Environment

MADAGASCAR: The “less is more” philosophy of rice production

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A family prepares a rice field for planting in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo

Tropical vegetation stores more carbon than thought

The first ever "wall-to-wall" map of carbon storage of tropical vegetation in Africa, Asia and South America has shown that it stores 21 percent more carbon than estimated.

UN scales up food assistance for more than 80,000 people in South Sudan

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An internally displaced mother and her children among IDPs in South Sudan.

PHILIPPINES: Geo-hazard maps go public

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Some 33 natural disasters struck in 2011