The giving machine

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INTERVIEW: Tadataka Yamada, executive director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Health Program, has discussed the organization's major contributions to the society and its role in saving lives with its wealth. He has also described about the Grand Challenges initiative that supports ground breaking research and about the projects that fit within the organization's global-health strategy.

Strategy & planning, Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Interview, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charitable foundations, Federal aid to medical research, Medical research assistance, Aims and objectives, Yamada, Tadataka

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Dollar and sense

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A need is felt to save the Florida panther epitomize as fewer than 90 of the creatures cling to fragments of habitat in southern Florida. Hence, Conservation International, based in Washington DC are making efforts and recognized 34 hotspots that occupy 2.3% of the Earth's land surface and are the sole home of half the world's vascular plant species and 42% of terrestrial vertebrates.

Government domestic functions, Administration of Conservation Programs, Endangered Species, Wildlife Protection Programs, Protection and preservation, Environmental policy, Wildlife conservation, Panthers, Florida panther

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Online resources threaten livelihood of libraries

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The closure of some of the major libraries of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington DC and NASA decision to downsize it network of libraries has sparked international protest. Libraries are working towards reinventing themselves in a digital world in which online access is fast reducing the need for rows of books and stacks of journals.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Usage, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Technological innovations, Digital libraries, Digitization

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