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BIODIVERSITY: Plants Finally Get DNA Barcodes
- Inter Press Service
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.
RIGHTS-LAOS: How Women Cope With Disability - Part 1
- Inter Press Service
Before 2002, Chanhpheng Sivila held training workshops for the many Lao disabled women and men at her own house.
Q&A: Maternal Mortality Rates ‘One of the Saddest Cases’ in Asia
- Inter Press Service
Nearly 15 years after a landmark international conference to advance the rights and freedoms of women, the picture in the Asia-Pacific region is mixed, says a leading women’s rights advocate and senior United Nations official.
ENERGY-TANZANIA: Charcoal A Dirty Trade-Off
- Inter Press Service
The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop.
AFRICA: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning
- Inter Press Service
The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information.
Q&A: Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population Growth
- Inter Press Service
Family planning: key to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health; a way to put less strain on the environment; and a smaller population makes the challenge of providing adequate education and health services that little bit easier.
ENVIRONMENT: Wildfires Spreading as Temperatures Rise
- Inter Press Service
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
- Inter Press Service
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.
ENERGY: Clean, Green Goo to Power Engines
- Inter Press Service
Stephen Mayfield, the recently appointed director of the University of California at San Diego's Algae Biotechnology lab, is taking on a Texas-sized challenge - giving birth to a nascent alternative energy industry.
SOUTH SUDAN: Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women
- Inter Press Service
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.
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