News articles tagged with 'indigenous'
Pole-to-pole climate research: Adaptation lessons from tiny springtails
— 7 Jun 2010 16:02 | EnvironmentWhat can minuscule soil-dwellers teach us about nature's adaptation to climate change? Researchers in Norway and South Africa are using springtails as model systems in order to study…
Most modern European males descend from farmers who migrated from the Near East
— 20 Jan 2010 13:53 | BiologyA new study from the University of Leicester has found that most men in Europe descend from the first farmers who migrated from the Near East 10,000 years ago. The findings are published…
Pulp giant APP set to assault Sumatra orangutan sanctuary
— 19 May 2009 16:00 | EnvironmentA massive logging operation planned by Asian Pulp and Paper and the Sinar Mas Group (APP/SMG) and associated companies is to include large portions of the only areas that Sumatran orangutans…
Scientists aim to bring indigenous people into climate change monitoring and policy
— 13 May 2009 10:12 | EnvironmentScientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden are calling for the inclusion of indigenous peoples around the world in helping monitor the effects of global climate change and develop…
Arctic study asks how native youth stay healthy
— 14 Feb 2009 09:50 | HealthResearchers in four countries, including health educator Lisa Wexler of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have begun a three-year study of how indigenous young men and women…
The vicuna - 'back from the brink' in South America
— 27 Jan 2009 17:56 | BiologyThe success of international and local efforts to bring South America's llama-like vicuna back from the brink of extinction holds valuable lessons for Australia, according to the co-author…
Aboriginal children can count without numbers
— 19 Aug 2008 11:20 | BiologyKnowing the words for numbers is not necessary to be able to count, according to a new study of aboriginal children by UCL (University College London) and the University of Melbourne.…
Oil and gas projects in western Amazon threaten biodiversity and indigenous peoples
— 13 Aug 2008 12:54 | EnvironmentThe western Amazon, home to the most biodiverse and intact rainforest left on Earth, may soon be covered with oil rigs and pipelines. According to a new study, over 180 oil and gas…
New fish romping in the southern Baltic
— 24 Apr 2008 16:21 | BiologyIn less than three decades the round goby has become one of the most colourful features of the southern Baltic. The fish, which comes from the Black Sea, has rapidly adapted to Baltic…
Childhood asthma in the Torres Strait region remains high
— 9 Apr 2008 15:29 | HealthAccording to a study in Respirology published by Wiley-Blackwell, the prevalence of asthma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is similar to that of mainland Australian…