Our Fate Tied to the Ocean's Fate
World leaders and the international community are gathering soon at the United Nations to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, which will guide the UN and member states for the next 15 years. A critical component of achieving all the goals will be conservation and sustainable use of the world's ocean, seas, and marine resources -- Goal 14. This is good news. A healthy ocean is essential to ending poverty, drives prosperity, and ensures the health of our planet for generations to come. The ocean makes this planet habitable for human life. It generates half the oxygen we breathe and regulates our climate. Our fate is ti...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 21, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
How DNA Could Help Catch Elephant Poachers
Every year criminals around the world trade billions of dollars in products derived from wildlife. The elephant trade in particular has rankled government officials around the world with tens of thousands of the large mammals killed in Africa every year—a conservation threat, given the dwindling numbers of elephants in the wild.
Now, scientists say that they may be able to use DNA from government seizes of illegal ivory tusks to trace elephants’ origins, a potentially groundbreaking method for law enforcement. Large-scale poaching, which accounts for more than 70% of the ivory trade, may be confined to just two...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - June 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Justin Worland Tags: Uncategorized animals Source Type: news
Our Fate Is Tied to Our Ocean
It's not an exaggeration to say that we depend upon the ocean for our very existence. It regulates our climate and our weather. It generates half of the oxygen we breathe. It provides food and income for billions of people. Covering almost three-quarters of the planet, the mighty ocean is -- without a doubt -- a natural resource like no other. Our fate is inextricably tied to the ocean's fate and the ocean is in trouble.
Many of the world's fish stocks are depleted and continue to be overfished. Runoff and debris are choking our waters. The very chemistry of the ocean is changing, becoming more acidic because of th...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Largest turtle breeding colony in the Atlantic discovered
A new study has revealed that the Central African country of Gabon is providing an invaluable nesting ground for a vulnerable species of sea turtle considered a regional conservation priority. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 4, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Plant genus named after Sir David Attenborough
Key taxonomical classification of rare plant with fleshy flowers discovered in the rainforest of Gabon in central Africa is named after British naturalist Grasshoppers, shrimps, spiders and other creatures have all been named after Sir David Attenborough, but now a whole genus of endangered plants will bear the naturalist’s name.Identified by a team of researchers in Gabon, a renowned botanical hotspot, the Sirdavidia flowering plants are believed to be the first plant genus – a taxonomical ranking one step above a species – named after the broadcaster. Related: Species named after Sir David Attenborough - in pictur...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 5, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Adam Vaughan Tags: Wildlife Environment Plants Science David Attenborough Television & radio Biology Gabon Africa Endangered species Endangered habitats IUCN red list of endangered species Trees and forests Source Type: news
Scientists Ask If Ebola Could Be Silently Immunizing Some People While Killing Others
By Kate Kelland and Emma Farge LONDON/DAKAR (Reuters) - A recent sharp drop in new Ebola infections in West Africa is prompting scientists to wonder whether the virus may be silently immunizing some people at the same time as brutally killing their neighbors. So-called "asymptomatic" Ebola cases - in which someone is exposed to the virus, develops antibodies, but doesn't get sick or suffer symptoms - are hotly disputed among scientists, with some saying their existence is little more than a pipe dream. Yet if, as some studies suggest, such cases do occur in epidemics of the deadly ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Shedding new light on diet of extinct animals
A study of tooth enamel in mammals living today in the equatorial forest of Gabon could ultimately shed light on the diet of long extinct animals, according to new research. The researchers found that magnesium isotopes are particularly well suited to deciphering the diet of living mammals and, when used in conjunction with other methods such as carbon isotopes, they could open up new perspectives on the study of fossilized animals. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 22, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Shedding new light on the diet of extinct animals
A study of tooth enamel in mammals living today in the equatorial forest of Gabon could ultimately shed light on the diet of long extinct animals, according to new research from the University of Bristol. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - December 22, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research, International; Faculty of Science, Faculty of Science, School of Earth Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
Shedding new light on the diet of extinct animals
(University of Bristol) A study of tooth enamel in mammals living today in the equatorial forest of Gabon could ultimately shed light on the diet of long extinct animals, according to new research from the University of Bristol. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 22, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Africa: Thirteen Countries Move Closer to Eradicating Hunger
[FAO]Rome -FAO honors achievements of Brazil, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, the Gambia, Iran, Kiribati, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, the Philippines and Uruguay (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 1, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa Turns To New Breed Of Anti-Poaching Crime Fighters
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) — Venom and Killer. These are members of a furry breed of anti-poaching operatives, dogs that can detect a whiff of hidden rhino horn in a suspect's vehicle or follow the spoor of armed poachers in South Africa's besieged wildlife parks.
Dogs are a small part of an increasingly desperate struggle to curb poaching in Africa, where tens of thousands of elephants have been slaughtered in recent years to meet a surging appetite for ivory in Asia, primarily China. In South Africa, poachers have killed more than 1,000 rhinos this year, surpassing the 2013 record. Countries and conser...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 29, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Canadian Ebola vaccine to be tested in Europe, Gabon, Kenya
LONDON (Reuters) - Trials of an experimental vaccine developed by the Canadian government and licensed to NewLink Genetics will begin swiftly in healthy volunteers in Europe, Gabon and Kenya, under a program with funding from the Wellcome Trust. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
ANH-Intl Feature: Musings on Ebola – a case for immune-modulation therapy
ANH-Intl’s Rob Verkerk argues for a concerted effort on immune support to help stem West Africa’s Ebola epidemic (Source: Alliance for Natural Health)
Source: Alliance for Natural Health - October 15, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Sophie Tags: CDC Centres for Disease Control collared bat drugs ebola epidemic europe Gabon GlaxoSmithKline GSK Guinea hammer-headed fruit bat Hypsignathus monstrosus immune international Liberia Myonycteris torquata selenium Sierra Source Type: news
WHO Director-General addresses high-level meeting on the Ebola response
Good morning, Excellencies, Thank you for giving us your time, your expertise, and your support to get a grip on this epidemic and turn it around. (Source: WHO Director-General speeches)
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - September 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, African Region [region], Gabon [country], Speech [doctype] Source Type: news
Africa: Ebola - Relief for Nigeria, As AU Moves Against Travel Bans
[Guardian]THE African Union (AU) has urged member states to lift all travel bans and restrictions related to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. This came as some African countries, the latest being Gabon, continue to embarrass Nigeria with travel bans over the Ebola virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 15, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
