Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2008 |
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Off-Topic,
60 Minutes,
Agricultural Production,
Arctic Mountain,
Centuries,
climate change,
Contingencies,
Diversity,
Doomsday Vault,
Doors,
Global Level,
global warming,
Man Made Disaster,
Map,
Multicultural Diversity,
Norway,
Seeds,
Signs,
Spitsbergen,
Vault Doors,
Worst Case Scenarios,
Zoom
Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors on February 26, 2008 to the world.
This ‘Doomsday Vault’ is part of an effort to protect the planet’s diminishing biodiversity.
The facility was dug deep into the frozen rock of an Arctic mountain on Spitsbergen, one of 3 Arpichelago Islands in Norway. Any seeds stored here will be secure [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 17th, 2008 |
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Asia,
West,
Burma,
Burmese,
Cyclone,
Despots,
Dilemma,
Extent,
Hopeless Situation,
Man Made Disaster,
Military Junta,
myanmar,
Nargis,
Police State,
Regime,
Stubbornness,
Submissiveness,
Tragedy
NARGIS POSES HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA
The stubbornness of Burma’s military junta puts the West into a hopeless situation. If the international community wants to provide relief to victims of Cyclone Nargis, then it has to play by the regime’s rules. But the West’s submissiveness sends a dangerous signal to despots everywhere. By our reporter in Rangoon more…
Junta [...]
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