Photo: Bill Ross / CORBIS

A stressed world

Extinction is forever. Can we stop the slide in bio-diversity?

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
Vancouver’s apiary missionary Brian Campbell: ‘If you care about grizzly bears, help the bees.’Photo by Hadani Ditmars.

Backyard beehives

A walk on the wild side with Hadani Ditmars.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
When they reach the top they swing from the vine and jump on top of a bamboo. They then start cutting the branches working downwards and when they have freed about 20-30 ft of bamboo it is cut down and dropped.

Honey is life

Gathering wild honey is an age-old tradition in South India. Mari Marcel Thekaekara and her husband Stan see how it’s done.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
Varroa mite. Photo by: Biosphoto / Lecomte Jean / Still Pictures

The Bees' Knees - The Facts

Facts and figures on bees, honey & the food connection.

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Photo by Khaled Al Hariri / Reuters

Why are they dying?

Wayne Ellwood investigates the case of the missing bees.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009
Arctic - Links and Resources

Arctic - Links and Resources

Organizations, campaign groups, news, books & films on the Arctic.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009
No place like home: Roberta and Johnny, two residents of Shishmaref, sit where their house used to be before it was eroded by the sea.Photo by: Bryan and Cherry Alexander Photography

When the ice melts

What does the future hold? Jess Worth learns from five leading figures.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009
Arctic explorer Artur Chilingarov shows a photograph of the Russian national flag that he planted on the seabed under the North Pole in August 2007. The provocative act, intended to stake a symbolic claim to the Arctic’s mineral riches, didn’t go down too well with Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay. ‘This isn’t the 15th century,’ he spluttered. ‘You can’t go around the world and just plant flags and say “We’re claiming this territory”.’Photo: Alexander Natruskin / Reuters

Who owns the Arctic?

Could countries come to blows over the North's resources? Professor Michael Byers explains.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009

The Arctic: a history

A mythical place – land of the frozen ocean, the aurora borealis and the midnight sun.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009
Caribou migrate across the tundra in summer, Hudson Bay, Canada.Photo by: Bryan and Cherry Alexander

A vanishing world

Images of the unique landscapes and wildlife under threat.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009
Pouring oil on frozen waters: Prudhoe Bay, operated by BP, is by far the largest oilfield in the US. Sprawling across the North Slope, it currently produces about 400,000 barrels of oil a day, with an estimated 
2 billion still to exploit.Photo by: Bryan and Cherry Alexander Photography

Slick operators

Jess Worth meets two indigenous activists battling Big Oil's dirty tricks.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009
Melting sea-icePhoto: Roger Braithwaite / Still Pictures

The Arctic climate

Facts and figures about the planet's thermostat.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009
An Inuit hunter jumps across a gap in the sea-ice. Climate change is causing the ice to melt, making hunting increasingly perilous. Photo: Bryan and Cherry Alexander

A slow earthquake

The Arctic is changing dramatically. Jess Worth finds out what it means for the people who live there.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009
Confucius goes to Chile

Confucius goes to Chile

Lezak Shallat discovers why Latin Americans are learning Chinese.

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NI 423 - China in charge - June, 2009
On your bike: Specialist hand-filing of high-end bikes may have to give way to robotic production-line bike manufacturing in North America.Jonathan Maus / BikePortland.org

Wheel back the factories

Chinese investors may bring manufacturing back to the West, discovers Libby Tucker.

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NI 423 - China in charge - June, 2009
A man in Shanxi province rides past the communist dynasty of leaders (clockwise from top) Mao Zedong, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Deng Xiaoping.Shanghai Stringer / Reuters

The next dynasty

Resource wars? Climate armageddon? What business-as-usual in China will mean for the rest of the world.

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NI 423 - China in charge - June, 2009
Stacking up the yuan: At the end of September 2008, the savings of Chinese people ($2.92 trillion) outstripped their loans almost 6 to 1.Reuters / Stringer in China

The yuan plays the dollar

Egyptian economist Gouda Abdel-Khalek talks with Rowenna Davis about China’s political plays in the Middle East.

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NI 423 - China in charge - June, 2009

Hu’s who

A guide to who’s running the show in China.

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NI 423 - China in charge - June, 2009
The burning of the village of Um Zeifa in Darfur after the Janjaweed looted and attacked it. The Chinese Government has supplied much of the munitions used by the Janjaweed to destroy the non-Arab peoples in the south of Sudan.Photo by Brian Steidle

Breath of the dragon

China’s aid and arms are promoting one-party governments, argues Rebecca Tinsley.

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Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
China in charge June, 2009
China in charge June, 2009
China in charge June, 2009
China in charge June, 2009
China in charge June, 2009
China in charge June, 2009
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