[Todos] rio + 20, malaria, Fw: SciDev.Net Weekly Update (12 - 18 December 2011): Q&A with UNEP chief Achim Steiner, Sciencepolicy gap, Tsunamis, Keeping doctors local, and more

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Mas sobre rio mas 20, lo que pasara con la famosa economia verde (no se 
sabe si es verde de verguenza, de dolares o de sustentabilidad)

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News, views and information about science, technology and the
developing world

Green policies at Rio+20 should enable ― not constrain ―
development, UNEP's chief executive, Achim Steiner, tells _SciDev.Net_.

A Ugandan report suggests that policymakers' interest in science and
technology is growing. But they need support to turn it into action.

Once malaria patients are in intensive care, _Plasmodium vivax_ is just
as likely to kill as _P. falciparum_, according to researchers.
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Using GPS stations could greatly reduce the time needed to issue a
tsunami warning, say scientists.
Source: Nature

New research in the debate about the protection coastal forests offer
against tsunamis finds community location is a more important factor.

Building capacity is more important than technology for pastoralists'
food security in Ethiopia, a study argues.

The WHO recommends supplying iron-deficient children with
micronutrients, but a study finds this may increase their risk of
malaria.

Red locusts in Madagascar develop a black mark in the early stages of
forming swarms — a sign that could provide early warning, a study
finds.

Silk 'chips' capable of diagnosing a range of diseases in a matter of
minutes could be ready for market by early 2013.

A UN report has identified the areas across Africa's Sahel region that
are at greatest risk from the effects of climate change.

Countries are using innovative schemes to train and retain health
professionals — but they need support, says WHO expert _Manuel M.
Dayrit_.

Arab Spring revolutionaries turning to governance must adopt knowledge
and innovation as barometers for progress, says _Athar Osama_.

Source: Science

A network of mountaintop research stations is being built across Asia
to study how large bodies of ice respond to increasing temperatures.
Source: Science

African participants at an international meeting emphasise the need for
continent-wide action to generate easy-to-access environmental data.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

Crowdsourced environmental data can be useful, for example in measuring
black carbon emissions, but concerns remain about quality.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

_SciDev.Net_ talks to Sylvia Earle, scientist, oceanographer, explorer,
about her hopes for oceans at the Rio+20 conference in Brazil in 2012.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

An Eye on Earth Declaration and a set of Special Initiatives target
next year’s major international conference on sustainable development.

Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service
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Whether it’s finding an post-earthquake area on which to build or
updating drainage maps, GeoSUR can help.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service
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Data-sharing is part of the answer to problems arising from the Arab
region’s most serious challenge, water, finds _Rehab Mohsen._
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

Potentially lucrative sea-bottom minerals are a factor in a Pacific
Island state’s drive to become the "greenest, cleanest destination" in
the world.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

The cities account for more than three quarters of emissions of CO2,
are home to half the world population and will be 'highly visible' at
Rio +20.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service
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_SciDev.Net _speaks to UN Environment Programme executive director
Achim Steiner at the Eye on Earth Summit (12-15 December) about next
year's Rio+20.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

A "piece of paper people can walk away with" and "a very valuable and
very important" declaration is approved for submission to Rio+20.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

New technologies offer the promise of delivering environmental
information to anyone who wants it, anywhere in the world. But we are
not quite there yet.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

Information is crucial in dealing with natural calamities in Africa,
but it must come from local people as well as from advanced
technologies.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

Africa lacks environmental data, a problem compounded by secrecy and an
unwillingness to share, say civil society representatives.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Services

Improving data collection is important but so is access, conference is
told.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

Agreement on the wording of a declaration by a conference in Abu Dhabi
marks a step towards a global treaty on access to environmental
information.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

An international meeting is being used to drum up support for a legally
binding convention on access to environmental information.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service
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Mohammed Al Madfaei, deputy manager of the Environment Agency - Abu
Dhabi, says data access is vital in the context of the Rio+20 talks.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

A preparatory meeting for the Rio+20 summit will discuss open access
environmental data with a focus on biodiversity, water, oceans, cities
and disasters. _Yojana Sharma_ reports.
Source: SciDev.Net Conference Service

The climate change debates in Durban show the gap between science and
policymaking. In Uganda — and much of the developing world — a major
stumbling block is limited capacity to put evidence into practice, says
_David Dickson_.

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discussed access to the world’s expanding pool of environmental
information

Innovative thinking on education can keep doctors in their home
countries, says _Manuel M. Dayrit_

Prosperity in Muslim countries will depend on a different kind of
revolution, says _Athar Osama_

Beware the black spot on the locust's leg

A UN study has identified ‘hotspots’ in the Sahel particularly
vulnerable to the effects of climate change

Woven silk could help diagnose a range of diseases including HIV and TB

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