10th anniversary story highlights as of 24 Oct FINAL

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A historical perspective

The Rise of Animals, Part I (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU, MLY), Part II (2008, EN, ES, FR, RU), a two-part tale of how life evolved on Earth over the past 3.8 billion years

(Part I) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001537/153797e.pdf

(Part II) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001561/156125e.pdf

Out of Africa (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview relating new methods of dating human migration out of Africa

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001831/183157e.pdf

Tales Set in Stone (2012, EN, ES, FR), retracing the impact of climate change and natural disasters over the past 30 000 years on human civilizations living around the Black and Mediterranean Sea basins

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002171/217154E.pdf

Saviours from Space for Siberia’s Frozen Tombs (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU), on using remote sensing to identify buried tombs from a culture dating back 2500 years, in a race against time before melting permafrost destroys them

Secrets of the Night Sky (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), tracing the history of astronomy through the ages

The Miracle of Light (2005, EN, FR), tracing the history of optics through the eyes of Ibn Hathim, who founded the discipline 1000 years ago in what is today Iran

Ulugh Beg: the Scholar on the Throne (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the sole astronomer in history to rule a mighty state, during the 15th_{century, the capital} of which, Samarkand, lies in modern-day Uzbekistan

Of Shipwrecks, Lost Worlds and Grave Robbers (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a UNESCO convention which safeguards the remains of sunken cities,

shipwrecks and other underwater treasures worldwide

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Darwin Lives! (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the journey which shaped Charles Darwin’s revolutionary Theory of Evolution in the 19th_century

Forty Years of Field Laboratories in Sustainability (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), tracing the 40-year history of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme, which seeks to reconcile humanity with nature

From the Dark Ages to the Green Ages (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), tracing the rise of green chemistry over the past 20 years or so.

UNESCO’s World Network of

Biosphere Reserves

Putting a Price on Conservation (2012, EN, ES, FR), on how the Serra do Espinhaço Biosphere Reserve in Brazil is rewarding municipalities which protect biodiversity and ecosystems in the world’s most intensely mined biosphere reserve

Forty Years of Field Laboratories in Sustainability (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), tracing the history of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme, which seeks to reconcile humanity with nature

Striving for a Better Tomorrow in Mujib (2012, EN, ES, FR), on the new Mujib Biosphere Reserve in Jordan

The Bushbruckridge Healer’s Path to Justice (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how traditional healers in the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve in South Africa will beneft from a revolution in environmental law due to be adopted by the United Nations

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Mayangna Knowledge Deep in the Heart of Mesoamerica (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on this indigenous people’s struggle to protect one of the last extensive areas of Central American tropical rainforest, in the Boswas and Rio Platano Biosphere Reserves in Nicaragua and Honduras respectively

Rhön’s Gastronomical Ambassadors (2008, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the Rhön Biosphere Reserve in Germany, which has turned the art of local gastronomy into a socio-economic success

Saving the Remaining Wildlife in Darfur (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a survey of the rapidly vanishing wildlife in Radom Biosphere Reserve, the victim of the proliferation of automatic weapons and refugees as a result of the armed confict in Sudan

Using the Sun to Quench their Thirst (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a project in Omayed Biosphere Reserve in Egypt to desalinate groundwater at the

population’s request

Taking the Temperature of Mountains (2006, EN, ES, FR), on a project to monitor climate change and other forms of global change in selected biosphere reserves in mountainous regions

The Pastoralists of Wadi Allaqi (2003, EN, FR), on the techniques pastoralists have developed in Wadi Allaqi Biosphere Reserve to survive in a region where it only rains every few years; introduces the research done by the

UNESCO-Cousteau Ecotechnie Chair within the biosphere reserve http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001307/130716e.pdf

Protecting Himalayan Biodiversity (2002, EN, FR), on a study planned for Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in India on the virtues of large-scale cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants

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Freshwater management

Planning for an Uncertain Future (2012, EN, ES, FR), on the difculties in reconciling supply and demand for an increasingly precious resource: freshwater

The Risks Associated with Large-scale Foreign Land Acquisitions (2012, EN, ES, FR), interview on the implications for developing countries of this growing trend towards what one person has termed agrarian neocolonialism

Chemical Contaminants: those Invisible Additives in our Drink (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why we should be worried about the extent of chemical

contamination of surface and ground water

Coping with Extremes in Pakistan (2011, EN, ES, FR RU), on whether the extreme fooding in Pakistan in 2010 was a result of climate change, natural variation, poor water management or a combination of all three

Rising to the Challenge of Rising Waters (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a project to help Jakarta cope with recurrent fooding owing to its location in a foodplain

