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President Bush
took on the role of chief critic of the farm bill yesterday, renewing his threat to veto the bill if it raises taxes or does not overhaul farm programs.
UNTIL recently, only a small group of developing countries were engaged in fighting the battle against biopiracy. Now a large group of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have thrown in their support, finally waking up to the need to protect their own resources from biopirates from rich nations.
A development economist, Dr Nii Moi Thompson, has said that the signing of an economic agreement with Europe will not be a panacea for the country to overcome its trading problems.
The "digital divide" between rich and poor countries is growing with developing countries still far behind in the use of broadband internet, the UN trade and development agency has warned.
GENEVA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Mediators at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) issued revised texts on Friday for the key agriculture and industrial goods negotiations, intended to help reach a new deal to open up world trade by the end of this year.
Minnesota lawmakers want to ban a plastics chemical from baby bottles after reviewing product tests that show potentially harmful levels can leach from bottles after they are washed and heated.
The government's new renewable energy standards call for a big boost in production of biofuels like ethanol, to replace some of the gas we burn in our cars and trucks. But a new study by a Minnesota researcher says if those biofuels are grown on land that's converted from natural prairie or forest, they'll not only fail to reduce global warming; they could actually make it worse.
"Recently, U.S. and Mexican sugar producers made recommendations to the U.S. and Mexican governments regarding sugar policy under the North American Free Trade Agreement (the Agreement). U.S. government officials have met with a large number of interested parties - including sugar producers - to hear their recommendations and better understand the proposals.
Jan. 28, 2008 -- A new industry group aims to give sustainable furniture manufacturers a shared platform for their marketing efforts. The just-launched Design Green Alliance purchases large blocks of exhibit space at furniture trade shows and conventions to create a ,green pavilion where buyers, designers, and other show attendees can learn about sustainability from leaders in the industry.
In the gloomy shade deep in Africa's rain forest, the noontime silence was pierced by the whine of a far-off chain saw. It was the sound of destruction, echoed from wood to wood, continent to continent, in the tropical belt that circles the globe.
From Brazil to central Africa to once-lush islands in Asia's archipelagos, human encroachment is shrinking the world's rain forests.
Anyone who has ever tried to book a room near Yellowstone National Park in August knows that natural places can get very crowded. But biologist Oliver Pergams says those crowds can hide an important trend: Every year, a smaller percentage of Americans are fishing, camping or engaging in other nature-based activities.
Most of Washington state's biofuels come from plants grown elsewhere. But a newly launched $3 million program will team doctoral students, UW faculty and local Native American tribes to transform local forestry and agricultural waste into plant-based fuels.
Beetles are killing off large swaths of forest throughout the Rocky Mountain region, but every cloud has a silver lining, right?
Officials in Carbon County think so. They hope to put the wood to use.
These are good days if you're a tree-killing bark beetle.
In 2007, the native pests ate deeper into the region's drought-weakened forests, choking the life out millions of trees in one of the largest outbreaks in decades.
Congress does not want to make further cuts in U.S. farm subsidies despite a veto threat from President George W. Bush, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said on Thursday.
"I don't have the votes for it," said Chairman Tom Harkin, who is in charge of House-Senate negotiations over the final version of the five-year, $286 billion farm bill.
The high level of foreign investment in Brazil in 2007 prompted the country to become the 9th main destination for foreign investment in the world, against being the 12th in 2006. In 2007 Brazil also overtook Mexico as the most attractive destination for foreign investors in in Latin America. The information was released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad).
Although the global economy will continue to grow in 2008, a new United Nations (UN) report launched today warned that this expansion is under threat, mainly by the slowdown of the United States economy.