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Hydrocarbon boom ‘may threaten Peruvian Amazon’
A study on the impacts of hydrocarbon exploration on the Peruvian Amazon is urgently needed, warn scientists.
8 March 2010
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Science academies ask for budget increase
The authorities of 16 science academies in the Americas urge more funding to promote scientific education and female participation in scientific research.
7 March 2010
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Features
Mexican scientists reflect on swine flu lessons
University scientists say they were under-used during the flu crisis because of a poor relationship with government laboratories.
Q&A: Will Lidia Brito put the science back into UNESCO?
UNESCO has a new science policy division head. Lidia Brito talks to SciDev.Net about her plans.
Editorial
Two cultures but one message for climate change
Tackling recent controversies about climate change data requires a robust partnership between the natural and social sciences.
Opinions
Strict building codes vital to reconstructing Haiti
Stricter engineering regulations could have averted much of the damage caused by the Haiti earthquake, says US seismologist Roger Bilham.
22 February 2010
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Source: Nature
GM crops: still not a panacea for poor farmers
GM crops have been hailed as a 'pro-poor' technology, but the reality is much more complicated, says technology researcher Dominic Glover.
‘Good start’ for science in Nicaragua
28 January 2010
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