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June 29
Mongabay highlights for June '07
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA, USA
... but it was the following quote that stuck in my mind: When we
put all this together we come up with a very bleak outlook for the
Amazon Rainforest.
The mighty mystic river
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
The highlight of our visit was the four hours spent peering through the
vast, dense primary rainforest on the Canopy Walkway near the ACEER
(Amazon Centre...
June 28
World Bank to focus on climate in Latin America
Reuters AlertNet - London, England, UK
Burning forests is another big source of carbon emissions, and the Bank
wants to advise Brazil on how to use the Amazon rainforest
sustainably...
Not Just for Retailers, RFID Helps Track Rainforest Wildlife
Wired News - USA
The same technology used to track pigs headed for your breakfast table may
soon help their wild cousins in the Amazon. As part of a five-year
study of...
June 27
Shores company introduces new vodka trend that's helping save...
C&G Newspapers - Detroit area,MI, USA
... four years ago the similar-tasting Amazon Rainforest
vodka, began distribution in November when Prestige Imports LLC opened
their doors on Greater Mack.
A Dry Horizon for the Amazon
Scienceline - New York City, NY, USA
Once the Amazon rainforest and the plant and animal species that
call it home are gone, there's no going back. The drying out process,
just like species...
June 26
Christ in the rainforest
Aid to the Church in Need - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
At that time her path took her from Spain to the Amazon region in
the east of Peru. She belongs to the order of the Sisters of Jesus and she
is convinced...
June 25
All aboard for a medical mission to the Amazon
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
The group will head to Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian
rainforest, in September. From there, they will spend nine days
onboard one of the...
Yogtastic fun for kids
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
From here we embark on a vivid adventure in the rainforest and
jungles of the Amazon with a Tarzan Tap. We first reach for the sun
doing a sun salute...
June 24
Rainforest trees colonized Africa from the Amazon
Mongabay.com - USA
Kapok dispersal illustration (Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation)
(top), a giant kapok tree arising from the Amazon rainforest in
Brazil (Rhett A.
Leading Amazon biologist imprisoned in Brazil; witch-hunt suspected
Mongabay.com - USA
... species of monkeys, was named a "hero for the planet"
by Time magazine in 2000 for his work to save the increasingly threatened
Amazon rainforest.
June 23
Seagate unveils turmoil-proof EE25.2 hard drive
engadget - Santa Monica, CA, USA
... is now unveiling a hard drive aimed squarely at those reading
this from the Amazon Rainforest (or a vanilla construction area, but
you understand).
South America is hot for cruising
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Other stops in Brazil include Salvador de Bahia and Alter Do Chao, before
ending in Manaus, at the edge of the Amazon rainforest. Manaus to
Ft. Lauderdale...
Jailed rainforest campaigner claims he was framed
Guardian Unlimited - UK
A pioneering biologist named a "hero for the planet" by Time
magazine in 2000 for his work to save the Amazon rainforest has been
jailed in Brazil...
June 22
Dutch monkey researcher jailed in Brazil
Radio Netherlands - Netherlands
He no longer merely hunted for new species of plants and animals, but
increasingly turned his attention to the protection of the Brazilian
rainforest.
Google, Surui join forces to reduce illegal logging
901am - New York, NY, USA
... and conveys vividly what is at stake," added Quinn. Around
400,000 Brazilian Indians still inhabit on reservations like the Amazon
rainforest.
June 21
Missing carbon is in the tropics, not temperature forests
Mongabay.com - USA
Amazon rainforest locks up 11 years of CO2 emissions. (05/08/2007)
Using a new method to determine the amount of carbon stored by vegetation,
...
Special beat for 10th Rainforest Fest
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
The book is priced at RM125 and can be purchased via the Sarawak Tourism
website www.sarawaktourism.com or Amazon.com. The book is expected
to be officially...
June 18
Vast Untapped Riches in the Rainforests
The Market Oracle - London, UK
And my first encounter with the rainforest was in 1953, when I lived
a few hundred miles from the Amazon. Next to our house, I had a
jungle virtually all to...
Brazil Indians hope to use Google Earth to combat illegal Amazon...
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
About 400000 Brazilian Indians still live on reservations, the majority of
them in Amazon rainforest. Indian reservations are among the best
preserved areas...
The Amazon: From A To Z
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
... of rainforest, more than three million square miles in
extent. At the meeting of the waters (see Encontro das Aguas) the
Amazon is so vast it stretches...
Is the Amazon longer than the Nile?
Mongabay.com - USA
Further downstream, models show that climate change, combined with
deforestation, will leave the Amazon rainforest considerably drier
by 2050...
Brazilian super food going down a storm in the UK
FreshPlaza - Netherlands
A Brazilian berry straight from the Amazon Rainforest called Acai
and pronounced a-sigh-ee has quickly become the world's number one most
powerful and...
Jun 15
The Kapok Connection: Study Explains Rainforest Similarities
National Science Foundation (press release) - USA
"This tree has become locally extinct in parts of the Peruvian
Amazon as a result of overexploitation for plywood," Dick said.
...
Jun 14
Find art in the rainforest; Tour the Fox
DetNews.com - Detroit, MI, USA
8, features the work of 11 American artists who capture the beauty of the
Amazon rainforest in various mediums. Marvel at five paintings and
15 sculptures ...
Jun 13
Amazon trek provides a taste of home
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Iquitos, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, is the only city in
the world you can't get to by road. In the 19th century rubber barons
got rich here and...
Jun 12
Google, Microsoft launch energy efficiency initiative
Mongabay.com - USA
Google helps protect Amazon rainforest. Google is working with an
indigenous tribe deep in the Amazon rainforest to protect their
native lands from illegal ...
