by Jacky Turner The determination of when, how, how often and with whom an animal breeds is moving rapidly away from evolutionary pressures and towards human purposes.

The Waste and Resources Action Programme are currently working with SKM Enviros to undertake a literature review of published and unpublished research, which will assist in understanding how different methods of food waste collection interact and influence householder waste prevention behaviour.

Edited By Dave Reay, Pete Smith and Andre van Amstel Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and is estimated to be responsible for approximately one-fifth of man-made global warming. Per kilogram, it is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time horizon -- and global warming is likely to enhance methane release from a number of sources.

Zezza A, Tasciotti L (2010). Urban agriculture, poverty, and food security: Empirical evidence from a sample of developing countries Food Policy, Volume 35, Issue 4, pp. 265-273  Abstract Urban agriculture may have a role to play in addressing urban food insecurity problems, which are bound to become increasingly important with the secular trend towards the urbanization of poverty and of population in developing regions.