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From: Financial Times Published March 6, 2009 09:35 AM UN agency targets clean technologies The intellectual property agency of the United Nations is to promote wider use of to meet the global challenge of climate change. Francis Gurry, the Australian lawyer who took over the helm of the World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo) in October, plans to take a new look at how the intellectual property system can ensure that patents are not a barrier to trade. In an interview, Mr Gurry said Wipo would look at ways in which patents on new “clean technologies that cut greenhouse gas emissions could be used to promote rather than restrict access to those technologies, especially by developing countries.” ~more IBM, Harvard want your PC for solar power study By Matt Daily NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists at Harvard University and IBM are hoping to harness the power of a million idle computers to develop a new, cheaper form of solar power that could revolutionize the green energy world. Read the whole story here. Plant diseases threaten woodland Some of the finest gardens and woodlands in Britain are under threat from two closely related and aggressive fungus-like plant diseases. Environment minister Jane Kennedy said they were attacking "pristine" locations and could potentially damage the landscape and the tourism industry. The government has allocated £25m in a bid to eradicate the diseases which are spreading across the country. They are Phytophthora kernoviae and Phytophthora ramorum. Rhododendrons, a carrier of both diseases, are likely to be removed in woodland to combat the problem. ~more Home Conservation Restoration Projects Sustainability Action For Kids Shop Blog About Us ©2007-2009 Izmet's Dream, LLC All rights reserved. Custom Search	Learn how the Peace Corps is helping the environment on the Action page. Learn how to support local farmers Go to the Sustainability page. Get the facts on Water Conservation here. Restoration in the Land of the Long White Cloud Read about a couple's plan to restore their property in New Zealand on the *Projects* page. Meet Paul Stamets Find out how mushrooms could save the world on the *Restoration* page.

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From: Financial Times
Published March 6, 2009 09:35 AM

UN agency targets clean technologies
The intellectual property agency of the United Nations is to promote wider use of to meet the global challenge of climate change.

Francis Gurry, the Australian lawyer who took over the helm of the World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo) in October, plans to take a new look at how the intellectual property system can ensure that patents are not a barrier to trade.

In an interview, Mr Gurry said Wipo would look at ways in which patents on new “clean technologies that cut greenhouse gas emissions could be used to promote rather than

restrict access to those technologies, especially by developing countries.” ~more

IBM, Harvard want your PC for solar power study

By Matt Daily

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists at Harvard University and IBM are hoping to harness the power of a million idle computers to develop a new, cheaper form of solar power that could revolutionize the green energy world.

Read the whole story here.

Plant diseases threaten woodland

Some of the finest gardens and woodlands in Britain are under threat from two closely related and aggressive fungus-like plant diseases.

Environment minister Jane Kennedy said they were attacking "pristine" locations and could potentially damage the landscape and the tourism industry.

The government has allocated £25m in a bid to eradicate the diseases which are
spreading across the country.

They are Phytophthora kernoviae and Phytophthora ramorum. Rhododendrons, a
carrier of both diseases, are likely to be removed in woodland to combat the
problem. ~more