Learning to Live with Drought in Europe (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on moves in Europe to adopt a drought policy and improve river monitoring in light of more frequent periods of drought on the continent

Tending to the Ailing Mother River of China (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the deteriorating condition of the Yellow River, on which 120 million Chinese depend

A City Making the Switch to Healthy Sanitation (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a project to improve sanitation in the capital of Ghana, Accra

The Rise and Fall of Bam’s Qanats (2008, EN, ES, FR, RU), on UNESCO’s contribution to restoring the subterranean canals damaged in the Bam earhquake in December 2003

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A Blue Goldmine in Need of Protection (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a UNESCO survey of Africa’s transboundary aquifers, which uncovered a few new ones

The Reasons for Central Asia’s Water Woes (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU),

interview on the shared responsibility of melting glaciers and poor water policies for the region’s problems

Arsenic Filter Stalks Silent Killer in Bangladesh (2006, EN, ES, FR), on the invention of a flter to protect the Bangladeshi population from groundwater contaminated by naturally high levels of arsenic

Ethiopia: a Pot of Blue Gold at the End of the Rainbow? (2006, EN, ES, FR), on the challenges facing Ethiopia’s water sector, in a country often afected by severe drought

Using the Sun to Quench their Thirst (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a project in Omayed Biosphere Reserve in Egypt to desalinate groundwater at the

Buried Treasure in the Americas (2005, EN, FR), on cooperation between Haiti and the Dominican Republic in sharing aquifers, within a wider project to map transboundary aquifers in the Americas

Doubling the World’s Water Professionals (2004, EN, FR), on the work of the new UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft (Netherlands)

The Water Crisis: How Has it Come to This? (2003, EN, FR), on why the global crisis will reach unprecedented levels if nothing is done to rectify the inertia at the leadership level, according to the frst World Water Development Report

Afghanistan on the (Rocky) Road to Recovery (2003, EN, FR), on UNESCO’s work to encourage cooperation among Afghanistan and its downstream

neighbours which share the Kabul, Helmand and Amu Darya Rivers – Iran,

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Journey to the Highest Lake in the World (2003, EN, FR), case study of Lake Titicaca, which straddles the border of Bolivia and Peru, and its indigenous

populations, taken from the frst World Water Development Report

The International Year of Freshwater (2003, EN, FR), summarizing the work of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme and its plans for the Year

UNESCO and Johannesburg (2002, EN, FR), on UNESCO’s strategy for following up the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Oceans

Ocean Blues (Spanish coming in November, 2012, EN, ES), on a strategy blending conservation with greening marine industries to protect our oceans threatened biodiversity

Mapping the Oceans to Save the Seas (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the difculties in mapping biodiversity in the vast ocean

Fisheries in a Cod Climate (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why Norwegians of the north are confdent that their local fshing economy will be able to withstand warmer waters better than the Norwegian economy as a whole

A Pinch of Salt (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the rationale behind the adoption of a new standard for measuring the salt content in seawater

A Last Call to Arms (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the socio-economic

importance for coastal states of supplying proof of the outer limits of their legal continental shelf before the May 2009 deadline

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Why Scientists are Taking a Stand against Ocean Fertilization with Urea (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview explaining why 57 scientists from 18

countries oppose this geoengineering technique

A Bad Year for Caribbean Corals (2008, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how exceptionally warm waters bleached much of the coral in the Caribbean

Watching the Oceans for Signs of Climate Change (2006, EN, ES, FR) on the role the oceans play in regulating the Earth’s climate

The Last Frontier (2006, EN, ES, FR), on the legal vacuum surrounding exploitation of biodiversity in the deep sea

The Silent World Revisited (2005, EN, FR), on the return to a village built on the foor of the Red Sea 40 years earlier by French naturalist Jean-Yves Cousteau, to learn more about the sea and how the human body reacted to a prolonged stay under water.

The Knowledge that Saved the Sea Gypsies (2005, EN, FR), on how the Moken people survived the devastating tsunami of December 2004 in the Indian Ocean

Killer Wave (2005, EN, FR), on UNESCO’s response to the tsunami and earthquake which devastated the Indian Ocean in December 2004

A Carbon Sink that Can no Longer Cope? (2004, EN, FR), on monitoring the acidifcation of the oceans in a high CO2 world

The Floating University (2004, EN, FR), on a ten-week research cruise for students in marine and Earth sciences from 25 countries who studied gas hydrates, mud volcanoes and other phenomena

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Poverty and Reefs (2003, EN, FR), presents the fndings of a study by

UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the UK Department for International Cooperation and a UK-based research group

