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NWAOnline (subscription)...dusty field of cut rice that was once rain forest, researcher Flavio Wruck explains how changes in farming practices could help the Amazon River region. ...

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MLive.comBy The Grand Rapids Press Editorial Board AP File PhotoA crane raises the missionary plane over a rescue boat in the Amazon River in 2001 after it was shot ...

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TreehuggerIt is estimated that each tanker returns with approximately 5 million gallons of Amazon River water. For bottling companies, it is considerably less ...

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Nevada AppealI was considering retiring from my career, so I called to ask her out on a date — inviting her to spend a week with me cruising down the Amazon River. ...

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World Records AcademyAMAZON RIVER, Brazil -- Blue Peter star Helen Skelton, 26, has passed the 1000 mile mark on her 2010 mile trip down the mighty Amazon River in aid of Sport ...

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Huffington Post (blog)The Amazon River is a swirling, branching force in the Peruvian jungle, midway from where it first sweeps from a trickle in the Andes and swoops toward the ...

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CNETThe images below show San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and a brilliant shot of the Amazon River as it runs through Brazil. See the full gallery for more ...

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BusinessWeekBidding for construction of the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River that feeds the Amazon River is expected to be intense. Minc made the announcement Monday. ...

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Black Star RisingAn Australian farmer walking through a freak red dust storm, an English missionary boating down a tributary of the Amazon River in torrential rain, ...

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ABC NewsBowers and their children, Cory and Charity, taken just a few weeks before their small plane was shot down over the Amazon River in Peru in April 2001. ...

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PC WorldSo far, Noguchi has posted 28 images detailing such sights as the Golden Gate Bridge, Amazon River (upper right), Tokyo, Haiti, and the clouds above ...

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Winona PostIf you missed Big River Man when it was televised earlier this month, you'll get a second chance to see the wacky tale of an Amazon River ...

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ABC News (blog)The Bowers' worked as Christian missionaries along a stretch of the Amazon River near Iquitos, Peru, a remote jungle region near the Brazilian and Colombian ...

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Austin 360By Pam LeBlanc When you get down to it, the physical act of paddling isn't what makes a trek down the Amazon River so challenging. ...

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St. James PlaindealerWhen they arrived in Aguas Calientes the Urubamba River, a headwater of the Amazon River, had grown to such enormity that it was chipping away at the stone ...

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San Angelo Standard TimesJeffrey Hoelle, a former San Angelo resident and graduate of Central High School, is living in the Amazon River basin under a Fulbright Fellowship. ...

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WNCTJust 13 kilometers from the capital, Puerto Varador has seen its own devastation from the overwhelmed Amazon River tributary which has broken its banks ...

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OregonLive.com (blog)It documents one of the world's greatest remaining natural ecosystems _ the headwaters of the Amazon River in Peru. Beginning in 2003, Abell traveled along ...

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Mother Nature Network (blog)The first time I had ever been to Brazil I landed in Belem at the mouth of the Amazon River with a mountain bike I had bought on eBay 6 weeks prior. ...

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Chicago Daily Herald25, Prospect Heights Public Library, 12 N. Elm St. Grades K-five will simulate a rainstorm, take a make-believe trip down the Amazon River and use clues ...

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Fly Rod & Reel MagazineOn my first day fishing the Agua Boa, an upper tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil, I learned that a peacock bass is not like a largemouth bass, ...

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IGN...various locations await you – like the extremely cold Antarctic Ocean, the Amazon River with exotic freshwater fishes or a mysterious location where you ...

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SanDiego.comNext is the Amazon River, the central artery of much of South America. One minute we're paddling along a placid river, and the next we're plunging over the ...

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ACU Optimist OnlineScott Brown's victory in Massachusetts was like raw meat in the Amazon river, and the ensuing frenzy had me thinking one thing: the ...

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Reason Online (blog)...survived both the crash and the additional rounds that rained down on them as they struggled to stay afloat in the Amazon River amid flaming wreckage. ...

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Field and Stream (blog)What they never expected was to find one of the largest specimens ever seen of a fish native to South America's Amazon River. “It was low tide and I looked ...

