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Prince Charles wants countries to pay 'utility bill' for rainforest - Nov 3, 2008 CBC.caPrince Charles spoke at Merdeka palace in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday as part of a four-day trip highlighting environmental awareness. ... Rainforest film brings out stars - May 5, 2009 BBC NewsBy Mark Kinver. An array of celebrities have appeared alongside Prince Charles and an animated frog in a film to highlight the dangers of deforestation. ... Fund to save Congo Basin rainforest launched - Jun 17, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy Paul Eccleston. A multi-million pound fund to save one of the world's biggest rainforests from destruction has been launched in London. ... Rainforest loss shocks Brazil - May 20, 2005 The GuardianAn area of cleared Amazonian rainforest in Novo Progreso, Brazil. Photograph: Alberto Cesar/Greenpeace/AP. Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest last year ... Loggers and green lobby strike deal to save vast rainforest - Feb 8, 2006 Times OnlineBy Tim Reid. A VAST swath of forest, filled with grizzly bears, eagles and 1000-year-old cedar trees, is to be protected after an unlikely deal between ... Drought in Amazon rainforest caused massive carbon release: study - Mar 5, 2009 CBC.caA study involving nearly 70 scientists has found that the Amazon rainforest is surprisingly sensitive to drought and even a moderate drought can cause it to ... Rainforest the size of England to be protected in Brazil - Dec 4, 2006 Times OnlineBy Times Online. Brazil announced the protection of a huge corridor of Amazonian rainforest today, in what environmental campaigners described as one of the ... 'Rainforest martyr' murder trial begins in Brazil - Dec 9, 2005 IndependentBy Andrew Buncombe. More than 10 months after a woman was shot dead in the Amazon, two men will go on trial today for the murder of the rainforest activist ... Companies could buy areas of rainforest in return for being allowed... - Dec 11, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukCompanies could effectively buy areas of rainforest to protect them from destruction in return for being allowed to pollute after the UK brokered a ... Scientists Find Fossilized Rainforest in Coal Mine - Apr 23, 2007 FOXNewsScientists exploring a mine have uncovered a natural Sistine chapel showing not religious paintings, but incredibly well-preserved images of sprawling tree ... Brazilian explorers search 'medicine factory' to save lives and rainfo... - Nov 16, 2009 The GuardianAfter being plucked from the rainforest the samples are taken to Manaus, ... The branches crashed down through the rainforest canopy before settling on the ... Runners for Rainforest Ejected From Chevron Houston Marathon Expo - Jan 15, 2010 Environment News ServiceHOUSTON, Texas, January 15, 2010 (ENS) - A Rainforest Action Network team of runners that is openly critical of Chevron's human rights record in Ecuador was ... Aborigines win fight for rainforest control - Jan 3, 2007 Independent OnlineCanberra - Aborigines won a 10-year fight for control of World Heritage-listed rainforests on Australia's east coast on Tuesday, in one of the country's ... Brazil can preserve Amazon rainforest without outside help, says … - May 27, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukClaims that Brazil should not be given sole responsibility for conserving the Amazon basin, which supplies 20 per cent of the world's oxygen and 30 per cent ... Greenpeace: McDonald's Fueling Rainforest Destruction - Apr 7, 2006 FOXNewsRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Greenpeace on Thursday said McDonald's Corp. (MCD) was fueling the destruction of the Amazon rainforest by using soybeans grown in ... Ready meals and designer shoes fuelling destruction of the rainforest - Jun 1, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukBritish supermarkets are fuelling destruction of the rainforests by selling beef and leather goods from farms responsible for chopping down large areas of ... Activist nun shot dead in Amazon rainforest - Feb 14, 2005 The GuardianCabinet ministers and police officers arrived in the eastern Amazon region of Brazil yesterday to investigate the fatal shooting of a missionary nun ... Teenager lost in the rainforest survived on TV bushcraft tips - Apr 6, 2007 ScotsmanBy CRAIG BROWN AND JOHN ROSS. A SCOTS teenager relied on TV