Easterlin paradox - happiness-income

Selected Abstracts — PNAS: "The striking thing about the happiness–income paradox is that over the long-term —usually a period of 10 y or more—happiness does not increase as a country's income rises. Heretofore the evidence for this was limited to developed countries. This article presents evidence that the long term nil relationship between happiness and income holds also for a number of developing countries, the eastern European countries transitioning from socialism to capitalism, and an even wider sample of developed countries than previously studied."

Unique Partnership Changing The Rural Health Landscape At Coast

coastweek.com: "Unique Partnership Changing The
Rural Health Landscape At Coast"

Rhino Ark Plan To Fence Mount Kenya And Mau Mount Eburru

coastweek.com: "Two new projects – to comprehensively fence Mt Kenya and Mau Mount Eburru – one of the Mau’s 22 forest blocks-will become Rhino Ark’s prime forward conservation thrusts in 2011. These projects will be the recipients of Kenya ’s home grown astonishing fund raise initiative and world unique annual event -The Rhino Charge."

Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011

ScienceDirect - Trends in Ecology & Evolution : Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011

This review describes outcomes of a 2010 horizon-scanning exercise building upon the first exercise conducted in 2009. The aim of both horizon scans was to identify emerging issues that could have substantial impacts on the conservation of biological diversity, and to do so sufficiently early to encourage policy-relevant, practical research on those issues.

New book spells out how investment in livestock production can enhance development in poor countries » ILRI News

New book spells out how investment in livestock production can enhance development in poor countries » ILRI News: "A new book co-published by the University of the Free State South Africa, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) calls for more investment in livestock production to fight poverty and promote human health in developing countries.

The role of livestock in developing communities: Enhancing multifunctionality was launched on 9 November 2010 at the University of the Free State, in Bloemfontein, South Africa."

Science, agriculture to be boosted - ministers

University World News - AFRICA: Science, agriculture to be boosted - ministers: "African ministers have recommended reforms of higher education across the continent including the creation of more conducive environments for female students and partnerships between governments and universities to provide policy support and build capacity in the areas of agriculture and science, which should be better resourced.

Reform recommendations were made at a Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa. The event was held in the Ugandan capital Kampala from 15-19 November, hosted by the Ugandan government and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building and attended by ministers of higher education, agriculture and science."

Why region rich in natural resources could still be in trouble

Daily Nation: - Provincial |Why region rich in natural resources could still be in trouble: "“The KWS boss has agreed to meet us on January 15, 2011, over the issue and we believe an amicable solution will be found,” Taita Taveta Rights Forum chairman Richard Mwangeka says.

The human-animal conflict has been a burning issue for a long time. The locals feel they are not benefiting from proceeds earned from Tsavo East and Tsavo West parks."

‘The New Harvest’ in Africa: Untapped potential or looming catastrophe? » ILRI News

‘The New Harvest’ in Africa: Untapped potential or looming catastrophe? » ILRI News: "Bunting says: 'Rising food prices and terrible future scenarios of the impact of climate change on food production, are focusing minds on what is perceived as Africa's huge untapped potential for agriculture. This week yet another report from the International Food Policy Research Institute warns that climate change could push prices up by 130%, and calls for unprecedented human ingenuity to meet the challenge of feeding a burgeoning population. . ."

‘The limits of human–and natural systems–adaptations are likely to be exceeded’

‘The limits of human–and natural systems–adaptations are likely to be exceeded’–Climate change researcher Rachel Warren » ILRI News: "Projections of global warming relative to pre-industrial for the A1FI emissions scenario—the one we’re currently on. Dark shading shows the mean ±1 standard deviation for the tunings to 19 AR4 GCMs [IPCC Fourth Assessment General Circulation Models] and the light shading shows the change in the uncertainty range when . . . climate-carbon-cycle feedbacks . . . are included. Published in a Royal Society special issue on climate change, 29 November 2010 (graphic credit: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series A, Special Issue, 29 November 2010)."

INVASION OF THE NGOs: Nature, Territory, and Anarchy in Tanzania – Wesleying

INVASION OF THE NGOs: Nature, Territory, and Anarchy in Tanzania – Wesleying: "The role of NGOs in development is often assumed as a positive. But what is lost after these “developments” arrive? The rise of national parks and NGOs in Tanzania as protection for wildlife has led to the displacement and exploitation of the Maasai. Come listen and voice your thoughts about the cost of conservation and development."