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Winged Bean: The single species supermarket »

Winged Bean

By Bhavani Prakash Many plant species can lay claim to being a ‘single species supermarket’ where several if not all parts of the plant can be used productively for food, fibre and/or fuel. Three…

May 1 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Michelle Desilets: Palm oil and the fate of orangutans »

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By Bhavani Prakash Michelle Desilets is Founder and Executive Director of Orangutan Land Trust, a UK-based NGO which supports…

May 7 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes: Background and Concerns »

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By Bhavani Prakash In Dec 2010, 6000 genetically modified (GM) Aedes aegypti sterile male mosquitoes were released in the…

Apr 6 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

The fight for Borneo’s soul »

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by Neo Chai Chin With palm oil companies slashing vast swathes of forest, the Dayaks of West Kalimantan are desperately…

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Lorot Salem: My Mt. Kenya is up in Flames Tororot »

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Fires are raging across the slopes of Mt. Kenya in Africa, and they may have been set by poachers…

Mar 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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