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Environment: Indonesia’s green madrassasJava, Indonesia - In a remote part of Central Java, Indonesia's most populous island, there is a rather unusual form of environmentalism taking root. |
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Spinning the Environmental Good NewsHanover, New Hampshire, USA - Contrary to popular opinion, sometimes there's good news about the environment -- lately there's been quite a spate of it. |
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CORRECTED: Bali breakthrough launches historic climate talksNUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Nearly 200 nations agreed at U.N.-led talks in Bali on Saturday to launch negotiations on a new pact to fight global warming after a reversal by the United States allowed a historic breakthrough. Washington said the agreement marked a new chapter in climate diplomacy after six years of disputes with major allies since President George W. Bush pulled out in 2001 from the Kyoto Protocol, the main existing plan for combating warming. |
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Having The Climate Cake And Eating It TooIs it possible to solve climate change, reduce poverty and save biodiversity at a single stroke" It might seem like a dream, but this is exactly the issue that is being discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Bali 3-14 December 2007. |
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Cloning Could Save Ancient RedwoodsSAN GERONIMO, California - An arborist on a mission to preserve and restore Northern California's towering redwoods has begun taking cuttings that he hopes can be used to make genetic clones of the ancient trees. |
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Costa Rica gets forest fund boostThe US and conservation groups will cut $26m (£12.8m) from Costa Rican debt in return for the country spending the same sum on forest protection. |
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Wai Wai choose conservation economy for traditional Amazon territoryNorthern Amazon Region, Guyana - Three years after gaining formal title to their traditional territory in the northern Amazon, the Wai Wai people of Guyana have achieved another milestone when the region was declared the nation's first Community-Owned Conservation Area. |
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New species found in Vietnam’s green corridorThua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam - Scientists have discovered 11 new species of animals and plants in a remote area in central Vietnam, WWF said today. |
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Amazonian forest ‘more resilient’The Amazon rainforest may be more resistant to rising temperatures than has been believed. Researchers found that during the 2005 drought, many parts of the rainforest "greened", apparently growing faster. |
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UNESCO adds 23 new sites to global network of biosphere reservesUnited Nations - Remote cloud forests in Viet Nam, hundreds of atolls in Micronesia and mangroves in El Salvador are featured in the 23 ecosystems which were added today to a United Nations network set up to fight biodiversity loss and promote sustainable development that helps local communities. |
evironmental news headlines
- Old-growth B.C. forests worth more standing than fallen, study says
- EU parliament eases road for hydrogen cars
- Ghana, EU clinch deal to crackdown on illicit timber trade
- New era for sustainable investing
- New giant clam species found
- Beijing air measures ‘must stay’
- Ghana’s grass-roots bid to save country’s last forests
- Bombs away!—innovative concept of planting tree saplings
- Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming
- World’s Largest Marine Sanctuary Proposed by U.S.
- A New Biopesticide For The Organic Food Boom
- Denmark’s approves 400 MW offshore windmill park
- Wrapping up the problem of broken light bulbs
- Biodegradable Plastics Are Good for Atmosphere, Too
- Hawaii Recycles Record 72 Percent of Beverage Containers
- Little robin from Gabon is world’s newest species
- Pacific dives recover novel fish
- Eco-tower rising in Lower Manhattan to include hotel and meeting space
- Auto Painting Goes Green
- Some big whales recovering since 1980s hunt ban
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