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  Stockholm (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 Native peoples struggling to retain or regain stewardship of forests that sustained them for countless generations may finally have backing from an organisation with both swag and sway. The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility - the first and only global institution dedicated to securing the land rights of indigenous communities worldwide - was formally launched in Stockholm on Tuesday. Funded by Sweden, Norway and the Ford Foundation, a major US philanthropy, the Tenure Facility has ... read more |
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Artificial light device boosts cows' milk yields by 9 percentWashington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017 A new artificial light device developed in Ireland promises to increase cows' milk yields by 9 percent. In the latest tests, the technology, a mask, increased milk production among lactating bovines. ... more 
Global methane emissions from agriculture possibly much largerWashington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 Global methane emissions from agriculture are larger than estimated due to the previous use of out-of-date data on carbon emissions generated by livestock, according to a study published in the open ... more  
Drought not dingos behind mainland Australia tiger extinction: studySydney (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 The mystery loss of Tasmanian tigers from mainland Australia was likely caused by climate change and not wild dogs or hunting by Aborigines, scientists said Thursday. ... more
Bulgarian village goes Chinese in yoghurt crazeMomchilovtsi, Bulgaria (AFP) Sept 26, 2017 The Bulgarian villagers hunker over their books, struggling with their Mandarin words and characters. But they are not going to China - the Middle Kingdom is coming to them. Because of yoghurt. ... more |
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6.1-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Central Papua: USGS
Philippines 'ghost' flood projects leave residents stranded Strong quake off Russia Far East, tsunami alert issued Europe, Mediterranean coast saw record drought in August: AFP analysis of EU data Philippine lawmaker quits top job as graft probe moves forward Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab Landslides kill 12 after eastern Malaysia deluges Philippines president says corruption scandal protests justified Philippines commission to probe widening flood project scandal Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning lifted |
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Planet-warming methane from livestock underestimated: studyParis (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 Emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from livestock are larger than previously thought, posing an additional challenge in the fight to curb global warming, scientists said Friday. ... more 
Global network of botanical gardens contain a third of all known plant speciesCambridge UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 The world's botanic gardens contain at least 30% of all known plant species, including 41% of all those classed as 'threatened', according to the most comprehensive analysis to date of diversity in ... more 
Climate insurance is rarely well thought out in agricultureLeipzig, Germany (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 Internationally subsidised agricultural insurance is intended to protect farmers in developing countries from the effects of climate change. However, it can also lead to undesirable ecological and s ... more 
Study identifies likely scenarios for global spread of devastating crop diseaseCambridge UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 Stem rust, named for the blackening pustules that infect plant stems, caused devastating crop epidemics and famine for centuries before being tamed by fungicides and resistance genes. Since th ... more 
Food labeling pact aims to cut food wasteNew York (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 Many of the world's largest retailers and food companies have agreed to better labeling of products by 2020 in a bid to radically cut food waste, they announced Wednesday. ... more 
Scientists and farmers work together to wipe out African lovegrassBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 A partnership between QUT, the NSW Government and farmers could lead to the eventual eradication of the highly invasive African lovegrass threatening pastures and native grasslands Australia-wide. ... more |
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 Veolia's US growth hopes run into trouble 
Syngenta chief calls for debate on 'sustainable agriculture'Paris (AFP) Sept 21, 2017 Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta, recently taken over by ChemChina, said there should be a wide-scale debate on what constitutes "sustainable agriculture" in face of a number of current controversies over pesticides. ... more 
At Dubai expo, Chinese firms look to tap lucrative halal marketDubai (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 Standing behind her stall at a Dubai exhibition centre, Dai Dong He offered passersby what looked like carefully wrapped biscuits or chocolates. ... more 
Research finds roots use chemical 'photos' to coordinate growthMelbourne FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 Though it may look haphazard, the network of intertwining plant roots snaking through the soil actually represents a deliberate process. Root growth is guided by chemical snapshots taken by the youn ... more 
Climate change threatens Latin America coffee producersWashington (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 Climate change is threatening the Latin American zones most favorable for growing coffee, according to a study out Monday that warns seed production could drop by nearly 90 percent by 2050. ... more |
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  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
CosmoQuest's Image Detective, a NASA-funded citizen science project, invites the public to identify Earth features in photographs taken by astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS). Citizen scientists are asked to help identify geographic features (natural or human-made) in astronaut photographs and then determine the location on Earth where the photo is centered.
