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- Learning to Love the Amazon (Jan 26)
<http://www.conservation.org/xp/frontlines/people/08100501.xml>
Conservation International Frontlines - Washington, DC
La
Pedrera, Colombia — In 1992 when I first arrived in the Amazon, this
hamlet on the banks of the Caquetá river, some 870 kilometers southeast
of Bogota, was a tiny cluster of isolated dwellings far from any
services...
- In Bacterial Diversity, Amazon Is A 'Desert'; Desert Is An 'Amazon' (Jan 25)
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060125084759.htm>
Science Daily - USA
Ironically,
in the diversity of soil bacteria, the otherwise species-rich Amazon is
a more like a desert, while the arid desert is a teeming microbial
Amazon, researchers have found. ...
- Justice in a water world: The law of the Amazon jungle (Jan 25)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article340803.ece>
Independent - London
In
a remote corner of Brazil, at the mouth of the world's largest river, a
judge and her legal staff journey by boat to serve the isolated
rainforest communities.
- Amazon Watch: Chevron Wins 2006 Corporate 'Irresponsibility' Award (Jan 25)
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-25-2006/0004267778&EDATE=>
PR Newswire - New York
DAVOS,
Switzerland — Chevron's troubled brand image took another battering
today after the California-based oil giant won the 2006 Public Eye on
Davos Award for corporate irresponsibility in the environment
category...
- Parks, indian reserves slow Amazon deforestation (Jan 25)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0125-whrc.html>
Mongabay.com - USA
A new study shows that parks and indigenous reserves in the Amazon help slow deforestation. (Related story: Satellites Show Amazon Parks, Indigenous Reserves Stop Forest Clearing)
- Hero of the Planet Combines Modern Science and Ancient Tribal Wisdom (Jan 23)
<http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2006-01-23-voa43.cfm>
Voice of America - USA
Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin says a night class at Harvard University changed his life.
- All colours and creeds (Jan 21)
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml>
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
John
Ure reports on a trip that took in piranha fishing, carnivals and
football, and which reminded him that Brazil - where he was once
ambassador - has much to teach us about running a multi-racial country.
- Global warming: plants are not to blame (Jan 20)
<http://www.scidev.net/gateways/index.cfm?fuseaction=readitem&rgwid=2&item=News&itemid=2605&language=1>
SciDev.net - UK
Plants
are not to blame for climate change, according to a statement issued
this week (18 January) by the researchers who reported eight days ago
that plants emit up to a third of the methane — a potent greenhouse gas
— in the atmosphere.
- Amazon tribe reshapes thinking on pure maths (Jan 20)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2001139,00.html>
Times Online - UK
THE
people of an isolated tribe in the Amazonian rainforest can understand
geometry as well as American schoolchildren, according to research...
(Related story: Geometry in the Amazon)
- 'Spear' misses target (Jan 20)
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060120/film_nm/film_spear_dc>
Yahoo.com - USA
LOS
ANGELES — It might have been inspired by actual events, but "End of the
Spear" is, literally and figuratively, simply too dull to make any
impact.
- South America planning gas pipeline (Jan 19)
<http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2006/01/19/pipes-060119.html>
CBC News - Canada
Leaders
across South America are considering construction of a huge network of
natural gas pipelines that would criss-cross the continent... (Related
story: Pipeline network could divide South America, Plan for Amazon gas pipeline irks environmentalists)
- Amazon kidnapping adapted (Jan 17)
<http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1076853.php/Amazon_kidnapping_adapted>
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow, UK
David Rothenberg has been hired to adapt the book 'City of the Beasts'
into a movie by Walden Media. Variety reports that he'll also
co-produce the film along with 'Lord of the Rings' producer Barry
Osborne.
- The Big Meltdown (Jan 17)
<http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/>
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Climate change can already be seen vividly in the melting of the
earth's ice masses, the land-based ice sheets of Greenland and
Antarctica, and the floating sea ice of the Arctic Ocean.
- Macho Men and State Capitalism - Is Another World Possible? (Jan 17)
<http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/175/1/>
Upside Down World - Hartwick, NY
Latin America is boiling with revolutionary potential these days that
could redefine economics, politics and social relations.
- Global warming: Is it too late to save our planet? (Jan 17)
<http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=76062006>
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Global warming is irreversible and billions of people will die over the
next century, one of the world's leading climate change scientists
claimed yesterday.
