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- Sharing the Gospel in Brazil: A mission of love (Sep 29)
<http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/4936.article>
Florida Baptist Witness - Jacksonville,FL,USA
AMAZONAS, Brazil — The sounds of roosters crowing, boat engines idling
and pigs grunting couldn’t drown out the sound of the Gospel in a small
family village high on a hill overlooking the Rio Negro in Brazil.
- Renew Your Skin's Radiant Youthful Glow with a Small Amazon Berry dubbed Nature's Superfood (Sep 28)
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-28-2005/0004133664&EDATE=>
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
NEW YORK — People have always been enthralled with any product or
process reported to slow the signs of aging and promote healthy,
radiant skin.
- Cocaine destroying rainforest parks in Colombia (Sep 28)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0928-ap.html>
Mongabay.com - USA
PUERTO ARTURO — Cocaine is killing the great nature parks of Colombia.
Government spraying of coca plant killer is driving growers and
traffickers out of their usual territory into national parks...
- Forests need cutting to reverse species' decline (Sep 27)
<http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/09/27/dirks927.htm>
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
The ruffed grouse and the whitetail deer have more in common than you'd think.
- Brother of nun killed in Brazil seeks justice (Sep 27)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27219430.htm>
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
BRASILIA — The brother of an American nun slain in the Amazon while
defending rainforest villages urged Brazilian authorities onon Tuesday
to hunt down ranchers and loggers suspected... (Related stories:
Brother of Nun Killed in Brazil Seeks Justice,
Stang's brother says he still believes justice will win out)
- Tobias Schneebaum, gay adventurer who lived with Amazon cannibals, dies (Sep 27)
<http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid21032.asp>
The Advocate - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Tobias Schneebaum, an openly gay explorer and writer, has died at
this home in Great Neck, N.Y. He was in his mid 80s... (Related story: Writer, artist, explorer who ate with cannibals)
- Four Leading Companies Form the "Power Foods Pavilion" at at Green Festival (Sep 23)
<http://www.npicenter.com/anm/anmviewer.asp?a=13670&z=2>
NPIcenter (press release) - Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
What do purple berries from the Amazon, a naturally caffeinated green
tea from the rainforest in Paraguay, organic chocolate from Latin
American cacao and hemp seeds from the prairies of Canada have in
common?
- Number of Amazon forest fires in Mato Grosso, Brazil fall 44% (Sep 21)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0916-amigos.html>
Mongabay.com - USA
The Brazilian National Institute for Spatial Research (INPE) reports
that fires have fallen 44% in the state of Mato Grosso...
- Fires rage in Brazil's rainforest (Sep 21)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4272116.stm>
BBC News - UK
A state of emergency has been declared in Brazil's western state of
Acre as fires continue to rage across the country's vast Amazon region
(Related stories: Fire ravages rainforest, Fires rage in Bolivian rainforest)
- Pig iron production fueling Amazon deforestation (Sep 21)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0921-amigos.html>
Mongabay.com - USA
Pig iron production in the states of Para and Maranhão is fueling deforestation a Brazilian newspaper reports.
- Devilish ants control the garden (Sep 21)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4269544.stm>
BBC News - UK
An Amazonian ant that uses its own "herbicide" to shape its surroundings has been described by scientists.
(Related stories: Ants, not evil spirits, create devil's gardens in the Amazon rainforest, study finds, Devilish ants that make the Amazon their own, Ants found producing their own herbicide, Ants garden in Amazon to improve their survival)
- Brazil Can Double Farm Output Using Existing Land, Silva Says (Sep 20)
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=arYqC0rcMJW8&refer=news_index>
Bloomberg - USA
Brazil can double agricultural output using land that has already been
cleared, avoiding the need for further deforestation... (Related story:
Brazil Can Double Agricultural Output, Silva Says (Update1))
- Across 50 countries to save the forests (Sep 19)
<http://www.todayonline.com/articles/73138.asp>
TODAYonline - Singapore
A journey of 75,000 kilometres started, without fuss, from Singapore last week.