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TravelVideo.tv (press release)And the mighty Amazon River that runs through it has over one thousand tributaries - several larger than the Mississippi - with its catchment basin holding ...

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Total Health BreakthroughsAccording to tribal folklore, the Indians of the Amazon River Basin have been using it to prevent fatigue and increase physical endurance since before ...

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Taylor Daily PressHe keeps a boat on the Amazon River and visits from time to time to simply tour its tributaries. “Just the mystique of it, from being a kid, ...

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Bay WindowsThe women-only cruises offer amazing lesbian entertainment on their luxury ships while shuttling you through the Caribbean, down the Amazon River, ...

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The Futon Critic...is set to topline the drama pilot, about a typical American family who gains special abilities after their plane crash lands into the Amazon River. ...

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KAREThis Science Museum of Minnesota original production blends trips to Tibet's Chang Tang Plateau, South America's Iguazu Falls and Amazon River, ...

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MiamiHerald.comKasoli Corp. imports this Amazon River native to South Florida, flying it in fresh along with pintado, a large tropical relative of the catfish with Jackson ...

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SDNN (blog)These places include Madagascar, Greenland, Tibet, South America's Amazon River, and the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Though the documentary was first ...

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San Diego Union TribuneThen, there's the frigid and foreboding icebergs of Greenland, the twisting tributaries of the Amazon River and the towering sand dunes of Namib. ...

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Emporia GazetteIn the Amazon River jungle regions, the diet consists mainly of river fish, tropical fruits and vegetables (especially potatoes and plantains). ...

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Total Health BreakthroughsIndians of the Amazon River Basin have been using it for centuries to prevent fatigue and increase physical endurance. Now modern science has shown us that ...

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The JHU Gazette...features 28 one- to two-week trips to such locales as the French countryside, the Italian Riviera, Morocco, the Amazon River and the Galapagos Islands. ...

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Minneapolis City Pages (blog)...a California kelp bed, Van Gogh's paintings, extreme skiing, and seven spectacular landscapes from the Amazon River to Greenland icebergs. ...

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ESPN Action SportsWell, Jonathan Mehring is trying to get a trip going to Brazil where we take a boat ride up the Amazon river. But right now he's still trying to get the ...

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Winona Daily News...“Big River Man� - 10 am Saturday in SLC 120, WSU. be the first person to swim the length of the Amazon River. Knapp's favorite things are in it: Extreme ...

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The Times and Democrat...“Brad went on a mission trip with our church to the Amazon River in Peru,� said Miller, who also stressed the creation of an online fundraising page to help ...

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NorthJersey.comTeaneck artist Theo Solomon will have a one-man show of his photographs that range from storm over the Amazon to a tributary of the Ganges, ...

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Amazon adventure wasn't for the weak  -  05 Aug 2009
The Huntsville Times - al.com...for high school graduates, but Stephanie Horton opted for a more exotic present by cruising the Amazon River and hiking in the rain forests of Peru.

When they made Hobe Sound's Douglas, they broke the mold Loved ...  -  05 Aug 2009
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) (subscription)Photo provided The floatplane owned by Douglas in a tributary of the Amazon River in the 1940's. Photo provided The African village

Peru, Much More Than Machu Picchu  -  05 Aug 2009
SHOOT Online (press release)Whereas most of the exotic jungles are found closer to the mighty Amazon River on the northeastern side of the country, we were fortunate to visit the area

Minuscule on 5 August 2009  -  05 Aug 2009
Science Centric...[21:56] BBC: Fishermen attack Amazon dolphins — Freshwater dolphins living in the Amazon river basin are being attacked and killed by local fishermen.

Discovery Channel launches adventure tours including Peru  -  05 Aug 2009
AndinaDiscovery Adventures and Peru has been included in its hot destination list highlighting its Inca Ruins of Machu Picchu and the mighty Amazon River.

