The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) of North America has been called out for trying to undermine the credibility of a National Research Council conference and impending report on the safety of agricultural biotechnology.
U.N.-Trade Organization The U.N.'s Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has traditionally had a mercantilist attitude toward trade – promoting an agenda in which developing countries should export and rich countries should import, period. However, its latest Trade and Development Report has caught media attention for asserting that trade has not helped developing countries. By contrast, WTO data and analysis shows that, "from 1990 to 2008, the volume of exports from developing countries grew consist...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
