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Mar 31
Corn's connection to the rainforest
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com - Jackson,MI,USA
... wetlands and rainforests to plant corn. • Deforestation
accounts for 20 percent of all current carbon emissions. • The basic
problems is that the Amazon ...
Top Three Quizzical Quotes at State of the Planet
It's Getting Hot In Here - Washington,DC,USA
“The Amazon Rainforest is not being used for sugar cane for
ethanol. This is absolutely wrong! The Amazon region is far from the
consumer centers and ports ...
Adventure travel: Young travelers seek more authentic experiences
MLive.com - MI,USA
... such as this tropical frog, was a part of the
education-adventure-service trip for Hope College students to the Amazon
rainforest and Galapagos Islands.
Food versus fuel, or can we have both?
Scientific American - USA
And planting more sugarcane displaces other crops or pasture, which can
then lead to more clearing of the Amazon rainforest, as a recent
study in Science ...
Putting a value on rainforests
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
According to Dr Antonio Nobre, of Brazil's Institute for Research in
the Amazon, the Amazon tree canopy releases 20bn tonnes of
moisture each day into the ...
Pupil’s Amazon plan
ic Wales - United Kingdom
A GROUP of green fingered schoolchildren will be heading for the Amazon
Rainforest next year – if they can raise the funds to travel.
...
Coalition of rainforest nations complain
The New Nation - Bangladesh
A 15-country coalition of rainforest nations has complained that the
UN climate change mechanism encourages countries to replant forests they
have cut down...
'Tele-learning' gets top marks in remote Amazon schools
AFP -
Then comes an hour-long trek through dense Amazonian rainforest. The
school's teacher, Lisandro Augusto, is a former trucker who switched
professions when ...
Planet Earth, Part Two
Cosmos - Sydney,Australia
The third episode, “Jungles”, heads to remote New Guinea
rainforest to film the courtship rituals of three species of birds
of paradise.
Mar 30
A girl, her parrot and the man at the shore
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA
On a hunch, the fifth-grader scoped out one likely hide-out, the known
watering hole of many a scofflaw parrot - the Rainforest Cafe.
...
Racing to hug those trees
Economist - UK
A British outfit called Canopy Capital is betting that many of the natural
functions of the Iwokrama rainforest in Guyana—such as storing
carbon...
Mar 29
Guest Soapbox: Destroyed forests bad for humans, wildlife
Hi-Desert Star - Yucca Valley,CA,USA
... that equates our forest with the other major forests of the
world, for example, the Amazon rainforest or the redwood forests of
Northern California.
Dishy picks
Dispatch Online - South Africa
Travel deep into the heart of the Amazon rainforest and find out how
a jungle works by focusing on one giant tree and all the life that lives
around it.
Mar 28
An Ecuadorean Environmental Ultimatum
Energy Tribune - Houston,TX,USA
... the government roughly $350 million a year for the next two
decades, or see oil companies drill in the pristine heart of Ecuador’s
Amazon rainforest.
Sister Dorothy Stang, slain in Brazil in 2005, still lives on in the
Catholic Online - Bakersfield,CA,USA
... the name she went by when she began missionary work in Brazil in
1966 until two assailants shot and killed her in the Amazon
rainforest in 2005.
Mar 27
Paying for biofuels in your supermarket
People's Weekly World - USA
Brazil’s hundreds of miles of sugarcane plantations for ethanol have come
at the expense of huge areas of the Amazon rainforest basin. Asian
rainforests are ...
Investor puts his money in the rainforest
New Scientist (subscription) - UK
Iwokrama is home to the same level of biodiversity as the neighbouring
Brazilian Amazon but, unlike the Amazon, it is not
disappearing.
Million acres of Guyanese rainforest to be saved in groundbreaking ...
Independent - London,England,UK
The Amazon generates the rain that falls on the vast soya estates of
Sao Paulo, helping to make Brazil the second biggest agricultural exporter
in the world ...
Mar 26
A River rafting Amazonian adventure
Living in Peru - Lima,Peru
The annual Great Amazon River Raft Race in the rainforest
waters of Peru is considered just as extreme, but reasons entirely
different since jungle is like ...
SEC Complaint Lodged Against Chevron for Hiding $10 Billion ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
"Chevron created an environmental catastrophe in Ecuador and as a
result thousands of vulnerable rainforest residents are suffering
from dangerous toxic ...
Dolphin woos with wood and grass
BBC News - UK
... researchers studied the dolphin's unique courtship behaviour
over three years in the Mamiraua Reserve, a flooded rainforest area
on the Amazon.
Two Turkey Run fourth-grade teachers to travel to the Amazon
Terre Haute Tribune Star - Terre Haute,IN,USA
They are heading to the Amazon Rainforest. The pair learned recently
that they are the lucky recipients of a Teacher Creativity Fellowship,
enabling them to ...