bushcraft techniques to survive two nights in an Australian rainforest after becoming lost while ... Rainforest fungus could be new source of biofuel - Nov 4, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy Richard Alleyne. A fungus found living in the rainforests of South America could be a new source of biofuel, scientists claim. ... How you can save the rainforest - Oct 8, 2006 Times OnlineLast March I came across a Sunday Times news report about the businessman Johan Eliasch. Johan had just bought a part of the Brazilian rainforest larger ... Prince Charles Dances On Amazon Rainforest Maguari Village Trip In … - Mar 15, 2009 Sky NewsPrince Charles had women lining up to dance with him as he visited a village in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, despite being in one of the most remote ... Nun's killing prompts Brazil to establish rainforest reserves - Feb 19, 2005 IndependentBy Michael Astor, AP Writer, in Anapu, Brazil. Brazil's president has ordered the creation of a huge Amazon rainforest protection area less than a week ... … dedicates $25 million to protect Great Bear Rainforest in British... - Jan 22, 2007 ESPNAP — Jan. 22, 2007. VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada announced Sunday it will spend $25 million to protect one of the largest intact temperate ... Brazil launches rainforest fund - Aug 1, 2008 BBC NewsBrazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has launched an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest and help combat climate change. ... Sierra Club names new executive director - Jan 20, 2010 ForbesMost recently, Brune worked as executive director of the Rainforest Action ... often used tactics while at Rainforest Action Network more dramatic than ... Uganda PM approves rainforest clearing - Mar 22, 2007 NEWS.com.auUGANDA'S prime minister has approved a plan for thousands of hectares of a rainforest nature reserve to be replaced by a sugarcane plantation. ... Rainforest logging given the chop - Dec 6, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldA SWATHE of the Brazilian rainforest has been given protected status in a bid to slow the rampant deforestation threatening to devastate large parts of the ... Fears for Brazil rainforest after environment minister quits - Aug 7, 2009 The GuardianFears for the future of the world's biggest tropical rainforest grew yesterday, after the sudden resignation of Brazil's environment minister, Marina Silva. ... Wife in Bolton saves the biologist lost in rainforest - Mar 25, 2005 Times OnlineBy Russell Jenkins. AN ENGLISH biologist popped out for a gentle stroll through the Malaysian rainforest — and became lost for five days. ... Rainforest Nations Need Aid to Log Less, UK Says - Oct 14, 2008 BloombergBy Alex Morales. Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Nations with rainforests need financial incentives from the developed world to halve logging by 2020 and help curb ... Ten Ultimate Rainforest Adventures - Oct 9, 2007 ForbesVisiting the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, a 250000-acre rainforest in Ecuador, means trekking around 13 lagoons, spotting 60 kinds of orchids and seeing ... British teenager missing on trip to Ecuador rainforest - Jul 28, 2006 Telegraph.co.ukBy Tim Hall. A search is under way for a British teenager who has gone missing in a South American rainforest. Aaron Goss, 17, who was on a school-organised ... Amazon 'bombshell': Rainforest could shrink to a fraction of its size... - Mar 12, 2009 Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter. The Amazon rainforest will contract to just a fraction of its size over the coming century due to global warming, British experts ... Prince Charles heads celebrity-backing for rainforest web campaign |... - Jan 26, 2010 The SunBy BEN JACKSON. THE fairy tale of The Frog Prince was first published 200 years ago by the Brothers Grimm - but in the original story the frog was not ... Ancient 'ant from Mars' discovered in Amazon rainforest - Sep 16, 2008 Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter. A new species of predatory insect known as the 'ant from Mars' because of its unusual alien characteristics, has been discovered in ... Tropical rainforest plan mooted - Nov 21, 2005 BBC NewsA tropical rainforest designed by the architects behind Cornwall's Eden Project may be built in the North West. The £150m plan would see a large area of ... Carbon