CosmoQuest is ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Global Airborne Mission to Make Ozone Hole Detour  Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Scientists monitor Silicon Valley's underground water reserves - from space  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017OSIRIS-REx views Pacifica on Earth Flyby |
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 Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
exactEarth Ltd. reports that its exactTrax small vessel monitoring technology is now incorporated into Alltek Marine Electronic Corp's (AMEC) AIS Tracking Beacon (TB560).
The AMEC TB560 is a simplified Class B AIS device that offers an efficient and cost-effective vessel monitoring solution within AIS VHF transmission range. Now outfitted with exactTrax technology from exactEarth, which ex ... more Beijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2017BeiDou navigation to cover Belt and Road countries by 2018 Beijing (XNA) Sep 19, 2017China's BeiDou-3 satellites get new chips  Denver CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2017US Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin GPS M-Code Early Use Ground System Upgrade Contract |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 
Poland on Friday rejected evidence put before the European Court of Justice to prove illegal logging in the Bialowieza forest, a protected UNESCO site that includes Europe's last primeval woodland.
During a court hearing in Luxembourg on September 11, the European Commission's representative showed satellite images of Bialowieza to show that Warsaw is defying the court's temporary injunctio ... more Miami (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Forest loss means tropics emit more carbon than they trap: study  Brasilia (AFP) Sept 26, 2017Brazil scraps bid to mine Amazon natural reserve  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2017American oaks share a common northern ancestor |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
Sunlight allows green algae to do more than just carry out photosynthesis. Some unicellular algae actually use light to switch the adhesion of their flagella to surfaces on and off - a phenomenon first discovered by physicists at the Gottingen Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization. These findings are particularly relevant to the development of bioreactors in which algae serve a ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Copper catalyst yields high efficiency CO2-to-fuels conversion  Upton, NY (SPX) Sep 26, 2017With extra sugar, leaves get fat too  Ithica NY (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Bioreactors on a chip renew promises for algal biofuels |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2017 
Regional lenders said Thursday they were offering hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to support the greening up of the power sector in India.
The Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said they were backing $500 million in government-backed loans and another $500 million in non-sovereign support for the Power Grid Corp. of India.
"We are please ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017DOE should take steps toward facilitating energy development on its public lands  Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Oct 02, 2017A little tension yields enormous solar crystals  Clayhill, UK (SPX) Oct 03, 2017UK unveils first subsidy-free solar farm |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 22, 2017 
With the start of construction of a new wind farm off the coast of Germany, officials said the nation's economy was supported through low-carbon efforts.
German energy company E.ON, with support from Norway's Statoil, hosted a ceremony to mark the start of construction for the Arkona offshore wind farm, which formally started in late August.
Christian Pegel, a regional Germany en ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017French energy company to build wind power sector in India  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Finding better wind energy potential with the new European Wind Atlas  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Last of the 67 turbines for a British wind farm installed |
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 Sydney (AFP) Sept 22, 2017 
Rio Tinto will return $2.5 billion to shareholders in a buyback after selling most of its Australian coal assets to China-backed Yancoal, the mining giant said Friday.
The world's second-largest miner sold Coal & Allied to Yancoal, majority-controlled by China's Yanzhou Coal, earlier this month in a divestment drive analysts expect will lead to a complete exit from the sector.
The buybac ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017First-ever U.S. coal shipment arrives in Ukraine  Sydney (AFP) Sept 1, 2017Rio completes Australia coal mines sale to China's Yancoal  Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017In a first, U.S. ships coal to Ukraine |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist who threw a "smelly fish sandwich" at a police officer as voters went to the polls last year pleaded not guilty to assault Tuesday.
The sandwich had been aimed at the city's then leader, Leung Chun-ying, who was on his way to vote in the September 2016 legislative election, but it missed and hit the officer.
Defendant Avery Ng of the League of Social D ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 1, 2017Hong Kong migrant mothers sing for their distant children  Beijing (AFP) Sept 29, 2017China's Communist Party expels top member ahead of congress  Taipei (AFP) Sept 25, 2017'Sing! China' concert in Taiwan halted amid protests |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2017 
NASA has changed the perspective of science, building satellites to study Earth's surface. Deep below that surface, where it's harder for satellites to see, is another story - but robotic technology might change that.
