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One Solution to Global Overfishing FoundA study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and other groups on more than 40 coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans indicates that 'co-management' -- a collaborative arrangement between local communities, conservation groups, and governments -- provides a solution to a vexing global problem: overfishing.
"We found clear evidence of people's ability to overcome the 'tragedy of the commons' by making and enforcing their own rules for managing fisheries, This is particularly encouraging because of the perceived failure of many open-access and top-down government-controlled attempts to manage fisheries around the world. More importantly, we have identified the conditions that allow people to make co-management successful, providing vital guidance for conservation groups, donors, and governments as to what arrangements are most likely to work."
- team leader Dr Josh Cinner of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University, Australia |
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Researchers Learn More About Ways To Regenerate The Ear’s Hearing CellBoston, MA - Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have made important progress in their ongoing effort to regenerate the inner ear's hair cells, which convert sound vibrations to nerve impulses. |
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Computers to save unique type of American red squirrelPhoenix, Arizona - UK expertise is being exported to North America to help prevent a unique type of red squirrel dying out in as little as 30 years time. |
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Stolen Fish Off the MenuLas Palmas, Spain - Stolen fish from West Africa that was destined for the dinner tables of Europe will be confiscated by the Spanish government. |
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Apple Offers Free Computer Take-Back ProgramCupertino, CA - Apple today announced an expansion of its successful recycling program, offering free computer take-back and recycling with the purchase of a new Macintoshή system beginning in June. |
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Marijuana-like Compounds Suppress The Immune ResponseBethesda, MD - A group of Japanese scientists has discovered that cannabinoids can cause some white blood cells to lose their ability to migrate to the sites of infection and inflammation. |
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Study finds novel vaccine curbs brain tumor growth, increases survivalSan Francisco, CA - A novel vaccine has significantly increased life expectancy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most dangerous type of brain tumor, a researcher from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is reporting at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). |
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Stanford scientists identify protein involved in fast-spreading cancersStanford, CA - Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a protein that may explain why tumors in a low-oxygen environment are more deadly. |
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Pittsburgh Study Offers New Hope For People Trying To Quit SmokingPittsburgh, PA - In the first study of its kind, University of Pittsburgh psychologist and professor Saul Shiffman has discovered that people who are trying to quit smoking by wearing the nicotine patch are less likely to spiral into a total relapse if they keep wearing the patch, even if they've "cheated" and smoked a cigarette. |
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Green idealists valuable innovators?Brighton, UK - New research shows how radical activists have triggered innovations that are helping move the UK in a more sustainable direction. |
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Evidence Mounts For Sun’s Companion StarBerkeley, CA - The Binary Research Institute (BRI) has found that orbital characteristics of the recently discovered planetoid, "Sedna", demonstrate the possibility that our sun might be part of a binary star system. |
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New Truck Stop Electrification Station Maps Help Truckers Reduce IdlingGolden, CO - A new internet-based mapping program is helping truckers find truck stops with idle reduction facilities-on-site systems that can substantially cut fuel use while reducing air emissions. |
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NASA Data Combined To Improve Hurricane Landfall ForecastsGreenbelt MD - Data gathered from last year's NASA hurricane research mission and a NASA satellite have improved tropical storm landfall and storm strength forecasts in computer models. |
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University Of Utah To Help Build Realistic Bionic ArmUtah - University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm. |
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Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope!Baltimore, MD - To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 16 years of success, the two space agencies involved in the project, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), are releasing this image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82). |
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Bill Signed by Arizona Governor Allowing the Sale of E85Jefferson City , MO - E85 can now be sold in the greater Phoenix area. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano recently signed a bill into law that will allow the alternative fuel to be available throughout Maricopa County. |
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The world’s deepest dinosaur finding - 2256 metres below the seabedNorway - While most nations excavate their skeletons using a toothbrush, the Norwegians found one using a drill. |
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