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Swiss to steer alpine countries group

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 In Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, environment ministers from the convention’s signatory countries have been taking part in a decision-making conference where on Wednesday the presidency was handed over from Slovenia to Switzerland. Swiss Environment Minister Doris Leuthard could not make it to Brdo because of diary commitments but she will have until the end of…

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This content was published on Feb 28, 2011

Bats can make friends too

This content was published on Feb 21, 2011 The results – the first of their kind – are all the more surprising because up until now it has been assumed that only big-brained animals such as elephants, dolphins, and humans were able to form complex and dynamic social networks. The research, by the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) and Greifswald University in…

Water and wolves high on environmental agenda

This content was published on Feb 9, 2011 At a news conference on Wednesday, environment chief Bruno Oberle said his office would also focus on biodiversity and climate change policy, improvements to the early warning system for natural disasters and the International Year of Forests. The Environment Office has declared as a goal, for example, the protection of a minimum area for all…

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People air views on new nuclear plant near Bern

This content was published on Feb 2, 2011

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Swiss studies glean fresh data on GM wheat

This content was published on Jan 30, 2011 While they found some advantages in terms of fungi and bacteria resistance, they identified few major differences between GM and conventional wheat in terms of their behaviour and effects on other organisms. Between 2008 and 2010, researchers planted and studied 14 varieties of GM wheat in Reckenholz near Zurich and in Pully near Lausanne. They…

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Tranquil spots

This content was published on Jan 26, 2011 In his photographs and texts, Heinz Storrer catches the magic of the moment. They invite us to stop, take a deep breath, open our ears and discover Switzerland afresh. (Pictures and text: Heinz Storrer, Picture editor: Rolf Amiet, swissinfo.ch)

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This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Une bise tempetueuse a cree de somptueuses sculptures de glace au bord du lac Leman dans la region de Versoix pres de Geneve, ce dimanche 23 janvier 2011. La glace est formee par la bise et les embruns du lac et suite a des temperatures en dessous de zero, qui ont forme des sculptures sur…

Parkland in rural areas set to grow further

This content was published on Jan 7, 2011 The Federal Environment Office said on Friday that the requests would be examined and decisions be taken by September to open the new parks next year. There are already four regional nature parks dotted across the country – covering about 5,800km2. Regional parks are partly populated rural areas that have both high natural and cultural…

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Solar fuel invention seeks industrial partner

This content was published on Jan 6, 2011 Scientists at two Swiss universities have come up with a new way of making carbon neutral fuel alongside American counterparts. They hope it can become commercially viable by the end of the decade. The technique involves splitting water and carbon dioxide inside a reactor by concentrating the power of the sun into the thermochemical cycle.…

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