Researchers reconstruct Amazon River history  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
EUROPAResearchers from Brazil, the Netherlands and the UK have shed new light on the history of the Amazon River. Published in the journal Geology, their findings

Report: Armed bandits raid Amazon River cruise ship carrying Americans  -  ‎Jul 27, 2009‎
USA TodayThe Aqua sails three-, four- and seven-night expeditions on the Amazon River year-round that start at $700 per person per day. It was on a seven-night trip

'Fordlandia': An Automaker's Failed Jungle Utopia  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
KUARWhen Henry Ford bought up a Connecticut-sized chunk of land in the Amazon River basin in 1927, he wasn't just planning to build his own

Scientists discover Amazon river is 11 million years old  -  ‎Jul 29, 2009‎
XinhuaWASHINGTON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- A team of scientists have discovered that the Amazon river, and its transcontinental drainage, is around 11 million years

Tallahassee medical team raises money for people along the Amazon ...  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
Tallahassee DemocratThe people the woman was referring to lived along the Amazon River and she knew a missionary couple in Brazil who worked with them.

UA's role in epic Amazon swim recalled  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
Arizona Daily StarDuring his famous swim along the entire Amazon River, Martin Strel was treated by doctors headquartered a continent away in Tucson.

Free Will Astrology: August 3 through 9  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Village VoiceSCORPIO [October 23–November 21] A Slovenian adventurer named Martin Strel swam the length of the Amazon River in Brazil. It took him over nine weeks to

Shark Week: 'The Ocean's Apex Predator'  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Washington PostThey have also been observed over 2000 miles up the Amazon River. Richmond, Va.: Is there one dive that you have been on that sticks out from the rest?

185 people sinks in Amazon River  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
Central ChronicleAt least 185 people sank along with the ship they were travelling in, into the Amazon River near Manaus city Tuesday. No death has been reported so far.

An Amazonian trip of a  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
WWLP 22News...(WWLP) - A group of nine students from Wilbraham Monson Academy in Wilbraham got the chance to spend two weeks in the Amazon River Basin and learned about

All Releases by Month  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
CBS 42Big River Man - Martin Strel is followed as he attempts to swim 3375 miles of the Amazon River. Cold Souls - After borrowing the soul of a Russian poet,

Amazon trade route  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
WorldIt has a major port that's connected to the Atlantic by the Amazon River. The idea to link these cities by land is part of a $ 70 billion plan for a web of

Amazon River on New 7 Wonders of Nature top list  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
AndinaThe Amazon River is the largest river in the world by volume, with a total flow greater than the top ten rivers worldwide combined.

Alcoa Razes Rain Forest in Court Case Led by Brazil Prosecutors  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
BloombergMinneapolis-based Cargill Inc., the largest privately held company in the US, spent $20 million to build a grain port on the Amazon River in 2003 that led

Mondry, Novak help rebuild clinic on trip to the Amazon  -  ‎Jul 25, 2009‎
Park Rapids EnterpriseWitnessing the poor or nonexistent medical care for the Yagua people living in the Yanamono Region of the Amazon River basin, she decided to close her

Dead Sea advances to final in 'Seven Natural Wonders of the World ...  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
Ha'aretzThe Dead Sea will be up against 27 other sites, including: the Amazon River, the Galapagos Islands, the Grand Canyon and the Maldives.

Amazon River 11 million years old  -  ‎Jul 10, 2009‎
Insciences OrganisationThe Amazon River originated as a transcontinental river around 11 million years ago and took its present shape approximately 2.4 million years ago.

Nature notes  -  ‎Jul 26, 2009‎
Daily PressOne of the most amazing ecosystems in the world is the Amazonian rainforest, and at its heart lies the Amazon River. There, fantasy and fiction seem to

What do Florida and Alaska National Parks have in common with the ...  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
Examiner.comFlorida and Alaska have current legislation and the Amazon River is the subject of civil litigation. Although Alaska may be exploited for oil like the

Chocolate, the other otter  -  ‎Jul 10, 2009‎
Pahrump Valley TimesWhile fishing at the Rio Negro Lodge on Brazil's Amazon River, I made a new fishing buddy, Captain Marc Cabos of the Amazon Queen.

