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Fishery experts say a global system of management is essential to prevent the extinction of the world's fish stocks, even as the number of fishing trawlers increase

Ecological economics attempts to evaluate the environmental and other external costs that a society pays to produce a commodity

Indian industrialists and scientists want the country"s property rights to be "strengthened", but the powerful drugs industry wants to maintain the status quo

Scientists are trying to integrate a new type of circuits called reversible circuits into computers to make them more energy efficient

Officials claim the locust problem is under control, but unless millions of hoppers young locusts stalking the deserts are exterminated quickly, things could really get out of control

External debt has proved an albatross around the neck of African nations. At least two thirds of their total debt will have to be written off if they are to revive their economies

Many organisations in the country are working at weaning parents from the bottle to mother's milk

The ministry of nonconventional energy sources is being reoriented to improve efficiency and allow private sector participation to develop the market for its products

With the unravelling of how fertilisation occurs in sea urchins, scientists may now better understand the reproduction process in higher mammals, including humans

Experts warn the deluge of pesticides in the desert will have adverse effects and cannot prevent future locust attacks