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Netherlands Inaugurate New Mobile Laboratory to Support United Nations	An innovative mobile laboratory developed by the Netherlands to support international response to environmental emergencies was officially inaugurated by the Ministers of Environment and Development Cooperation in The Hague on 18 August 2008.
Key Pollinators for Food Security and Biodiversity To Be Protected By $27 Million Global Environment Facility Project	A new project worth $26.45 million has been launched by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to better protect bees, bats and birds that are essential to the world’s crop production.
Wild Dolphin Project Contributes to Understanding of Atlantic Spotted and Bottlenose Dolphins	Through their research, the Wild Dolphin Project has learned a great deal of information about spotted and bottlenose dolphins, which has greatly contributed to the scientific understanding of these species.
Small Ecuadorian Clean Water Project Improves Health in Village	Agua Muisne is a non-profit corporation founded in 2007 by a group of Americans and Ecuadorians who are concerned about the many people who are put in grave danger by bad drinking water.
The World Meteorological Organization’s World Weather Information Service Website Wins the Prestigious Stockholm Challenge Award 2008	The World Weather Information Service (WWIS) website operated by the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) on behalf of the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has won the prestigious Stockholm Challenge Award 2008 in the Environment category.
Free World-Class Opportunities to Learn about Coral Reefs in Broward County, Florida, USA	The whole world is celebrating the International Year of the Reef 2008 (IYOR) (www.iyor.org), and this summer you can learn about coral reefs in Broward County, Florida.
Boost for Hazardous Waste Management in Côte d’Ivoire	A new project launched on June 16, 2008 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will help the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and others in the region to manage hazardous waste, both within their countries and across borders.
Nature’s 100 Best Initiative Publishes Preliminary Findings On How to Green	Commercially-promising advances inventions, innovations and ideas inspired by the natural world and its close to 4-billion year-old history of “research and development” are at the centre of a new collaborative initiative called Nature’s 100 Best unveiled at the Ninth Conference of Parties to Convention on Biological Diversity, 19-30 May.
Commuting Bicyclists: A Growing Transportation Trend	Biking is gaining popularity as a form of commuting which benefits the environment.
Nanoparticles Provide New Ways of Understanding Earth’s Workings	The ubiquity of tiny particles of minerals--mineral nanoparticles--in oceans and rivers, atmosphere and soils, and in living cells are providing scientists with new ways of understanding Earth's workings. Our planet's physical, chemical, and biological processes are influenced or driven by the properties of these minerals.