Watching Research on Ocean Storage of Carbon (2003, EN, FR), interview on why UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission had set up a watching brief on ocean sequestration of carbon

Where have all the Beaches Gone? (2002, EN, FR), on the threat tourism and other forms of coastal development pose to West African beaches

Earth Sciences for society

Taking the Pulse of Geosciences in Africa (2012, EN, ES, FR), presents the fndings of a survey of publication trends in this feld that will serve as the basis for UNESCO’s new initiative in favour geoscience education in Africa

What Future for Geoeducation in Africa? (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why Africa needs to invest in geosciences for its own development

China’s Palaeotreasure Trove (2012, EN, ES, FR), on China’s network of more than 300 geoparks

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The Thrill of Drilling (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on exploiting the secrets that lie far beneath our feet in terra incognita

Why Modern Agriculture must Change (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the fndings of a major international assessment involving UNESCO

Can a Blue Dye Help Save the Aral Sea? (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a scheme to plant indigo to regenerate soils in the Aral Sea basin and stimulate the economy

Darwin Lives! (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the journey which shaped Charles Darwin’s revolutionary Theory of Evolution in the 19th_{century, at a time when} geology was a new science

A Last Call to Arms (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the socio-economic

importance for coastal states of supplying timely geoscientifc proof of the outer limits of their legal continental shelf

Megacities of Tomorrow (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), forecasting how the geosciences will shape the world’s most populous cities in the decades to come

A Geotropical Paradise (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR), on the Langkawi Geopark, a member of UNESCO’s Global Geopark Network

The Day Mount Manaro Stirred (2007, EN, ES, FR, MLY, RU), on blending volcanology with traditional knowledge to prepare for volcanic eruptions like that of Manaro in 2005

The Rise of Animals, part I (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU, MLY), part II (2008, EN, ES, FR, RU), a two-part tale of how life evolved on Earth over the past 3.8 billion years

(Part I) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001537/153797e.pdf

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The Floating University (2004, EN, FR), on a ten-week research cruise for students in marine and Earth sciences from 25 countries to study gas hydrates, mud volcanoes and other phenomena

Biodiversity and land management

Ocean Blues (Spanish coming in November, 2012, EN, ES), on a strategy blending conservation with greening marine industries to protect our oceans

Planning for an Uncertain Future (2012, EN, ES, FR), on the difculties in reconciling supply and demand for an increasingly precious resource: freshwater

The Risks Associated with Large-scale Foreign Land Acquisitions (2012, EN, ES, FR), interview on the implications for developing countries of this growing trend towards what some have termed agrarian neocolonialism

Sandwatchers fnd a Market for a Weed (2012, EN, ES, FR), on a Kenyan youth group’s ingenious scheme for turning the invasive weed, water hyacinth, into ecoproducts

What Future for Biodiversity? (2012, EN, ES, FR), on the threat that climate change poses to biodiversity in North America in particular

Wildlife in a Warming World (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the threat that climate change poses to biodiversity

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Nature is a Library from which Industry can Learn (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why the aircraft industry is investing heavily in biomimickry

Eight predictions for Conservation in the 21st Century (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on some crystal-ball gazing into future trends in conservation:

Tracking Plant Diversity in a Changing World (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a network of observatories of biodiversity in Africa

Mapping the Oceans to Save the Seas (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the difculties in mapping biodiversity in the vast ocean

Saving the Guggul Plant (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), an interview on one man’s struggle to save a medicinal plant from extinction in India

Biodiversity in a Kit (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on what we mean by ecosystem services http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001905/190542e.pdf

A Bleak Outlook for Biodiversity? (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), presents the latest fndings on the status of biodiversity today

Indonesia has Imposed a Moratorium on Logging (2010, EN, ES, RU, FR), interview on Indonesia’s latest eforts to protect its forests

All you Ever Wanted to Know about Biodiversity… (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on an exhibition for all those who are afraid to ask

Fisheries in a Cod Climate (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why Norwegians of the north are confdent that their local fshing economy will be able to withstand warmer waters better than the Norwegian economy as a whole

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The Adventures of Patrimonito (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), an adventure of the hero invented by the World Heritage Centre to alert children to environmental issues afecting natural and cultural World Heritage; this time, our hero comes to the aid of the animals living on an island invaded by pigs

Why the Financial Crisis is also an Opportunity (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why now is the time to green the global economy

Darwin Lives! (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the journey which shaped Charles Darwin’s revolutionary Theory of Evolution

Many of the World’s Most Endangered Species are Migratory (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the threats hanging over migratory species

