Putting China’s wetlands on the map. In his attempt to track avian flu in China, Peng Gong ended up creating the only comprehensive wetlands map the country has. When he compared it to another unpublished map, he found that nearly 30% of China's natural wetlands vanished between 1990 and 2000. [News Source]

Media orientation on bird flu organised (Nepalnews. com) Twenty-five health journalists and editors representing several Nepalese media organisations participated in a one-day media orientation on the H5N1 virus, known commonly as avian influenza. [News Source]