Water Pollution

 Melting pot

A person's skin or hair colour is a very poor indicator of genetic ancestry, says a study conducted by scientists at the University of Minas Gerais in Brazil and the University of Porto in Portugal.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Down to Earth
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Medical Research, Genetic Engineering, Brazil
India

 Curtain raiser

Ways to prevent skin ulcers

Publication Date: 
14/01/2003
Down to Earth
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Medical Research, Skin Diseases, Sudan, Bangladesh, Brazil, India
India

 Down in the doldrums

The state of India's science research

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
T V Jayan
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Research, Information, Education, China, South Korea, Brazil, India
India

 Words are biotic

What exactly is lost when a language dies? Do we also lose a biotic world-view, the local knowledge and wisdom of which a language is a repository? Is it a coincidence that areas of linguistic and ethnic

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
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Endangered Species, Tribals, Biodiversity, Research, Human Rights, Africa, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, India, Rajasthan, Statistics
Climate Change

Climate change mitigation in developing countries: Brazil, China, India, Mexico

Greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries will likely surpass those from developed countries within the first half of this century, highlighting the need for developing country efforts to reduce the risk of climate change. While developing nations have been reluctant to accept binding emissions targets,

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
Chandler, W., R. Schaeffer, Z. Dadi & et al
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, China, Mexico, Brazil, India, Developing Countries
Poverty

 Thumbs down

ANTI-MCDONALD'S DAY . October 16, 2002 October 16, 2002 is UN World Food Day. It is also the 18th annual worldwide Anti-McDonald's Day. A day of protest against the

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
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Fast Foods, Health Effects, Canada, Children, Philippines, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil
India

 In the soup

The online exploits of a us couple have landed them in trouble. The husband and wife team of Donald and Mary Davis was selling "public' tracts in the Amazon on the Internet. They enlisted the

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
Down to Earth
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Brazil, Internet
Agriculture

 Huge haven

It covers 3.8 million hectares (ha) of virgin rainforest, is chock-a-block with primates, birds and reptiles, and is expected to yield hitherto unknown species. These are the vital statistics of the

Publication Date: 
29/09/2002
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Reptiles, Birds, National Parks, Brazil, Statistics
Environment

 Exporting expertise

Brazil is going global with its highly potent anti-aids programme. It will share its know-how in combating the disease with other countries. That the nation has succeeded in cutting its

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
Down to Earth
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Health Care, Drugs, AIDS, Governance, Brazil
Environment

 Shot in the arm

The Brazilian government will provide about us $2 million to support research in areas such as therapeutic cloning, which involves using cells and tissues from cloned human embryos to replace

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
Down to Earth
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Cancer, Medical Research, Finance, Genetic Cloning, Brazil

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