Why Modern Agriculture must Change (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the fndings of a major international assessment involving UNESCO

Mayangna Knowledge Deep in the Heart of Mesoamerica (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), the Mayangna and Miskito peoples’ struggle to protect one of the last extensive areas of Central American tropical rainforest, in Boswas Biosphere

A Bad Year for Caribbean Corals (2008, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how exceptionally warm waters bleached much of the coral in the Caribbean

Saving the Remaining Wildlife in Darfur (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU) , on a survey of the rapidly vanishing wildlife in Radom Biosphere Reserve, the victim of the proliferation of automatic weapons and refugees as a result of the armed confict in Sudan

Why a Warmer World will be a Sicker World (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on how a warmer climate will allow vector-transmitted diseases to extend their geographical range

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The Heat is On for Australia’s Forests (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the impact on Australian biodiversity of projected climate change

The Last Frontier (2006, EN, ES, FR), on the legal vacuum surrounding exploitation of biodiversity in the deep sea

The Red Tide (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU) on the risks to human health and aquaculture of outbreaks of harmful algal blooms in the ocean

The Future of Drylands Revisited (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU), presents new research at a time when one-third of land on our planet is threatened by desertifcation

How Nature Supports People in Southern Africa (2005, EN, FR), an assessment of the state of this region’s ecosystems within a global study

The Silent World Revisited (2005, EN, FR), on the return to a village built on the foor of the Red Sea 40 years earlier by French naturalist Jean-Yves Cousteau, in order to learn more about the sea and how the human body reacted to a prolonged stay under water.

Our Closest Relatives on the Brink of Extinction (2005, EN, FR), on UNESCO and UNEP’s attempts to protect the remaining Great Apes

Saving a Survival Kit for the Poor (2004, EN, FR), on a young woman scientist’s struggle to preserve mangroves in her native Tanzania

Small Islands Step into the Limelight (2004, EN, FR), on the socio-economic and environmental challenges facing small islands in the run up to the adoption of the Mauritius Strategy in 2005

Poverty and Reefs (2003, EN, FR), presents the fndings of a study by

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‘Africanizing’ Tropical Forest Management (2003, EN, FR), on the new regional postgraduate school (ERAIFT) set up by UNESCO and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the University of Kinshasa

UNESCO The International Year of Mountains (2002, EN, FR), on the launch of the GLOCHAMORE project to monitor global change in selected mountain biosphere reserves

Where Have all the Beaches Gone? (2002, EN, FR), on the threat tourism and other forms of coastal development pose to West African beaches

UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves and

Earth sciences for society

Chemistry

Where Would We Be without Chemistry? (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the omnipresence of chemistry in our daily lives (comes with a pull-out Periodic Table)

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From the Dark Ages to the Green Ages (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU) tracing the rise of green chemistry over the past 20 years or so

Environmental Crime Scene (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on the emerging feld of environmental forensics

Chemical Contaminants: those Invisible Additives in our Drink (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why we should be worried about the extent of chemical

contamination of surface and ground water

What Future for Nuclear Power? (2011, EN, ES, ES, RU), interview on the prospects for nuclear power in light of diminishing uranium stocks

As Chemists, We are Designers (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on using laser to cure cancer

Hot Ice 2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the reasons why common chemicals like water and methane can behave diferently on the icy planets of Uranus and Neptune

Small is Beautiful (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how UNESCO’s global

microscience experiments project is fostering experimentation in African schools

Why Scientists are Taking a Stand against Ocean Fertilization with Urea (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why 57 scientists from 18 countries oppose this geoengineering technique

Far from the Nanohype (2007, EN, ES, FR), on maximizing the benefts and minimizing the risks of nanoscience and nanotechnology

Mini-laboratories for the Middle-East (2007, EN, ES, RU), on how UNESCO’s global microscience experiments project is fostering experimentation in schools in the Middle East

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A Carbon Sink that Can no Longer Cope? (2004, EN, FR), on monitoring the acidifcation of the oceans in a high CO2 world

Practical Laboratory Work: to Be or not to Be? (2003, EN, FR), on the introduction of UNESCO’s microscience experiments project into Cameroon and the wider sub-region

Watching Research on Ocean Storage of Carbon (2003, EN, FR), on why UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission has set up a watching brief on ocean sequestration of carbon

Astronomy

Hot Ice 2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), why common chemicals like water and methane can behave diferently on the icy planets of Uranus and Neptune

Back to the Moon (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the little-known reasons for the new race to the Moon

The New Faces of the Universe (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU) on the latest discoveries in astronomy

Mission to Mars (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU) on an imaginary journey to Mars in the year 2030

