29.01.10

As Sierra Leone loses it’s last elephants – African range states plea for end to ivory trade

January 2010. Delegates from the 23-government African Elephant Coalition (AEC) have arrived in Brussels for a week of talks aimed at persuading EU institutions not to allow resumption of the international ivory trade.
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23.01.10

Chinese smuggler arrested in Brazzaville

Four arrested for Ivory smuggling

January 2010. The Chinese leader, who admitted apparently that he is responsible for the ivory, is now in jail in Brazzaville. We believe that it is the first time a Chinese national has been jailed and prosecuted for ivory smuggling in Central Africa.

Chimp and Human Y Chromosomes Evolving Faster Than Expected

ScienceDaily (Jan. 15, 2010) - Contrary to a widely held scientific theory that the mammalian Y chromosome is slowly decaying or stagnating, new evidence suggests that in fact the Y is actually evolving quite rapidly through continuous, wholesale renovation.
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14.01.10

Scientists are reporting that "biochar" --

ScienceDaily (Jan. 14, 2010) - Scientists are reporting that "biochar" -- a material that the Amazonian Indians used to enhance soil fertility centuries ago -- has potential in the modern world to help slow global climate change. Mass production of biochar could capture and sock away carbon that otherwise would wind up in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.

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