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Wild bison breeding catches on in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 13, 2011 Visitors do double takes when they first see the burly, hump-backed creatures grazing in the fields not far from Geneva’s airport, against the snow-capped backdrop of the Jura mountains and the Alps. But the bison have become an ingrained, if unconventional, part of the village’s agricultural scene. While still far from being a mainstream item…

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PlanetSolar prepares to enter pirate waters

This content was published on Dec 11, 2011 Project founder and crew member Raphaël Domjan talks to swissinfo.ch about the amazing welcome the boat has received so far and the huge challenges ahead as they prepare to cross the pirate-infested Arabian Sea. The SFr16 million ($17.3 million) MS TÛRANOR PlanetSolar, which sails under a Swiss flag, is the world’s largest vessel of its kind…

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Swiss call for more climate commitment

This content was published on Dec 8, 2011 “The current regime, building on a simplistic distinction between developed countries with specific obligations and developing countries without such obligations, is clearly no solution to today’s challenge,” said Leuthard, speaking at the United Nations Climate Conference in Durban. There she has met several environment ministers from Europe, Africa and Asia. “Today, many developing countries have…

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Snow saves ski season start

This content was published on Dec 7, 2011 MeteoSwiss, the national weather service, expects around 70 centimetres by the end of the week. The snow line is between 800 and 1,500 metres above sea level, Jacques Ambühl from MeteoSwiss told the Swiss News Agency. The reason is a milder air from the Atlantic, which alternates with Polar Easterlies. “The situation has eased,” Ambühl…

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Water levels near all-time lows

This content was published on Nov 23, 2011 It’s not just the autumn, the beginning of the year was also historically dry, leading to a dramatic roll-on effect. Figures compiled by the national weather service MeteoSwiss show precipitation levels in western Switzerland and the Rhone valley for 2011 so far (January 1 to November 19) are the lowest since records began in 1864.…

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Swiss seek climate deal progress in Durban

This content was published on Nov 16, 2011 Outlining its stance for the summit, which starts in Durban on November 28, the environment ministry said it was seeking a comprehensive climate agreement to come into effect from 2020. The international community will be making a “renewed effort” to agree on measures to cap a two degree Celsius rise in temperatures and “how to…

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Swiss seek turnaround on wolf hunting

This content was published on Nov 16, 2011 The cabinet made the decision on Wednesday. It follows parliament’s adoption in 2010 of a motion for the section of the treaty addressing the wolf’s protection to be watered down, due to the large number of sheep killed by wolves in the country over the past few years. The convention is a binding international legal…

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Micro mines “pollute more” than commodity giants

This content was published on Nov 13, 2011 The global gold rush is fuelling the problem by encouraging more micro-mining projects in developing countries. As a result, some 3.5 million people face death or disability from mercury poisoning, says Green Cross Switzerland. More than 35 million people are at risk of dying from direct exposure to the ten worst toxins or having their…

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Axpo says no to Mayak nuclear fuel

This content was published on Nov 12, 2011 In a statement published on its website on Saturday, Axpo said its failure to gain access to the complex during a recent visit was the reason for its decision, since this meant the power company could not monitor operations there. The Russian authorities denied the Axpo delegation access to the plant, defending the decision by…

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