Preparing for a Cosmic Disaster (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why we should prepare for the eventuality of an asteroid colliding with our planet

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The Life and Death of Stars (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview of interview on the stars in the Universe in general and our Sun in particular

Ulugh Beg: the Scholar on the Throne (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the sole astronomer in history to rule a mighty state, during the 15th_{century, the capital} of which, Samarkand, lies in modern-day Uzbekistan

Captivate them Young (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how teaching astronomy at school fres a child’s imagination

Secrets of the Night Sky, 2007 (EN, ES, FR, RU), tracing the history of astronomy through the ages

When is a Planet not a Planet? (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the reasons why Pluto has been downgraded from planet to dwarf planet

Physics and mathematics

Out of Africa (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on new methods of dating human migration out of Africa

Helping Africa’s ‘Best and Brightest’ Lift Science at Home (2007, EN, FR, ES), on a three-year fellowship programme for outstanding African postgraduate students in physics and mathematics, funded by UNESCO and implemented by UNESCO’s Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy

Watching the Oceans for Signs of Climate Change (2006, EN, ES, FR, on the role the oceans play in regulating the Earth’s climate

The Miracle of Light (2005, EN, FR), tracing the history of optics through the eyes of Ibn Hathim, who founded the discipline 1000 years ago in what is today Iran

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Physics without Tears (2005, EN, FR), proposing an interactive, hands-on approach to teaching a subject that pupils often fnd difcult

Science is Child’s Play (2005, EN, FR), on using games and play to teach children science

The Solar School (2004, EN, FR) follows UNESCO’s summer school in photovoltaics

For an International Basic Sciences Programme (2002, EN, FR), interview on UNESCO’s planned new programme

Natural disasters

Coping with Extremes in Pakistan (2011, EN, ES, FR RU), on whether the extreme fooding in Pakistan in 2010 was a result of climate change, natural climatic variation or poor water management and UNESCO’s response

Rising to the Challenge of Rising Waters (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a project to help Jakarta cope with recurrent fooding owing to its location in a foodplain

Saved by their Ancestors (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how local knowledge saved thousands of lives during the tragic Japanese tsunami which struck in March 2011

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Preparing for a Cosmic Disaster (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how to prepare for the eventuality of an asteroid colliding with our planet

Learning to Live with Drought in Europe (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on moves in Europe to adopt a drought policy and improve river monitoring in light of more frequent periods of drought on the continent

The Day Mount Manaro Stirred (2007, EN, ES, FR, MLY, RU), on blending volcanology with traditional knowledge to prepare for volcanic eruptions like that of Manaro in 2005

Making Schools Safer in a Disaster (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on a UNESCO campaign to introduce risk reduction into school curricula and foster the application of building norms for schools

The Rise and Fall of Bam’s Qanats (2008, EN, ES, FR, RU), on UNESCO’s contribution to restoring the subterranean canals damaged in the Bam earhquake in December 2003

Why Recovery is Taking so Long (2005, EN, FR), interview on progress in the devastated Indonesian province of Aceh nine months after the earthquake and tsunami struck

The Knowledge that Saved the Sea Gypsies (2005, EN, FR), on how the Moken survived the devastating tsunami of December 2004

Killer Wave (2005, EN, FR), on UNESCO’s response to the tsunami and earthquake which devastated the Indian Ocean in December 2004

After the Earthquake (2004, EN, FR), on UNESCO’s response to the tragic earthquake which fattened the historic city of Bam in Iran

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Pedagogy and popularization

Taking the Pulse of Geosciences in Africa (2012, EN, ES, FR), presents the fndings of a survey of publication trends that served as the basis for designing UNESCO’s new initiative in favour of geoscience education in Africa

What Future for Geoeducation in Africa? (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why Africa needs to invest in geosciences for its own development

Small is Beautiful (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how UNESCO’s global microscience project is spreading experimentation in African schools http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001938/193840e.pdf

Biodiversity in a kit (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a new pedagogical kit on biodiversity and ecosystem services

All you ever wanted to know about biodiversity… (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), an exhibition for all those who are afraid to ask

The Adventures of Patrimonito (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), an adventure of the hero invented by the World Heritage Centre to alert children to environmental issues afecting natural and cultural World Heritage; this time, our hero comes to the aid of the animals living on an island invaded by pigs

Mission to Mars (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU) on an imaginary journey to Mars in the year 2030, an article targeting the young

Captivate them Young (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how teaching astronomy at school fres a child’s imagination

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The Sandwatchers (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), on UNESCO’s environmental education project for schools

Watchdogs of the Public Interest (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the key role science journalists play in defending the public interest by informing the public

