http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on environmental policy and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/news/ East Africa must adopt alternative farming techniques to combat the crop losses projected for 2050, a study says.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/food-security-in-east-africa-within-reach--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyFri, 13 Nov 2009 03:11:35 GMTJamaica and four other Caribbean countries have been granted US$1.7 million to reduce the biodiversity threat of invasive alien species.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/jamaica-to-tackle-species-threatening-biodiversity.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:28:26 GMTSouth African researchers have lodged an appeal against their government's rejection of a genetically modified potato.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/gm-potato-gets-roasting-in-south-africa-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:55:05 GMTChina has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions, but its failure to reduce nitrogen emissions could worsen acid rain in the country.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/china-s-nitrogen-emissions-could-worsen-pollution.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:38:09 GMTBiofuels are neither a panacea nor a pariah, says a major UN report, but they must not be grown on productive cropland.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/world-needs-sophisticated-biofuel-approach-urges-report.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyTue, 20 Oct 2009 05:11:20 GMTThe Samoan earthquake highlights worrying shortcomings in Pacific early warning systems, says Richard Hamblyn.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/pacific-warning-systems-are-failing.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyMon, 05 Oct 2009 03:51:29 GMTCrop yields will plummet and millions more children will go hungry unless agricultural practices adapt to climate change, warns a report.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/climate-change-will-leave-25-million-more-children-hungry--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyWed, 30 Sep 2009 01:21:55 GMTScientists have urged the UN's desertification convention to unite research on land degradation and so convince policymakers to take action.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/uniting-drylands-research-could-halt-looming-crisis.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyMon, 28 Sep 2009 03:27:13 GMTEstablishing an effective science–policy interface is key to combating biodiversity loss, say Harold Mooney and Georgina Mace.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/get-biodiversity-science-to-decision-makers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyMon, 28 Sep 2009 06:00:00 GMTEcuadorian authorities are fumigating aeroplanes to stop disease-carrying mosquitoes hitching a ride to the Galapagos islands.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/mosquitoes-stopped-on-way-to-the-galapagos.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyWed, 19 Aug 2009 05:41:50 GMTGovernments need to regain control over their agriculture to combat climate change, says commodities specialist Peter Baker.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/climate-change-brews-up-trouble-for-coffee-growers-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyWed, 05 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMTThe International Council for Science is asking scientists to define the research agenda in global environmental change.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/scientists-asked-to-create-earth-systems-research--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyTue, 28 Jul 2009 02:27:25 GMTAction on climate change is key to ensuring sustainable development in Nepal, say activists Gagan Thapa and Kashish Das Shresth.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/nepal-must-consider-environment-in-development-pla.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyThu, 09 Jul 2009 12:20:11 GMTTo get the best for and from Africa, REDD negotiators must hear African viewpoints, says head of the African Forest Forum, Godwin Kowero.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/getting-redd-right-for-africa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:04:00 GMTWithout knowing REDD's true costs we can't analyse the benefits, says the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins' Peter A. Minang.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/what-are-the-real-costs-of-reducing-forest-emissio.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:03:00 GMTHannah Chalmers gives the low-down on how reducing emissions from deforestation can play a central role in tackling climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/reducing-forest-emissions-facts-and-figures.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:01:00 GMTThe loss of biodiversity in South America has been analysed by experts from 12 countries, who have urged local communities to commit to conservation.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/experts-appeal-to-defend-south-american-biodiversi.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyFri, 29 May 2009 04:23:42 GMTA synthesis of over 3,400 Pacific Ocean studies reveals threats to coastal communities but also widely applicable potential solutions.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/research-reveals-pacific-ocean-threats-and-solutio.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyWed, 27 May 2009 01:20:00 GMTWe should heed researchers' findings that ceasing deforestation in the Amazon could boost its climate change resilience, says Andrew Mitchell.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/amazon-trees-worth-more-alive-than-dead.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyFri, 08 May 2009 01:34:53 GMTSustainably developing drylands means balancing local knowledge, science and conflicting demands, says Elena María Abraham.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/environmental-policy/dryland-development-needs-science-and-sustainabili.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_environmentalpolicyThu, 30 Apr 2009 01:03:04 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/