- ECUADOR: Selling the Amazon for a Handful of Beads (Jan 17)
<http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13115>
CorpWatch.org - Oakland, CA
Scanning bookshelves in his tiny law office in Quito, Ecuador, Bolivar
Beltran's disdain for Big Oil is as legible as the contracts that map
their nefarious ways.
- Hydro-power consortium urges renewed interest in Amaila Falls project (Jan 17)
<http://www.gina.gov.gy/archive/daily/b060117.html>
GINA - Georgetown, Guyana
Government may be inclined to pursue renewed interest in the Amaila
Falls Hydro-electric project at the Kuribrong River, Region Eight, but
this depends on the economic feasibility of the project.
- A Million Tiny Strands (Jan 16)
<http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2006/1/16/16736/0818>
Political Cortex - New York, NY
So here's a stunner. A senior fellow at the Hudson Institute...
solicited money from a biotech company in the process of writing a book
that would make them "look really good".
- Sister Dorothy honor slated (Jan 13)
<http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/tct/jan1306/011306briefs.html>
Notre
Dame de Namur Sister Dorothy Stang, a Dayton native killed in Brazil
where she spent most of her life serving the poor and protecting the
Amazon rainforest, will be honored posthumously Feb. 2...
- River diversion plan leads to clashes (Jan 12)
<http://www.thedailyjournalonline.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14090&ArticleId=216827>
Daily Journal - Caracas, Venezuela
ACAUA, Brazil — The sun here is unforgiving. It cracks the parched
earth into intricate spider web patterns that run beneath the scraggly
brown bushes and green mandacaru cacti...
- The Secrets of Feel-Good Shopping (Jan 9)
<http://www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance/magazine/archives/2006/01/interview.html>
Kiplinger.com - Washington, DC
Merchants make luxuries of everyday objects. Shoppers look for ways to personalize just about everything....
- Brazil's army under fire for training Amazon Indians (Jan 9)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/brazil/story/0,12462,1682109,00.html>
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The Brazilian army has been accused of giving Amazon Indians guerrilla
training after a newspaper published leaked photographs depicting
troops apparently showing tribesmen how to use assault rifles.
- Fuson: Rainforest (and I) could use largesse from lottery winner (Jan 9)
<http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060109/OPINION01/60108008/1035/OPINION>
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines, IA
Among my resolutions for the coming year 1. Get a fresh start in 2007.
- Brazil honours plants expert (Jan 5)
<http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=19882006>
Scotsman - UK
One
of the longest-serving botanists at Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden
has followed in the footsteps of Charles de Gaulle, Nelson Mandela and
the Dalai Lama after being honoured by the University of Brazil.
- Chevron faces toxic waste lawsuit (Jan 5)
<http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20060105072717190>
Legalbrief - Durban, South Africa
San Ramon-based Chevron Corp in the US is facing a class action lawsuit
involving 30 000 plaintiffs who are accusing the oil giant of dumping
toxic waste in the Amazon rainforest...
- Oil and Gas Zones Cover One-Quarter of the Peruvian Amazon (Jan 4)
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2006/2006-01-04-06.asp>
Environment News Service - USA
WASHINGTON, DC — The Peruvian Amazon, a region that still holds some of
the most pristine biodiverse rainforests on Earth, is facing an
unprecedented wave of new oil and gas exploration...
- A Strange Program of Exchange (Jan 4)
<http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/wallace040106.html>
Monthly Review - Herndon, VA
In the late seventies, I joined the Peace Corps, fresh out of college
with a degree in Plant and Soil Science. Maybe I did it for for
idealism...
- As Amazon's tree line recedes, malaria-wielding mosquitoes buzz in (Jan 3)
<http://www.news.wisc.edu/11988.html>
University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications - Madison, WI
Scientists have long known that chronic deforestation can spawn a
jungle of environmental woes. But now, a study confirms that vanishing
forests inflict more than environmental damage...
- What 3 Degrees of Global Warming Really Means (Jan 3)
<http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0601/S00001.htm>
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
Peter Barrett puts projected global warming in perspective, comparing it with climate fluctuations in the geological past.
- Aquarium restocking after Katrina losses (Jan 2)
<http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/01/02/katrina.aquarium.ap/>
CNN International - USA
NEW ORLEANS — It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming ...
- Chevron fights rights abuse allegations (Jan 1)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1310AP_Embattled_Chevron.html>
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
SAN FRANCISCO — A young boy holds out a deformed hand. A woman is missing a lower leg that was amputated to remove a tumor.
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