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<td>SciDev.Net Weekly Update (22 - 28 October 2012): Biodiversity targets, Indian Bt trials, Arabic translations, and more</td>
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<td style="padding: 7px 11px 8px 11px;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #666666; font-family: Arial;"><strong>Articles published on the SciDev.Net website over the last week: 22 - 28 October 2012</strong></span></td>
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<td valign="top"><a href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21216/80/"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Biodiversity and the poor</span></a><br />
<p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;">Implementing biodiversity targets without further marginalising the poor will require a deeper understanding of the links with poverty and livelihoods, says <em>T.V. Padma</em>.<br /></span></p>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"> <strong><a style="color: #000000;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21216/83/">Biodiversity protection needs community input </a></strong> <br /> A pledge to increase support for biodiversity targets in developing countries is welcome, but care for indigenous people is vital too. <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21216/84/"> <span style="color: #346699; font-size: xx-small;">EN</span> </a> <span style="color: #99999b; font-size: xx-small;">|</span> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21215/85/"> <span style="color: #346699; font-size: xx-small;">ES</span> </a> <span style="color: #99999b; font-size: xx-small;">|</span> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21217/86/"> <span style="color: #346699; font-size: xx-small;">中文</span> </a> </span></td>
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<td valign="top"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"> <strong> <a style="color: #000000;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21233/90/"> Committee advises halt to Indian Bt crop trials </a> </strong> <br /> An expert panel, appointed by the Supreme Court of India, has recommended a ten-year moratorium on all Bt food crop trials. <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21233/91/"> <span style="color: #346699; font-size: xx-small;">EN</span> </a> </span><br /><br /></td>
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<td valign="top"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"> <strong> <a style="color: #000000;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21225/93/"> Climate change mitigation 'far cheaper than inaction'</a> </strong> <br /> Developing a low carbon economy will be far cheaper than responding to climate change in an ad hoc fashion, says a global report. <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21225/94/"> <span style="color: #346699; font-size: xx-small;">EN</span> </a> <span style="color: #99999b; font-size: xx-small;">|</span> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21224/95/"> <span style="color: #346699; font-size: xx-small;">ES</span> </a> </span><br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"> <strong><a style="color: #000000;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21227/100/">Biodiversity meeting calls for more science-based information </a></strong> <br /> The Convention on Biological Diversity meeting also urged caution in fields such as synthetic biology. <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21227/101/"> <span style="color: #346699; font-size: xx-small;">EN</span> </a> <span style="color: #99999b; font-size: xx-small;">|</span> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21226/102/"> <span style="color: #346699; font-size: xx-small;">ES</span> </a> </span><br /><br /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;"> <strong><a style="color: #000000;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21231/108/">First virtual science newsroom launched</a></strong> <br /> The World Conference of Science Journalists has started a virtual newsroom to boost science journalism in Africa and the Middle East. <br /><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://email.scidev.net/t/33835/4580719/21231/109/"> <span style="color: #346699; font-size: xx-small;">EN</span> </a> </span></td>
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<p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial;">Clear guidelines and better quality control for Arabic translations will help promote science in Arabic-speaking countries, says science translator and lecturer <em>Ehab Abdelrahim Ali</em>.<br /></span></p>
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