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  • Journal articles
    APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY WATER TREATMENT WATER BORNE DISEASES URBAN RENEWAL URBAN POVERTY INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS

    Alternatives for safe water provision in urban and peri-urban slums

    In response to rapid urbanization throughout the global South, urban and peri-urban slums are
    expanding at an alarming rate. Owing to inadequate financial and institutional resources at the

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
  • Journal articles
    Climate change ADAPTATION Food security CLIMATE MODELLING

    Crop response to climate change in Southern Africa : a scoping study

    Concern over future food security in southern Africa has led to various studies that assess the
    impact of climate change on crops in the region. The results vary according to applied methods and

    Published date
    Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
  • Journal articles
    ALCOHOL INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS Governance LAW ENFORCEMENT SOCIAL CONTROL Governance DECENTRALIZATION SOCIAL PROBLEMS

    Plural regulation in spheres of informality : shebeens in Cape Town

    The regulation of space has increasingly been seen to extend beyond the scope of
    the State to include decentralised, diffuse non-State actors. In South Africa,

    Published date
    Monday, January 2, 2012 - 05:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Thirty-five-million dollar boost for 'Barcode of Life'

    The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, received a funding boost of $35 million from Canadian agencies for a 26-nation effort to collect specimens, sequence their DNA, and build an informatics platform using digital bar codes to store an

    Published date
    Friday, April 2, 2010 - 04:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Barcode of Life Project expects $35M in new support

    The Canada-led International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project has received new pledges from its major supporters, raising totals from these funders to $80 million.

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL)

    International Barcode of Life Project gets $8.1 million

    Researchers are quickly amassing barcodes or identifiers for a database of life forms, and developing new informatics tools and technologies.

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
  • Journal articles
    Biodiversity ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING DNA BARCODING GENETIC RESOURCES INFORMED CONSENT TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE

    DNA barcoding : access to biodiversity and benefit-sharing policy issues in the Indian context

    The National Biological Diversity Act (NBDA, 2002) and amendments to it are highlighted in this discussion. The article draws on Indian legislation to examine the policy environment which has implications for DNA barcoding in India.

    Published date
    Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00