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Other recent genetic research has backed up that notion. One study, published in PNAS in 2007 and led by John Hawks, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, found that some 1,800 human gene variations had become widespread in recent generations because of their modern-day evolutionary...
Most small biologics companies are still years away from seeing their first profits in this high-risk, high-return business. Their trade association, BIO, says that in the past 11 months, at least 40 of them have cut back or eliminated drug-development programs. The venture capitalists who invest in...
The washed-up wood, says Lam, is evidence of the shrinking old-growth forest cover - a loss that has contributed to erosion and frequent flooding in the province. He blames "logging pirates," illegal timber smugglers who are becoming increasingly bold - and even dangerous. But, Lam added, many trees are also...
Nor does it seem that Vietnam can stem the larger problem of illegal logging. Its park rangers are ill-equipped and too few in number to adequately patrol protected forests. A report issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in August cited hundreds of attacks on rangers during...
Though less than 1% of Vietnam's primary or old-growth forest remains, overall, forest cover is actually on the increase. Vietnam's central government has been pursuing an aggressive national planting program to boost tree cover to 43%, up from a low of 28% two decades ago, says Dao...