22 Countries Face Food Crisis: UN Agencies

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The Associated Press

UN food agencies say persistent food crises are leaving 166 million people in 22 countries chronically hungry.

Wars, natural disasters and poor government institutions have contributed to a continuous state of undernourishment in countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, Somalia and Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Operation and the World Food Program said in a new report.

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2020 Emissions Set To Exceed Dangerous Levels By One Third

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© Greenpeace/Simon LimThe wall with the message I WILL ACT ON CLIMATE – WILL YOU? is composed of photographs submitted by thousands of people from China and around the world, confirming they are taking action in their homes and communities to cope with climate change. It’s part of a wave of action around the world this month, peaking on 10 October with the 10/10/10 global work party in 180 countries.

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Simulated Reserve and Corridor System to Protect Biodiversity

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Simulated Reserve and Corridor System to Protect Biodiversity

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1992

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China Moving Heaven And Earth To Bring Water To Beijing

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The $62-billion South-North Water Diversion, which will bring water to the parched capital, is being compared to the Great Wall. But environmentalists are up in arms about the 'replumbing' of the nation's great rivers.

Engineer Han Jiping in an aqueduct being built in China’s Henan province. Water will be rerouted from the wet south to the dry north. (Jonathan Watts, unknown / September 29, 2010)

By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Zhengzhou, China —

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Fifth Of World's Plants Endangered - Global Study

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First global study shows 22 percent of plants threatened
Agriculture and other human activity pose biggest dangers

By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - One in five of the world's 380,000 plant species is threatened with extinction and human activity is doing most of the damage, according to a global study published on Wednesday. Scientists from Britain's Botanic Gardens at Kew, London's Natural History Museum and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), found that more than 22 percent of species were endang