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WASHINGTON D.C., ZURICH, and FRANKFURT, Germany, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A game with a difference is being launched this week: Players can ruin the world or save our planet by opting for choices based on real-world data that has not been publicly available so far. The Facebook game aims to mobilise people to demand action rather than just talk from the Rio+20 summit in June. Game Change Rio offers a great way to engage with the complexities facing our planet today....

Biological control of a South American insect invader expected to protect the incomes of millions of cassava farmers across Southeast AsiaIn the start of a carefully crafted emergency campaign to thwart a pest outbreak that is wreaking havoc on Thailand's vital cassava production, agricultural researchers will release a quarter of a million parasitic wasps in the northeastern part of the country.Thailand's cassava industry alone accounts for more than 60 percent of global exports of this...