Developing world

• Forestry: A green investment - Premium content

  If growing forests in India can generate lucrative carbon credits, then why isn't everyone planting trees? Paroma Basu reports.

  7 January 2009

• Year of the what? - Premium content

  Nature News rounds up who's celebrating their year in 2009.

  1 January 2009

• Single fund for African science aid - Premium content

  Cash pool could break power struggles between competing agencies on the continent.

  29 December 2008

• IN BRIEF: Rift-valley countries set for geothermal power - Premium content

  17 December 2008

• IN BRIEF: Lectures gain electronic life in Egyptian library - Premium content

  17 December 2008

• News 2008: Prizewinners of the year - Premium content

  Medals, cash and fame rained down on the heads of prominent scientists in 2008. Ashley Yeager rounds up some of them.

  17 December 2008

• Earthquake warning for Sumatra - Premium content

  Ancient corals reveal cycles of seismic activity.

  11 December 2008

• France cracks down on Iranian scientists - Premium content

  Agency tightens rules for foreign visitors.

  10 December 2008

• Patent pledge to Indian universities - Premium content

  Critics worry that push for technology transfer is moving too fast.

  10 December 2008

• India creates funding council for basic science - Premium content

  Autonomous agency will begin operations in April.

  10 December 2008