Colorful caladiums are low maintenance  -  ‎Jul 26, 2009‎
Tampa TribuneOriginally, caladiums came from the Amazon River Basin in South America and are grown for their colorful foliage. There are three types of caladiums;

More Than A Village  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
thejournal-news.netOne weekend, they took a boat ride up the Amazon River and hiked to some waterfalls. She said the sights were beautiful, but sad as well with flooding all

Can Roads and Rain Forests Co-Exist?  -  ‎Jul 27, 2009‎
New York Times BlogsWhile most of the vast carpet of rain forest cloaking the Amazon River basin remains intact, the forest is looking increasingly tattered

Julia Steiny: Achievement soars when kids are happy, thirsty to learn  -  ‎Jul 10, 2009‎
Providence JournalWhile on vacation recently, I puttered in a motorboat along the banks of the Amazon River outside of Leticia, Colombia. Children of all ages looked up from

Phipps Conservatory: Tropical forest  -  ‎Jul 20, 2009‎
Examiner.comJourney to the birthplace of the Amazon River inside our Tropical Forest Conservatory, and experience the exotic plants and cultures of the most diverse

On Assignment: Xingu National Park, Brazil  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
New York TimesThey were there to document the devastating effects of deforestation on the Amazon River basin and on the people, like the Kamayurá, who live there.

Man Fishes Out Piranha From Sabana Park Pond  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
Inside Costa RicaTo guarantee a good show for the adventure-loving Roosevelt, local fishermen blocked off a portion of an Amazon river with nets and dumped hordes of

'Aquatic Tales' (NDS/Wii/PC) - Screens & Trailer  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
WorthPlaying.comNow at the brink of extinction, the last of the Arawak tribe must journey to a new habitat, Sisikwa, a sanctuary in the Amazon River, to save their species

Ushering in the Green Season  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
Manila Bulletin...pore-minimizing and deep-cleansing facial care products featuring Amazonian White Clay, drawn from the basin of Brazil's Amazon River at Marajo Island.

The Long Hot Summer  -  ‎Jul 13, 2009‎
Washington MonthlyWhole tributaries of the Amazon River dried up, leaving ferries stranded on dried-up mud and hundreds of thousands of dead fish in stagnant pools,

Planet Green Unveils Slate Additions  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
World Screen NewsNew titles to be added are Big River Man, about a larger-than-life Slovenian who swam the entire length of the Amazon river; H2Oil, looking at Canada's oil

Welcome to the jungle  -  ‎Jul 16, 2009‎
Emirates Business 24/7LAN Airlines has direct flights to the city of Iquitos on the Amazon river. - You'll need plenty of sunblock – even though it rains a lot and can cloud over

Violent Crackdown on Amazon Oil Protest Reverberates Around the World  -  ‎Jul 13, 2009‎
SolveClimate...tropical rainforest running from French Guiana and Brazil in the east to Peru in the west, and dominated by the Amazon River and its tributaries.

20 Predictions of the Future (We're Still Waiting For)  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Ethiopian ReviewImagine gliding over the Amazon River in South America or retracing Ulysses' journeys through the Greek Islands. Picture what it would be like to hover over

Swimming a river to save it  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
Ottawa Citizen...reading about Slovenian conservationist and ultra-marathon swimmer Martin Strel, who swam the entire Amazon River in 2007 for clean water awareness.

A marathon sail - for charity - can one man make a difference?  -  ‎Jul 12, 2009‎
Sail World (press release)Driven by his passion and desire to help the children of the Amazon River basin and his love of sailing, Rob undertook on the 3-4th July, a marathon sail

Owners Allowed To Drop Off Exotic Pets, No Questions Asked  -  ‎Jul 26, 2009‎
Hartford Courant...people from across Connecticut and nearby New York communities who left turtles, snakes, birds, a possum, a large Amazon River fish and a small monkey.

Peru names new prime minister  -  ‎Jul 11, 2009‎
Channel News Asia...for criticism of the government's crackdown on indigenous protesters who had barricaded a major road, calling for land rights in the Amazon river basin.

