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Elephant-size loopholes sustain Thai ivory trade
Legal loopholes and insufficient law enforcement mean that Thailand continues to harbour the largest illegal ivory market in Asia, says a new report from the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC. view more (2009-06-19)
A case of mistaken identity for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker?
Video evidence that an extinct woodpecker is alive and well in Arkansas, USA may prove to be a case of mistaken identity. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Biology shows how fleeting images thought to be the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis could be another native woodpecker species. view more (2007-03-15)
Independent researchers confirm the existence of ivory-billed woodpecker
After reviewing new sound recordings from the White River of Arkansas, an independent team of ornithologists has confirmed the existence of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. view more (2005-08-02)
The changing geography of trade policies
The public examination of Lic.Sc.(Econ.) Erja Kettunen's doctoral dissertation in economic geography, "Regionalism and the Geography of Trade Policies in EU-ASEAN Trade," was held at the Helsinki School of Economics on Friday, December 3rd, 2004. The opponent was Professor, PhD Ã-rjan Sjöberg (Stockholm School of Economics) and the... view more... (2004-12-10)
Tobacco should be excluded from free trade agreement
Tobacco should be excluded from free trade agreements to protect health, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. Their call comes in the week that the European Union and the South American trading bloc Mercosur will continue negotiations towards a free trade agreement. Every day, doctors see the deadly effects of tobacco, write the authors. While... view more... (2004-03-03)
New Ice Age flute carved from mammoth ivory documents the world's first musical tradition
Excavations by the University of Tübingen at Geißenklösterle Cave near the town of Blaubeuren in the Swabian Jura have produced a new musical instrument that dates to well over 30,000 years ago. The find is a flute that was carefully carved from mammoth ivory and documents the oldest musical tradition known worldwide. Nicholas Conard,... view more... (2004-12-16)
Elephant highways of death
A new study coordinated by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups found that Central Africa's increasing network of roads - which are penetrating deeper and deeper into the wildest areas of the Congo Basin - are becoming highways of death for the little known forest elephant. view more (2007-04-03)
NASA Assists Search for Woodpecker Thought to be Extinct
Unlike its more famous cartoon cousin Woody the Woodpecker, the ivory-billed woodpecker is thought to be extinct, or so most experts have believed for over half a century. view more (2006-08-07)
Elvis the mystery bird has searchers scouring Arkansas habitats for signs of roosts, nests or stripped bark
Elvis. That is the nickname that Larry Mallard, refuge manager for the White River National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Arkansas, uses for the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), now being sought in Mallard's woods by Cornell Lab of Ornithology staffers and volunteers. view more (2005-12-27)
Fishing trade helps Africa
Eating fish imported from poor African countries can help rather than harm those economies according to new research by scientists at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, working in partnership with the University of East Anglia. view more (2006-09-06)
University of Leicester scientists discover technique to help 'friendly bacteria'
There is currently a great deal of interest in the health-associated properties of probiotics, also known as 'beneficial' or 'friendly' bacteria, and prebiotics, the food needed for the growth of probiotic when inside our bodies. view more (2007-09-21)
Action needed to tackle fake drugs trade
The World Health Organisation estimates that fake drugs account for 10% of global pharmaceutical commerce. Researchers in this week’s BMJ call for urgent international action to tackle this murderous trade. Recent examples of fake drugs include neomycin eye drops and meningococcal vaccine made of tap water; paracetamol syrup made of... view more... (2002-04-03)
Involving partners of pregnant women in Africa to improve AIDS prevention
According to the World Health Organization, nearly three-quarters of the world's 40 million human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected people are living in Sub-Saharan Africa. view more (2008-04-29)
Parasitic tropical diseases in the Americas, a legacy of slavery, can be eliminated
Although it has been speculated for more than a century that the slave trade was responsible for bringing many tropical diseases to the Americas, only recently has convincing evidence shown that lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), schistosomiasis, and onchocerciasis (river blindness) originated in this way. view more (2007-11-07)
The hidden danger in used tyres
The international used tyre trade is bringing unwanted visitors to Europe - exotic mosquitoes. Species such as the Asian 'Tiger Mosquito' are able to survive in temperate climates, spread diseases (such as dengue and West Nile virus, among others) and may be poised to take Britain by surprise, unless monitoring systems are put in place. Tiger... view more... (2002-03-26)
Test helps in fight against lung infections and for treating other life-threatening infections
A new test developed by Edmonton-based Innovotech™ Inc. will now allow doctors to more accurately identify the right antibiotics required to treat serious, chronic infections that are biofilm based. view more (2009-07-29)
Emerging (disease) markets
Instead of attacking wild birds for our new disease problems, a far more cost effective approach should focus on keeping wild animals separate in the places where they often commingle: in wildlife markets and international trade. view more (2007-08-16)
A bitter pill to swallow
Two reports from TRAFFIC, the world's largest wildlife trade monitoring network, on traditional medicine systems in Cambodia and Vietnam suggest that illegal wildlife trade, including entire tiger skeletons, and unsustainable harvesting is depleting the region's rich and varied biodiversity and putting the primary healthcare resource of millions... view more... (2008-07-02)
Success comes at a cost, even for phages
As many a mother may tell you, expending the energy necessary to raise a clutch of kids can shave years off one's life. Trade-offs between reproductive success and survival have been demonstrated for a wide variety of organisms, in keeping with life history theory. view more (2006-06-13)
Malaria: synergy of insecticide mixture applied to mosquito nets against resistant Anopheles
Malaria is a major scourge on health in many parts of the world, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa where over 90% of declared cases have been recorded. Mosquito nets impregnated with insecticides are considered as a good prevention and control weapon against the mosquito vectors, in particular in areas where malaria is strongly endemic. The only... view more... (2003-11-12)
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