The Brazilian parrot who sings in the shower
Daily Mail - UK
Wendy Hopkinson, of charity Parrot Rescue, said the shower was helping to
"simulate the Amazon". She said: "A parrot's
natural habitat is the rainforest.
Jun 11
Google helps protect Amazon rainforest
Mongabay.com - USA
Google is working with a indigenous tribe deep in the Amazon
rainforest to protect their lands from illegal encroachment, reports
the San Francisco ...
Jun 9
Scots tycoon links up with Bill Clinton in African carbon offset ...
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Last year, Environment Minister David Miliband even suggested a plan in
which the Amazon rainforest would be turned into an international
trust with its ...
Jun 8
New Cult Santo Daime or Eclectic Church of the Flowing Light
DentalPlans.com - Dania, FL, USA
The Sect's spiritual centre is in a remote part of the Amazon
rainforest and it's followers are encouraged to go there as part of
their cleansing.
Jun 7
Students in Ecuador Travel the Amazon
Wabash College - Crawfordsville, IN, USA
Another group repelled through the rainforest canopy with
mountaineering gear. And another lucky group spotted the harpy eagle: the
Amazon's top raptor and...
Jun 6
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory 5 June 2007
Space Ref (press release) - USA
Satellite data detect previously unknown seasonal cycles in the leaf area
of the Amazon Rainforest. Increasing leaf area during the sunny dry
season may...
Amazon Grace: stars back plan
The Sun - London, UK
TOP politicians, green campaigners and celebrities are rushing to back The
Sun's campaign to save the Amazon rainforest.
Ecuador to world: Help us, and we won't drill in the rainforest
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA, USA
In response to intense pressure from indigenous and environmental
organizations opposed to drilling for oil in an Amazon rainforest,
this May Ecuador asked...
How to buy an acre of Amazon rainforest
TV3 News - Auckland, New Zealand
... no matter what action the world leaders take - or fail to take.
You can buy an acre of the Amazon rainforest, otherwise known as the
lungs of the world.
Jun 5
Help save rainforest for the kids
The Sun - London, UK
LITTLE Miriane Parente sits in her father's wooden canoe and gazes at the
lush, green Amazon rainforest all around. The only sound above the
chattering...
Brazil's Lula da Silva proposes forest preservation plan
MercoPress - Montevideo, Uruguay
However, most of Brazil`s greenhouse gas emissions come from deforestation
and burning in the Amazon rainforest, releasing about 370 million
tons of...
Save Our Rainforest! (Write A Check)
Daily Green - CA, USA
Yasuni National Park - 2.5 million acres in the Ecuadorian Amazon -
is home to some of the world's most diverse communities of birds,
amphibians, insects...
Jun 4
Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest
Mongabay.com - USA
Few people understand these impacts better than Dr. Daniel Nepstad, one of
the world's foremost experts on the Amazon rainforest. Now head
of the Woods Hole...
GreenTracks' Expedition into The Amazon Rainforest Of Madidi...
PR.com (press release) - Levittown, NY, USA
This region has been described as the archetype of what the Amazon
used to be like; dense rainforest, winding jungle rivers, large
numbers of birds and...
Brazil Air Controllers Blame Equipment
Forbes - NY, USA
... Legacy 600 executive jet when it collided with a Boeing (nyse:
BA - news - people ) 737 operated by Gol airlines over the Amazon
rainforest on Sept. 29.
Lula calls for ethanol investment
BBC News - UK
He denied that Brazilian plans to devote more land to ethanol production
rather than food would put more pressure on the Amazon rainforest
and cause further...
Brazilian president: Rich nations should pay to keep forests standing
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego, CA, USA
However, most of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions come from
deforestation and burning in the Amazon rainforest, releasing about
370 million tons of...
Researchers find 24 species believed new to science in Suriname...
Biology News Net (press release) - QC, Canada
"Suriname has some of the Amazon's most pristine and intact
rainforest, which offers huge potential for scientific research and
economic investment in...
Jun 3
Rural population decline may not slow deforestation
Mongabay.com - USA
Note: some soybean farms are established on already degraded
rainforest lands and neighboring cerrado ecosystems. Therefore it
would be inappropriate to...
Jun 2
Previously unknown Indian tribe found in Amazon rainforest
Taipei Times - Taipei, Taiwan
An Indian tribe that has had no formal contact with Western civilization
has been located in a remote Amazon region, federal authorities said
on Friday.
Jun 1
US pilots and Brazilian air traffic controllers indicted in...
WLUC-TV - Negaunee, MI, USA
The action came in a small city near the Amazon jungle site where
the Boeing jetliner plunged into the rainforest after a collision
with an executive jet.
CITES meeting to impact sustainable sourcing
NutraIngredients-usa.com - Montpellier, France
The Amazon rainforest, the largest single national section of which
expands across Brazil, presents a microcosm of the challenges found in
other economies...
The Elusive Okapi
Living on the Earth - Cambridge, MA, USA
GELLERMAN: From the Amazon rainforest, we now travel to the Ituri
rainforest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the heart of
Africa.
The Price of Oil in the Amazon
Living on the Earth - Cambridge, MA, USA
Beneath the vast Amazon rainforest are rich fields of crude oil and
gas mixed with hot, salty, water and heavy metals. For nearly 40 years, oil
companies...
Clendenning: new AP chief in Brazil
Leading The Charge - Milton,Queensland, Australia
In Brazil, Clendenning has covered both business and general news from the
industrialized south to the Amazon rainforest, including Brazil's
worsening gang...
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