Positive news from Czech Republic
States unite to protect primeval European forestsEuropes largest areas of old growth forests outside Russia are to be protected across the seven country span of the Carpathian Mountains.
“In the International Year of the Forest, the governments of the seven Carpathian countries have committed themselves to protecting and preserving Europe’s greatest remaining forest treasures, including the continent’s largest remaining areas of natural and virgin forests outside of Russia, which are in urgent need of protection,”
- ndreas Beckmann, Director of the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme |
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States unite to protect primeval European forestsEuropes largest areas of old growth forests outside Russia are to be protected across the seven country span of the Carpathian Mountains. |
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CHILE AND CZECH REPUBLIC WORK TO RESTORE TORRES DEL PAINEFour years after a negligent Czech citizen, Jiri Smitak, accidentally started a huge fire in the Torres Del Paine national park in far southern Chile, part of the destroyed area is being replanted in native forest trees. |
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Obama sets out plan for nuclear-free worldPresident Barack Obama set out his vision for ridding the world of nuclear arms on Sunday, declaring the United States ready to lead steps by all states with atomic weapons to reduce their arsenals. |
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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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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Czech Green Party Makes Regional BreakthroughPrague, Czech Republic - Support for the Greens in the Czech general election has made them the first environmental party in eastern Europe to win seats in parliament, results showed on Saturday. |
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UN watchdog agency assists safe removal of nuclear weapons-grade uraniumCzech Republic - As part of the ongoing battle to prevent nuclear proliferation and terrorism, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency has assisted the return from the Czech Republic to Russia of 14 kilogrammes of highly enriched uranium (HEU) that could be used to assemble a nuclear weapon. |
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