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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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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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Wai Wai choose conservation economy for traditional Amazon territoryNorthern Amazon Region, Guyana - Three years after gaining formal title to their traditional territory in the northern Amazon, the Wai Wai people of Guyana have achieved another milestone when the region was declared the nation's first Community-Owned Conservation Area. |
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Guyana sets up fishing restrictions to help endangered sea turtlesGeorgetown, Guyana - Guyana has banned fishermen from spreading large nets off its northeastern coastline after more than two dozen dead sea turtles washed up on beaches, officials said Tuesday. |
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Ten-yr-old raises US$ to save rainforestMaryland - Using the good-old American method, a lemonade stand, a ten-year-old Cub Scout has raised funds to save over 4,000 acres of rainforest in Guyana. |
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news from South America
- Ethical coffee helps save Peruvian rainforest
- Peruvian doctors showcase high cure rate for drug-resistant TB
- Brazil launches international fund to preserve Amazon
- Whale-Watching Report: Whales More Valuable Alive Than Dead
- BOLIVIA: Domestics to Gain Healthcare Coverage
- PHOTOS: 1,000 Tombs Discovered in Colombia
- Brazil simplifies malaria treatment
- VIDEO: Private Rain Forests Touted
- Cavity-fighting candy helped cut tooth decay
- ENVIRONMENT-VENEZUELA: Farewell, Trawl-Fishing