Mar 25
Sting on green trip
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
The 56-year-old the Grammy winner, whose real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas
Sumner, and his wife Trudie Styler are active in the Save Amazon
Rainforest ...
Sting comes calling yet again
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
The singer who has so far sold 105 million records and his wife Trudie are
extremely active in the ‘save Amazon Rainforest’ campaign.
...
Rainforest Action Network's new pledge petition
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA,USA
Soy has become a leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon as
Brazil has overtaken the United States as the world's largest exporter
of soy...
Peruvian Tribe Takes on Oil Giant
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
The Achuar tribe, inhabitants of the Amazon Rainforest of
north-eastern Peru for thousands of years, alleges that Occidental
Petroleum has contaminated ...
Paying for biofuels in your supermarket
People's Weekly World - USA
Brazil's hundreds of miles of sugarcane plantations for ethanol have
come at the expense of huge areas of the Amazon rainforest basin.
Asian rainforests are ...
Railroad could reduce Amazon deforestation relative to proposed ...
Mongabay.com - USA
Building a railroad instead of improving a major highway could reduce
deforestation and biodiversity loss in the heart of the Amazon
rainforest says an ...
Mar 24
Ocean City countersues over rainforest boardwalk wood
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... in ways that would be less damaging to the rainforests
than the traditional clear-cutting that is destroying vast sections of the
Amazon jungle.
I'M CERTAIN THAT I MAY HAVE WON THE LOTTERY
Express & Echo - Exeter,England,UK
To be honest if it is a toss-up between the lottery's good causes fund
and me, my vote goes to me, much as I love the Amazon rainforest,
small invertebrates ...
Peru tribe battles oil giant over pollution
BBC News - UK
The story of the Achuar tribe living in the Amazon rainforest of
north-eastern Peru is one of them. Last year, they filed a class action
lawsuit against oil ...
Mar 22
Rounding up all the news
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Coca plantations and a fully-equipped laboratory for making cocaine were
found for the first time in a Brazilian part of the Amazon
rainforest.
Mar 21
Family adventures in the Amazon
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
While this is the leafy, rainforest section of the trip, there’s
also an urban part (Rio de Janeiro), a waterfalls part (at Igua=E7u, on the
Argentinian ...
Ecuador's Yasuni Park: Oil Exploration or Nature Protection?
CorpWatch.org - Oakland,CA,USA
... a Waorani woman from the Ecuadorian Amazon, was born in
the Yasuni National Park, a 2.5 million acre primary tropical
rainforest at the intersection of ...
They're Producing Cocaine in Brazil Now, Too
Drug War Chronicle - Washington,DC,USA
The discovery shocked authorities, as coca plants do not normally thrive in
the dense, humid Amazon rain forest. [UPI] I suppose these precious
rainforests ...
‘Civilising’ Brazil’s native Indians
Thought Leader - Johannesburg,South Africa
... being the world’s fourth-largest carbon emitter; 78% of this
is attributed to the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, 60% of
which lies in Brazil.
Business Beat: San Clemente Business News
San Clemente Times - San Clemente,CA,USA
... launched Amazon Energy, a new organic energy drink made
with the a=E7a=ED berry and other antioxidant-rich Amazon rainforest
superfruits and botanicals.
Mar 20
Mar tin Strel`s Amazon Swim - for Peace in the Middle East, Dalai ...
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Q: You say, you swam the Amazon for clean rivers, rainforest,
but also for peace in the Middle East and for His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
...
Mar 19
Tropical forest changes 'explained by multiple factors'
MyNews.in - Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh,India
Recent studies in the Amazon rainforest have suggested that changes
such as the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (see Carbon emissions
'''may alter ...
Young Vic explores the rainforests
Guardian - UK
The theatre has just started work on a year-long season of shows exploring
the popular culture of Brazil's Amazon region, and the life and
legacy of the ...
First coca crop found in Brazilian rainforest
Guardian - UK
Drug cartels have moved into Brazil's Amazon and are producing
cocaine deep in the rainforest, opening a new frontier in South
America's narcotics trade.
Strategic Forest, Paper & Packaging Sustainability News
Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription) - Montreal,QC,Canada
The action exposes Europe’s role in fuelling the destruction of the
Amazon rainforest by buying timber illegally logged in the region.
...
Mar 18
Satellite image reveals the floristic variation of the Amazonas region
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
In her dissertation, Ms Thessler examined the field observations made by
the University of Turku Amazon research group in the
rainforests of Ecuador...
Metals: Big Business in the Amazon
BusinessWeek - USA
The company has committed to protecting primary rainforest of around
1.2 million hectares (2.96 million acres) that surrounds its mining
properties...
