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Investing in poor people in less-favoured areas
Joint policy seminar of Wageningen University & IFPRI: In preparation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) , Wageningen University and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI, Washington D.C.) celebrate a joint seminar to analyze the policy options for... view more (2002-07-10)

Top conservation award for University of Kent academic
University of Kent academic, Dr Richard Bodmer, has been given the Presidential Award for 2003 by the Chicago Zoological Society. Dr Bodmer is Reader in Conservation Ecology in the University's Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) based in the Department of Anthropology. The Award... view more (2003-11-12)

Global Biopact on biofuels can bring benefits to both rich and poor nations
A GLOBAL Biofuels Biopact between rich and poor countries can help alleviate poverty in the developing world while helping to solve the problems of global warming and energy security in the developed world.   view more (2008-02-20)

Unlocking genome of world's worst insect pest
Scientists from CSIRO and the University of Melbourne in Australia, and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, are on the brink of a discovery which will facilitate the development of new, safe, more sustainable ways of controlling the world's worst agricultural insect pest - the moth,... view more (2008-06-18)

Electricity grid could become a type of Internet
In the future everyone who is connected to the electricity grid will be able to upload and download packages of electricity to and from this network. At least, that is one of the transformations the electricity grid could undergo.   view more (2007-10-25)

Herbal alternative to farmyard antibiotics
Research at the University of Leeds into herbal remedies in the farmyard could soon see pigswill garnished with garlic and cows chewing on cinnamon-flavoured cud. With an EU ban on antibiotic growth promoters in animal feed from 2006, alternatives need to be found urgently. The use of plant... view more (2004-01-26)

Invitation to media briefings in Turku, Finland
The 22nd Congress of the Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists (NJF) will be held on July 1-4, 2003 in Turku, Finland. The Congress will be attended by approximately 400 scientists, policymakers and advisors from the Nordic and the Baltic countries, all specialists in agriculture, food... view more (2003-06-27)

Ten years of strong adjustment for Finnish agriculture
The accession to the European Union (EU) ten years ago was for the Finnish agriculture and food sector an unprecedented rapid shift from closed and regulated markets to open and more competitive ones. Finnish farmers faced a change in output prices, relative prices and direct support which were of... view more (2005-05-24)

Academy's Whittle Medal awarded for engineering the practice of sustainable development
The Sir Frank Whittle Medal for 2003 under the theme, 'for outstanding and sustained achievement by an engineer who has contributed to the well being of the nation', has been awarded to Professor Roland Clift OBE FREng, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Technology and Director, Centre for... view more (2003-06-02)

EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND THE JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT: BEYOND WORDS, SCIENCE PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR ACTION
As a contribution to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 26 August – 4 September 2002), the European Commission will sponsor and co-chair together with South African authorities a conference on Science and Technology. The event is planned to demonstrate that research is... view more (2002-08-30)

Sustainable agriculture: Canadian institute offers definition, recommends path
A landmark discussion paper, published by the Agricultural Institute of Canada, proposes that the GST or some other levy be applied to groceries to help achieve sustainable agriculture and staunch a potentially disastrous collapse of smaller sized farms.   view more (2005-10-31)

Essex environmentalist to shape the future of world agriculture
A University of Essex academic has been nominated to join an international working party committed to agricultural research as well as becoming the Chief Editor of a new journal that will provide a critical forum for the latest research and thinking on agricultural sustainability.   view more (2002-06-12)

Young Manchester Artists Wins National Chemical Industry Award
Mike Ferguson from Manchester Metropolitan University has been chosen as the national winner in the Chemical Industries Association's innovative 'Holding up the mirror' arts competition, the CIA announced today. Students from around the UK were invited to create a work of art which explored the... view more (2005-03-09)

Impact Of Agricultural Activity On Water Resources
A group of researchers at the Navarre Public University, together with technical experts from the Navarre Provincial Government, are evaluating the impact of agricultural activity on water resources, based on a Net of Experimental Catchment Areas that the Provincial Administration has installed in... view more (2004-04-06)

Saving the peatlands of Borneo
Recent EU funding for University of Leicester research into Borneo peatlands will help to save the natural habitat of species such as the orang-utan, already under threat. The island of Borneo includes 11 million hectares of peatland, an area almost half the size of the land area of the UK,... view more (2002-07-26)

Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals ants as fungus farmers
It turns out ants, like humans, are true farmers. The difference is that ants are farming fungus.   view more (2008-03-25)

Experiment Demonstrates 110 Years of Sustainable Agriculture
A plot of land on the campus of Auburn University shows that 110 years of sustainable farming practices can produce similar cotton crops to those using other methods.    view more (2008-09-30)

Wood to replace oil in building polymers
A new type of polymers can be produced in a more environmentally friendly way, using wood instead of oil as a raw material, according to research at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. The next step is to replace the wood with the process water from the pulp industry. This... view more (2003-06-12)

Cleaning up pollutants with sunlight
A cheap, harmless chemical and sunlight could provide an environmentally friendly way of destroying micro-pollutants in the environment. UK researchers are developing a new type of reactor to destroy persistent contaminants such as pesticides and pharmaceutical residues. The technology, which... view more (2002-10-23)

ESA's Chairmanship of CEOS
ESA is now almost half way through its term as chair of CEOS, the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. This international organisation was created in 1984 under the auspices of the G7 - with the goal to coordinate Earth observation satellite missions among its Members. Members include space... view more (2002-05-31)

Industry Leader Calls for Moves Toward a Hydrogen Economy
Chris Clark, chief executive of Johnson Matthey, last night called on legislators to assess urgently future sustainable energy targets and technology. He was speaking in London on acceptance of the SCI Centenary Medal, which recognises excellence and achievement in the global science and business... view more (2002-05-23)

Karlstad University and Ericsson in new global collaboration
At the same time as the Third World is expected to be the next huge market for western IT giants, it is also becoming more and more evident that information technology can help ameliorate the situation for the poorest of the poor. If it is adapted to their needs. Efficient communication has long... view more (2003-02-28)

Nominations sought for 2001 Stockholm industry water award
Award Honors Business Contributions to Sustainable Water Development Companies that have contributed to pollution elimination or reduced freshwater consumption through innovative programs, policies, processes or products now have the opportunity to nominate themselves for the prestigious Stockholm... view more (2000-11-02)

Real Threats To Countryside Ignored In GM Furore, Ecologists Warn
*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 16 OCTOBER* The UK should be cautious in developing GM technology in agriculture, the British Ecological Society (BES) has said. However, scientists, policy makers and environmental campaigners should beware that by focussing solely on GM crops, the real threats... view more (2003-10-15)

Sustainable Production: The Role of Nanotechnologies
Invitation to a special media briefing Danish Technical University, Copenhagen (Lyngby) Monday 7 October 2002, 9:30- 17:30 Ten years after the Rio Summit and a few weeks after the Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development, the key question remains how to favour economic growth while preserving... view more (2002-09-23)
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