Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities
The new book Hotspots Revisited identifies 34 regions worldwide where 75 percent of the planet's most threatened mammals, birds, and amphibians survive within habitat covering just 2.3 percent of the Earth's surface (roughly equivalent to the combined areas of the five largest U.S. states). This habitat originally covered 15.7 percent of the Earth's surface, an area equivalent in size to Russia a...Statewide IT association will address IT issues and priorities
The association has 30...Misplaced Priorities in Medicaid Dispensation
Olympia: Its Audit time and things are coming under the microscope. Coughing up for health care for the needy, cost the exchequer a whopping sum and while they struggled // to make the amount, taxpayers at Washington were paying up for frivolous operations like a sex change, penile implants and breast lift up jobs, to suit people’s fancy. Auditor Brian Sonntag, found many fishy areas...Women And Africa Top Priorities For WHO
The new head of the World Health Organisation, Margaret Chan, wants to put the interests of the people of Africa and women across the globe on top of her agenda. // Bird flu expert and former Hong Kong director of health, Chan was formally confirmed as the new WHO director-general Thursday by the World Health Assembly of 193 member states. After her election, she told the...