trade 'to save' rainforest - Oct 23, 2006 BBC NewsCarbon trading can be used to protect endangered rainforests by compensating nations that avoid deforestation, the World Bank has said. ... Rainforest wood at issue in beach town repairs - Jan 10, 2009 msnbc.comMel Evans / AP. WILDWOOD, NJ - New Jersey's most popular beach town is about to make a decision that has been criticized by environmentalists around the ... Project saves Gola rainforest from logging - Dec 10, 2007 Telegraph.co.ukBy Paul Eccleston. A huge swathe of African rainforest has been saved from destruction in a pioneering protection scheme. The 75000 hectare Gola Forest is ... Climate change panel's rainforest claims contested - Feb 1, 2010 Irish TimesRAJENDRA PACHAURI, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), suffered a fresh blow last night following further allegations of ... Prince Charles Visits Conservation Projects Across the Far East - Oct 31, 2008 Environment News ServiceLONDON, UK, October 31, 2008 (ENS) - HRH The Prince of Wales will this Sunday visit the Indonesian island of Sumatra to view an innovative rainforest ... 24 species believed new to science found in rainforest - Jun 6, 2007 HinduFindings confirm scientific value of unique Northern Amazon habitatParamaribo, Suriname (June 4, 2007) – Scientists exploring the remote highlands of ... Prince Charles' Rainforest Project - Sep 30, 2009 OneindiaAre you even aware with Prince Rainforest Project? For those who aren't, it's the initiative that Prince Charles has taken to protect the rainforests. ... Surprise: Rainforest Grows Faster When It's Dry - Mar 22, 2006 FOXNewsBy LiveScience Staff. Most plants do their growing during the rainy season and stall out when it's dry. But in much of the Amazon rainforest, ... Cleaner Air May Threaten Amazon Rainforest - May 7, 2008 Washington PostWEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Cleaner air may actuallythreatenthe Amazon rainforest, according to Brazilian and British climate scientists. ... Life drains away from towns built on destruction of the Amazon rainfor... - Jan 5, 2010 The GuardianStang was an American nun, known to some as the Angel of the Rainforest, shot dead on February 12 2005 because of her fight against illegal loggers. ... Uganda scraps plan to cut rainforest for palm oil - May 26, 2007 Reuters UKBy Tim Cocks. KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's government has scrapped plans to convert thousands of hectares of rainforest on an island in Lake Victoria into a ... Rainforest activists hope slaying spurs action - Feb 16, 2005 Boston GlobeBy Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times | February 16, 2005. RIO DE JANEIRO -- As mourners laid her bullet-riddled body to rest yesterday, environmentalists and ... Corruption blamed for rainforest destruction - Mar 2, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldBy Lloyd Jones in Port Moresby. ASIAN logging companies are openly defying the law and cutting down Papua New Guinea's rainforests, thanks to corruption and ... Cutting down the rainforest leads to damaging 'boom and bust' economy - Jun 12, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukScientists have rubbished logging industry claims that deforestation in the Amazon brings long-term economic benefits to local communities. ... Sting's Wife Defends Rainforest Charity - May 5, 2008 People MagazineBy Caris Davis. A watchdog group has slammed Sting's high-profile rainforest charity – but the rocker's wife, Trudie Styler, says the critics cannot see the ... Bottled Water from the Rainforest - Oct 1, 2007 BusinessWeekEqua's curvaceous bottle adheres to the formula. Moats asked the hot London design duo Barber Osgerby to create the bottle. He even sent Edward Barber, ... Amazon rainforest under threat Photo: Randy Green/Getty - Jan 9, 2010 The GuardianWe usually mean that wide belt of forest found five or more degrees north or south of the equator, characterised by very high rainfall. ... In pictures: Rainforest creatures - Dec 4, 2006 BBC NewsAreas of rainforest in Brazil are being protected under new laws - which is good news for the saki monkey. It means the creature's habitat won't be chopped ... Chester Zoo: Dome Rainforest Ecosystem To Be Built Under … - Jan 27, 2009 Sky NewsOne of Britain's most popular zoos is planning a £90m indoor rainforest as part of a major transformation. Chester Zoo is hoping to become Europe's largest ... Competing claims on Brazil's rainforest - Aug 27, 2005 TVNZBrazil says the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is slowing, but environmental groups suggest much of the reduction is due to a slump in farming ... Man plunges from rainforest tower - Jan 10, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldA man has died after falling from a rainforest canopy research tower in far north Queensland. The 63-year-old man's body was found by his wife at Cape ... Colombian drug cartels blamed for the destruction of rainforest - May 22, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukDrug cultivation is the biggest cause of deforestation in Colombia with 741000 acres of rainforest cleared every year, the country's vice-president has said ... Uganda shelves plan to give rainforest to cane farm - May 22, 2007 Reuters UKBy Tim Cocks. KAMPALA, May 22 (Reuters) - Uganda's cabinet has suspended a proposal to give away part of a rainforest to a sugarcane grower, the environment ... Not to be sniffed at? Snorting coke destroys the rainforest, claim... - Dec 13, 2009 Daily MailBy Anny Shaw. Teaming up with Greenpeace, the police plan to spread the message that for every gram of cocaine made, four square metres of rainforest are ... Biofuel requirements for cars may help destroy the rainforest,... - Jan 29, 2010 Telegraph.co.ukUsing biofuel in vehicles could be destructive to the rainforest as well as leading to higher green house gas emissions than using just petrol and diesel, ... The Amazon Rainforest 2005 - May 20, 2005 IndependentBy the numbers... 750 The number of tree species in a 16 sq mile slice of Amazon forest. In the same area there are also 125 species of mammals, ... Unilever accused over rainforest destruction - Apr 21, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy Charles Clover, Environment Editor. The company behind brands such as Flora, Persil, Dove, Knorr and Walls has been accused of one of the greatest ... Cassowaries still at risk as rainforest recovers from Larry - Sep 27, 2007 ABC Online - ABC OnlineScientists say most of the far north Queensland rainforest that was shredded by Cyclone Larry in March last year has bounced back. ... Girl, 9, gives birth in Amazon rainforest - Jul 8, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldA nine-year-old girl of the Apurina tribe in Brazil's Amazon rainforest gave birth to a baby earlier this week and doctors said on Friday police were ... Ecosia users save '2000 sq m' of rainforest a year - Dec 5, 2009 NEWS.com.auA NEW Ecosia search engine is counting on the world's fascination with the internet to help save Brazilian rainforests and battle global warming. ... Panaewa Rainforest Zoo - Reviews and Ratings of Sights in Hawaii (The... - Jan 24, 2010 New York TimesThis 12-acre zoo, nestled in the heart of the Panaewa Forest Reserve south of Hilo, is the only outdoor rainforest zoo in the United States. ... If they build it, maybe they'll come; A rainforest in Iowa? A vision... - Jun 5, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam ResearchIf they build it, maybe they'll come; A rainforest in Iowa? A vision to create one draws hopes and jeers.(NEWS) ... find Star Tribune (Minneapolis, ... Bushfire tears through rainforest - Mar 17, 2008 NEWS.com.auAUSTRALIA'S largest temperate rainforest is under threat, with bushfires ravaging the Tarkine region in Tasmania's northwest. ... Without protection, Amazon rainforest faces huge loss: scientists - Mar 22, 2006 CBC.caAbout 40 per cent of the rainforest in the Amazon could be destroyed by 2050 unless Brazil adds measures to protect trees on private land, scientists say. ... Norway govt to spend 130 mln nkr to protect Amazon rainforest - Oct 30, 2007 ForbesOSLO (Thomson Financial) - Norway will grant 130 mln nkr towards the protection of the Amazon rainforest, the destruction of which is increasing greenhouse ... Pay-to-protect plan for Ecuadorian rainforest on the brink - Jan 15, 2010 The GuardianThe Yasuni national park contains a safe haven for indigenous people who have chosen to live in isolation. Photograph: Mauro Burzio/Gobierno Municipal de ... G20 summit: Prince convenes rainforest meeting - Mar 31, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukBy Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent. Halting deforestation is likely to be a key part of any international deal to tackle climate change. ... Out of the rainforest, a