Verdict on world's most precious nature reserves: overpopulated, overfarmed and under threat
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Nature reserves are failing to protect wild plants and animals, according to a report from the World Conservation Union. More than half of the world's 17,000 main nature reserves are now being farmed for food, having a negative impact on biodiversity.
Publisher: Financial Times Ltd.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
Environmental Management, Environmental aspects, Nature reserves, Natural areas
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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A huge year for tiny technology
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Advances in nanotechnology were among the most significant scientific discoveries in 2001. Other developments included the creation of the first Bose-Einstein condensate and the resolution of the problem of the missing solar neutrinos.
Publisher: Financial Times Ltd.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
Achievements and awards, Science
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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