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Brazil Maps Out Agricultural Sprawl in the AmazonSao Paulo, Brazil - Brazil's Census Bureau on Thursday published a new map outlining where agricultural boundaries are encroaching on the Amazon rain forest, in a move that will help authorities monitor human activities in the region. |
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Buckets of Blood Readied for Slovenian’s Amazon SwimLima, Peru - Few would even dare swim the Amazon river bank to bank but Slovenian Martin Strel plans to swim 3,375 miles down the world's greatest river, defying piranhas, snakes, crocodiles and even sharks. "I've always been swimming for peace and friendship. I decided to dedicate the Amazon swim also to the preservation of the rain forest and clean waters," he said. |
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Free Viagra spices up life in small Brazilian townNovo Santo Antonio. Brazil - The mayor of a small Brazilian town has begun handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of dozens of elderly men and their partners. |
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Brazilian trash collector finds $7,000Cariacica,Brazil - It would have taken rubbish collector Jose Sebastiao Batista Breta nearly three years to earn the amount of cash he found in a suitcase stashed in a rubbish pile behind a lottery ticket sales office. |
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Cane To Keep Brazil in Vanguard of Global BiofuelsBrasilia, Brazil - Brazil could more than double its sugar cane land in the next few years and is betting that the advantages of cane over corn as a feedstock for ethanol will keep it a leader in the nascent global biofuels market, the country's agriculture minister said on Monday. |
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Amazon Indians on Google Earth saving rainforestBrazil - Deep in the most remote jungles of South America, Amazon Indians (Amerindians) are using Google Earth, Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping, and other technologies to protect their fast-dwindling home. Helping them is the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT), a nonprofit organization working with indigenous people to conserve biodiversity, health, and culture in South American rainforests. |
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Photo Gallery: New Glowing Mushrooms Found in BrazilRibeira Valley Tourist State Park, Brazil - Like a black light poster come to life, a group of bioluminescent fungi collected from Ribeira Valley Tourist State Park near So Paulo, Brazil, emanates a soft green glow when the lights go out. |
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Amazon Deforestation Lowest Since 1991Sao Paulo, Brazil - Deforestation in the Amazon rain forest has declined to its lowest level since 1991 due to strict enforcement of environmental regulations, the Brazilian government said Thursday. |
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New trees to reclaim Amazon landAcre, Brazil - The government of one of Brazil's Amazonian states plans to reforest areas of land cleared for pasture. |
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Brazil Unveils New Technology to Curb Logging
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil -
Brazil's environment minister Friday unveiled an electronic registry for the transport and storage of all forestry products, which she said would help in the battle against illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest.
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news from South America
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- CHILE: Women Trade Unionists Find their Own Voices
- UN disarmament events kick off in Republic of Korea and Brazil
- Argentina: New Movement to Combat Poverty
- 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
