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11/20/2009 • Amazon countries to hold climate talks (AFP via Yahoo! News) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next month's key climate talks, officials said Friday. Read article

11/20/2009 • Amazon countries to hold climate talks (SpaceDaily) BRASILIA (AFP) Nov 20, 2009 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next month's key climate talks, officials said Friday. Read article

11/20/2009 • Amazon Defense Coalition: Chevron Using Six Public Relations Firms to Discredit Indigenous Groups in $27.3 Billion ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) WASHINGTON----Chevron has retained at least twelve public relations firms and lobbyists to discredit claims of Amazon indigenous groups on the eve of an expected multi-billion dollar judgment against the oil giant in an environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, according to representatives of the tribes in the U.S. Read article

11/13/2009 • Brazil stems loss of Amazon rainforest (AFP via Yahoo! News) Brazil experienced the smallest loss of its sprawling Amazon rainforest over the past year in more than two decades, the government said, attributing the change to its tougher environmental policies. Read article

11/18/2009 • Brazil’s Rainforest Success May Curb CO2 Market: Chart of Day (Bloomberg) Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s success slowing the rate of deforestation in the Amazon may help keep the world’s forests out of a global carbon market, law firm Norton Rose LLP said. Read article

11/13/2009 • Brazil Reports Smallest Loss Of Amazon Rainforest In Decades (redOrbit) The Brazilian government said it experienced the smallest loss of its sprawling Amazon rainforest over the past year in more than two decades, attributing the change to its tougher environmental policies, AFP reported. Read article

11/16/2009 • Work Starts On Amazon Potash Mine (DTN / The Progressive Farmer) Canadian company Falcon Metais will finally begin work this month on a huge potash mine in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The mine, thought to be the third largest in the world with deposits of around 1.2 billion tons of potash, is expected to have annual production of around 2 million tons within five to seven years. Read article

11/13/2009 • Brazil stems loss of Amazon rainforest (SpaceDaily) BRASILIA, Nov 13 (AFP) Nov 13, 2009 Brazil experienced the smallest loss of its sprawling Amazon rainforest over the past year in more than two decades, the government said, attributing the change to its tougher environmental policies. Read article

11/19/2009 • $382m for tropical forests (Straits Times) LONDON - THE United States pledged US$275 million (S$382 million) to rainforest protection on Thursday, at an event hosted by Britain's heir to the throne, Prince Charles, in London. The money would come from US$1.2 billion assistance for international programmes, part of a 2010 budget currently pending US Congress approval. Read article

11/19/2009 • U.S. pledges $275 mln for tropical forests in 2010  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) The United States pledged $275 million to rainforest protection on Thursday, at an event hosted by Britain's heir to the throne, Prince Charles, in London. Read article

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