mouse-sized link to Man - Aug 10, 2005 Telegraph.co.ukBy Roger Highfield, Science Editor. This mouse-sized lemur is one of two newly discovered species that are distant relatives of man's ancestors and could ... Indonesia proposes rainforest nations climate group - Sep 2, 2007 ForbesJAKARTA Thomson Financial - Indonesia has proposed that eight countries that are home to some 80 percent of the world's tropical rainforests join diplomatic ... Top architect heads up rainforest - Nov 12, 2006 BBC NewsPlans for a giant indoor rainforest in Blackpool are being drawn up by the architect who won the competition to replace the twin towers in New York. ... Brazil Protects Vast New Areas of Amazon Rainforest - Jun 6, 2008 Environment News ServiceBRASILIA, Brazil, June 6, 2008 (ENS) - Brazil commemorated World Environment Day yesterday by signing into existence four new protected areas, three of them ... Tribes to rescue after rainforest plane crash - Nov 1, 2009 ScotsmanBy Raymond Colitt. AMAZON tribes who rarely encounter outsiders have saved the lives of nine people after a Brazilian plane crashed. ... Two glittering stars on one day in the rainforest. Just how lucky is... - Aug 6, 2005 Times OnlineTHERE ARE two kinds of luck. The first comes from work, from the hours put in, from the ability to recognise and seize an opportunity. ... Huge hydroelectric dam approved in Brazil's Amazon - Feb 2, 2010 Reuters IndiaBrazil granted an environmental license on Monday for the construction of a controversial hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. ... New bid to save Amazon rainforest - Jan 25, 2008 BBC NewsThe Amazon rainforest is being given extra protection, because the Brazilian government is worried about how quickly it is being destroyed. ... Brazil makes 'rainforest' condoms - Apr 8, 2008 BBC NewsBy Gary Duffy. The health ministry says the move will help preserve the largest rainforest in the world. It will also cut dependence on imported ... Rainforest in Cape York area declared a national park - Aug 6, 2008 NEWS.com.auBy Steven Wardill. AUSTRALIA'S most pristine rainforest has finally been protected, almost 30 years after the Queensland Government was first warned it ... Fisher-Price recalls RainForest Portable Play Yards - Jan 15, 2009 Toronto SunBy THE CANADIAN PRESS. Fisher-Price, Inc. is recalling the RainForest Portable Play Yard manufactured by Simplicity Inc. and SFCA Inc., including about 1000 ... Feds intend to spend $30M on BC rainforest - Jan 21, 2007 CTV.caVANCOUVER — The Conservative government has announced it intends to contribute $30 million to protect the area of land on BC's Central Coast known as the ... BC's 'Great Bear Rainforest' gets protection - Mar 31, 2009 Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle Post IntelligencerBy JOEL CONNELLY. When the whole world is watching, your market is global, and your government is up for re-election, doing the "Green" thing can be good ... Sting, Brian Wilson Rock a Family Affair at Carnegie Hall for Rainfore... - May 9, 2008 Rolling StoneThe show was nothing but a scam, just like what Sting's rainforest fund apparently is. I wanted a refund for this pathetic, last minute, no effort benefit ... Armchair army to save the Amazon rainforest - Nov 22, 2009 Times OnlineSPEND a pound and save the rainforest. A conservation group led by a millionaire sports tycoon and a former Labour minister is launching an appeal today to ... Cocaine destroying rainforest - Nov 20, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldBELFAST: Four square metres of rainforest are destroyed for every gram of cocaine snorted, a conference of senior British police officers has been told. ... Naked man found in north Queensland rainforest - Nov 18, 2008 NEWS.com.auA NAKED man was found in dense rainforest south of Cairns in a bizarre rescue that left searchers, including a teenage boy, scratching their heads. ... Helping Brazil help us - Nov 12, 2009 Indian ExpressRight now people protecting the rainforest are paid a pittance — compared with ... Brazil has already set aside 43 per cent of the Amazon rainforest for ... Conservation and banking groups team up for rainforest project - Jun 24, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy Paul Eccleston. The world's oldest conservation group has teamed up with a major banking group in a rainforest protection project. ... How much is a rainforest worth? - Dec 3, 2005 New ScientistHOW