Cluster: Science

Swiss tire of biotech debate

This content was published on Sep 18, 2009 According to a new study, stakeholders are tired of the topic, the media is not reporting on it and the public is ambivalent. And most people welcome the government’s proposal to extend the current moratorium on the commercial use of genetically-modified (GM) plants. The “Green Technology in the Public Sphere” project, whose results were revealed…

UN releases report on Ivorian toxic waste case

This content was published on Sep 18, 2009 Okechukwu Ibeanu’s report into the incident will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this week. But Trafigura, the international commodities trader that chartered the ship, repeatedly denies any wrongdoing and says the UN report is “deeply flawed”. On the evening of August 19, 2006, the Probo Koala ship, chartered by Trafigura,…

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Federal police to run Novartis attacks probe

This content was published on Sep 17, 2009 The British-based group Militant Forces against Huntingdon Life Science has claimed responsibility for a fire at the pharmaceutical boss’s Austrian holiday home in August. In July the Vasella family grave was also desecrated and crosses bearing Vasella’s name and that of his wife were placed in a Chur cemetery. The Federal Police Office will liaise…

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City of bears receives Russian bruins

This content was published on Sep 16, 2009 According to the authorities in Bern, the animals are gifts given in connection with Medvedev’s visit to Switzerland scheduled for next week. The bears, which were flown to Switzerland on Monday, are being kept in quarantine in a part of the city’s former bear pit screened off from public view. The newcomers join two other…

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Climate Change – Intro

This content was published on Sep 14, 2009 swissinfo.ch takes a look at how Switzerland is meeting the challenges, focussing on research issues, energy concerns and global warming’s impact on Switzerland’s vulnerable tourism sector.

Climate cartoons

This content was published on Sep 11, 2009

Winter fairy tale

This content was published on Sep 11, 2009

Gotthard safety improved by new freight centre

This content was published on Sep 9, 2009 The Ripshausen centre at the town of Erstfeld, about 25 kilometres from the northern entrance to the tunnel, not only boasts ultramodern facilities for checking vehicles and their loads, but also has a restaurant, service station, showers and toilets, and drivers will be able to stay there overnight. “Ripsi loves everyone,” Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger…

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Nature Parks

This content was published on Sep 7, 2009 The Swiss National Park and the Unesco biosphere in the Entlebuch were the country’s first nature parks. In 2010 there will be two more protected nature areas. More park projects have been given the green light or are in preparation.

Nature park status becomes engine of growth

This content was published on Sep 7, 2009 In the last two years, the total area of the country being set aside as parkland has jumped from 0.4 to 14 per cent (5,750km2). The figure could rise to 20 per cent. The explosive growth is the result of a new law governing the establishment and operation of parks, the Nature and Cultural Heritage…

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