Millennium group nails down the financial value of ecosystems

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Ecosystems would continue to decline unless policy-makers start to assess the economic benefits of the natural environment. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, $24-million project brought together 1,300 biological, physical and social scientists who concluded that ecological threats could only be held in check if governments start to assign proper economic value to the benefits they obtain from natural systems.

United States, Management dynamics, Management, Company business management, Environmental protection, Environmental issue

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UK animal labs still under siege

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Biomedical research facilities in UK which use animals for research are being threatened by animal rights group, forcing the institutions in delaying or stopping their research. This has lead to fear in research scientists but things are changing for better with research institutions taking extra precautions, keeping animal welfare in mind before carrying out experiments.

United Kingdom, Testing Laboratories, Biomedical Testing Labs, Demonstrations and protests, Medical laboratories, Biomedical laboratories, Animal experimentation, Animal rights activists

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Collateral damage

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The effect of bombing and shelling on the ecosystem and their affect on the global environment is presented. Military officials are ploughing precious research funds into developing less toxic explosives, which would be better for the personnel who handle them, and even for the environment.

Explosives, Explosives Manufacturing, Influence, Environmental aspects, Bombings

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