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Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:31:16 +0100 | Red Cross Chat
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling of the larger and/or more intriguing aspects of our global work… CHILE: A red card from a soccer referee is bad news, but a “RED Card” from the Chilean Red Cross brings funds for families to repair and rebuild their homes after the earthquake. INDIA: As thousands struggle with flash floods and landslides, the India Red Cross Society responds with first aid, relief supplies, clean water, and more. DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Severe floods have forced more than23,000 people to evacuate. Hundreds of Red Cross volunteers have helped distribute tarps, r...

Indonesia, US team up for biodiversity research centre
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:51:13 +0100 | SciDev.Net
A centre for Indonesian biodiversity has been set up with funding from the US, as part of a science partnership between the two nations. (Source: SciDev.Net)

RESEARCH NOTE: Rabies post‐exposure prophylaxis in travellers returning from Bali, Indonesia, November 2008 to March 2010
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection
(Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

Relationships between anopheline mosquitoes and topography in West Timor and Java, Indonesia
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 | Malaria Journal
Conclusion: Information on significant malaria vectors associated with specific topography is useful for planning the mosquito control aspect of malaria management. (Source: Malaria Journal)

The monkey and the kitten
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:30:35 +0100 | Guardian Unlimited Science
A wild-long tailed macaque monkey has adopted an abandoned kitten at Ubud's Monkey Forest in Bali (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)

Reefs at risk: Roundup at the not-so-OK coral corral
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100 | Scientific American - Official RSS Feed
Coral, the reef-building organisms responsible for some of the oceans' most vital ecosystems, are in trouble around the world because of climate change, ocean acidification and human interference. But lots of people are also trying to save coral reefs before it's too late. Here's a roundup of some of the latest research into this important class of organism.Some of the worst news comes out of Indonesia, where the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) found that rising surface water temperatures have created a large-scale bleaching event in the local coral. Bleaching occurs when environmental factors stress the living organisms residing within coral reefs, causing them to either leave their reef structures or die. As a result, reefs turn white. WCS marine biologists found that at least...

Biogeology of Wallacea: geotectonic models, areas of endemism, and natural biogeographical units
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:53:01 +0100 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
The concepts of biogeographical regions and areas of endemism are briefly reviewed prior to a discussion of what constitutes a natural biogeographical unit. It is concluded that a natural biogeographical unit comprises a group of endemic species that share a geological history. These natural biogeographical units are termed Wallacean biogeographical units in honour of the biogeographer A.R. Wallace. Models of the geological development of Indonesia and the Philippines are outlined. Areas of endemism within Wallacea are identified by distributional data, and their relationship to each other and to the adjacent continental regions are evaluated using molecular phylogenies from the literature. The boundaries of these areas of endemism are in broad agreement with earlier works, but it is arg...

Challenges in mass drug administration for treating lymphatic filariasis in Papua, Indonesia.
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:01:40 +0100 | MSF Field Research
CONCLUSIONS: MDA for lymphatic filariasis is how the WHO has planned to eliminate the disease from endemic areas. Our programmatic experience will hopefully help inform future campaign planning in difficult-to-access, high-burden areas of the world to achieve target MDA coverage for elimination of lymphatic filariasis. (Source: MSF Field Research)

[Letter] Life in Science: Up a Creek in Indonesia
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:49:52 +0100 | Science: Current Issue
Author: Bruce M. Beehler (Source: Science: Current Issue)