Mini-laboratories for the Middle-East (2007, EN, ES, RU), on how UNESCO’s global microscience project is spreading experimentation in schools in the Middle East

Making Schools Safer in a Disaster (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on a UNESCO campaign to introduce risk reduction into school curricula and foster the application of building norms for schools

Science is Child’s Play (2005, EN, FR), on using games and play to teach children science

Physics without Tears (2005, EN, FR), proposing an interactive, hands-on approach to teaching a subject that pupils often fnd difcult

Who needs Maths at a Time like this? (2004, EN, FR), on a touring maths exhibition that demonstrates just how much mathematics permeates our daily lives

Practical Laboratory Work: to Be or not to Be? (2003, EN, FR), on the introduction of UNESCO’s microscience experiments project into Cameroon and the wider subregion

Climate change

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Weathering Uncertainty in the Arctic (2012, EN, ES, FR), on how indigenous peoples and scientists are working together to monitor climate change in the Arctic

Tales Set in Stone (2012, EN, ES, FR), retracing the impact of climate change and natural disasters over the past 30 000 years on human civilizations living around the Black and Mediterranean Sea basins

What Future for Biodiversity? (2012, EN, ES, FR), on the threat that climate change in particular poses to biodiversity, with an emphasis on North America

Wildlife in a Warming World (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU) on the threat that climate change poses to biodiversity

Fisheries in a Cod Climate (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why Norwegians of the north are confdent that their local fshing economy will be able to withstand warmer waters better than the Norwegian economy as a whole

Eight predictions for Conservation in the 21st Century (2010, AR, EN, ES,

FR, RU), ofers some crystal-ball gazing into future trends in conservation

Tracking Plant Diversity in a Changing World (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a network of observatories of diversity in Africa

Taking a Step Back (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why retreat is the best policy in the face of sea-level rise

A Bad Year for Caribbean Corals (2008, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how exceptionally warm waters bleached much of the coral in the Caribbean

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Retrospective on Climate Change (2007, EN, FR), bumper issue ofering a collection of UNESCO’s work in the feld of climate change monitoring, mitigation and adaptation between 2002 and 2007

Watching Research on Ocean Storage of Carbon (2003, EN, FR), on why UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission has set up a watching brief on ocean sequestration of carbon

Research for health

All for One and One for All: Genetic Solidarity in the Making (Spanish coming in November, 2012, EN, ES), on UNESCO’s support for the Human Variome Project, the successor to the Human Genome Project

Science is a Universal Language (2012, EN, ES), interview of a woman researcher and inventor who is blending enterpreneurship with philanthropy to harness biotechnology to social progress

The Benefts of Biotech for South Asia (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the potential of biotechnology for health, agriculture and energy generation in the region

As Chemists, We are Designers (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on using laser to cure cancer

Where would we be without Chemistry? (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the omnipresence of chemistry in our daily lives, including the role it plays in the pharmaceutical industry (comes with a pull-out Periodic Table)

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Teeth will Help to Shape the Future of Stem Cell Research (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on how research may one day lead to repairing tooth decay and engineering healthy tissue

The Red Tide (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU) on the risks to human health and aquaculture of outbreaks of harmful algal blooms in the ocean

Controlling Malaria, the Vampire of the Technological Age (2005, EN, FR), on a biological weapon developed by a scientist to eradicate malaria from

southern Iran

Protecting Infants from AIDS (2004, EN, FR), interview on the work of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention supported by UNESCO and headed by one of the co-discoverers of the HIV/AIDS virus

For an International Basic Sciences Programme (2002, EN, FR), interview on UNESCO’s planned new programme

Archaeology

Tales Set in Stone (2012, EN, ES, FR), retracing the impact of climate change and natural disasters over the past 30 000 years on human civilizations living around the Black and Mediterranean Sea basins

Of Shipwrecks, Lost Worlds and Grave Robbers (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a new UNESCO convention to safeguard the remains of sunken cities,

shipwrecks and other underwater treasures worldwide

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Out of Africa (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on new methods of dating human migration out of Africa

Saviours from Space for Siberia’s Frozen Tombs (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU), on using remote sensing to identify buried tombs from a culture dating back 2500 years, in a race against time before melting permafrost destroys them

A Tale of Five Cities (2004, EN, FR), on the work of a team of archaeologists, hydrologists and urban planners to save fve jewels around the Mediterranean Basin

Engineering and technology

Bridging the Digital Divide (Spanish coming in November, 2012, EN, ES), on a CERN-UNESCO Digital Library School which is training librarians and IT specialists, in order to foster the development of digital libraries in Africa

