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Uganda: Monkeys Terrorise Kabale

07.05.2008 23:20    allafrica.com
Monkeys from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park have destroyed several gardens of crops in Ikumba sub-county, Kabale district, reports Darious Magara.

Kenya: Victims of Wildlife Could Fetch Sh1 Million

07.05.2008 23:20    allafrica.com
Compensation for wildlife-related deaths could be raised to Sh1million if a proposed law is passed in Parliament.

Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All

07.05.2008 21:57    sciencedaily.com
An event as simple as the world's first bite may have sparked an ancient "explosion" of life 500 million years ago that led to the rise of the broad groups of animals that are still alive today. A Harvard professor

Elucidating Iron Transport Mechanisms In Tuberculosis Bug Identifies New TB Drug Targets

07.05.2008 21:55    sciencedaily.com
It is pathetically true that Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of TB is still thriving the test of scientific interventions despite affecting almost one -third of the worlds' population. The fact that it takes approximately one human life every 15

Ponds Found To Take Up Carbon Like World's Oceans

07.05.2008 21:55    sciencedaily.com (2)
Research led by Iowa State University limnologist John Downing finds that ponds around the globe could absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans.

Farmland Dust Cloud From Ukraine Impact Air Quality As Far As Germany

07.05.2008 21:55    sciencedaily.com
Fallow agricultural land and steppe-formation processes are evidently capable of having a much greater effect on global air quality than was previously assumed. This is the conclusion drawn by researchers after examining a dust cloud that formed over parched fields

Humans And Fruit Flies Have Same Insulin-regulated Molecular Pathway To Maintain Energy Balance When Starved

07.05.2008 21:55    sciencedaily.com
Humans and fruitflies -- those pesky little buggers that are irresistibly attracted to overripe fruit -- share more than a sweet tooth. Both rely on the same insulin-regulated molecular pathway to maintain their energy balance when starved for food, reports

Why Face Symmetry Is Sexy Across Cultures And Species

07.05.2008 21:55    sciencedaily.com
In a study published in the May 7 issue of the journal PLoS ONE, Anthony Little of the University of Stirling and colleagues show that measurements of symmetry and sexual dimorphism from faces are related in humans, both in Europeans

Saving sea life from the Pacific to the Mediteranian

07.05.2008 20:07    weblog.greenpeace.org
Photo copyright Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace] This morning, the crew of the Arctic Sunrise found an illegal drift net in the Mediterranean. Our crew went into action, seizing the net and releasing the sea life trapped in it. Now our

Wetlands Management Guide

07.05.2008 17:38    panda.org
Four international organizations with a long record of water conservation have partnered to produce a comprehensive reference for water and wetland managers.

Fwp Approves Rosebud Battlefield State Park Plan

07.05.2008 17:06    fwp.state.mt.us
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said the Rosebud Battlefield State Park management plan was approved today following an 18-month process to solicit public involvement and thoroughly examine future opportunities for the park.

Importance Of Retrofitting Existing Housing To Make It More Environmentally Friendly

07.05.2008 17:03    sciencedaily.com
It is a great shame that the most creative professional group in the building trade, the architects, rarely apply themselves to existing housing, researchers assert. A large proportion of the Netherlands' climate targets will need to be achieved through modifications

Cameroon: CFA 20 Billion Needed to Protect Sangha Trans-Boundary Park

07.05.2008 16:53    allafrica.com (2)
The Cameroon government, acting through the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, has expressed its determination to ensure the full implementation of the Yaounde Declaration of 1999 following the first ever summit on forest ecosystem. Forestry and Wildlife Minister, Elvis Ngolle

Australia splashes A$13 bln to secure water supplies

07.05.2008 12:47    enn.com
The Australian government outlined plans to secure water supplies and repair ailing rivers on Tuesday, to protect the nation's drought-hit food bowl, which produces about A$22 billion ($21 billion) worth of food exports.The A$13 billion 10-year water plan includes A$3

Making a Killing from the Food Crisis

07.05.2008 12:47    enn.com
The world food crisis is hurting a lot of people, but global agribusiness firms, traders and speculators are raking in huge profits.Much of the news coverage of the world food crisis has focussed on riots in low-income countries, where workers

Poor children main victims of climate change: U.N.

07.05.2008 12:47    enn.com
Millions of the world's poorest children are among the most vulnerable and unwitting victims of climate change caused by the rich developed world, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action. The UNICEF report "Our Climate, Our

Kenya: Ministers to Inspect Mau Forest

07.05.2008 12:07    allafrica.com
Two Cabinet ministers will today make an extensive aerial tour of the controversial Mau Forest.

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