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Agriculture
Scientists Mount a “Sting Operation” in Thailand to Tackle a Devastating Pest Outbreak
United Nations Agency Explores Potential Benefits Of Organic Agriculture In Eastern Europe
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
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
Biodiversity
UNESCO Declares Everglades Endangered Site
President Obama signs Executive Order establishing a National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts, and Great Lakes
Tiny Marine Microbes Exert Influence on Global Climate
Desertification
United Nations (UN) Launches Decade-Long Efforts to Tackle 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
Endangered Species
New Conservation E-Tool to Track Ttrade in Wild Animals and Plants
Three Species of Birds from Latin America and the Caribbean Listed for U.S.Endangered Species Act Protection
Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Receives Renewed Protection
Energy
CSIRO Scientists Say Ocean Waves Offer a "Massive Resource" to Meet Australia's Power Needs
Research To Create New Wave Of Clean Energy Technology Underway
Secretary Chu Announces Initiatives to Promote Clean Energy at First Clean Energy Ministerial
Exhibits
Coral Reefs
Ecosystems of Bolivia
Global Climate Change
One Third Of Countries Show Promising Gains In Low-Carbon Economic Growth
£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
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
Natural Disaster Relief
UNEP Launches New Online Resource Centre to Reduce Environmental Impact of Relief Work
Pakistan: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Others Working to Avoid Disease Outbreaks
Relief Efforts for Flood Victims in Pakistan
News and Special Reports
Amendments to Global Treaty Launched to Eliminate Nine Toxic Chemicals
Bayer Agrees to Terminate All Uses of the Insecticide Aldicarb
Packing Foam Now Entering The Marketplace Is Engineered From Mushrooms And Agricultural Waste
Oceans, Coral Reefs
Super-Rare 'Elkhorn' Coral Found In Pacific
Expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise Identifies Unusual Variety of Deep Sea Vents: Method included first use of nereus hybrid vehicle in “autonomous” mode.
Historic Census of Marine Life (COML) Roll Call of Marine Species Published
Population
Africa : Upgrading Traditional Midwives' Skills
Realityworks infant simulator and RealCare® Parenting Program
The Teen Outreach Program (TOP)
Public Health
U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Sets First National Limits to Reduce Mercury and Other Toxic Emissions from Cement Plants
TDR Study featured by WHO Shows Effectiveness Of Community-Directed Interventions in Delivering Health Care In Africa
Access to New Interventions: Implementation Research Key To Access To Disease Interventions
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
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
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
Water
US EPA Launches Web Forum on How to Best Protect America’s Drinking 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
Water and Sanitation
WSSCC Request for Proposals: Global Sanitation Fund “Country Progamme Monitor” in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Kenya
Public Health Champion Dr Rita Colwell Receives 2010 Stockholm Water Prize
The United Nations General Assembly Declares Access to Clean Water and Sanitation is a Human Right