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Brazilian Air Force Flies Penguins SouthSao Paulo, Brazil - Scientists aren't sure why nearly a thousand penguins got stranded far north of their normal migration area, on beaches along the equator in Brazil this year. |
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Sahara Solar Scheme Could Power Poor West AfricaAccra, Ghana - West African legislators worried by climate change and soaring energy costs want regional leaders to back plans to harness sun and wind energy that experts say could bring electricity to some of the poorest people on earth. |
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Hoteliers go green to save the planetOttawa, Ontario, Canada - Hotels around the globe are competing for customers in a changing world that is demanding green. |
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Brazil unveils deforestation planBrasilia, Brazil - The Brazilian government has pledged to end net deforestation by 2015. |
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Norway joins fight to save Amazon
Norway pledges $1bn to a new fund to help Brazil preserve its Amazon rainforest and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Brazil launches international fund to preserve Amazon
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 1, 2008 - Brazil on Friday created an international fund to fight deforestation of the Amazon and is accepting contributions to help preserve the world's largest rainforest.
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Brazil simplifies malaria treatmentRIo de Janeiro, Brazil - Brazil announced a new malaria treatment Thursday that scientists say offers a potentially cheap and effective way to attack a disease that largely afflicts the world's poor. |
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VIDEO: Private Rain Forests Touted
After decades of deforestation, conservationists have hit upon an innovative plan to preserve Brazilian rain forests?by encouraging landowners to create private, legally protected nature reserves.
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New Monkey Species Found in Remote Amazon
A previously unknown species of uakari found in a mountainous region is already rare and "quite vulnerable," a primatologist announced.
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Video: Ancient Croc Unveiled
An 80-million-year-old fossil found in Brazil could be a "missing link" between prehistoric and modern-day crocodiles, experts say.
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news from South America
- Brazilian Air Force Flies Penguins South
- Locals Volunteer Overseas With Operation Smile
- Sahara Solar Scheme Could Power Poor West Africa
- Hoteliers go green to save the planet
- Brazil unveils deforestation plan
- A ‘miracle tree’ that could feed sub-Saharan Africa
- Extinct tortoise ‘can live again’
- Norway joins fight to save Amazon
- Ethical coffee helps save Peruvian rainforest
- Peruvian doctors showcase high cure rate for drug-resistant TB
