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Sheep farmers gun for wolves

This content was published on Nov 20, 2009 Several hundred farmers held a noisy demonstration in front of parliament on Friday, to express support for moves to change the government policy towards wolves. “Wolves have no business in Switzerland,” Roberto Schmidt told the demonstrators. “Our fathers and grandfathers had good reasons to wipe them out,” added the centre-right member of the House of…

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Leaders pledge to end “silent hunger crisis”

This content was published on Nov 18, 2009 The meeting, held in Rome by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has been addressing the growing global hunger crisis. But critics say the outcome is not concrete enough. The FAO says the number of people going hungry has breached the one billion mark this year for the first time. The situation has…

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E-waste casts shadow over Basel Convention

This content was published on Nov 17, 2009 The Basel Convention, a global treaty signed by 172 countries which regulates international movements of hazardous and toxic wastes, is marking its 20th anniversary on Tuesday. “E-waste did not even exist as a waste stream in 1989 and now it’s one of the largest and growing exponentially,” Katharina Kummer Peiry, executive secretary of the international…

Dismantling of the Dock B at the Zurich airport

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New life breathed into old airport dock

This content was published on Nov 16, 2009

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Giant trees of Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 16, 2009 Michel Brunner, a graphic artist and author of “Giant Trees of Switzerland”, has been measuring and photographing giant trees in Europe for more than ten years. He has listed more than 2,000 trees, of which more than 1,000 are in Switzerland. (Photos: Michel Brunner and André Hübscher; selected by Rolf Amiet, swissinfo.ch)

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Melting glaciers sing their dying songs. Julia Calfee recorded them

This content was published on Nov 4, 2009

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Cave lake (video)

This content was published on Nov 2, 2009 As it celebrated its 60th anniversary, Julie Hunt went to see what is so special about it. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch 10.09.2009)

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High-tech radar sounds out snowfall

This content was published on Oct 31, 2009 Combined with knowledge gained from weather sensors across the valley, the results could help scientists improve avalanche prediction in a tough mountain environment. It is a crisp day in Davos – known to many as the home of the World Economic Forum – and at an altitude of 1,500 metres, the highest town in Europe.…

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Group slams “pathetic” climate goals

This content was published on Oct 30, 2009 Rosemarie Bär, a former Green member of parliament, who now coordinates development aid for the umbrella group Alliance Sud, called on the government to keep its promise to follow the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Group on Climate Change. The IGCC wants industrialised countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to 40 per cent…

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