much is a rainforest worth? That's the question a group of 10 developing nations have posed at international climate negotiations this week. ... Crane reveals rainforest wonders - Apr 27, 2006 BBC NewsScientists using a crane to explore above the Australian rainforest are finding out loads of new information from the treetops. ... Rainforest road approved - Feb 4, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldA controversial tourism road has been approved for one of Australia's premier wildernesses in Tasmania. The Tarkine, in the state's north-west, ... Rainforest in SW China felled for rubber plantations - Apr 3, 2009 央视国际BEIJING, April 3 -- A rainforest in southwest China is being felled to make room for profitable rubber plantations. Every year 150000 hectares of rainforest ... Rasta Pasta Rainforest Café - Jan 25, 2010 New York TimesThis is a perennially popular place on Caye Caulker. The food is excellent, the menu eclectic, the portions huge, the prices right, and the service friendly ... Uganda scraps controversial rainforest plan-report - Oct 17, 2007 Reuters AlertNetKAMPALA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Uganda has agreed to scrap an unpopular plan to give a swath of protected rainforest to a sugar planter, the independent Daily ... … in the middle of a downpour in a rainforest, orangutan Noreen... - Aug 18, 2007 Toronto StarTHE SEPILOK Orangutan Sanctuary (sabah.edu.my) is 24 kilometres from Sandakan in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo. ... Search crews canvas Cameroon rainforest for jet that crashed - May 6, 2007 HinduLolodorf (Cameroon), May 6. (AP): Rescuers searched a densely forested region overnight in southern Cameroon for a Kenya-bound flight that crashed with 114 ... Pee in the shower to save the rainforest - 06 Aug 2009 San Francisco ChronicleAs water becomes an increasingly hot topic, there's more and more public discourse about a private act: peeing. In the 80s, Western US states brought in the Amazon rainforest devestation continues - 06 Aug 2009 Click GreenPublished Thu 06 Aug 2009 13:32 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest was four times higher in June than the previous month, according to Southeast Alaska Support Group Listings - 06 Aug 2009 Capital City WeeklyAl-Anon Juneau, Sunday, 11 am-Noon at Rainforest Activity Center, 3240 Hospital Drive and 7:30-8:30 pm at Public Health Bldg, 3412 Glacier Hwy; Haneisen: Flushing good vehicles away - 06 Aug 2009 Milford Daily NewsAn organization in Brazil - yes, the same South American country criticized for slash and burn agriculture practices in the rainforest - has started a truly Indoor rain forest ready to mark 10th anniversary in Vernon Hills - 06 Aug 2009 Vernon Hills ReviewEvery morning Berger wakes up, she's greeted by the treetops of the indoor rainforest below - and she couldn't be happier. "You're surrounded by beauty," Borneo rainforest communities mount anti-logging protests - 06 Aug 2009 Cool EarthIndigenous communities in Borneo have set up blockades to prevent logging companies from gaining access to their rainforest homelands. An enriching vacation: Students go to school in the summer - 06 Aug 2009 Saugus AdvertiserOne of the big highlights in the month-long program included a visit from Rainforest Reptiles of Beverly. Wildlife experts brought in animals that live in a Caring for earth unites new YS family - 06 Aug 2009 Yellow Springs NewsShe works from home for the Rainforest Alliance, a New York-based conservation group, and spends the majority of her days making phone calls and sending Hilo Zoo Offers Unique Animal Exhibits - 06 Aug 2009 KHON2The Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens is the only one of its kind in the nation. Along with the usual zoo inhabitants like monkeys and sloths, What's On! - 06 Aug 2009 Canada.comHelp support the local Rainforest Dance Society by attending a dance workshop with local teacher Sarah Hogan on Sun., Aug. 9 at the Tofino Community Hall. Sacrificing for the future: Dept - 06 Aug 2009 Daily Express...of the future generation," he said, after attending the launching of HSBC Malaysia Rainforest-Carbon Project in Danum Valley at Hyatt Regency Kinabalu. Burning issues - 06 Aug 2009 EconomistTHIS month Jennifer Balch will head into the Amazon rainforest of Mato Grosso state, in Brazil. She intends to set fire to it and find out what happens. Who will protect the legacies of Pina