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Brazil would gain from freer agricultural trade but small farms need to adjust, says OECD (Oct 31)
<http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10003775.shtml>
FinFacts Ireland - Ireland
Brazil, with its vast agricultural resources, has much to gain from more open international trade...
- Is the Amazon running dry? (Oct 28)
<http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/forests.cfm?ucidparam=20051024155347>
Greenpeace UK - UK
Home to the greatest variety of life on Earth, the Amazon is both the
largest rainforest and the largest river basin in the world... (related
story: Mighty Amazon close to running out of water)
- A Rough Rider's perilous journey: At a low point in his life, a president takes a trip into the unknown (Oct 23)
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/23/RVGC9F7FJE1.DTL&type=books>
San Francisco Chronicle - United States
Today, an ex-president can't go out for a sugar cone of Rainforest Crunch without the Secret Service tagging along.
- The real cost of Brazilian beef (Oct 21)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/10/21/2003276723>
Taipei Times - Taiwan
For the past five years I have been at war with the British action
group Farmers for Action. These are the neanderthals who have held up
the traffic...
- Selective logging causes widespread destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, study finds (Oct 20)
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-10/su-slc101705.php>
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
Selective logging—the practice of removing one or two trees and leaving
the rest intact—is often considered a sustainable alternative to
clear-cutting... (Related story: Amazon logging worse than thought, Logging threat to Amazon much greater than thought, Amazon rainforest vanishing at twice rate of previous estimates, Rainforest Disappearing Faster Than Expected)
- Spanish Government Caught Fuelling Amazon Destruction; Greenpeace reveals forest crime at Madrid Museum (Oct 20)
<http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/1020-01.htm>
Common Dreams - Portland,ME,USA
MADRID
— At 10.00am this morning, forty one Greenpeace activists sealed the
entrance to Madrid's prestigious Queen Sofia Museum (Reina Sofia), and
declared it an ancient forest crime scene.
- Clean Hands, the Way to Stop Flu. Unique Instant Hand Sanitizer which Contains Oils from the Amazon (Oct 19)
<http://www.pr.com/press-release/3599>
PR.com - Levittown,NY,USA
Manchester — Vegetarian Society approves AsseptGel—the instant hand sanitizer for every occasion.
- Nature works better with us (Oct 12)
<http://www.tidepool.org/original_content.cfm?articleid=176155>
TidePool - USA
You've seen the ads: Some eco-celebrity urges you to make a donation to
save one of the earth's last special places. Your generous gift will
help protect this place...
- Today is World Indigenous Peoples Day! (Oct 12)
<http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/10/1774099.php>
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
You can help hold Chevron accountable for poisoning the rainforests and
peoples of the Amazon. Indigenous communities in Ecuador are calling
for your urgent support in the critical campaign to hold Chevron
accountable...
- How to stop the destruction of Amazonia (Oct 12)
<http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg18825210.200>
New Scientist (subscription) - UK
The Amazon may be out of the spotlight, but it needs help more than
ever. Biologist William Laurance says it's not too late to halt the
destruction...
- European Timber Trade Industry—Illegal Until the End of the Decade (Oct 11)
< http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/1011-02.htm>
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
BRUSSELS — Greenpeace has condemned the European Commission for
supporting the Timber Trade Action Plan (TTAP), due to be launched in
Brussels today...
- St. Louis Science Center Anniversary (Oct 10)
<http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=85992>
KSDK - St. Louis,MO,USA
Can you catch a cantaloupe or water balloon before it drops? That
question is part of the new fun at the St. Louis Science Center.
- Discover the Beauty and the Intrigue of Amazon: Large-format film at Fernbank explores the Amazon River (Oct 10)
<http://www.theweekly.com/news/2005/October/10/Amazon_River.html>
Duluth Weekly - Duluth,GA,USA
ATLANTA — It is the mightiest river in the world, the lifeblood for
whole civilizations and home to more than 5,000 different species of
fish and 60,000 different species of plants...
- Jungle Marathon 2006 (Oct 9)
<http://www.4ar.info/more.php?id=1996_0_1_0_M>
Eventrate.com - UK
Registrations are now open for the 2006 edition of the Jungle Marathon,a gruelling 7 day challenge in the Amazon Jungle...
<http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2005/10/07/13.htm>
Hispania News - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
If you walk downtown you can find a special place at 220 N. Tejon St.
This place is full of color and history. Velez Galleries have works
from more than 80 Indigenous Nations (tribes of the Americas), from the
Amazon to the Artic.
- Bestselling Book Challenges Long-held Theories About Life in America Before Columbus (Oct 7)
<http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2005-10-07-voa44.cfm>
Voice of America - USA
Americans celebrate Columbus Day on October 10, commemorating the
arrival of explorer Christopher Columbus in the New World. (Related
story: May I Suggest ...)
- The consequences of oil dependence (Oct 7)
<http://barometer.orst.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/07/434607f3db400>
OSU Daily Barometer - Corvallis
It hit me like a wall as I got off the plane. After three weeks high in
the Andes, I felt like I was drowning in the thick, heavy air.
- Earth Sinks Three Inches Under Weight Of Flooded Amazon (Oct 5)
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051005071750.htm>
Science Daily (press release)
COLUMBUS — As the Amazon River floods every year, a sizeable portion of
South America sinks several inches because of the extra weight – and
then rises again as the waters recede...
- Dodging bullets in Brazil with Greenpeace (Oct 1)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/article315631.ece>
Independent, UK
When self-confessed hippie and Innocent smoothies entrepreneur Richard
Reed travelled to the Amazon, he wasn't sure what to expect.
- Frogs may help in fight against HIV (Oct 1)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1001-frogs_hiv.html>
Mongabay.com
A new weapon in the battle against HIV may come from an unusual source -- a small tropical frog.
- Two great conservationists meet at Jackson Lake Lodge (Oct 1)
<http://www.planetjh.com/griswold/griswold_2005_09_28_conser.html>
Planet Jackson Hole, WY
"The world needs your best." So said Marina Silva, Brazil's Minister of
the Environment, at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival...
- Worst-ever drought dries out Amazon (Oct 1)
<http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200510011911.htm>
Hindu, India
Manaus — Large parts of the Amazon rainforest are at their driest in living memory... (Related stories: Amazon rain forests drying out in worst-ever drought, Amazon drying up, Amazon rainforest suffers worst drought in decades, Amazon Rainforest Suffers Worst Drought in Decades, Villagers and wildlife at risk as drought hits the rainforest, Dreadful drought strikes Amazon, Parts of Amazon rain forest facing severe drought, Amazon drought 'could worsen climate change', Amazon Basin experiencing extreme drought, Greenpeace Documents Effects of the Worst Drought in 40 Years, Brazil fears epidemics in Amazon drought, Amazon drought: deforestation and climate change to blame, Amazon drought could speed climate change, Amazon Drought Worst in 100 Years)
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