Science is a Universal Language (Spanish coming in November, 2012, EN, ES), interview of a woman researcher and inventor who is blending

enterpreneurship with philanthropy to harness biotechnology to social progress

The High Level of Research Promotes Israeli Science-based Industries

(2012, EN, FR, ES), on the strong role played by the business sector in contemporary Israeli science

As Chemists, We are Designers (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on using laser to cure cancer

Where would we be without Chemistry? (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the omnipresence of chemistry in our daily lives and its role in industry (comes with a pull-out Periodic Table)

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Nature is a Library from which Industry can Learn (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why the aircraft industry is investing heavily in biomimickry

The Rise of Innovation in India (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the impact of policies in India to foster innovation, taken from the UNESCO Science Report 2010

Preparing for a Cosmic Disaster (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why we should prepare for the eventuality of an asteroid colliding with our planet

The New Faces of the Universe (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU) on the latest discoveries in astronomy and what they owe to technology

Mission to Mars (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU) on an imaginary journey to Mars in the year 2030, an article targeting the young

Out of Africa (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on new methods of dating human migration out of Africa

The Art of Engineering a Better World (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), presents the winning innovations of engineering students from North and South who were asked to design a project together combining poverty alleviation and sustainable development

Far from the Nanohype (2007, EN, ES, FR), on maximizing the benefts and minimizing the risks of nanoscience and nanotechnology

Saviours from Space for Siberia’s Frozen Tombs (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU), on using remote sensing to identify buried tombs from a culture dating back 2500 years, in a race against time before melting permafrost destroys them

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Arsenic Filter Stalks Silent Killer in Bangladesh (2006, EN, ES, FR), on the invention of a flter to protect the Bangladeshi population from groundwater contaminated by naturally high levels of arsenic

Controlling Malaria, the Vampire of the Technological Age (2005, EN, FR), on a biological weapon developed to eradicate malaria from southern Iran

A System for Managing the Planet by 2015 (2004, EN, FR), on a global scheme which recognizes that land, atmosphere and oceans are not separate systems but interlocking parts of a single Earth system and that we thus need to combine existing observing systems into a single overarching system to improve global monitoring of the environment

The Age of Renewables has Now Begun (2004, EN, FR), interview on the growing interest in renewable energy at a time of rising oil prices

The Solar School (2004, EN, FR) follows UNESCO’s summer school in photovoltaics

Bringing a Little Sunshine to People’s Lives (2003, EN, FR), on the

installation of a solar village in Niger and the wider ramifcations for developing countries of the spread of solar energy

What Future for Open Science? (2004, EN, FR), on the growing temptation to privatize or commercialize government-funded public-interest science

Towards Knowledge Societies (2003, EN, FR), interview on the diference between information societies and knowledge societies

Women in Science

Science is a Universal Language (Spanish coming in November, 2012, EN, ES), interview of a woman researcher and inventor who is blending

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The High Level of Research Promotes Israeli Science-based Industries

(2012, EN, FR, ES), interview of the President of the Academy of Science and Humanities on the strong role played by the business sector in contemporary Israeli science

As Chemists, We are Designers (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on using laser to cure cancer

A Tribute to Kenya’s Green Militant (2012, EN, ES, FR), interview published posthumously of the frst African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

The Life and Death of Stars (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on the stars in the Universe in general and our Sun in particular

The Rice Farmer Need No Longer Sustain Heavy Losses in Time of Drought (2008, EN, ES, FR), interview on using research to reduce Africa’s dependence on rice imports

Teeth will Help to Shape the Future of Stem Cell Research (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on research which may one day lead to repairing tooth decay and engineering healthy tissue

Why Scientists are Taking a Stand against Ocean Fertilization with Urea

(2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview explaining why 57 scientists from 18 countries oppose this geoengineering technique

Headcounts and Headaches Measuring Women in Science (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the results of a survey by UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics

Using the Sun to Quench their Thirst (2006, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a project in Omayed Biosphere Reserve in Egypt to desalinate groundwater at the

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Controlling Malaria, the Vampire of the Technological Age (2005, EN, FR), on a biological weapon developed to eradicate malaria from southern Iran

Saving a Survival Kit for the Poor (2004, EN, FR), a young woman scientist’s struggle to preserve mangroves in her native Tanzania

Margaret’s Story (2004, EN, FR), the story of one Kenyan woman’s struggle to overcome poverty and abuse to realize her dream to be a scientist

Monitoring Progress towards

Knowledge Societies

Bridging the Digital Divide (Spanish coming in November, 2012, EN, ES), on a CERN-UNESCO Digital Library School which is training librarians and IT specialists, in order to foster the development of digital libraries in Africa