Marathon Sail (Part 2) - Can one man make a difference?  -  ‎Jul 19, 2009‎
Sail World (press release)Driven by his passion and desire to help the children of the Amazon River basin and his love of sailing, Rob undertook on the 3-4th July, a marathon sail

Rolling down the mighty Skeena  -  ‎Jul 17, 2009‎
Vancouver SunThe concept started last fall after Howard read a magazine article about Martin Strel, a Slovenian who swam South America's Amazon River in 2007.

Wholesale Amazon Stone Jewelry Handmade Amazon Stone Jewelry  -  ‎Jul 17, 2009‎
BigNews.biz (press release)Although its name is derived from the Amazon River, no deposits have been found there. Amazon stone has been mined in Minas Gerais, Brazil;

Peru to enhance security along the Amazon routes  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
Living in PeruWe hope it will be the last time,� she said, taking note that these routes along the Amazon river have a great demand now. Have other topics you'd like to

Marathon sailing effort completed by Robert  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
Fingal IndependentIn October 2008, Robert and three others became the first Irish team to enter the Great Amazon River Raft Race. This three-day rafting endurance race sees

Spend an animal-filled day of fun at adult-tested, kid-approved ...  -  ‎Jul 25, 2009‎
Stars and StripesNo longer afraid, he ran ahead of us to encounter the next attraction, a tunnel under the park's aquarium of Amazon River fish. Kai stopped in his tracks

From foreign press  -  ‎Jul 29, 2009‎
Montsame (subscription)A team of scientists have discovered that the Amazon river, and its transcontinental drainage, is around 11 million years old and took its present shape

Planning a cruise  -  25 Mar 2009
Payson RoundupSeveral years ago I cruised from Florida down the Atlantic stopping at Devil’s Island then into the Amazon River for a cruise up this vast river to Manaus.

Felda to start oil palm JV in Brazil  -  25 Mar 2009
Malaysia Star...a joint venture with Brazilian parties, will soon cultivate about 30000ha to 100000ha of oil palm in Manaus and Tefe near the Amazon River in Brazil.

VIDEO: WATCH KAYAK THRILL-SEEKER'S 127FT WATERFALL PLUNGE  -  25 Mar 2009
UK ExpressThis waterfall, located on a tributary of the Amazon river called Rio Sacre, is almost the same width as a football pitch with 21 degree crystal-clear

Palawan river loses top spot to Amazon  -  ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
Inquirer.netTourism Secretary Ace Durano issued the call on Wednesday after learning the underground river system had been dislodged by South America's Amazon River

Isle extras take it all off for 2 minutes of fame  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
Honolulu Star-BulletinBack in the house, wrapped in a towel and wearing an indigenous necklace from the Amazon River, Schneider doesn't seem fazed by the ascetic conditions;

Travel scene Amazon is 'awesome' and 'almost unbelievable'  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Post-BulletinTrying to describe the mighty Amazon River is difficult -- it's almost like attempting to hit a moving target since so many descriptions and impressions are

One28 sets sail down the Amazon river  -  ‎Mar 5, 2009‎
smudailycampus.comWhat are you doing with your Spring Break? Are you skiing, going to Mexico or just going home? There are at least a few members of the SMU community aiming

Amazon River tops 7 Wonders of Nature contest  -  ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
AndinaAmazon River confirmed his favoritism in competition to choose the world's new seven wonders of nature ranking first in group E, which includes forests,

BIG in the Wild: Inside the Amazon  -  ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
ABC News...nine countries and is the source of half of all rain forest land on the planet, also holds the biggest river in the world by volume, the Amazon River.

Prince Charles To Take Eco Amazon Boat Trip  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Sky NewsPrince Charles is set to travel into the heart of the rainforest today as he takes a boat trip up the Amazon River. There he will meet members of the

McCoy will make a return trip to Peru for spring break  -  ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
Austin American-Statesman...swatting away mosquitos, riding in buses on slippery, unpaved roads and camping out in miserable 90- to 100-degree heat in Peru near the Amazon River.

