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Scientists given Vietnamese award

This content was published on Mar 10, 2009 The medals were presented by the Vietnamese ambassador to Switzerland on Tuesday. The specialists all belong to the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), and have worked in Vietnam since 1998. They have been honoured for the applied research they have carried out with Vietnamese colleagues to whom they have passed on…

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Giant vultures still clinging to Swiss Alps

This content was published on Feb 26, 2009 Lammergeyers, as the birds are also called, disappeared from their habitat a little more than a century ago after excessive hunting. Scientists launched a reintroduction programme in 1986 by hatching lammergeyers in zoos and releasing two to ten young birds into the wild each year. The last lammergeyer was released in June 2008. Since then,…

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Church NGOs call for action on climate change

This content was published on Feb 23, 2009 The theme of the 40th anniversary ecumenical campaign by the Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund and the Protestant Bread for All, announced on Monday, is “a healthy climate to guarantee daily bread”. According to a Lenten Fund statement, around 925 million people suffer from hunger around the world, with climate change – in the form of…

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Alpine transit traffic remains stable in 2008

This content was published on Feb 23, 2009 In a statement, the ministry said that 64 per cent of the total amount was carried by rail and the rest by 1.27 million trucks. The total tonnage represented a one per cent increase over 2007. The ministry says that the global financial crisis caused a decrease in the flow of transalpine goods in the…

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Swiss join call to reduce mercury use

This content was published on Feb 20, 2009 Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger, who led the Swiss delegation in the Kenyan capital, agreed with his counterparts from all over the globe that talks must begin on a legally binding treaty to limit the use of the toxic metal. In the past, moves to introduce binding limits on mercury emissions have been resisted by several…

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Firms’ polluting habits go online

This content was published on Feb 19, 2009 The move is part of Switzerland’s commitment to increase transparency by providing public access to information about pollution and the movement of waste within its borders. Information about the companies’ track records with 86 pollutants in 2007 was made accessible on the federal office’s website as of Thursday. The Environment Office says the register will…

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Record snowstorm causes traffic chaos

This content was published on Feb 7, 2009 The storm blanketed some areas of the country with as much as two metres of new snow. That’s the fastest accumulation the country has seen in 30 years, the Swiss Meteorology Office said on Saturday. Cantons Graubünden and Ticino have been particularly affected. In eastern Switzerland nearly every mountain pass has been closed, making train…

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Poor nations “should have say” in climate talks

This content was published on Feb 5, 2009 “They don’t have the money to emit CO2 so how could they find the money to protect themselves against climate change?” Leuenberger said in a speech on Thursday at a conference on sustainable development in the Indian capital, Delhi. He said a solution was needed quickly to finance adaptation, particularly in developing countries. If a…

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Bird of the year is the not so common redstart

This content was published on Feb 2, 2009 The migratory bird, which once appeared in large numbers in Switzerland, has now become rare because of conditions in the country and in Africa, where it spends the winter. In a statement on Monday, the association said that “this magnificent bird” was now on a list of endangered species in Switzerland. It added that the…

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