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The fight against biopiracy must embrace both legitimate science and social justice if biodiversity itself is not to suffer.

Effective adaptation strategies will require reliable scientific data both on the nature of climate change and on its potential impact.

A combination of factors appears to be pushing the risk-benefit balance back into nuclear's favour as an energy option for developing countries. SciDev.Net readers are invited to comment.

Last week's report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment provides a timely reminder of the plight facing the global environment. But its scare tactics could alienate those whose support is needed to reverse current trends.