David Grann's Search For Percy Fawcett  -  ‎Mar 8, 2009‎
Hartford CourantEven though they didn't find El Dorado, they would describe all along the banks of the Amazon River vast settlements, cities and towns, complete with roads

News About Pink 'Flipper,' Drunks and Polka Dot Armadillos  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
DigitalJournal.com...according to marine biologists, are in the family called Platanistoidea The Amazon River has the most of these creatures, but they can also be found in

Top adventurer to train explorers  -  ‎Mar 12, 2009‎
The Times..."I have experienced so much, now I have to give back," said Horn, who swam alone with the hydrospeed down the Amazon River. "I’ve climbed in the North Pole,

US oil company Chevron-Texaco denies pollution charges in Ecuador  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
XinhuaLocal residents have claimed that Chevron is responsible for contaminating water supplies around the headwaters of the Amazon River and oil-tainted water

Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Traced To Andes  -  ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
Science Daily (press release)A large inland system of water has come and gone, the Andes Mountains started their uplift (about 15 million years ago) and the Amazon River was formed

Pink dolphins...not only in fairy tales  -  ‎Mar 2, 2009‎
The PhoenixThey seem pretty normal rather than the coloring and the Amazonian pink dolphins (also called Amazon River Dolphins) are larger than any other river-dolphin

Peacocks put up a pretty big fight  -  ‎Mar 6, 2009‎
St. Helena StarHere’s your armchair trip to the Amazon River Basin in Northern Brazil to fight the giant peacock bass. Who better to tell this first-person story than NVFF

Review | A perilous trip into the rainforest  -  ‎Mar 15, 2009‎
MiamiHerald.comThe Amazon River basin is one of those places. The rainforest terrain is barely penetrable, the insects torment and carry disease and, most dishearteningly,

Giants on the water  -  ‎Mar 6, 2009‎
Indianapolis StarThese plants are native to the Amazon River and its tributaries. They were discovered by Europeans in the early 1800s and known as "water platters" and

Travel the world at Parker Library  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
YourHub.comJose Goncalves will share his experiences in the native villages on the banks of the Amazon River. See their homes, families, children, and artwork.

Fort Myers, Cape Coral restaurants among area spots dishing out ...  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
The News-Press...of a wide range of regional offerings — seafood along the coast, vegetables and fruit from the Andes highlands, herbs and fish from the Amazon River.

Undercover investigation nets 18 arrests in NY black market animal ...  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
Buckmasters OnlineThe types of turtles confiscated included snapping turtles, Blandings turtles, box turtles, North American wood turtles and two Yellow Spotted Amazon River

Colca and Titicaca rise in N7W of Nature rankings  -  ‎Mar 17, 2009‎
AndinaUnfortunately, the Amazon River dropped to second place in Group E (Forests, National Parks and Nature Reserves), which is now led by Puerto Princesa of the

BRAZIL: Happiness Is Promoting Health and Development in the Amazon  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
Inter Press ServicePSA is active along the lower stretch of the Tapajós river and its tributary, the Arapiuns river, near the Amazon river. The beneficiary communities are

Save that drop  -  ‎Mar 21, 2009‎
Sunday ObserverIf you are familiar with the water cycle, you'll understand that the water you drink today may have even flowed down the Amazon river, the Mississippi or

New All Inclusive - As You Wish and Bonus Savings Extend to New ...  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
PR Newswire (press release)December 5, 2009 - From Manaus to Boca de Valeria, Santerem, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos Aires, as well as cruising the Amazon River.

ENVIRONMENT: Quest for the Amazon Turtles  -  ‎Mar 6, 2009‎
IPSTracajás or yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) usually lay their eggs in the evening, between 6 and 10 pm, and pitiús or

A Camping Trip in the remote rainforest of Peru’s Pacaya Samiria ...  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
7thSpace Interactive (press release)...lodge by boat you will stop at a 100-foot tall observation tower to see the confluence of the two rivers that come together to form the Amazon River.

“Amazôniaâ€?exhibit to raise awareness of damaged forests  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Montana Kaimin...“We were actually both involved in a project on the Amazon River that happened like a week before we got married,� Marques said.

