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Maya nut changes lives while aiding the rain forestIn the rain forests of Central America grows the nutrient-rich Maya nut. The marble-sized seed can be prepared to taste like mashed potatoes, chocolate or coffee. |
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Rare ‘dinky’ bird migrates to US for first timeChoke Canyon, Texas, USA - Birders with binoculars and cameras are flocking to a remote state park in search of a small yellow-chested bird that apparently crossed the U.S. border for the first time from its high-mountain habitat to the south. |
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Guatemalan women build unique partnership with leading US yerba mate distributorIxlu Peten, Guatemala - Ensuring that ingredients are sourced in an eco-friendly and socially responsible manner is important to Guayaki Yerba Mate, an award-winning North American maker of invigorating organic drinks. |
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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. |
news from Central America
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- Maya nut changes lives while aiding the rain forest
- YouTube-assembled orchestra plays Carnegie Hall to sold-out crowd
- Green Travel: Where Dreams Come True
- A global lesson in volunteerism
- Rare ‘dinky’ bird migrates to US for first time
- Guatemalan women build unique partnership with leading US yerba mate distributor
- Green gauntlet
- Regrowing the rainforest
- Rare Leatherback Turtles Gain Protection in Costa Rica
