Solutions to stop fishermen returning dead and dying marine animals back into sea - study
...Sea stocks and continues to threaten the long-term sustainability of fish populations. Although the full extent of the consequences on the marine environment are not known, discards are considered to have contributed to the growth of several seabird populations such as the fulmar and the lesser black-backed gull. ...Europe's fishermen should have marine 'stewardship' role, says study
...g fishing now and permanently to promote long term sustainability Providing aid for the transition towards an ecosystem approach Introducing spatial management, including the use of protected areas Using incentives to promote the use of less destructive fishing techniques e.g. nets with larger mesh and spatial r...National Academy of Engineering announces million-dollar challenge to provide safe drinking water
...ances and Disease Registry, Atlanta. "The idea of sustainability is to offer communities choices and an opportunity to have a hand in finding a solution." A quarter of the population of Bangladesh drinks water from tube wells -- a cheap, low-tech way of accessing groundwater. Many of the country's estimated 10 mi...Finland tops environmental scorecard at World Economic Forum in Davos
Finland ranks first in the world in environmental sustainability out of 146 countries according to the latest Envir...SI ranks countries on 21 elements of environmental sustainability covering natural resource endowments, past and present pollution levels, environmental management ef...Florida Tech International Sustainability Forum attracts renowned keynote speakers
...reservation and Planning (SNAP)," an international sustainability forum. They will join scientists from around the w...Florida growth management issues and international sustainability issues. Carroll, vice president of Occidental Chemical Corporation, focuses on public policy issues...Insects, viruses could hold key for better human teamwork in disasters
...ed beyond infrastructure life-cycle management and sustainability to also involve first response against disasters. "These professionals are able to provide more accurate information to support the decision-making process during the preparedness, response and recovery phases of a disaster." For example, soon aft...Beef feeding research studies pasture vs. grain
...ices to enhance the efficiency, profitability, and sustainability of grassland-based beef production systems in the Appalachian Region, said Joseph P. Fontenot, the emeritus John W. Hancock Jr. Professor of animal science at Virginia Tech. The project, which includes eight Virginia Tech faculty members among 25 sci...British academics to benefit from world's first national text mining service
...siness and government sectors to achieve long term sustainability for the service. Presenters at the launch will include Dr Anne Trefethen (Deputy Director, e-Science Core Programme) and Professor Margaret King (University of Geneva), Professor Ray Larson (University of California, Berkeley), Professor Regan Moore ...Wiley forms book publishing partnership with American Institute of Chemical Engineers
...gineering, process safety, biological engineering, sustainability and new technology information."...Conservation International and SC Johnson partner again to offset carbon impacts
...ersity protection while benefiting local community sustainability projects. Healthy intact forests store carbon taken from the atmosphere and play an important role in mitigating the harmful effects of climate change. Currently, global deforestation accounts for about 20 percent of the annual emissions of greenhous......about a quantum leap in yield while increasing the sustainability of UK agriculture. The researchers are collaborating with the International Centre for Wheat and Maize Improvement (CIMMYT), a relationship strengthened by a recent workshop in Mexico supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Co...Top young African-American scholars in science and engineering to meet in Monterey, Calif.
...undation's efforts to foster the emerging field of sustainability science. The Foundation is based in Los Altos, Calif. The meeting will be held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium....Pitt to teach green building in the tropics
... with an eye to learning about novel approaches to sustainability developed by our Brazilian colleagues." "We believe that by learning to adapt to the Brazilian culture and to study, research, and live in Brazil for an extended period, the IGERT fellows will then have the confidence and ability to adjust to other c...Allergy-busting worms, cold water corals and the science of Irishness
... science have to say? Global biological change and sustainability Is there a future for energy crops? A carnival of the senses: how human senses influence each other Life-swapping in cyber suburbia the problem of stolen identity and the internet...Virginia Tech research, graduate program focus on interfaces
...much to science and engineering in general and the sustainability of Earth in particular," said Hochella, the director of EIGER. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline...Northeast Sun Grant Institute at Cornell spurs 'green revolution'
...o-based energy technologies but also environmental sustainability as well as boost the economic vitality and diversity of rural communities, said Walker. He praised New York's congressional representatives -- Sherwood Boehlert, Maurice Hinchey and Jerome Nadler as well as U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton and Charles S...Cowpeas could add sustainability to cropping systems
...rotations to confirm the results. Determining the sustainability characteristics -- changes to the soil physical and chemical properties -- will take even longer, he said. "We can show now that growing cowpeas results in less soil water storage at wheat planting than fallowing," Payne said. "But so far, it has be...Organic, sustainability research discussed at scientific meeting
Several sessions focusing on organic research and sustainability in crop production will be presented in Salt Lake City at the International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, Nov. 6-10, 2005. These sessions will be held at th...Sustainable agriculture: Canadian institute offers definition, recommends path
... economic viability measures for farmers linked to sustainability goals and objectives." The paper says such a move...griculture." The major issues around agricultural sustainability are water quality and use, air quality, soil, livestock, energy, biodiversity, income risks, food sa...