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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can remittances and globalization help the environment?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Globalization and other economic trends appear to be helping the degraded forests of El Salvador recover, reports new research that evaluated the impact of global trade, land policy changes, and remittances on forest cover.  The study, by Susanna B. Hecht of University of California at Los Angeles and Sassan S. Saatchi of the California Institute of Technology, used socioeconomic data, land-use surveys, and satellite imagery to document significant increases in the area of El Salvador covered by both light woodlands and forest since peace accords were signed in the warn-torn country in 1992.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0905-remittances.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forest fires burn in Central America]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of fires are burning across Central America according to NASA satellite images and reports from the ground. Fires have been detected in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0410-central_america.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Red Tide Causes Sea Turtle Die-Off in El Salvador]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Red Tide event that occurred off the coast of El Salvador late last year directly caused the deaths of some 200 sea turtles, according to test results released today by the Wildlife conservation Society (WCS) and other organizations.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0323-wcs.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Poor aid response to storm damage in Central America]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tropical storm Stan has killed more than 120 people across Central America, including more than 60 in El Salvador and 50 in Guatemala, but international aid has been slow to arrive in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1005-el_salvador.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[El Salvador's tropical storm damage worsened by deforestation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Heavy rains and mudslides from Tropical Storm Stan have killed at least 30 people in El Salvador. Widespread deforestation has worsened in the impact of the storm by leaving barren hillsides vulnerable to mudslides and rivers susceptible to flooding.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[El Salvador: Environmental Profile]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An overview of tropical rainforets found in El Salvador.  Includes forest cover and deforestation statistics.]]></description>
<link>http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20elsalvador.htm</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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