Ship with Amazon wood tracked to Europe, blocked by activists
Greenpeace International - Amsterdam,Netherlands
Illegal logging is fuelling the destruction of the Amazon rainforest
and this in turn is driving global climate change, harming biodiversity and
communities ...
Mar 17
Amazon Disgrace
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA,USA
Despite protests from environmental and human rights groups, Peru's
government plans to auction off dozens of parcels of remote
rainforest for oil and gas ...
First coca find in Brazil Amazon
BBC News - UK
The authorities in Brazil say it was satellite images of a large area of
Amazon rainforest that had been cleared which first attracted their
attention.
Mar 16
The Tree Farmer
Farm Bureau News - USA
By Stewart Truelsen When trees are in the news, the story is often about
the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest. When an entertainer or
sports figure pops ...
Mar 15
One and a Half Acres of Rainforest VANISHES Every Second!
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
I just want to raise at least $100 grand to help save a stunning virgin
rainforest. an urgent request went out from deep in the heart of
the Amazon ...
Vital forests
Sandusky Register - OH, USA
Rainforests are critical in maintaining the Earth's limited
supply of drinking and fresh water. One-fifth of the world's fresh
water is found in the Amazon ...
Mar 14
Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru
Mongabay.com - USA
After reporting a truck loaded with mahogany illegally logged from the
Amazon rainforest, Don Julio Garcia Agapito, a Peruvian
environmentalist was gunned ...
The 'war' on biofuels comes to Brussels
EUobserver.com - Brussels,Belgium
Sugar cane today takes up 0.4 percent of Brazil's territory, while the
Amazon rainforest covers some 40 percent of the country.
Tea to help lose weight
Mar ie Claire.co.uk - London,England,UK
The herbal brew is made from the leaves of a small tree that grows in the
Amazon rainforest. Already the number one beverage for the
beautiful...
Leasing the environment to protect it
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... for instance, equals one acre of rainforest leased for a
year. Rice calls it an Amazon.com that is "actually doing
something for the Amazon.
Ecuador and Colombia, the maelstrom for border
Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias - Caracas,Venezuela
... framed at its left by the Andean range and to its right by the
lush Amazon rainforest, with high rainfall, high humidity and
oppressive temperatures.
Mar 13
The rise of high-end escorted tours
MSNBC - USA
Our favorite on the list: a nine-day Amazon and Rio de Janeiro
cruise-tour for $3249, with two summer departures. The appeal of the
Amazon rainforest is ...
Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation
Mongabay.com - USA
Unofficial road-building will be a major driver of deforestation and
land-use change in the Amazon rainforest, according to an analysis
published in ...
'Sister Dorothy' documentary sweeps SXSW film awards
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
The film follows the courtroom drama at the trials of Sister Dorothy's
killers and explores her life's work in the Brazilian
rainforest.
Mar 11
Skoll Foundation puts $1M toward indigenous groups, conservation ...
Mongabay.com - USA
"Indigenous peoples know, manage and protect the rainforest far
better than we do," said Dr. Plotkin, President of the Amazon
Conservation Team.
From the Galapagos to Brazil's Rainforest
Farms.com - Guelph,Ontario,Canada
Despite some misconceptions the rainforest remains alive and well.
The Amazon River is the largest fresh water river in the world and
traces to two ...
Amazon Corridors Far Too Narrow
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
PROTECTED forest strips buffering rivers and streams of the Amazon
rainforest should be significantly wider than the current legal
requirement, according to ...
Skoll Foundation Adds Eleven Pioneering Organizations to its ...
Earthtimes - London,UK
Since its inception, ACT has mapped and provided land management for 40
million acres of Amazon rainforest and anticipates reaching 80
million acres in ...
Two weeks can change a life
Inverness Courier - Inverness,Scotland,UK
By Val Sweeney THE mosquito-infested Amazon rainforest is a world
away from the smart surroundings of the Heathmount Hotel in Inverness.
...
Westport Couples Home Safe After Amazon Ship Disaster
Westport Now - Westport,CT,USA
From there, they went to Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian
rainforest, where they caught a flight to the capital of Lima and
then home.
Mar 10
Lost in the Amazon
E/The Environmental Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA
Gurupa is a rare success story in the threatened Amazon rainforest.
The town is buried so deep in the jungle that the most intrepid traveler
would be hard ...
Emissions from deforestation offset by increased tree growth in ...
Mongabay.com - USA
A new study, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
B, this trend may slow in the future, causing the world's largest
rainforest to ...
Mar 9
Inside the Farc camps in Ecuador
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... the bombardment that turned this remote, mosquito-ridden corner
of the Amazon rainforest in northern Ecuador into an international
flashpoint last week.
