Developing world

• Mexico's transgenic maize under fire - Premium content

  Experimental planting scheme has insufficient controls to prevent gene flow to native crops, critcs say.

  25 November 2009

• Indian neutrino lab site rejected

  Nilgiri location threatens important elephant habitat.

  24 November 2009

• Curbing population growth crucial to reducing carbon emissions - Premium content

  Access to contraception could tackle global warming, says United Nations.

  18 November 2009

• Efforts to sustain biodiversity fall short - Premium content

  But the issue is gaining attention as nations prepare for next year's summit.

  18 November 2009

• Biodiversity: Biodiversity's bright spot

  While species losses mount worldwide, conservationists in Brazil have made great strides towards saving the golden lion tamarin and its forest habitat from destruction. Gene Russo reports.

  18 November 2009

• Biodiversity: Putting a price on nature - Premium content

  Gretchen Daily knows the value of ecosystems — but can ascribing financial worth to them help to maintain biodiversity? Emma Marris meets an ecosystem-services evangelist.

  18 November 2009

• Environmental impact of cocaine strategy assessed - Premium content

  Studies measure effects of glyphosate-based herbicide on wildlife and human health.

  12 November 2009

• China moves to help high-tech firms - Premium content

  But initiatives meet with mixed response.

  10 November 2009

• End of the road for Copenhagen? - Premium content

  Expectations are dropping as December's UN climate talks get closer.

  10 November 2009

• Report row ousts top Indian scientist - Premium content

  Ruckus over call for reform at national science agency raises questions about attracting expatriate talent.

  9 November 2009

• African academies show how science can save lives - Premium content

  First joint report highlights importance of African scientists' advice to policy-makers.

  9 November 2009

• Carbon trading: How to save a forest - Premium content

  Projects in Madagascar could provide a model for stemming deforestation. But first these efforts must deal with the poverty and political upheaval that threaten forests, reports Anjali Nayar.

  4 November 2009

• Initiative targets malaria eradication - Premium content

  Focus shifts to blocking parasite transmission.

  3 November 2009

• Q+A: Aftermath of a tsunami - Premium content

  A natural-hazards expert talks about surveying the destruction in Samoa.

  3 November 2009

• Brazil mulls major climate action - Premium content

  If adopted, the move would put the country ahead of other developing nations on emissions curbs.

  2 November 2009

• Ozone protocol squares up to climate - Premium content

  Europeans back efforts to amend the Montreal Protocol to address global warming.

  28 October 2009

• Jury still out on HIV vaccine results - Premium content

  Some experts see hope in trial findings, but others say that the data do not back up such optimism.

  28 October 2009

• African science feels the pinch - Premium content

  Recession dampens donors' enthusiasm.

  26 October 2009

• HIV vaccine trial under fire - Premium content

  Expert scrutiny casts doubt on 'historic' results.

  21 October 2009

• Climate: When the ice melts

  Deep in the Himalayas, the disappearance of glaciers is threatening the kingdom of Bhutan. Anjali Nayar trekked through the mountains to see how the country is adapting to a warming world.

  21 October 2009

• Climate: Counting carbon in the Amazon

  If the next climate treaty tackles deforestation, tropical nations will need to monitor the biomass of their forests. One ecologist has worked out a way to do that from the sky, finds Jeff Tollefson.

  21 October 2009

• Transgenic aubergines put on ice - Premium content

  Indian minister delays approval of GM crop.

  19 October 2009

• Argentina's forests dwindle - Premium content

  Biodiversity at risk as forests give way to desert.

  9 October 2009

• Global warming may worsen locust swarms - Premium content

  Ancient records link a hotter climate to more damaging infestations.

  7 October 2009

• Flu virus behind infant pneumonia in poor countries - Premium content

  Viral infection precedes an unexpectedly large proportion of childhood pneumonia cases.

  5 October 2009

• Climate change will hit developing world harvests hardest

  Report quantifies link between global warming and food security.

  30 September 2009

• Chinese dam may be a methane menace - Premium content

  Wetlands around Three Gorges produce tonnes of the greenhouse gas.

  29 September 2009

• Atmospheric science: Cloudy, with a chance of science - Premium content

  When American and Chinese scientists agreed to measure pollution and dust over China, nobody foresaw how difficult it would be. Jane Qiu reports.

  23 September 2009

• The elephant and the neutrino - Premium content

  Conservationists challenge physics observatory in Indian wildlife reserve.

  22 September 2009

• Vaccine venture boosts health hopes - Premium content

  Industry and academia join forces to develop cheap jabs against diseases that afflict the poorest.

  16 September 2009

• Wonder weed plans fail to flourish - Premium content

  The first of four weekly articles on biofuels looks at how investment in jatropha is slowing, as investors realize that basic research is needed.

  16 September 2009

• Q+A: France unveils carbon tax

  Nature talks to climatologist Jean Jouzel about the plans.

  11 September 2009

• India says no to HIV drug patents - Premium content

  Patent office rejects applications from two US drug companies.

  3 September 2009

• Q&A: Forging a future for South African science - Premium content

  The country's science minister talks about her priorities in lean times.

  2 September 2009

• China boosts pandemic surveillance - Premium content

  But lack of screening could hamper efforts.

  26 August 2009

• Fossil protection law comes under fire - Premium content

  Palaeontologists aim to clamp down on illegal trade.

  25 August 2009

• Paying to save the rainforests

  In Brazil, details are emerging for plans to stop deforestation. Can it serve as a model for other nations?

  19 August 2009

• IN BRIEF: World population will grow fastest in poorest areas - Premium content

  19 August 2009

• Irrigation reform needed in Asia - Premium content

  Farms must feed a growing population with a minimal impact on the environment.