Bausch and Merce Cunningham? - 06 Aug 2009 guardian.co.ukNext year, Rambert will acquire their 10th Cunningham piece, Rainforest. Yet however deeply Baldwin admires the repertory, he can only stage a limited Nike's New Leather Policy: No Sourcing From Amazon Rainforest - Jul 23, 2009 ReutersBy GreenBiz Staff - GreenBiz Staff Following a report by Greenpeace calling out a number of companies whose supply chains have been connected to rainforest Poet Jeffrey Thomson: Multi-Layered Poems from the Multi-Layered ... - Aug 5, 2009 Somerville NewsJeffrey Thomson lives and works in Maine, but he has a great interest in the very Southern climes of the tropical rainforest. Shoe brands get tough on leather suppliers to save Amazon rainforest - Aug 3, 2009 guardian.co.ukCattle farming is now the biggest threat to the remaining Amazon rainforest, a fifth of which has been lost since 1970. New Rainforest Spa Opens at Los Sueños Marriott Ocean & Golf ... - Aug 3, 2009 PR Web (press release)With a concept based on indigenous elements from the Central Pacific Coast rainforest in Costa Rica, the new Sibö Rainforest Spa & Retreat at Los Sueños Timberland Leather Won't Come from Amazonian Cattle - Jul 29, 2009 ReutersBy Planetsave - Matter Network The policy will issue a moratorium on purchasing any cattle raised in newly deforested areas within the Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation is 'key climate issue' - Aug 3, 2009 BBC NewsSet deep in among the southern edge of the Amazon rainforest, the Xingu Indigenous Park seems isolated from the problems of the world. Briefs: PENCIL Partners host school supply drives - Aug 5, 2009 The TennesseanThe Rainforest Café is collecting pencils, crayons and rulers on its school supply drive through Aug. 31. For each donation, the giver will have the Birdhouses: not just for the birds - Aug 5, 2009 San Francisco ChronicleThey're made of sustainably harvested teak that's been certified with the Rainforest Alliance's Smartwood program, according to their website, and they come Alcoa mine to clear 25000 acres of rainforest, suck 133407 gallons ... - Jul 31, 2009 Mongabay.com...the world's second-largest primary aluminum producer, will consume 10500 hectares (25900 acres) of primary Amazon rainforest and suck 133407 gallons of Weeks after bloodshed, American oil moves into Peruvian Amazon ... - Aug 2, 2009 Mongabay.comAfter only two months in Peru – where I sit writing these words beside a waterfall on the banks of the Mother of God River in a ravaged rainforest cut down Royal Mint linked to rainforest destruction - Aug 4, 2009 The EcologistThe government-owned Royal Mint has been linked to rainforest destruction in Madagascar and damaging mining practices in Chile. Backgrounder: Cairns, capital of Australia's Tropics - Aug 3, 2009 Xinhua...sophisticated destination that is an ideal base to explore the wider region with front door access to World Heritage listed Reef and Rainforest, Economy May Boost County, State Fair Numbers - Aug 3, 2009 News10.netThe Morley family was at the fair enjoying the "Rainforest Adventure" exhibit. Jeff Morley said the fair was a simple, inexpensive way to enjoy the summer. Turning wasteland into rainforest - Jul 31, 2009 Mongabay.comThe project, which was launched in 2002, began with reforestation using fast-growing, "pioneer" tree species and slow-growing rainforest species, Alba Botanica Receives Rainforest Alliance Approval - Jul 30, 2009 Natural Products MarketplaceMELVILLE, NY—Alba Botanica's Rainforest ingredients in their new line of personal care products were certified as responsibly-sourced. US approves logging of 381 acres of primary rainforest in Alaska - Jul 17, 2009 Mongabay.comThe Obama administration moved this week to allow clear-cutting of 381 acres (154 ha) of primary temperate rainforest in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, Rainforest Business Institute Conference Models Dynamic Ecosystem ... - Jul 31, 2009 PR.com (press release)Using the abundant ecosystem of the rainforest as a business model, the Rainforest Business Institute teaches principles of productivity & performance that Outdoor Entertaining - Aug 4, 2009 Home Furnishings BusinessOW Lee's Rainforest 54-inch round fire pit with the Montrachet chairs is a hit and has sold extreme well. The Rainforest fire pit is beautiful and instantly A day with the animals: Rainforest Adventures - Jul 22, 2009 Examiner.comHowever, one of