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World Bank calls for ecosystems to be valuedNagoya, Japan (AFP) Oct 28, 2010 The World Bank on Thursday called for a radical shift in countries' economic models to include the values of forests, mangroves, coral reefs and other ecosystems. India and Colombia will be among the first countries to take part in a five-year pilot programme with the World Bank to start the economic revolution. World Bank president Robert Zoellick announced the programme on the sidelines of a UN biodiversity summit in the Japanese city of Nagoya. "The natural wealth of nations should be a c ... read more |
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  Billions in Afghanistan aid dollars unaccounted for: audit Nearly 18 billion dollars earmarked for reconstruction in Afghanistan remain unaccounted for, snagged in a "labyrinth" of contract bureaucracy, a sweeping US government audit has shown. ... more | .. |
 2010 'exceptional year' for weather disasters: reinsurers Catastrophic floods in Pakistan, wildfires in Russia, hurricanes in Mexico: 2010 has so far been an "exceptional" year for weather disasters, German reinsurance giant Munich Re said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Aqua Catches Plume from Russian Volcano NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the erupting Shiveluch Volcano in Russia and captured a visible image of its ash plume. Shiveluch is one of Russia's most active volcano and is currently spewing ash ... more | .. |
  Envisat In Its New Home ESA's Earth-observing satellite Envisat has moved to a lower orbit in order to conserve fuel and extend its life by three years, and is once again delivering invaluable data to thousands of scientis ... more | .. |
 Modeling The Fiery Past And Future Of Planet Earth Wildfires may seem like a fixed and unchanging force of nature. They're not. Over long time scales, research has shown that both the climate and humans have a profound effect on wildfire activity ar ... more |
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La Jolla, CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2010Blue Sky Network, a leading global provider of GPS tracking and communication solutions for land, sea, and aviation assets, announced that the Red Crescent Authority of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian equivalent of the Red Cross, will be installing Blue Sky Network's GPS-based aviation tracking devices on its first-aid helicopter fleet after a successful trial-run conducted during the first half ... more  
Toyooka, Japan (AFP) Oct 27, 2010Four decades ago the oriental white stork became extinct in Japan, the victim of rapid industrialisation and modern farm practices and heavy pesticide use that destroyed its habitat. Today, the graceful migratory bird soars again over restored wetlands around the small town of Toyooka in western Japan, now a showcase for an ambitious conservation effort called the Satoyama Initiative. As ... more  
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Oct 28, 2010Canadian Dr. Kamran Khan looks at a digitised 3-D map of the world at the time of the World Cup last June showing the origins and number of air passengers flying into South Africa that month. It also shows disease outbreaks in those departure locales at exactly the same time: London, England, 29,454 passengers, mumps; Dakar, Senegal, 3,777 passengers, tuberculosis; Singapore, 5,331 passenger ... more |
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Hundreds evacuate as typhoon churns toward Japanese islandsTokyo (AFP) Oct 29, 2010 Flights were cancelled and hundreds of people sought refuge in storm shelters as a powerful typhoon churned toward far-southern Japanese islands Friday, officials said. Typhoon Chaba, which means hibiscus in Thai, was some 150 kilometres (93 miles) southeast of the Amami islands, packing winds of up to 144 kilometres per hour near its centre, said the Japan Meteorological Agency. The islands are 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) southwest of Tokyo and the typhoon was moving northeast off Japan's Paci ... read more |
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