New Edition Of Soil Analysis Bible Released A new 'bible' on analysing soils for factors like carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and toxic substances, was released in Canberra last night at the Australasian Soil and Plant Analysis Council Conferenc ... more |
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 UN food expert urges "Green Marshall Plan" from Cancun A UN human rights expert on Monday called on the climate change conference in Mexico to launch a "Green Marshall Plan" for agriculture to counter the impact of global warming on hunger and poverty. ... more | .. |
 Argentina to export corn to drought-hit Russia Argentina will start selling corn to Russia for the first time in three decades, officials here said Saturday, in a move that could open up a market for three million tons of the crop. ... more | .. |
  Jordan calls on people to pray for rain Jordan's ministry of religious affairs on Saturday urged citizens to gather next week and hold special prayers for rain across the parched kingdom. ... more | .. |
 Mildew-Resistant And Infertile Mildew infections not only cause unsightly vegetable patches, they can also result in extensive crop failure. Interestingly, the processes involved in infections with this garden pest are similar to ... more |
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 Shrubby Crops Can Help Fuel Africa's Green Revolution Crop diversification with shrubby legumes mixed with soybean and peanuts could be the key to sustaining the green revolution in Africa, according to a Michigan State University study. The stud ... more | .. |
 U.K.: Food from cloned animals safe U.K. scientists say meat and milk from cloned cattle are safe to eat, after reports that meat from the offspring of a cloned cow was sold to U.K. consumers. ... more | .. |
  Oil-rich south Sudan must weigh progress versus environment South Sudan officials are concerned at the environmental damage being caused by the oil industry and are promising a tough new line if the oil-rich region gains independence next year. ... more |
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 GOES-13 Looks At Thanksgiving Travel Conditions The GOES-13 satellite captured a look at the cloud cover and weather systems around the U.S. on Nov. 24 as Thanksgiving travelers make their way to their holiday celebrations. With six days left in ... more | .. |
  Should We Stay Or Should We Go Back in the late 1960s, the environmental movement was in a tizzy over predictions that overpopulation would soon cause mass human starvation and eventually kill the planet. But the Malthusian visio ... more | .. |
 NASA Study Finds Earth's Lakes Are Warming In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, NASA researchers determined Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change. ... more |
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  Kuwait official says new border deal struck with Iraq Iraq and Kuwait have agreed to create a 500-metre (yard) no-man's land on each side of the border and move Iraqi farmers to new homes, a Kuwaiti official said in comments published Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Mauritania's dry capital opens water supply from Senegal Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Wednesday opened a hydraulic facility which will pump water from the Senegal River over 200 kilometers (120 miles) south to the parched capital Nouakchott. ... more | .. |
Germany's top court upholds restrictive GM crops law Germany's top court on Wednesday upheld a two-year-old law placing sharp restrictions on the use of genetically modified crops, saying it protected the public from the risks of the technology. ... more |
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