What's in a face? Clues to evolution, scientists say
Helen of Troy might have had “the face that launched a thousand ships,” but that visage might not float anyone’s vessel in Fiji. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - September 25, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Juvenile Coral and Fish Know When a Reef Has Gone Bad
Baby coral and fish in the Pacific are able to detect both good and bad reefs, according to a Fiji-based study reported by the BBC. The study found that sea animals avoid reefs that do not give off the right chemical signals, because the failure to do so indicates that a reef is degraded.
According to the research, published in Science, when young coral and fish are presented with water samples taken from healthy reefs, and from reefs in overfished areas that are choked with seaweed, the sea creatures overwhelmingly choose the former.
Scientists say this could be a sign that simply designating a marine area as a protected ...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - August 22, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Burnett Tags: Uncategorized Coral Reefs Environment fish Source Type: news
Putting Population Management in Pacific Women’s Hands
Pacific Island nations say empowering women is the key to addressing population growth across the region. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSBy Catherine WilsonPORT VILA, Jul 10 2014 (IPS) Populations of many Melanesian countries in the southwest Pacific Islands region are expected to double in a generation, threatening regional and national efforts to improve low economic and human development indicators.
Arnold Bani, executive director of the Vanuatu Family Health Association in the capital, Port Vila, believes that if reproductive health issues are not addressed in the next 10-15 years the result “will be a disaster for the ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Catherine Wilson Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Democracy Development & Aid Education Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Population Poverty & MDGs Regional Categories Women's Health Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASP Source Type: news
State failed to analyze effects of water bank, judge rules
The findings are the latest development in a long legal fight over a facility that has helped Stewart Resnick, owner of Fiji Water and POM Wonderful. A court ruling issued Wednesday could throw up obstacles to operation of a Kern County groundwater bank that has helped billionaire Stewart Resnick build a nut empire in the southern San Joaquin Valley. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - March 6, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
It won't be long before the victims of climate change make the west pay | Chris Huhne
The scientific case is strengthening: developed countries are to blame for global warming – and there will soon be a legal reckoningWould you enjoy the cosiness and warmth of Christmas with your children or grandchildren just that little bit less if you knew that other people's children were dying because of it? More than four million children under five years old are now at risk of acute malnutrition in the Sahel, an area of the world that is one of the clearest victims of the rich world's addiction to fossil fuels.About 18 million people in the Sahel – the vulnerable pan-African strip of land that runs from Sene...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 29, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Chris Huhne Tags: Comment The Guardian Asia Pacific World news Sea level United Nations Climate change Palau Climate change scepticism Environment Science Comment is free Source Type: news
Saving Fiji's coral reefs linked to forest conservation upstream
(Wildlife Conservation Society) The health of coral reefs offshore depend on the protection of forests near the sea, according to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society that outlines the importance of terrestrial protected areas to coastal biodiversity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 17, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Saving Children From Loggers
Maddlyn Maelofa (far right) and young girls in Huahai village in Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS.AUKI, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, Dec 1 2013 (IPS) Logging is the largest industry in the Solomon Islands, an archipelago located northwest of Fiji, where 80 percent of the islands are covered in tropical rainforest. But, although timber accounts for 60 percent of this South Pacific nation’s export earnings, most local communities have experienced no beneficial development.
And when the social costs for those who live in the vicinity of logging camps includes greater inequality, in...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Catherine Wilson Tags: Active Citizens Asia-Pacific Civil Society Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Environment Featured Gender Gender Identity Gender Violence Headlines Human Rights Indigenous Rights Labour Natura Source Type: news
Saving Children From Loggers
Maddlyn Maelofa (far right) and young girls in Huahai village in Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS.By Catherine WilsonAUKI, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, Dec 1 2013 (IPS) Logging is the largest industry in the Solomon Islands, an archipelago located northwest of Fiji, where 80 percent of the islands are covered in tropical rainforest. But, although timber accounts for 60 percent of this South Pacific nation’s export earnings, most local communities have experienced no beneficial development.
And when the social costs for those who live in the vicinity of logging camps includes gre...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Catherine Wilson Tags: Active Citizens Asia-Pacific Civil Society Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Environment Featured Gender Gender Identity Gender Violence Headlines Human Rights Indigenous Rights Labour Natura Source Type: news
