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2006 media releases

  13.12.06 From Kabul to Kandahar 1833 to 1933
Exhibition on the history of Afghanistan and the British presence there, through rare photographs and documentary materials. 

  20.09.06 Butabu: Adobe architecture of West Africa - new exhibition
The exhibition will be launched on 3 October, and ran until 30 November.

  01.09.06 More women die than men as a result of natural disasters
More women die than men as the direct and indirect result of natural disasters.

  01.09.06 Antarctic tourism pressures
Policies regulating Antarctic tourism are not keeping pace with recent expansions.

  01.09.06 Voluntary agreements are a way forward for energy saving Voluntary agreements and market-based instruments have proven successful in reducing greenhouse gas emissions..

  31.08.06 Supergentrifyiers taking over the neighbourhood
A new group of very wealthy professionals working in the City of London are “super-gentrifying” an inner London neighbourhood.

  31.08.06 Natural coastal buffers are in decline
Loss of saltmarshes, mangrove swamps and seagrasses is leading to increasing  vulnerability of coastal populations.

  31.08.06 Global levels of CO2 rise as soil decays
Soil decomposition could add 50% to the global CO2 increase by 2100.

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Image from Kabul to Kandahar exhibition, glacier & ruined castle in desert

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