The High Level of Research Promotes Israeli Science-based Industries (2012, EN, FR, ES), interview of the President of the Academy of Science and Humanities on the strong role played by the business sector in contemporary Israeli science

Sandwatchers fnd a Market for a Weed (2012, EN, ES, FR), on a Kenyan youth group’s ingenious scheme for turning the invasive weed, water hyacinth, into ecoproducts

Science without Borders (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the growing trend towards internationalization of science and science diplomacy, based on the fndings in the UNESCO Science Report 2010

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The Rise of Innovation in India (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the impact of policies in India to foster innovation, taken from the UNESCO Science Report 2010

Headcounts and Headaches Measuring Women in Science (2007, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the results of a survey by UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics

The Shifting Fortunes of Global Science (2006, EN, ES, FR), on the fndings of the UNESCO Science Report 2005, with data supplied by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics

What Future for Open Science? (2004, EN, FR), on the growing temptation to privatize or commercialize government-funded public-interest science

Measuring Progress Towards Knowledge Societies (2004, EN, FR), study by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics of investment in research and development in terms of funding and human resources

Policies for Redressing Iraq (2004, EN, FR), interview on the priorities for redressing research and development in the new Iraq

On NEPAD in General and Mozambique in Particular (2004, EN, FR), interview on the origins of Africa’s New Partnership for Development and Mozambique’s priorities for science and technology

Towards Knowledge Societies (2003, EN, FR), interview on the diference between information societies and knowledge societies

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Ocean Blues (Spanish coming in November, 2012, EN, ES), on a strategy blending conservation with greening marine industries to protect our oceans’ threatened biodiversity

Putting a Price on Conservation (2012, EN, ES, FR), on how the Serra do Espinhaço Biosphere Reserve in Brazil is rewarding municipalities which protect biodiversity and ecosystems in the world’s most intensely mined biosphere reserve

From the Dark Ages to the Green Ages (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU) tracing the rise of green chemistry over the past 20 years or so

Can a Blue Dye Help Save the Aral Sea? (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on a scheme to plant indigo to regenerate soils and stimulate the economy in the Aral Sea basin

Why the Financial Crisis is also an Opportunity (2009, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why now is the time to green the global economy

Why Modern Agriculture must Change (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on the fndings of a major international assessment involving UNESCO

The Age of Renewables has Now Begun (2004, EN, FR), interview on the growing interest in renewable energy at a time of rising oil prices

UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves and

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Local and traditional knowledge

Weathering Uncertainty in the Arctic (2012, EN, ES, FR), on how indigenous peoples and scientists are working together to monitor climate change in the Arctic

Saved by their Ancestors (2011, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how local knowledge saved thousands of lives during the tragic Japanese tsunami which struck in March 2011

The Bushbruckridge Healer’s Path to Justice (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on how traditional healers in the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve in South Africa will beneft from a revolution in environmental law due to be adopted by the United Nations

Fisheries in a Cod Climate (2010, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on why Norwegians of the north are confdent that their local fshing economy will be able to withstand warmer waters better than the Norwegian economy as a whole

Saving the Guggul Plant (2010, EN, ES, FR, RU), interview on one man’s struggle to save a medicinal plant from extinction in India

Mayangna Knowledge Deep in the Heart of Mesoamerica (2008, AR, EN, ES, FR, RU), on this indigenous people’s struggle to protect one of the last extensive areas of Central American tropical rainforest, in the Boswas and Rio Platano Biosphere Reserves in Nicaragua and Honduras respectively

The Pastoralists of Wadi Allaqi (2003, EN, FR), on the techniques pastoralists have developed in Wadi Allaqi Biosphere Reserve to survive in a region where it only rains every few years; introduces the research done by the

UNESCO-Cousteau Ecotechnie Chair within the biosphere reserve

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Small Islands Step into the Limelight (2004, EN, FR), on the socio-economic and environmental challenges facing small islands in the run up to the adoption of the Mauritius Strategy in 2005

10th anniversary story highlights as of 24 Oct FINAL

A historical perspective

UNESCO’s World Network of

Biosphere Reserves

Freshwater management

Oceans

Earth Sciences for society

Biodiversity and land management

See also

UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves and

Earth sciences for society

Chemistry

Astronomy

Physics and mathematics

See also Astronomy

Natural disasters

Pedagogy and popularization

Climate change

Research for health

Archaeology

Engineering and technology

Women in Science

Monitoring Progress towards

Knowledge Societies

See also

UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves and

Local and traditional knowledge