  17 August 2009

• Q+A: India upgrades its disease surveillance network - Premium content

  Microbiologist Udaiveer Rana talks about the country's revamped disease institute.

  17 August 2009

• Satellite data show Indian water stocks shrinking - Premium content

  Groundwater depletion raises spectre of shortages.

  12 August 2009

• US joins China in climate talks

  But the two-day meeting was long on mutual understanding while being notably short on targets.

  3 August 2009

• Deforestation emissions on the rise - Premium content

  Amazon study suggests denser forest yields will mean more carbon release.

  29 July 2009

• IN BRIEF: Step-by-step rating system set to improve African labs - Premium content

  29 July 2009

• African disease labs to get health check - Premium content

  Rating system for labs could improve diagnosis and lift standards.

  27 July 2009

• Mice made from induced stem cells - Premium content

  Technical feat shows that the different route to stem cells can indeed make a full mammal body.

  23 July 2009

• Insuring against climate

  Negotiators push for policies to help weather natural disasters.

  22 July 2009

• Scientists strive to boost US–Cuban collaboration - Premium content

  Breaking the barriers proves to be a slow process.

  22 July 2009

• Environment: The globe's green avenger

  Maurice Strong has shaped how nations respond to planetary crises. Ehsan Masood meets the man whose successes — and failures — laid the groundwork for the current climate talks.

  22 July 2009

• Regulators face tough flu-jab choices - Premium content

  Rich countries' pandemic strategies may cause vaccine shortages elsewhere.

  21 July 2009

• Q&A: Weighing up the G8's promises to poor countries - Premium content

  Nature News talks to Namanga Ngongi about the billions of dollars pledged for food security.

  17 July 2009

• Earth science: A lakeful of trouble - Premium content

  Africa's Lake Kivu contains vast quantities of gas, which makes it both dangerous and valuable. Anjali Nayar asks whether it is possible to tap the gas without causing a disaster.

  15 July 2009

• Malaria drug-makers ignore WHO ban - Premium content

  Health agency calls for clampdown on artemisinin monotherapy.

  14 July 2009

• Flu furore hits Argentina - Premium content

  Refusal to declare national emergency restricts pandemic measures.

  14 July 2009

• India hikes science budget despite slowdown - Premium content

  Boosts for human space flight and atomic energy.

  8 July 2009

• Special Report: Developing nations tackle climate

  Emissions targets, clean-energy projects and calls for justice are multiplying, reports Jeff Tollefson.

  8 July 2009

• Iran presidential candidate speaks out - Premium content

  2005 contender Mostafa Moin talks about how the international science community can help Iran.

  8 July 2009

• US AIDS chief lays out priorities - Premium content

  Focus to shift from US priorities to those of countries receiving aid.

  8 July 2009

• Iran presidential candidate speaks out, part 2 - Premium content

  Former science minister and 2005 presidential contender Mostafa Moin answers additional questions about how the international science community can help Iran.

  8 July 2009

• Flu jabs urged for developing countries - Premium content

  Move should spur demand for vaccines and keep production facilities running.

  7 July 2009

• Funding boost for African science - Premium content

  Wellcome Trust grants £30 million to help build research capacity.

  1 July 2009

• African science drops down G8 agenda - Premium content

  Researchers lament poor progress on commitments to developing nations.

  1 July 2009

• Atmospheric science: Climate's smoky spectre - Premium content

  With their focus on greenhouse gases, atmospheric scientists have largely overlooked lowly soot particles. But black carbon is now a hot topic among researchers and politicians. Jeff Tollefson investigates.

  1 July 2009

• Climate refugee fears questioned

  Few figures to back up prophecies of mass migration to rich countries.

  25 June 2009

• Climate burden of refrigerants rockets - Premium content

  Environmentalists push for tougher regulation of chemicals meant to help the ozone layer.

  22 June 2009

• Beijing's clean air claims questioned - Premium content

  Environment ministry now plans to monitor ozone and small particles.

  17 June 2009

• Venezuelan scientists speak out - Premium content

  University cuts are the latest in a series of government actions that have researchers seeing red.

  17 June 2009

• Early man becomes early ape - Premium content

  Author withdraws claim that ancient jawbone is human ancestor.

  17 June 2009

• Patchy pig monitoring may hide flu threat - Premium content

  Experts call for increased surveillance of animals.

  16 June 2009

• IN BRIEF: Malaria vaccine enters phase III clinical trials - Premium content

  3 June 2009

• IN BRIEF: Africa declares its stance for climate-change talks - Premium content

  3 June 2009

• Microscopic marvels: Microscope for the masses - Premium content

  3 June 2009

• Boost for conservation of plant gene assets - Premium content

  Financial worries accompany award of first grants under international treaty.

  1 June 2009

• Malaria vaccine enters phase III clinical trials - Premium content

  Success in large-scale studies could see drug to market by 2012

  27 May 2009

• Swine flu attention turns to the tropics - Premium content

  New flu strains are more likely to arise in equatorial countries, where influenza is present the year round and surveillance is poor.

  27 May 2009

• North Korea's bigger blast - Premium content

  Monitors rush to confirm test of nuclear bomb.

  26 May 2009

• MUSE: When is a pandemic not a pandemic? - Premium content

  Arguments about the pandemic status of swine flu are a distraction from tackling the outbreak, warns Declan Butler.

  21 May 2009

• Q&A: Reaping the rewards of health research - Premium content

  The director of the University of Oxford's institute in Vietnam on studying disease in poor countries.

  19 May 2009

• Nuclear deal influences Indian election results - Premium content

  Cooperation agreement with the United States helps to return the United Progressive Alliance to power.

  18 May 2009

• IN BRIEF: South Africa's cabinet a mixed bag for science - Premium content

  13 May 2009