Feature Article

Pharmaceutical firms should come clean to tackle drug contamination. (Editorial)
 

Plans to conserve the world’s tropical forests must respect the rights of indigenous peoples. (Editorial)
 

Commercial rival says gas spreading and leakage could harm US carbon-sequestration effort.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110427/full/472398a.html

A world population analysis reveals the locations that could put the most people in danger should a nuclear accident occur.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110427/full/472400a.html

Calls in Canada for trials of a contentious treatment for multiple sclerosis illustrate how social media can affect research priorities, say Roger Chafe and his colleagues.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v472/n7344/full/472410a.html

The Atlantic Ocean receives warm, saline water from the Indo-Pacific Ocean through Agulhas leakage around the southern tip of Africa.

Our objective was to compare and evaluate the practical applicability to REDD+ of ten forest management, social, environmental and carbon standards that are currently active worldwide: Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB), CCB REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards (CCBA REDD+ S&E), CarbonFix Standard (CFS), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Global Conservation Standard (GCS),