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Shark Rules Need Teeth, Groups Tell IUCN
September 4, 2012 — The Wildlife Conservation Society and over 35 government agency and NGO partners participating in IUCN's World Conservation Congress this week are urging the world's governments to take urgent steps ... > full story -
Australian Shipping Emissions Identified
September 4, 2012 — Ship engine exhaust emissions make up more than a quarter of nitrogen oxide emissions generated in the Australian region according to a recently published study. Nitrogen oxide is a non-greenhouse ... > full story -
Major World Interests at Stake in Canada's Vast Mackenzie River Basin
September 3, 2012 — The governance of Canada's massive Mackenzie River Basin holds enormous national but also global importance due to the watershed's impact on the Arctic Ocean, international migratory birds and ... > full story -
TB Outbreaks Could Be 'Solved' by DNA Tracking, Scientists Say
September 3, 2012 — Reconstructing the spread of killer diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) from person to person using DNA sequencing quickly identifies the origin and movement of pathogens. This approach is directly ... > full story -
Legislated to Health? If People Don't Take Their Health Into Their Own Hands, Governments May Use Policies to Do It for Them
August 31, 2012 — Obesity rates in North America are a growing concern for legislators. Expanded waistlines mean rising health-care costs for maladies such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. One researcher ... > full story -
Shading Earth: Delivering Solar Geoengineering Materials to Combat Global Warming May Be Feasible and Affordable
August 30, 2012 — A cost analysis of the technologies needed to transport materials into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth and therefore reduce the effects of global climate change has ... > full story -
State Tax Incentives Do Not Appear to Increase the Rate of Living Organ Donation, U.S. Study Finds
August 30, 2012 — The policies that several U.S. states have adopted giving tax deductions or credits to living organ donors do not appear to have increased donation rates. A new study has found little difference in ... > full story -
Conservation Scientists Call Policy-Makers to Be Scale-Aware
August 30, 2012 — Conservation is concerned with the preservation of biological diversity at all levels, from genes to species, communities and ecosystems. Yet conserving this biological richness is made ... > full story -
Ecological Monitoring on Bird Populations in Europe Re-Evaluated
August 30, 2012 — A new article has examined Europe's long experience in monitoring the populations of birds. Scientists calculated that nearly 28,000 persons have been involved in bird monitoring during last few ... > full story -
Biodiversity Conservation Depends on Scale: Lessons from the Science–policy Dialogue
August 30, 2012 — A new article examines the mismatches between the scales at which ecological processes take place and the levels at which policy decisions and management interventions are made. Various societal ... > full story
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