http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-06-13T00:51:52+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/indigenous_group_and_ngo_establish_crucial_corridor_in_vanishing_atlantic_f/?source=rss Last month, three Guarani communities, the local Argentine government of Misiones, and the UK-based NGO World Land Trust forged an agreement to create a nature reserve connecting three protected areas in the fractured, and almost extinct, Atlantic Forest. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Land, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Argentina 2012-05-17T14:14:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rescuing_children_from_a_trash_dump/?source=rss Elena Duron Miranda once witnessed children eating and collecting items from a trash dump in Bariloche, Argentina. Today, her nonprofit, PETISOS, helps keep about 200 children out of the dump and enrolled in school. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, South America, Argentina 2011-06-13T00:43:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/argentina_protects_its_glaciers_by_law/?source=rss Argentina enacted a new law that protects the country's glaciers , in a global context where climate change threatens the large bodies of ice and there are risks of different polluting activities. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World, Environment, Water, Regions, South America, Argentina 2010-10-25T04:51:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/a_pioneering_solar_energy_project_is_using_green_technology_to_improve_the_/?source=rss A pioneering solar energy project is using green technology to improve the lives of isolated villagers living beyond the reach of power lines on Argentina's windswept Andean plains. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Science, Technology, Regions, South America, Argentina 2009-10-27T16:34:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rare_dolphins_by_the_hundreds_found_in_bangladesh/?source=rss The discovery of 6,000 rare dolphins in Bangladesh and new guidelines for marine wildlife viewing in the Pacific Islands are among the announcements made this week at the First International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas underway on the island of Maui. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Europe, France, Norway, Indian Sub-Continent, Bangladesh, Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Argentina, Brazil, North America, United States, Hawaii, New York 2009-04-19T10:47:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bizarre_new_dinosaur_giant_raptor_found_in_argentina/?source=rss Scientists have discovered what they say is a completely unexpected new giant dinosaur that lived 70 million years ago in Argentina. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science, Ancient Discoveries, Regions, South America, Argentina 2008-12-22T11:02:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/argentina_new_movement_to_combat_poverty/?source=rss A new movement formed by a host of political, social, labour and cultural organisations of Argentina launched an action plan Friday to reduce poverty and child mortality and to promote more equal distribution of wealth. 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Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Asia, Mongolia, Central America, Costa Rica, El Salvador, East Asia, China, Europe, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Middle East, Qatar, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Oceania, Australia, Micronesia, South America, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, South-East Asia, Viet Nam, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2007-09-21T09:32:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/study_crush_garlic_before_cooking_to_get_health_benefits/?source=rss A study conducted by Argentinean researchers suggests that crushing garlic before cooking is beneficial for health. Regions, South America, Argentina, North America, United States, California, Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-02-21T13:53:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/key_stage_to_dengue_fever_replication_found/?source=rss The discovery that the dengue fever virus needs to bend into a circle in order to replicate suggests new ways to treat this and similar diseases, including West Nile virus and encephalitis, say researchers. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Health, Regions, South America, Argentina 2006-08-04T06:49:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/clean_penguins_return_to_sea/?source=rss Dozens of freshly cleaned Magellanic penguins waddled into the ocean Monday to the applause of onlookers, the first batch of close to 200 goo-covered birds that were rescued and washed after an oil spill. Environment, Wildlife, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, South America, Argentina, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories 2006-08-02T03:06:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/giant_dinosaur_discovered_in_argentina/?source=rss Argentinean scientists have discovered gigantic neck, back, and tail bones from one of the largest dinosaurs ever to roam the Earth. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science, Ancient Discoveries, Feel Good, Regions, South America, Argentina 2006-08-01T10:16:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/penguins_caught_in_oil_spill_saved_by_commando_veterinarians/?source=rss First dozens, then hundreds of Magellanic penguins started to wash ashore at Argentina's Cabo Virgenes Nature Reserve in Patagonia in early May. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, South America, Argentina 2006-06-17T08:28:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/penguins_marching_slowly_toward_recovery_in_argentina_experts_say/?source=rss It's almost summertime in the Patagonia region of Argentina, and though the living isn't easy on its wind-scraped shores, threatened penguin colonies there are stabilizing, according to biologists. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Argentina 2005-12-05T22:12:00+00:00