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BY KEITH NUTHALL

HONEY bee colony losses across the USA were approximately 29% from all kinds of diseases September 2008 to April 2009, according the Apiary Inspectors of America and the US Department of Agriculture. This follows a 36% loss from 2007 to 2008, raising concern about the future of American commercial honey production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

UNESCO recognises a split between knowledge spread through standard higher education systems, based on the formal western model, and knowledge rooted in cultures, passed on locally down the generations. It calls this ‘indigenous’ knowledge in reference to peoples whose culture was usually downgraded in the past if they were colonised or subjected to strong foreign cultural influences, especially from Europe and north America.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A KEY advisory body within the European Union (EU) has warned that UK and other European dealers may have to import more cars in future from Asia, north America and elsewhere, because it fears the recession may cause structural under-capacity amongst EU manufacturers.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

IRAN has been under international financial and other trading scrutiny since the Islamic revolution 30 years ago, with sanctions by the United States tightened under the Clinton administration through the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act. And since Iran’s decision to embark on a nuclear programme, US sanctions have intensified, but in the face of such restrictions Iranian banks and individuals are increasingly using joint venture banks in the Middle East and South America to bypass scrutiny.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A KEY advisory body within the European Union (EU) has called for special efforts to prevent recession-prompted rationalisation within the European auto sector going leading to long-term under-capacity in the sector.

The European Economic and Social Committee (a long established expert group that must be consulted on a range of issues by other EU institutions) has warned in a formal opinion that "care must be taken not to equate structural problems with overcapacity alone."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A WIDE range of non-chemical methods of fighting malaria will be tested by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and 40 countries in Africa, the eastern Mediterranean and central Asia. These tactics include eliminating potential mosquito breeding sites; securing homes with mesh screens; growing mosquito-repellent trees; and breeding fish that eat mosquito larvae.…

BY MARK ROWE, in London; KARRYN CARTELLE, in TOKYO; RUSSELL BERMAN, in Washington DC; and MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa

INNOVATION in drinks packaging is more intense today than it has been for decades, with cutting edge innovation in intelligent materials, microchip integration and nanomaterials allowing designers to create boxes, bottles, cans and sacks that they could not dream of before.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

IT has long been outmoded and inaccurate to split the world into two camps: industrialised developed economies, and largely agricultural developing countries. The growth of the 1990s and the current decade means there is a wide range of social and economic sophistication and wealth amongst the poorer of these two old-fashioned categories.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, ALAN OSBORN, DAVID HAWORTH, RUSSELL BERMAN, MARK GODFREY and GAVIN BLAIR

INTRODUCTION

WHILE the drinks industry is undoubtedly an important sector in the global economy, the honest truth is that there are bigger players in town: the IT sector, steel making, and food, to name a handful.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, LEAH GERMAIN and MONICA DOBIE

MAYBE the best sign that renewable energies have hit the mainstream is that they now have their very own international organisation: the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Launched in Bonn, Germany, this January, with the support of 76 countries, including its host nation, Spain, Italy, France and Sweden, the roster of signatory nations has since been swollen by India and Belarus.…