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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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Brazil takes action to stop alarming deforestation of AmazonBrasilia, Brazil - Brazil announced a series of measures Thursday aimed at stopping an alarming rise in deforestation of the Amazon over the past five months. |
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New Jersey scraps plan to buy Amazon rainforest timberOcean City, New Jersey, USA - The city council of Ocean City in New Jersey voted 6-0 last Thursday to cancel a $1.1 million purchase of ip� timber originating in the Amazon rainforest. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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3-year-old Boy Lost in Amazon found after 11 daysPupuai, Brazil - A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the dense Amazon rain forest was found after 11 days, apparently unharmed but for dehydration and thorns in his feet and legs, police said Friday. |
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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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Millions of stateless people to benefit from recent breakthroughs, says UN agencyUnited Nations - The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed as “major breakthroughs” recent decisions by Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to grant citizenship to some three million people who live in the three Asian nations without any official identity. |
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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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Brazil vow to spend on indigenousThe Brazilian government is to spend $270m in the next three years creating new reservations for indigenous groups in the Amazon. |
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