http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on space technology and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/ Space programmes can assist development work but are they taking cash better spent on ground-based efforts? Talent Ng'andwe investigates.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/features/is-asian-space-science-drive-harming-development--2.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyThu, 16 May 2013 16:58:20 GMTThe latest studies predict adverse or ineffective outcomes of atmospheric geoengineering, and scientists are calling for better governance.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/concerns-grow-over-effects-of-solar-geoengineering.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyThu, 02 May 2013 16:43:13 GMTA new ground study confirms a trend in tiny polluting particles rising over India.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/aerosols-confirmed-rising-over-india.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyThu, 18 Apr 2013 08:32:25 GMTA report examines why early warning systems are good at predicting crises but bad at triggering preventive action.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/famine-forecasting-systems-still-failing-to-spur-action.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyFri, 05 Apr 2013 15:50:06 GMTScientists who used a satellite to detect sound waves from the 2011 earthquake in Japan say space-based earthquake detection is possible, albeit some way off.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/satellite-based-earthquake-detection-mooted-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyMon, 01 Apr 2013 10:00:54 GMTALMA, the world’s largest radio telescope, inaugurated in Chile, will benefit science and technology in the country, say experts.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/chile-radio-telescope-will-boost-technology-development-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologySat, 23 Mar 2013 09:32:07 GMTDangerous asteroids could go undetected if the Southern Hemisphere's only telescope survey to track them closes in July.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/southern-skies-may-go-unmonitored-for-asteroid-risk.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyMon, 11 Mar 2013 16:33:44 GMTAs the Obama administration begins a second term, USAID's Alex Dehgan describes how the agency will build on its science-for-development agenda.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/opinions/usaid-will-continue-its-push-for-science.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyThu, 20 Dec 2012 18:04:58 GMTBy expanding and interlinking its biodiversity databases India hopes to better inform policymakers.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/india-expands-its-biodiversity-databases-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyMon, 22 Oct 2012 11:14:54 GMTData needed for joined-up action on ecosystem protection is lacking, a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity has heard.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/biodiversity-data-gaps-need-bridging-to-meet-global-targets.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyThu, 11 Oct 2012 17:19:49 GMTGhana's first space research centre will aim to rejuvenate research and technology, and inspire a new generation of scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/ghana-opens-space-research-centre.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyWed, 03 Oct 2012 17:19:15 GMTS. Romi Mukherjee outlines human rights-based approaches to science, technology and development, and what they mean for policy and practice.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/features/linking-science-and-human-rights-facts-and-figures.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyWed, 26 Sep 2012 09:30:00 GMTLooking through a 'human rights lens' can improve S&T programmes, while S&T can help strengthen human rights work, says lawyer Jessica Wyndham.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/opinions/putting-human-rights-principles-into-practice.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyWed, 26 Sep 2012 09:01:00 GMTMore can be done to use science for peacekeeping and peace-building in conflict zones, scientists say on the International Day of Peace.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/calls-for-more-science-research-for-peace.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyFri, 21 Sep 2012 15:00:32 GMTA US$7.7 million project aims to protect biodiversity and help manage sustainably the Congo Basin rainforest.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/ten-african-countries-unite-to-protect-rainforests.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyTue, 04 Sep 2012 16:23:05 GMTUsing satellites and airplanes, scientists have mapped forest carbon stocks in 40 per cent of the Colombian Amazon.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/forest-carbon-stored-in-colombian-amazon-mapped-in-detail.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyMon, 13 Aug 2012 16:20:43 GMTSenegal is stepping up its space research collaboration with Pakistan to increase food security in the drought-hit country.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/senegal-and-pakistan-collaborate-on-remote-sensing-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyWed, 01 Aug 2012 17:36:56 GMTThe 'digital divide' has been replaced by the 'broadband divide', say ICT specialists.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/broadband-access-must-expand-to-include-poor-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyFri, 22 Jun 2012 17:31:51 GMTAfrica, Brazil and France are coming together to tackle desertification, and have presented their first concrete actions at Rio+20 this week.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/news/anti-desertification-plan-gets-official-launch-in-rio.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyThu, 21 Jun 2012 13:43:11 GMTShared hosting of the Square Kilometre Array project with Australasia will not diminish the benefits for Africa, says Linda Nordling.http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/space-technology/opinions/africa-analysis-a-stellar-win-for-africa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newtechnologies_spacetechnologyThu, 07 Jun 2012 17:48:14 GMT http://c96265.r65.cf3.rackcdn.com/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/