Mar 7
Local calendar
Saugus Advertiser - Beverly,MA,USA
The lecture will discuss preserving the Amazon rainforest through
sustainable aquarium fisheries. Hear about the surprising role that tiny
fish play in not ...
Weekly green web: the art of waste
Greenpeace UK - London,UK
... "the different experiences and opinions of the people that
live and work in the Amazon rainforest", as well as raising
awareness about climate change.
Switching Majors and Values in Ecuador
CU Columbia Spectator - New York,NY,USA
It was a program that allowed me to travel to a biological reserve in the
middle of a pristine primary rain forest in the Amazon, where I took
a plane...
Mar 6
Birmingham Airport backs Brazilian rainforest project
Cheapflights.co.uk - London,UK
As part of the project, money will also be spent on classroom equipment,
solar powered internet and a boat for a school in the heart of the
Amazon called ...
Brazil fails to implement deforestation plan - Amazon destruction ...
Mongabay.com - USA
... the Brazilian government has failed to enact reforms designed to
slow deforestation in the Amazon rainforest says Greenpeace, an
environmental group.
Brazil town at centre of logging crackdown
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... square kilometres of rainforest had already been lost by
December, it is going to be a major challenge to keep Amazon
deforestation on a downward trend.
Brazil cracks down on illegal logging
United Press International - USA
BRASILIA, Brazil, March 3 (UPI) -- Brazil has shut down three illegal
lumber mills that were operating inside the country's Amazon
rainforest...
People need to be more active in preserving rainforests
TCU Daily Skiff - Fort Worth,TX,USA
The video is about a man named Johan Eliasch who recently purchased 400000
acres of the Amazon rainforest. I must admit, the idea that one man
could posses ...
Mar 5
Airport in Bid to Protect Rainforest
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
The airport's sponsorship also includes buying classroom equipment,
solarpowered internet and a boat for a Escola Estadual school in the heart
of the Amazon ...
Moses: Let My People Get High?
Forbes - NY,USA
... reportedly shows that two plants in the Sinai desert have a
similar molecular structure to a powerful plant concoction from the
Amazon rainforest.
Rainforest Action Network Joins Brazilian and Paraguayan Groups in ...
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
Cargill has also drawn fire for its soy port in Santar=E9m, in the Brazilian
Amazon. The port’s opening in 2003 doubled deforestation rates in
the surrounding ...
Sri Lanka has enormous respect for trees
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
In the rainforest, leeches hear you squeal and they love it. The
little critters almost ruined my first experience of a Sri Lankan
rainforest.
Mar 4
Adventurous pupils need help
Sunderland Echo - Sunderland,England,UK
The six Easington Community Science College pupils are set to explore the
Amazon rainforest, the Arctic and the Himalayas as part of a British
Schools ...
How accurate is long-term climatology data from the Amazon?
Mongabay.com - USA
With some models forecasting significant change in the Amazon
rainforest over the next century, it has been unclear whether the
temperature and ...
Mar 3
The Amazon Jungle Comes Alive in the Concrete Jungle
CSRwire.com (press release) - USA
Exhibit-goers will be able to bring a piece of the rainforests home
when they buy crafts made by artisans in the Brazilian Amazon, with
a portion of the ...
Brazil Through Foreign Eyes
Gringoes.com - Sao Paulo,Brazil
While doing exchange, I was fortunate enough to travel to the beautiful
beaches of the northeast of Brazil, to the Amazon rainforest, to the
Iguassu Falls in ...
Brazil Sends in Police, Sacrifices Jobs to Protect Rainforest
Bloomberg - USA
Environmental groups are pressing Brazil to halt deforestation in the
Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, after logging
accelerated in the second half ...
King of soya: environmental vandal or saviour of the world's poor?
Guardian - UK
Wearing jeans and work boots, he can be found on a typical day driving a
battered Fiat car on one of his farms south of the Amazon
rainforest.
Mar 2
Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years
Mongabay.com - USA
More than half the Amazon rainforest will be damaged or destroyed
within 20 years if deforestation, forest fires, and climate trends continue
apace...
Mar 1
Daytripping With Kyle Jordan: ECHO Global Farm
Winknews.com - Fort Myers, Florida, USA
Maybe you want to see the Amazon rainforest, but you don't want
to travel all the way around the world. You don't have to, because you
can see them all in ...
Brazil takes battle to the Amazon
Financial Times - London, England, UK
... symbolise the conflict between those who see the Amazon
rainforest as an expendable resource and those seeking to slow its
rapid rate of disappearance.
Logging in Brazil
Sky News Australia - Australia
Logging in the Amazon rainforest has once again become divisive
issue in Brazilian politics, after satellite images taken in January
revealed significant ...
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