Spa savings, golf madness, and more  -  ‎Mar 22, 2009‎
Philadelphia InquirerItinerary includes one night hotel in Lima, seven-night cruise on the Amazon River, and round-trip airfare between Lima and Iquitos, Peru.

Former school board president is namesake  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
News-Leader.comTrips to the Amazon River, Malaysia, Alaska, Idaho and so on -- they have all shaped me. Your voice keeps changing and every new experience has something to

In search of the camanos  -  ‎Mar 14, 2009‎
Vancouver Sun..."Five hundred years after the arrival of Europeans to the Amazon River, this is still a matter of life and death." Sitting in a bakery in Lima,

UK cruise show gathers gurus and giveaways  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Easier (press release)Embark on cruise adventures - Amazon River treks, voyages to the Antarctic Circle, wine tasting in Argentina - at the first-ever Cruise Show in London.

Utah's Real Deals: The Living Planet Aquarium  -  ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
ABC 4Your journey begins in the northern region of South America and Brazil where you will explore animals found along and in the Amazon River such as Caimans,

Lake Titicaca needs further support in N7W of Nature race  -  ‎Mar 2, 2009‎
AndinaMoises Bendezu, head of the Amazon River promotion campaign, warned that Lake Titicaca would be out of the race if this downward trend continues.

The dam building boom: right path to clean energy?  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
On Line opinionFrom Brazil - where large dams have been built or are planned along the Amazon River and its tributaries - to Mozambique, India, and Laos,

DEC's "Operation Shellshock" nets 18 arrests  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
Capital News 9Finelli said, "They caught another dealing Yellow Spotted Amazon River Turtles worth $5000 apiece, an internationally listed endangered species.

A Mission Up The Amazon  -  ‎Mar 2, 2009‎
Jamestown Post JournalMethodist Church recently boarded a Christian Service International and Allegany Region Mission's medical ministry boat sailing up the Amazon River.

New ghost knifefish described from Amazon  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
Practical Fishkeeping...of electric knifefish, genus Compsaraia (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon River, with extreme sexual dimorphism in snout and jaw length.

'Horn with plenty serving those with less  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
MSNBCHe'll serve as a camp counselor for the children of villagers from along the Amazon River. McCoy has vowed not to lose 10 pounds like he did last year,

New Cowboys QB Kitna corralled HSU  -  ‎Mar 14, 2009‎
Abilene Reporter-News...to Peru that he went back last week to serve as camp counselor to the young children of farmers and fishermen from the villages along the Amazon River.

Nonfiction review: "Remarkable Creatures"  -  ‎Mar 6, 2009‎
The Oregonian - OregonLive.comBates spent 11 incredible years exploring the wonders of the massive Amazon river system. The privations he suffered during those years -- unrelenting heat,

Amazon rainforest: Upping the anti  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
Scenta.co.uk...the transnational grain trader Cargill, from using the vast new port it has built on the Amazon river to export its soya from Brazil to northern Europe.

Amazon 'bombshell': Rainforest could shrink to a fraction of its ...  -  ‎Mar 12, 2009‎
Daily MailA house boat is pictured on what was once a tributary of the Amazon river Assuming the most conservative estimates of global temperature change over the

Brazil aims to boost ecotourism  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
Earthtimes (press release)Embratur's Pedroso also pointed to the floating bungalows on the Amazon River near Tefe as exemplary. They use solar power, collect rainwater and filter

Lake Titicaca tops wonders of nature ranking  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
Living in PeruMeanwhile, other Peru nominees including Amazon River and Colca Canyon ranked second and fifth in Groups D and E, respectively.

SPECIAL REPORT 'Biochar' might help ease global warming  -  ‎Mar 17, 2009‎
People & the PlanetSpanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana reported seeing large cities on the Amazon River in 1541, but how had such large populations raised their food on

Looking Back: The 2009 World Social Forum  -  ‎Mar 21, 2009‎
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Considering Belém’s stature as a major commercial center located in the vast Amazon River basin, the city strives to be seen as the cultural and economic

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