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11/05/2009 • Researchers hail innovative plan to save rainforest, reduce greenhouse gas emissions (EurekAlert!) ( University of Maryland ) An innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region of Amazon rainforest is a precedent-setting and potentially economically viable approach, says a team of environmental researchers from the University of Maryland, the World Resources Institute and Save America's Forests. Read article

11/06/2009 • Scientists hail Ecuador's proposal to protect oil rich region of Amazonian rainforest (New Kerala) Washington, November 6 : A team of environmental researchers has praised an innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region of Amazon rainforest is a precedent-setting and potentially economically viable approach. Read article

11/02/2009 • Bodies of victims of plane crash found in Amazon rainforest (People's Daily) The Brazilian Air Force said Sunday that the bodies of two victims of a plane crash had been found in the Amazon rainforest. One body was found in the wreckage of the C-98 Caravan, about six feet deep in the river, where the plane had made an emergency landing. Another body was found near the crash site. The military plane, went missing last Thursday during a flight from Cruzeiro do Sul in ... Read article

11/06/2009 • Amazon Defense Coalition: Kerry Kennedy Accuses Chevron of Cultural Genocide in Ecuador Rainforest (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) QUITO, Ecuador----The massive oil contamination for which Chevron faces a potential $27 billion liability in Ecuador’s courts is a “clear violation” of the rights of indigenous peoples to life, security, and self-determination, said Kerry Kennedy, a human rights advocate and daughter of the late Robert F. Read article

11/03/2009 • Rainforest Partnership celebrates conservation efforts (News 8 Austin) The Rainforest Partnership is celebrating one year of conserving rainforests in the Amazon region. Read article

11/06/2009 • Audio slideshow: Amazon road trip (BBC News) Meet the people - and wildlife - along one of Brazil's longest roads. Read article

11/02/2009 • Pay us oil money, or the rainforest gets it (New Scientist) Ecuador's offer to refrain from drilling for oil in the Amazon rainforest in exchange for money could be a novel way of combatting climate change Read article

11/05/2009 • Saving Rain Forests, From Austin to the Amazon (The Austin Chronicle) Nonprofit links people to people for a sustainable future Read article

11/02/2009 • "Google had never done anything in the Amazon before, but it made perfect sense"* [bioephemera] (ScienceBlogs) *That's the Amazon rainforest - not Amazon.com! Check out this interview from MAKE with Google's Rebecca Moore, who helped an Amazon chief use Google Earth to fight illegal logging. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... Read article

11/02/2009 • Two bodies recovered from Amazon plane crash site (AsiaOne) BRASILIA, Nov 1, 2009 (AFP) - The Brazilian Air Force Sunday said it found the body of a second person who died from a plane crash last week in the Amazon rainforest that saw nine survivors rescued by indigenous tribesmen. Read article

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