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Cassava 'offers climate change hope' for Africa

Cassava 'offers climate change hope' for Africa
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The cassava plant could help African farmers cope with climate change, a scientific report says.

"It's like the Rambo of the food crops," report author Andy Jarvis, of the Colombia-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture, said.

He told the BBC: "Whilst other staples can suffer from heat and other problems of climate change, cassava thrives."

The root crop is already one of the most widely consumed staple foods on the continent.

But the report also stresses the need for more research to make cassava more resistant to pests and disease.

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An organization within the California Center for Sustainable Energy that gives advice to, and educates the government and people of San Diego on the benefits of trees to San Diego County, and how to best plant them. They also are a resource for relevant law regarding trees, and community gardens throughout San Diego County.

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Tracking How the World Guzzles Water

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JOANNA M. FOSTER
Tracking How the World Guzzles Water
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With the world’s freshwater supplies under mounting pressure from pollution and galloping consumption, understanding the how, where and why of water use is more important than ever.

To that end, scientists from the University of Twente in the Netherlands have released a new study analyzing the quantity and distribution of global water use from 1996 to 2005.

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Caribbean's high crime rate is hindering development, report says

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Frederika Whitehead
Caribbean's high crime rate is hindering development, report says
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UNDP reports says violent crime, police corruption and failings in justice system are having a detrimental effect on business and investment, and could be blocking development

High levels of violent crime in the Caribbean are hindering development, according to the latest United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on the region, published last week.

The Caribbean is home to 8.5% of the global population and yet 27% of the world's murders take place in the region.

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Dutch researchers invent a process to turn plants into plastics

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Fox Van Allen
Dutch researchers invent a process to turn plants into plastics
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It should come as no surprise to learn that the world is over reliant on petroleum, from the gas we put in cars to the plastic bags we take groceries home in. We're still trying to figure out how to make electric cars popular, but scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands may have solved the plastic bag half of the problem, creating an innovative new process that turns plant material to plastic.

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Logging blamed for Philippine flood deaths

Logging blamed for Philippine flood deaths
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It is now two months since the devastating floods that hit the southern Philippines, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving many more homeless.

Officials admit that deforestation was the cause of much of the destruction and the government says it has renewed efforts to prevent any more trees being cut down.

But the BBC has seen evidence that logging is still causing concern that December's disaster could be repeated.

Kate McGeown visited one of the worst affected areas in Mindanao to see the impact of the floods and hear from locals.

 

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World Bank launches global coalition for marine protection

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Jonathan Watts
The Global Partnership for Oceans is a political boost for the world’s over-fish
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Global Partnership for Oceans, comprising governments, NGOs, scientists and businesses, is a boost for overfished, polluted and warming oceans

A new partnership to raise $1.5bn (£633m) for the world's oceans, double marine protected areas and rebuild fish stocks was launched on Friday by the World Bank.

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