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Zero Illegal Deforestation Target Set on First World Forests Day
2013-03-22 17:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: On the first International Day of Forests, celebrated Thursday by the United Nations, Jose Graziano da Silva proposed that all countries support a Zero Illegal Deforestation target. FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva, second right, announces a zero illegal deforestation target, (Photo by Alessia Pierdomenico FAO) As director-general of the UN`s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, Graziano da Silva linked illegal deforestation and hunger at a ceremony marking the UN`s newest International...
In the Face of Growing Risks, Every Day Is a World Water Day
2013-03-22 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first World Water Day, an international celebration designed to draw attention to the importance of freshwater resources. However, for a large and growing proportion of the worlds population, every day is a World Water Day. Difficult, complex water challenges including drought, groundwater depletion, pollution, and clean drinking water availability are growing in urgency and seriousness all around the world. Some even argue that we should boycott World Water...
Czarnikow increases world sugar surplus forecast
2013-03-22 08:16:24| Sugar Industry News
Sugar trading house Czarnikow has raised its estimate for the global sugar surplus in 2012/13 to 9.1 million tonnes, raw value, from the 7.8mt it forecast in November.
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VIDEO: What World Water Day means for Asia
2013-03-22 03:21:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Securing water supplies is a key issue for Asia as the world's most populous region. Our correspondents mark World Water Day with a look at the problems facing their cities.
Chrome 'World Wide Maze' Experiment Turns Websites Into Playgrounds
2013-03-22 01:34:36| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Google Chrome's World Wide Maze turns users' favorite websites into their personal playground, creating a 3D maze through which gamers navigate a sort of electronic pinball toward the finish line.
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