- Peru With Paddington (Sep 18)
<http://50connect.co.uk/50c/traveltips.asp?article=13191>
50 Connect - UK
Forty years ago, Paddington Bear made his radio and television debut on BBC Children's Hour.
- Coca cultivation and eradication destroy rainforest (Sep 16)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0916-coca.html>
Mongabay.com - USA
1.8 million hectares of rainforest in Colombia have been destroyed to
make room for drug plantations according to the director of Amazon
Institute of Scientific Investigation...
- 'Brandy & Whiskers' to premier on Disney Channel (Sep 15)
<http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/sep/sep153.htm>
Indiantelevision.com - Andheri,Mumbai,India
MUMBAI — Brandy & Whiskers, the latest Disney series to hit Indian
television screens is the quintessential heartwarming buddy-comedy...
- Visiting the rainforest: First time visitor's guide to the rainforest (Sep 15)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0914-rainforest_ecotourism.html>
Mongabay.com - USA
Visiting a tropical rainforest promises to be a memorable experience.
- Bossa Nova Acai Initiates Call to Action: Stop the Radicals and and Join the Antioxidant Revolution (Sep 14)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050914/nyw081.html?.v=26>
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
LOS ANGELES — Bossa Nova Beverage Group (BNBG) has created an entirely
new category of product with the launch of the world's first pure acai
juices.
- Anti-HIV drug from rainforest almost lost before its discovery (Sep 13)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0913-AIDS.html>
Mongabay.com - USA
Rainforest plants have long been recognized for their potential to provide healing compounds.
- The 10 best bargains in adventure travel today (Sep 12)
<http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-09-09-adventure-travel-bargains_x.htm>
USA Today - USA
Machu Picchu. The Pyramids of Egypt. Kilimanjaro. The Himalayas. More
than just the domain of daredevils and globetrotting archeologists,
these and other popular adventures are done every year...
- Teachers Bring Lessons From Abroad to Area Classrooms (Sep 12)
<http://www.gtrnews.com/broken-arrow-express/828/teachers-bring-lessons-from-abroad-to-area-classrooms>
Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers - Tulsa,OK,USA
Summer is wrapping up as teachers prepare their classrooms for the new
school year and children anxiously await the first day of school.
- Journey To The Jungles (Sep 12)
<http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/sept/article180.html>
Useless-Knowledge.com - USA
I’ve been to many of them—jungles—so I’ll just mention a few...
- Roughing it in Ecuador (Sep 11)
<http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050911/ART13/509100301>
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
BANOS, Ecuador — It's certainly possible to go to Ecuador and not get your boots muddy, but it wouldn't be nearly as much fun.
- The frog poison seeped into my blood. I would gain clairvoyant powers (Sep 10)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1065-1773064,00.html>
Times Online - UK
Alastair Campbell, writing on these pages about his holiday in France,
sneers at columnists other than himself who describe their travels. And
there I was, hoping to tell you about having the venom of a poisonous
frog introduced into my bloodstream...
- Ecuador Stops Petrobras's Oil Road Into Biodiversity Treasure (Sep 6)
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2005/2005-09-08-01.asp>
Environment News Service - USA
QUITO — Under heavy pressure from conservation groups and the
indigenous Huaorani, the Ecuadorian Environment Ministry has
temporarily stopped the Brazilian national oil company Petrobras from
building an access road into Yasuni National Park and Biosphere
Reserve...
- Medicinal plants explored at Conservatory of Flowers (Sep 6)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0906-medicinal_plants.html>
Mongabay.com - USA
Plants have long been used by humans for treating a wide range of ills from childhood leukemia to hangovers.
- Remains to be seen: jungle's giant croc (Sep 3)
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/remains-to-be-seen-jungles-giant-croc/2005/09/03/1125302782286.html>
Explorers have discovered the fossilised remains of a giant, 14-metre crocodile deep in the Amazon jungle. (Related story: Ancient 46-foot long crocodile found in Amazon)
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