More elitism, encouraged with a shot of hard cash: Sweden
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Research minister Per Unkel's plans to reorganize Swedish science include: freeing universities from government control; increasing research funds, to be handled by three new foundations; building up specialized university research centers; and recruiting outstanding foreign scientists.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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Tropical deforestation: not just a problem in Amazonia
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization issued a report that deforestation is occurring rapidly not only in South America, but also in Southeast Asia and Central America. Deforestation's effect on biodiversity needs immediate research.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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Funding bonanza splits biologists
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A dispute concerning a Swedish Medical Research Council proposal on spending new government funding for biomedical research has divided the research community. Some fear that the controversy will endanger the funding.
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Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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