Media releases and news
CABI and Kew combine to create world's largest collection of fungi
CABI and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are merging their fungal reference collections. 1.2 million specimens including mushrooms, moulds and other microfungi will be merged to create the largest and most comprehensive collection of fungi in the world.
(12 January 2009)...more
Crop diversity: eat it or lose it
Writing for the BBC's Green Room, CABI Associate Dr Jeff Bentley warns that centuries of crop diversification are at risk of being lost forever and growing dependency on just a few modern varieties is leaving the word's food supplies exposed.
(6 January 2009)...more
Global Plant Clinic saves Christmas in St Lucia
CABI's Global Plant Clinic has been instrumental in diagnosing a disease devastating the Christmas tree population in Saint Lucia.
(17 December 2008)...more
Africa's lost decades: How farming's contribution to development has been greatly underestimated
Speaking at the Forum on Agricultural Financing in Africa in Gabon, Dennis Rangi, Executive Director for International Development, CABI, dispelled myths about African agriculture.
(19 November 2008)...more
CAB Abstracts to include full text
From 1 January 2009 CABI’s life sciences bibliographic database, CAB Abstracts, will include full text content that was previously available only through a separate subscription.
(27 October 2008)...more
Untangling the knotty problem
Introduced by the Victorians, Japanese knotweed is a pervasive and insidious plant that is costing the UK millions in control efforts. CABI scientists have been researching non-chemical ways to combat this weed.
(13 October 2008)...more
Global Health Archive now available from EBSCO Publishing
Global Health Archive, produced by CABI, is now accessible on EBSCOhost®. Global Health Archive includes more than 800,000 records and provides information on public health, tropical & communicable diseases, nutrition, helminthology, entomology, and mycology.
(9 October 2008)...more
CABI launches Environmental Impact internet resource
(6 October 2008)...more
CABI opens joint laboratory with China
(22 September 2008)... more
New regional director for CABI Caribbean and Latin America
(17 September 2008)...more
Climate change opens new pastures for crop pests
(3 September 2008)...more
'Out of sight, out of mind': fungal taxonomy faces extinction in UK
(22 August 2008)...more
Sierra Leone takes a leaf out of Global Plant Clinic's book
(19 August 2008)...more
Feeling the heat of food security
(14 August 2008)...more
Mushrooming opportunity
Novel food ingredients from fungi
(5 August 2008)...more
Spotlight on Papua New Guinea
(7 July 2008)...more
Cocoa pest poses international threat
(23 June 2008)...more
Quality seed is crucial for food security
(2 June 2008)...more
Don’t let invasive biofuel crops attack your country, warn top scientists
(20 May 2008)...more
CABI selects Collexis to develop knowledge discovery application
(28 April 2008)...more
Extremophiles: tapping
(25 April 2008)...more
CABI appoints Semantico to deliver online solutions
(24 April 2008)...more
International authority on invasive species appoints new executive director
(23 April 2008)...more
(11 April 2008)...more
Caribbean and Latin American countries meet to discuss improving agriculture and their environmental priorities
(3 March 2008)....more
Unique fungal collection could hold key to future antibiotics
(16 January 2008)....more
Scientists call for urgent research into 'real' impacts of invasive species
(16 January 2008)....more
IUCN and CABI to collaborate on invasive species information
(13 December 2007)....more
Moving into the digital age - CABI launches CAB eBooks at Online
(30 November 2007)....more
Asia-Pacific countries meet with CABI to discuss improving agriculture
(29 November 2007)....more
CABI’s Animal Health and Production Compendium now includes food safety
(9 November 2007)....more
New hope for horse lovers
Scientists propose effective natural control for Ragwort
(4 October 2007)....more
Leading experts cite poor health and nutrition as barrier to education in developing world
(28 September 2007)....more
African leaders meet with CABI to discuss improving agriculture
(19 September 2007)....more
CABI wins award for helping phase out hazardous pesticide
(13 September 2007)....more
CABI to continue the development of DFID’s pioneering research portal
(11 September 2007)....more
Could CABI fungi hold the key to new life-saving drugs?
(12 June 2007)....more
CABI products made available to German Research Community
(3 May 2007)......more
CABI signs deal with three leading e-book providers
(2nd February 2007).....more
Two CABI products save Australian reseachers up to $2.2 million dollars per year
(27th November 2006).....more
CABI to hold the first EuroLAB meeting at Online 2006
(24th November 2006).....more
CAB Abstracts now compatible with MetaLib KnowledgeBase
(24th November 2006).....more
CAB Abstracts Plus provides invaluable access to hard to find information
(24th November 2006).....more
Veterinarians gain information boost with launch of new CABI resource
(6th November 2006).....more
CABI helps bring food security to one million Bangladeshi women farmers
(16th October 2006).....more
CABI to publish ground breaking reference book: The Encyclopedia of Seeds
(15th September 2006).....more
Cambridge University Press acquires CABI journals
(July 2006).....more