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New Research Offers Prioritization Plan For Reducing Nutrient Pollution In Feeder Streams
Cambridge MD (SPX) Feb 12, 2008To help resource managers improve the health of coastal waters degraded by nutrient pollution, a group of scientists has developed a framework for prioritizing stream restoration efforts aimed at reducing the amount of nitrogen flowing downstream. The framework, published in the online version of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, will allow practitioners to make better ... more Sumatran Tigers Are Being Sold Into Extinction Piece By Piece 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2008Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to prevent tiger body parts being openly sold in Indonesia, according to a TRAFFIC report. Tiger body parts, including canine teeth, claws, skin pieces, whiskers and bones, were on sale in 10 percent of the 326 retail outlets surveyed during 2006 in 28 cities and towns across Sumatra. Outlets included goldsmiths, souvenir ... more A day in the life of a Canadian trapper 
Chertsey, Canada (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Snowshoes strapped to his feet, his mitts firmly gripping the handlebars of his snowmobile, trapper Martin Blais zips along a wooded trail in the Quebec countryside in search of pelts. "We caught something," he exclaims after stopping, pointing to a nearby forest. With a broad grin behind his stubbly beard, Blais traipses into the woods under a rising sun to collect his prey from a trap ... more Canada fur traders herald first 'humane trapping' season 
Montreal (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Canadian trappers have completed their first ever "humane trapping" season in their industry's 400-year history, in line with new international rules that led to a modernization of the fur trade. The Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards was signed by Canada, the European Community, and the Russian Federation in 1999, but only came into force in Canada at the start of its late ... more Canada's fur trade route leads to Russia, China 
Montreal (AFP) Feb 12, 2008For 400 years, Canada sold most of its wild animal pelts to Europe -- but now Russia and China have become its biggest markets as their booming economies breed a wealth of fur fashionistas. "Now our biggest market without any doubt is Russia, and the second biggest is China," said James Gibb, spokesman for the Fur Harvesters Auction (FHA), a fur auction house in North Bay, Ontario. ... more |
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Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Feb 12, 2008A new initiative, bringing together nine research groups from seven countries, including teams of robotics and brain researchers from Europe, the USA and Israel, has recently been set up with the aim of imitating nature. Based on principles of active sensing adopted widely in the animal kingdom, the multinational team is developing innovative touch technologies, including a 'whiskered' robotic ... more US store chain cuts sales of food from China 
Washington (AFP) Feb 11, 2008US grocery chain Trader Joe's said Monday it would stop selling food imported from China due to customers' concerns about the products' safety. "Our customers have voiced concerns about products from this region and we have listened," Trader Joe's spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said in a statement. "All single ingredient food items sourced from mainland China sre scheduled to be out of our ... more EU orders China to prove that rice is GMO free 
Brussels (AFP) Feb 12, 2008The European Commission demanded Tuesday that China provide proof that rice products it is sending to the EU do not contain a genetically modified strain. "The European Commission decided today to require compulsory certification for the imports of Chinese rice products that could contain the unauthorised GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) Bt63," a statement said. The EU's executive arm ... more Poland sticking to planned GMO livestock fodder ban: ministry 
Warsaw (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Poland is sticking to plans to ban the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in livestock fodder, despite an earlier rethink, the agriculture ministry announced Tuesday. Ministry spokeswoman Malgorzata Ksiazyk told AFP that the government had decided to put on ice a move to amend a restrictive law that is due to come into force on August 1. In January, Poland's newly-installed ... more 10,000 homeless after Angola floods 
Luanda (AFP) Feb 12, 2008More than 10,000 people have been forced from their homes and two thousand makeshift houses swept away by floods after heavy rain pounded parts of southern Angola, authorities said on Tuesday. Some of those displaced were being put up in tents at makeshift camps while others were being housed in schools in the provinces of Cunene, Namibe and Huila. But authorities said they unable to cope ... more |
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Dubai (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Thousands of Iranian firms are still doing business in the country's top trading partner, the United Arab Emirates, despite a US drive to choke Tehran's economy over its controversial nuclear programme. But US banking sanctions are also beginning to bite, industry sources say. Iranian businesses "have not had any problem with local banks because we are considered UAE companies" under loc ... more Lithuania, Poland sign power deal, spurring nuclear plan 
Warsaw (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Poland and Lithuania Tuesday signed a deal paving the way to hook up their electricity grids, helping offset Russia's energy clout in the region and clearing a hurdle to related plans to build a new nuclear power plant. In a ceremony with Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his Lithuanian opposite number Valdas Adamkus, the bosses of the two countries' state-owned electricity grid firms inke ... more India, Russia agree to cooperate in civil nuclear power, boost trade 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Cold War allies India and Russia Tuesday finalised plans for Moscow to build new nuclear power stations here and pledged to boost strategic ties by doubling trade to 10 billion dollars by 2010. The two countries also decided to step up cooperation in defence, engineering and energy during talks between visiting Russian Prime Minister Victor Zubkov and his Indian host Manmohan Singh in New De ... more SKorea to scrap waste dump sites in Japan-controlled waters 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 12, 2008South Korea admitted Tuesday it had accidentally designated Japanese-controlled waters as dumping grounds for its waste and promised corrective measures. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said it would amend regulations in June to remove two waste dump areas in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) which are in waters under Japanese jurisdiction. "The government will exclude the two a ... more Connected, Mobile Navigation For Walk And Drive has Arrived - Nokia Unveils Maps 2.0 
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Nokia has announced that the Beta version of Nokia Maps 2.0 is ready for you to take out for a spin. Nokia Maps is taking its mapping and navigation experiences to the next level by enhancing its pedestrian navigation, adding multimedia city guides, offering satellite images, and sporting a redesigned user interface. Nokia Maps 2.0 adds Walk, a pedestrian focused navigation component to ... more
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