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Last Updated: Aug 17th, 2007 - 20:23:40
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HORIZON is pleased to present the following news services (Note:
these articles have not been peer-reviewed by the HORIZON Scientific
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| Agriculture |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Announce $120 Million in New Agriculture Grants: Bill Gates to Call for United Action to Support World's Poorest Farmers |
| Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Opens Doors for 100 Million Seeds from 100 Countries |
| Flood-tolerant Rice Offers Relief for World's Poorest Farmers |
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| Air Pollution |
| Australians Embrace Climate Neutrality on National Day : Carbon Neutral Initiatives Planned Nationwide |
| China Closes Five of its Six Depleting Chemical Plants |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Concludes that Cost-Effective Policies and Technologies Could Greatly Reduce Global Warming |
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| Biodiversity |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Critical Habitat for Threatened Population of Sea Otters |
| Living, Meandering River Constructed: Vegetation and sand found to be essential in stream life |
| Cool Tools Let Public Upload Images, Information to Massive Interactive Online Biodiversity Encyclopedia |
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| Desertification |
| Tamarix, a natural resource on which the communities depend for fuelwood, tools, and basket making. |
| World Vision International (WVI) restoration and protection project in the Louga region |
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| Energy |
| Researchers make Breakthrough in Creating Gasoline from Plant Matter |
| Remarkable New Shirt Harvests Energy from Wearer's Movement |
| Microbes Churn Out Hydrogen at Record, New Efficient Rate |
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| Exhibits |
| Coral Reefs |
| Ecosystems of Bolivia |
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| Global Climate Change |
| £5.1M Government Funding Secured To Develop Wave Energy Device, Oyster 2 |
| United Nations (UN) Completes Greenhouse Gas Inventory: Challenge Now To Cut Back Emissions |
| Assessing Biofuels Report Helps Give Greater Clarity to Burning Issue |
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| Industry |
| Clean Technology Investment in North American Hits Record High |
| Ten Thousand Villages Provides Fair Income to Artisans |
| United Nations Agency to Back One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Project to Distribute $100 Laptops |
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| News and Special Reports |
| Haitians in UN’s cash-for-work scheme earn income as they help their country |
| Global Ice Age Climate Patterns Influenced by Bering Strait: Small geographic feature has large impacts on climate |
| Help for Haiti: Remarks by President Obama on Rescue Efforts in Haiti |
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| Oceans, Coral Reefs |
| Book, World Ocean Census: A Global Survey of Marine Life, Highlights Findings of Ten-year Census of Marine Life 2000-2010 |
| NOAA Report Finds Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among the Healthiest Coral Reefs in Gulf of Mexico |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Announces Interim Rules to Reduce Overfishing and Rebuild Northeast Groundfish Stocks |
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| Population |
| Africa : Upgrading Traditional Midwives' Skills |
| Realityworks infant simulator and RealCare® Parenting Program |
| The Teen Outreach Program (TOP) |
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| Public Health |
| Report Identifies Barriers, Offers Solutions to Water and Sanitation Service Delivery |
| World Water Day March 22, 2009: Water Sharing is Crucial in the Fight Against Disease |
| Swedish Teenagers Help Educate and Empower Female Refugees in Rwanda |
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| Sanitation |
| Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Indian Sanitation Innovator and Social Reformer Receives the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize |
| Experts at World Water Week Assert That Sanitation is Humanity’s Most Urgent, Yet Solvable Crisis |
| The improved septic tanks project |
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| Transportation |
| Commuting Bicyclists: A Growing Transportation Trend |
| Bicycles Selling Like Hotcakes in US Stores |
| UNEP: Over 50% of gasoline in sub-Saharan Africa is now lead free |
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| Waste Management |
| UN Environment Programme Waste Management Project in Southern Sudan Launched by UK Minister |
| 119 Countries will Participate in Clean Up the World campaign |
| Finns Use Pig Slurry to Clean Polluted Pond |
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| Water |
| New Agreements Address Water Safety in Latin America and Caribbean |
| UNEP Head Says Investing in Freshwaters Could Be A Key to Aid Global Economy |
| Small Ecuadorian Clean Water Project Improves Health in Village |
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