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IRD in Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean
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Chikungunya epidemic in la Réunion: The "tiger mosquito" extends its range
January 2006
Chikungunya is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes. It affects thousands of people in the Indian Ocean, India and Central Africa. In 2006, an outbreak of unprecedented scale struck La Réunion and other islands in the southwest of the Indian Ocean. This prompted researchers from the IRD ...
Endangered coral ecosystems : Marine protected areas could help
January 2005
Coral reefs, which are home to thousands of fish species, are today threatened with extinction. The cause: global warming, which is killing the corals as ocean temperatures rise. In collaboration with an international team, the IRD has measured the long-term impact of El Niño on Indian Ocean ...
Environmental approach to urban change in Addis Abeba
January 2001
Most major cities in the South are a concentration of deep poverty and chronic lack of infrastructure, with excessively rapid urban growth causing major environmental degradation. This situation raises many questions for sustainable development. IRD researchers are taking an environmental ...
Globalisation and countries of the South: disparities and solidarity
January 2001
While globalisation is intended to turn the world into one “global village” where countries and individuals will all have access to the same development possibilities, in the South the process is showing clear disparities between different countries and regions. Imagined as a process of ...
Improving rice growing in Africa
January 1996
Rice, the first cereal humans ever cultivated, is a vital resource for many Southern countries. In Africa, rice yellow mottle virus is a major problem, causing considerable damage and heavy losses at harvest. Prophylactic measures have been employed to limit the spread of the disease, but the ...
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