A year on from the Asian tsunami, satellites are aiding regional rebuilding
... a planned 120 are under development, with a small trade store centre, community centre, place of workshop and fish stock stores being constructed. The objective of ADU in both locations is to return economic opportunity to local people, repair schools for childrens' education, and re-house disaster vict...Learning about sex from an elegant worm
... process, while sequences of DNA on one chromosome trade places with corresponding sequences on the other (which may have different versions of the same genes). Homologous chromosomes remain locked together until they are pulled apart into opposite daughter cells. What mechanisms allow the chromosomes to ...Research shows Europeans prefer environmentally-friendly seafood
...fied as eco-friendly, the study from the nonprofit trade association shows. Conducted in the UK, Germany and Spain, the study also found an emerging activism for protecting the ocean through the choices that seafood buyers make: 95% of consumers and 85% of seafood professionals say they want more informati...NCAR study: Trade imbalance shifts US carbon emissions to China, boosts global total
...tates. "These results show the importance of world trade in accounting for the emissions that drive climate...at 1.5% to 2% per year. Altogether, the U.S.-China trade imbalance boosted the two nations' combined greenhouse-gas output from 1997 to 2003 by an estimated ...Experimental Biology 2006 meets in San Francisco April 1-5
...nting print, electronic, online, general interest, trade and medical publishing companies. To register as press, email Sarah Goodwin at ebpress@bellsouth.net. Registrants will receive an extensive press kit, with more than 30 press releases. A pressroom will be available at the meeting, with daily media br...New study uncovers major inaccuracies in global wildlife trade monitoring
...ife Fund shows that in some cases, the figures for trade recorded by CITES vary wildly from records kept by...CITES and Customs reported substantially different trade volumes for all species. "To solve any problem, it's important to understand the problem first. Ou...Advancing saltwater fish farming
...etitors to reduce our country's $8 billion seafood trade deficit. Daniel Benetti is Chairman of Marine Affairs and Policies, and Director of Aquaculture at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. He will discuss research on raising species such as cobia in massive off...Flu virus reported to resist drug envisioned for pandemic
...drug oseltamivir, the compound better known by its trade name Tamiflu, and the drug officials hope will serve as the front line of defense for a feared influenza pandemic. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working with colleagues in Vietnam and Japan, report in a brief communication in n...Top nature photographers join a global conservational initiative to protect wilderness
...ultures at the edge of extinction, and the illegal trade in wildlife. Over the next four days, the photographers will discuss ways in which images can further contribute to the conservation agenda. The Symposium, sponsored by National Geographic, Conservation International and Asociacin Sierra Madre, will ...The WTO and sustainable development
... issues now on its agenda are far from traditional trade policy matters. Some have already proven to be par...e priority must be to re-balance the international trade system in favour of developing countries. [This book] is a crucial first step in identifying and exp...Experts urge reform of international patent system at eve of WIPO assembly
...evelopment and local circumstances. 7. Bilateral trade agreements with TRIPS plus provisions undermine multilateralism and the existing flexibilities. The further expansion and strengthening of protection entails additional burdens and social costs, in particular for developing countries. 8. IPRs are am...Transmission of tuberculosis is linked to historical patterns of human migration
...200's, and into South Africa, possibly through sea trade contacts with Indonesia or China during the last 300 years. "The population structure of M. tuberculosis appears to have been shaped by the demographic history of its human carrier," explains Mokrousov, "but this is the opposite of what William McN...Institute of Medicine news: Quarantine stations at ports of entry
...ges posed by the rapidly increasing pace of global trade and travel and the emergence of new microbial threats. Consequently, we recommend the establishment of clear leadership and lines of communication among all parties involved in protecting the public from infectious agents that originate abroad." E...African governments unanimously adopt Abuja declaration on sustainable fisheries, aquaculture
... fish market chains, increasing benefits from fish trade and supporting decision makers with information. Said President Obasanjo: "If Africa's per capita consumption of fish is just to be kept at its present level, though grossly low and unacceptable, then fish production must be increased by over 250 per...Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders
...ent, develop aquaculture and enhance Africa's fish trade at every level. Regional and national research, t...nd more quantity). 4. Increase benefits from fish trade Local and regional fish trade is already substantial but has the potential to grow. Regional cooper...Ships bring alien jellyfish invaders to our shores
... dispersal post-dates European global shipping and trade that began almost 500 hundred years ago. Recent s...be in ballast water, on ship hulls and through the trade of exotic species such as tropical fish and this has potential to displace local marine species, thr...A giant sucking sound for sea turtles
...r of years." Although protected from international trade by CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, an estimated 11,000 green sea turtles are still harvested annually in Nicaragua for local consumption. WCS says that an annual quota of between 1,000-3,000 turtles needs to be e...FSU food scientist is lead scholar in trade
...fair trade. Otherwise, even if China lifts current trade restrictions, U.S. exporters would still face cost...cher, she also plays a vital role in international trade relations." That role began in 2002. Chinese officials then were concerned primarily with preventing...Coral reef fish larvae settle close to home
... Clownfish are subject to a thriving aquarium-fish trade in many tropical countries, and their numbers have been seriously depleted. This study provides real hope that marine reserves can provide the right balance between conserving such species and exploiting them in a sustainable manner....Divergent life history shapes gene expression in brains of salmon
...n are expressed more, since these fish essentially trade bodily size for faster reproductive maturity," she says. "However, it was unexpected, for instance, that genes associated with learning and memory would be expressed at higher levels in the brains of sneakers. It's not yet clear why disparities like ...