the big attractions in this Smoky Mountain development is Rainforest Adventures. Opened in June of 2001, Rainforest Adventures has wowed Brazilian Rainforest comes to Knowsley Safari Park - Jul 29, 2009 PRLog.Org (press release)PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 29, 2009 – Starting on 1st August, Save The Rainforest event will be held in the Safari School building all month. Puerto Rico Rainforest a 'New 7 Wonders' Finalist - Jul 21, 2009 About - News & IssuesThe El Yunque rainforest in Puerto Rico has been named one the 28 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature project, voted on by millions of people worldwide Peru to raise payment to indigenous communities for Amazon forest ... - Aug 3, 2009 Mongabay.comPeru's environment minister now says the government will pay indigenous communities 10 sols ($3.30) for every hectare of rainforest they help to preserve, How Many Square Feet of Rainforest Does Your Coffee Preserve? - Jul 23, 2009 Daily GreenOne cup of shade-grown coffee will preserve more than two square feet of rainforest -- and the birds that inhabit the trees. By Arbor Day Foundation How Renewable Fun set to begin at Stanislaus Fair - Jul 31, 2009 Delhi ExpressA must-see attraction is the new Rainforest exhibit. The 8000 square-foot rainforest is open each day of the fair until 11 pm Whether you walk or slide in When the sound of horse-hairs filled the rainforest - Jul 30, 2009 Helsinki Times (subscription)Jouhiorkestri bring the sound of the Finnish Jouhikko-lyre to this year's Rainforest World Music Festival in Borneo and go down a storm. Rainforest Challenge: Hilux Carnivals launched, new "Enter the ... - Jul 30, 2009 marathonrally.comNews from the Rainforest Challenge (RFC) in Malaysia. The Hilux road shows that hit "pick-up country" of Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) since May came Borneo tribe mounts new blockades against rainforest destruction - Jul 30, 2009 Survival International (press release)Dozens of Penan tribespeople armed with blowpipes and spears have erected blockades across the roads cut by logging companies deep into their forest in Top island rainforest walk - Jul 29, 2009 The Cairns PostWith a circumference of just 1.6km, Green Island is home to more than 120 species of plants, including a mixture of coastal and rainforest plants. Rainforest at the North Iowa Fair - Jul 21, 2009 KIMTYou'll find Bixby and his Rainforest Experience. There you'll see exotic creatures and learn how you, too, can help save the rainforest. Battle to save the Amazon rainforest gets boost - Jul 28, 2009 Click GreenPublished Tue 28 Jul 2009 13:46, Last updated: 28 Jul 2009 The Ashaninka tribe in the Amazon rainforest has received support from an unlikely source – the Rainforest fest a huge success, but needs improvement - Jul 15, 2009 Malaysia StarKOTA SAMARAHAN: Requests for raincoats and a stage which was “camera-friendlyâ€? were among the feedback received on the just concluded Rainforest World Music Rainforest festival draws crowds and grievance - Jul 18, 2009 Jakarta PostThe 12th Rainforest World Music Festival, recently held at the Sarawak Cultural Village, a one-hour drive from Kuching city in Sarawak, Malaysia, Road Trip: Wisconsin / Illinois border - Aug 2, 2009 OnMilwaukee.comThe mall features a state-of-the-art Marcus movie theater and dozens of food options, from fast eats like McDonald's and Arby's, to the Rainforest Cafe. Author looks at Ford's rainforest suburban dream - Jul 19, 2009 WatertownDailyTimes.comAP Deep in the Amazon rainforest are the ruins of what was once meant to be a Midwestern American utopia, complete with white picket fences, hamburgers and Iquitos, Peru: Experience an Amazonian adventure - Jul 28, 2009 Examiner.comThe largest city in the Peruvian rainforest is the most populous continental city that can not be reached by any roads. It is only accessible by airplane or What Happens When Big Corporations Take Over Green Companies - Jul 28, 2009 Daily KosThroughout the rainforest, forest-dwelling peoples whose age-old traditions allow them to live in and off the forest without destroying it are losing out to Merce Cunningham - Jul 28, 2009 CrosscutIn "Rainforest," one of his signature works from 1968, the set was Andy Warhol's evocative silver pillows of varied sizes floating around stage. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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