Archive for 2009/02 :

Bill Gates talks about malaria & DDT

Posted by Helen Dunnett on 21/02/09

Just watched an interesting video of Bill Gates presenting at a TED conference in America this month. He is talking about two ongoing societal challenges that he is passionate about. The first is malaria; he talks through the facts and the solutions with some interesting statistics, and the second is on education and what makes [...]

The bee season returns and experts continue to search the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder

Posted by Helen Dunnett on 20/02/09

Bees are a fundamental part of sustainable agriculture. Bees and other pollinating insects are responsible for the pollination of more than 80% of crops in Europe. So it’s been extremely worrying to see a mass decline in them over the past years. It’s got to such a critical point that this year the EU [...]

EU fund new software to standardise risk assessment of pesticide pollution

Posted by Helen Dunnett on 17/02/09

The Environmental Expert.com published an article recently about the development of a tool to help standardise risk assessment procedures for pesticides across Europe. The software combines climate, soil and crops data specific to each location to help understand the potential impact of each pesticide used.
The objective of the FOOTPRINT project is to develop a set [...]

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