NASA roboticists are exploring moulins, places where water has punched through thousands of feet of ice to form a waterfall through a glacier.They hope to match these watery ... more Milan (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Robotic fashion: Wear your heartbeat on your sleeve  Champaign IL (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robots  Chiba, Japan (AFP) Oct 2, 2017Smash hit: Ping pong robot takes on Olympian at Tokyo tech fair |
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 Gonda City, India (AFP) Oct 2, 2017 
Flies throng over piles of faeces, the drains overflow with sewage and the foul smell in the air is inescapable.
Welcome to Awas Vikas: one of the most exclusive parts of Gonda, a city suffering the ignominy of being branded the dirtiest in India.
Even in such upmarket areas, garbage trucks are rarely seen, green spaces are littered with rubbish, and residents are desperate for their bi ... more Amsterdam (AFP) Sept 27, 2017I.Coast toxic spill victims launch new Dutch court bid  Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2017Are plastic nanoparticles causing brain damage in fish?  Nantes, France (AFP) Sept 25, 2017The waste-collecting cyclists who caught the UN's eye |
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 Sydney (AFP) Sept 25, 2017  Ten people believed to be Chinese died when a supermarket caught fire in Papua New Guinea while they were sleeping, reports and officials said Monday.
The disaster at the Splendid Star shop was made worse by the lack of any proper fire-fighting equipment in Manus province in the impoverished Pacific nation's north, where the blaze started early Friday.
The dead included six women and fou ... more Lisbon (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Portuguese ex-firefighter jailed for starting 2016 forest fires  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Satellite images show wildfire smoke spreading across United States  Marseille (AFP) Sept 3, 2017Arson suspected as fire in southeast France brought under control |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017  Lockheed Martin is investing in Ocean Aero alongside Teledyne Technologies for the development of the Submaran unmanned maritime vehicle.
The Submaran S10 is an autonomous unmanned submarine that is powered by solar and wind energy, giving it virtually unlimited endurance and letting it operate for months at a time. It can raise a small sail that can propel it at over 5 knots to conserv ... more Onna, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2017A sustainable future powered by sea  Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Getting the measure of mud  Southampton, UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Scientists call for more research on how human activities affect the seabed |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 
Climate change has made the record-breaking temperatures that roasted parts of Europe this summer at least 10 times more likely, scientists reported Wednesday.
"We found clear evidence of human influence on this summer's record warmth, both in the overall summer temperatures and in the heatwave dubbed 'Lucifer'," said study co-author Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, a senior researcher at the Royal ... more Bucharest (AFP) Sept 17, 2017Powerful wind storm kills eight in Romania  Manila (AFP) Sept 12, 2017At least three dead, six missing, as storm hits Philippines Berlin (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Storm kills three people in Germany |
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 Raja Ampat, Indonesia (AFP) Sept 22, 2017 
A tableau of white sandy beaches, colourful coral reefs and turquoise water, the islands of Raja Ampat are set to be Indonesia's next tourism hotspot - but locals fear the government is failing both them and the environment in its development push.
Stretching across 67,000 square kilometres in Indonesia's far east, the picture-perfect islands might be as close to paradise as visitors can fi ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 30, 2017Chinese manufacturing accelerates for second straight month  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 3, 2017$37.7 million bowl sets Chinese ceramic auction record  Hong Kong, China (AFP) Oct 1, 2017Macau casino scion rolls dice on Japan venture |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
On Sept. 25, 2017, media were invited to see NASA's Parker Solar Probe in its flight configuration at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, where it is being built.
The revolutionary heat shield that will protect the first spacecraft to fly directly into the Sun's atmosphere was installed for the first time on Sept. 21.
This is the only time the spacecraft wil ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017A RAVAN in the sun  Paris (ESA) Sep 21, 2017Solar antics  Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 
Two giant pandas from China arrived in Indonesia on Thursday in an act of "panda diplomacy" aimed at celebrating 60 years of bilateral ties.
Cai Tao and Hu Chun, both aged seven, arrived from Sichuan province and will be housed at a safari zoo in Bogor, a city near the capital Jakarta.
The pandas were lent by Beijing to mark the diplomatic anniversary despite recent tensions between the ... more Mexico City (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Inside the dark, dangerous world of Mexico's 'moles'  Nairobi (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Chinese buyers fuelling ivory surge in Laos, report says  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017The drying of peatlands is reducing bird diversity |
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