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(University of East Anglia) A number of threatened species in the developing world are entirely dependent on human agriculture for their survival, according to new research by the University of East Anglia.

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) signed a formal agreement today to pursue an ambitious slate of joint projects to enhance efforts at the nexus of science and diplomacy.

(Burness Communications) The Forest Trust (TFT) announced today that Swiss consumer goods company Nestlé has agreed to a plan that will rid its products of palm oil purchased from suppliers whose activities are destroying vulnerable tropical forests in the developing world.

This year, $135 billion, or 34 percent, of takeover deals have been linked to companies in the developing world.

(North Carolina State University) When modern medicine finds a way to treat a medical condition, people often think that the problem is solved.

But we also have to find ways to get that treatment into the hands of those who need it. For example, new research shows that much more needs to be done to help get existing treatment to hemophilia patients in the developing world, and that the current lack of treatment there is costing lives.

The European aircraft maker predicted demand for new planes would remain healthy over the next 20 years due to steady air-traffic growth in the developing world.

(TWAS) Boosting agricultural research in the developing world is the key to ensuring food security for the world's poorest, says Adel el-Beltagy, Chair of the Global Form on Agricultural Research.

The use of low-emission buses could greatly reduce the heat-trapping gases produced in the booming cities of Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The president of the U.N. General Assembly postponed a financial summit aimed at giving the developing world a bigger voice in tackling the global economic crisis in hopes of attracting more world leaders.

To date, he hasn't succeeded.

An unlikely duo of a fashion heiress and a Nobel Prize-winning economist is pushing a controversial plan to boost aid to the developing world by giving wealthy donors a greater say in how the money is distributed.