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Weekly Update (22 - 28 October 2012): Biodiversity targets, Indian Bt
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SciDev.Net Weekly Update (22 - 28 October 2012):
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Biodiversity and the poor [4]

Implementing biodiversity targets without
further marginalising the poor will require a deeper understanding of
the links with poverty and livelihoods, says _T.V. Padma_.
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 A
pledge to increase support for biodiversity targets in developing
countries is welcome, but care for indigenous people is vital too. 
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 An expert
panel, appointed by the Supreme Court of India, has recommended a
ten-year moratorium on all Bt food crop trials. 
 EN  [11] 

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Developing a low carbon economy will be far cheaper than responding to
climate change in an ad hoc fashion, says a global report. 
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ES  [14] 

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 Women are scarce in sectors such as engineering and
physics, and their role in leadership positions is marginal too, says a
report. 
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 The Convention on Biological Diversity
meeting also urged caution in fields such as synthetic biology. 
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[18] |  ES  [19] 

 Researchers are calling for more reliable aftershock
forecasting after a Sumatran 'megaquake' this year caused other large
earthquakes as far as Japan and Mexico. 
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Ministers of the Gulf cooperation council have agreed to discuss a
closer union — modelled after the European Union — which could harmonise
regional R&D. 
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 The World Conference of Science Journalists
has started a virtual newsroom to boost science journalism in Africa and
the Middle East. 
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 Poor
translations undermine efforts to promote science in Arab countries,
says science translator and lecturer _Ehab Abdelrahim Ali_. 
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 Science journalism in Africa is making
remarkable progress, with widespread improvements in the quality and
quantity of science in the media, reports_ Esther Nakkazi_. 
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 Science for the Arab world: lost in translation
[37]

Clear guidelines and better quality control for Arabic
translations will help promote science in Arabic-speaking countries,
says science translator and lecturer _Ehab Abdelrahim Ali_.
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moratorium on all BT crop trials 

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