Positive news from Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Space cameras to monitor forests
Plans to use high resolution cameras in space to monitor deforestation in the Congo Basin are unveiled.
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Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the SkyGrenoble, France - Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from falling raindrops into electricity that can be used to power sensors and other electronics devices. |
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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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Congo rangers break suspected gorilla traffic ringKinshaha - Congolese park rangers have arrested two members of a gang they suspect of trying to traffic rare gorillas for $8,000 each, but were too late to save a young ape found rotting in the forest, conservationists said. Poachers and gunmen have killed at least nine mountain gorillas this year and a possible revival in trafficking poses another threat to the mighty beasts, of whom just 700 remain, spread between Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Rwanda. |
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Lost forest reveals new speciesAn expedition to a remote forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo uncovers six new animal species. |
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Disarmament in full swing in DR Congo, UN mission reportsProgress is being made in disarmament efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the notorious leader of one of the Central African country's largest militias announced that 500 more of his fighters will surrender their weapons this week, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country said today. |
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Congo Rebels Agree To Stop Killing Rare Mountain GorillasNairobi, Kenya - Rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to stop killing rare mountain gorillas after sparking outrage by slaughtering two this month, conservationists said Wednesday. |
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WFP sends 587 tonnes of food to southeast DRCKatanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo - A train carrying 587 tonnes of food for isolated parts of southeast Democratic Republic of Congo rolled out yesterday in the biggest such operation for years, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said. |
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Breathing life into DR Congo’s sick hospitalLubumbashi, Congo - When Professor Stanis Wembonyama became director of the main hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo's second city, Lubumbashi, last year, he could not believe what he saw. |
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