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Providing Hope for Laguna del TigreLaguna del Tigre National Park, Guatemala - A new management plan is providing a blueprint to not only halt but also reverse the destruction of Laguna del Tigre, Guatemala's largest national park and one of the most critical ecosystems in the Mesoamerica Hotspot. |
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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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US Swaps Guatemalan Debt for Forest ProtectionGuatemala City, Guatemala - The United States will forgive about 20 percent of the $122 million debt owed by Guatemala so the money can be used to protect threatened plants and wildlife, the government said Monday. |
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Looted Maya Treasure Returned AnonymouslyGuatemala - A 1,500-year-old Maya stone box that had been looted from a Guatemalan cave has been returned by an unnamed collector. |
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On Ancient Walls, a New Maya EpochSan Bartolo, Guatemala - On the sacred walls and inside the dark passageways of ancient ruins in Guatemala, archaeologists are making discoveries that open expanded vistas of the vibrant Maya civilization in its formative period, a time reaching back more than 1,000 years before its celebrated Classic epoch. |
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Tomb of royal Mayan found in GuatemalaLaguna del Tigre National Park, Guatemala - Building on a find by a Southern Methodist University specialist on Mayan ruins, a Guatemalan archaeologist has uncovered the remains of what could be an ancient Mayan king's tomb deep in the rain forest of Guatemala's largest national park. |
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Central America Eyes Sweet Alternative to OilSan Antonio Suchitepequez, Guatemala - At the Palo Gordo refinery two hours' drive south of Guatemala City, a Brazilian-designed ethanol processing plant hums next to decades-old machinery turning freshly cut cane into sugar. |
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Ancient Maya Mural UnveiledSan Bartolo, Guatemala - U.S. archaeologists have discovered the "Sistine Chapel" of the Maya civilization - a finely painted, well preserved mural depicting the Maya creation myth and the crowning of a king. |
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Long-Sought Maya City Found in GuatemalaPeten Region, Guatemala - An archaeologist seeking refuge from hungry mosquitoes in the Guatemalan rain forest has solved the 45-year-old mystery of the location of Site Q. |
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Satellites used to track vanishing jaguarsLaguna Del Tigre, Guatemala - To the ancient Maya Indians who once built elaborate cities in the Guatemalan jungle, the jaguar�s spotted pelt represented the stars in the night sky.Now the Western Hemisphere�s biggest cat is being tracked from space. |
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- Providing Hope for Laguna del Tigre
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- Costa Rica gets forest fund boost
- Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007
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