China to Boost Biotech Industry The State Council, China's national cabinet, on 8 January announced that the government will provide further support to the biotechnology industry in order to tackle problems related to population growth, food safety, energy conservation and environmental protection. By 2015, the government aims to double the share of GDP that the sector's value-added output accounts for from the 2010 level, which is 4 percent. According to the plan, from 2013-15 the country's biotech sector will see its output surge at an average annual rate of more than 20 percent to reach $23.8 billion in production. The plan also includes improving the sector's innovation and technological prowess to make it a pillar industry by 2020...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
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An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.