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Madagascar's President Hery Rajaonarimampianina delivers a speech for the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Stephane Mahe

Limited Access to Water Curtails Madagascar’s Climate-Smart Agriculture

Katie Nguyen 02/06/2016

The worst El Nino weather pattern in years has...

A Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management official checks ivory inside a storeroom in Harare August 22, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Zimbabwe Refuses to Destroy Ivory Stocks, Lobbies Neighbours on Trade

MacDonald Dzirutwe 02/06/2016

Cash-strapped Zimbabwe says trade is the only way to...

A rice mill worker holds up rice fallen onto the ground in Udon Thani, Thailand, September 16, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Jorge Silva/Files

Extreme Weather Causing Toxins in Food to Increase, Scientists Say

Kagondu Njagi 31/05/2016

Aflatoxins, moulds that can affect plant crops and raise...

(From L) European Council President Donald Tusk, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pose for the family photo during the first day of the Group of Seven (G7) summit meetings in Ise Shima, Japan, May 26, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Pool

At G7, UK Pushes for Global Reward System for New Antibiotic Development

Kylie MacLellan 27/05/2016

Any use of antibiotics promotes the development and spread...

The mcr-1 plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene has been found primarily in Escherichia coli, pictured. Credit: Reuters/Courtesy CDC

First Case of Bacteria Resistant to All Antibiotics Detected in US

Ransdell Pierson and Bill Berkrot 27/05/2016

The study said continued surveillance to determine the true...

A man sits next to a window of a restaurant on the 70th floor of a skyscraper as the Guangzhou TV Tower is seen through thick hazy at the central business district in Guangzhou, Guangdong province February 17, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Alex Lee/Files

Euphoria Over Paris Climate Deal Ends, Talks on Rules May Go on Until 2018

Alister Doyle 27/05/2016

Details left vague by the 31-page Paris Agreement include...

Stocks of smuggled timber and the Gambian trucks that transported them are confiscated at a forestry depot in Digante, Senegal, November 18, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Jean-Francois Huertas

Senegal’s Last Forests Further Endangered by Timber Smugglers

Diadie Ba 27/05/2016

Much of northern Senegal bordering the Sahara Desert has...