Global IssuesBiodiversity: Plants Finally Get DNA Barcodes
Friday, November 20, 2009
Advances made in genetic profiling could be used to fight illegal timber trading, provide authentication of herbal medicines and map entire food chains, according to experts at a conference of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
Climate Change-Thailand: Bangkok: A Future Filled with Floods
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thailand’s capital, dubbed the ‘City of Angels’ and the ‘Venice of the East’, is threatened by long-term flood inundation as rising sea waters triggered by global weather change and monsoonal rains combine.
Environment: Wildfires Spreading as Temperatures Rise
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Future firefighters have their work cut out for them. Perhaps nowhere does this hit home harder than in Australia, where in early 2009 a persistent drought, high winds, and record high temperatures set the stage for the worst wildfire in the country's history.
Development: Child Rights Make Headway, But Millions Still Suffering
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The international community, which has been hit by a financial meltdown and a global food crisis, claims it is doing its best to protect and safeguard the rights of children worldwide.
South Sudan: Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The guns have gone silent — except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope.
Nicaragua: Despite Efforts, Corruption Still a Problem
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Two national surveys and the latest report on perceptions of corruption by Transparency International support the view that a culture of graft continues to undermine the foundations of Nicaraguan society, in spite of efforts to fight the problem in the last few years.
Kosovo: Ten Years On, Forensics Continues to ID Missing
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Pictures of missing people have been hanging for years next to the gate to the fence surrounding Kosovo’s parliament. Some of them have been there for so long that the features of the faces can hardly be seen anymore - a good example of how slow and painful the process of discovering the fate of the missing is.
Environment: Listen to the Earth, Say Indigenous Peoples
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The idea of wilderness is 'an interesting concept; it is a Western concept. Our people have always lived and interacted in the environment,' said Illion Merculieff, an environmental activist from the Aleut community in the north-western U.S. state of Alaska.
Afghanistan: Black & Veatch's White Elephant in Kabul
Thursday, November 19, 2009
In a secluded valley a few miles from Kabul's international airport, Caterpillar turbines custom-built in Germany and giant transformers flown in from Mexico hum away at a brand-new power plant.
Q&A: Impact of Crisis in Latin America Less Severe than in the Past
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thanks to effective social policies and measures that have strengthened the economy, most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to weather the impact of the global recession, although poverty has risen slightly for the first time since 2002.
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