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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dell becomes carbon neutral by saving endangered lemurs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dell, the world's largest computer maker, announced it has become the first major technology company to achieve carbon neutrality.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-dell.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conservation groups could augment poverty alleviation in some remote areas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Conservation groups are well-positioned to assist in poverty alleviation efforts in some of the world's poorest and most remote places where they have otherwise been neglected by governments and aid organizations, argues a report published in the journal <i>Oryx</i>.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0730-conservation.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Parks help people to the detriment of biodiversity, suggests study]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The establishment of nature reserves in Africa and Latin America has been a boon to human settlement but comes at a cost to biodiversity, suggests a new study published in the journal <i>Science</i>. Analyzing 306 rural protected areas in 45 countries in Africa and Latin America, George Wittemyer and colleagues found that the rate of human population growth along the borders of reserves was nearly twice that of neighboring rural areas.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0703-parks.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The governments of Britain and Norway last week announced a $211 million (108 million) initiative to conserve rainforests in the Congo Basin.  The plan calls for the use of an advanced satellite camera to monitor deforestation in the region and funding for community-based conservation projects.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0624-congo.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The green movement has to become a rainbow-colored movement in order to be successful]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Van Jones, a social and environmental activist, believes a greener economy not only could save the planet, but also must provide pathways out of poverty for America's disadvantaged communities. A civil rights lawyer from Yale University, Jones started promoting the idea of "green-collar jobs" in 2005 through the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, California. In September 2007, he launched the "Green for All" campaign. Jones recently took time to share his perspectives with Mongabay.com.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-van_jones_interview_mj_ucsc.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The government of the Brazilian state of Par&aacute; and conservation International-Brasil (CI) have established a trust fund to support conservation and sustainable development initiatives by indigenous Kayap&oacute; groups in the Amazon rainforest.  The fund will have an initial endowment of 10 million reals (US$6.2 million).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0611-kayapo.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Madagascar signs big carbon deal to fund rainforest conservation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Madagascar will sell more than nine million tons of carbon offsets to fund rainforest conservation in a newly established protected area.  conservationists say the deal protect endangered wildlife, promote sustainable development to improve the economic well-being of people living in and around the park area, and help fight global warming.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0611-madagascar.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Congo pygmies use GPS to map eco-certified timber concession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Loggers have teamed with indigenous Pygmies to establish the largest ever eco-certified logging scheme.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-congo.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by offering carbon credits to countries that reduce deforestation may be one of the best mechanisms for promoting sustainable development in Central Africa says a remote sensing expert from the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC). Dr. Nadine Laporte, an associate scientist with WHRC who uses remote sensing to analyze land use change in Africa, says that REDD could protect forests, safeguard biodiversity, and improve rural livelihoods in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other Central African nations.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-interview_laporte.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biofuels expansion in Africa may impact rainforests, wetlands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Biofuel feedstock expansion in Africa will likely come at the expense of ecologically-sensitive lands, reports a new analysis presented by Wetlands International at the Convention of Biological Diversity in Bonn.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0528-wetlands.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Defaunation, like deforestation, threatens global biodiversity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Loss of wildlife is a subtle but growing threat to tropical forests, says a leading plant ecologist from Stanford University. Speaking in an interview with mongabay.com, Dr. Rodolfo Dirzo says that the disappearance of wildlife due to overexploitation, fragmentation, and habitat degradation is causing ecological changes in some of the world's most biodiverse tropical forests.  He ranks defaunation &#8212; as he terms the ongoing biological impoverishment of forests &#8212; as one of the world's most significant global changes, on par with environmental changes like global warming, deforestation, and shifts in the nitrogen cycle.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-interview_dirzo.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greenpeace says carbon fund will save forests and climate]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a report unveiled today at the UN conference on biodiversity in Bonn, Greenpeace announced support for a plan to save tropical forests through a fund for carbon and other ecosystem services.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-greenpeace_carbon.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon market could fund rainforest conservation, fight climate change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A mechanism to fund forest conservation through the carbon market could significantly reduce greenhouse emissions, help preserve biodiversity, and improve rural livelihoods, says a policy expert with the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) in Massachusetts. In an interview with mongabay.com, WHRC Policy Advisor and Research Associate Tracy Johns says that Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), a proposed policy mechanism for combating climate change by safeguarding forests and the carbon they store, offers great potential for protecting tropical rainforests.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0519-interview_johns.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global ban on biofuels would lead to immediate decline in food prices]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A global moratorium on biofuels produced from food crops would result in a significant decline in the price of corn, sugar, cassava and wheat by 2010, reports the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0516-biofuels.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Brazilian government will use cheap loans, payments, and other benefits to encourage Amazon farmers to reduce their impact on the Amazon rainforest, under a plan unveiled last week]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Al Gore's investment firm bets that rainforest conservation will be profitable]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Al Gore's investment firm has signaled an interest in the emerging market for ecosystem services by taking an equity position in an innovative Australian financial company.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-new_forests.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. climate policy could help save rainforests]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. policy measures to fight global warming could help protect disappearing rainforests, says the founding partner of an "avoided deforestation" policy group. In an interview with mongabay.com, Jeff Horowitz of the Berkeley-based Avoided Deforestation Partners argues that U.S. policy initiatives could serve as a catalyst for the emergence and growth of a carbon credits market for forest conservation. REDD or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation is a proposed policy mechanism that would compensate tropical countries for safeguarding their forests.  Because deforestation accounts for around a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, efforts to reduce deforestation can help fight climate change.  Forest protection also offers ancillary benefits like the preservation of ecosystem services, biodiversity, and a homeland for indigenous people.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-interview_horowitz.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Papua signs REDD carbon deal to generate income from rainforest protection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The government of the Indonesian province of Papua has entered into an agreement with an Australian financial firm to establish a forestry-based carbon finance project on the island of New Guinea.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-papua.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2 billion trees planted in 18 months]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A campaign to plant one billion trees has planted more than 2 billion trees in just 18 months and now aims for seven billion, according to the UN Environment Programme, one of the backers of the initiative.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-trees.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No sacrifices to ending deforestation in the Amazon, only gains]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Regular columnist and co-creator of Brazil's environmental news website, O Eco, Sergio Abranches has great credibility in Brazil's eco-awakening.  A professor of political science, Abranches uses his unique talents to reach a widening audience in Brazil for environmental, energy, and climate change news and discussion.  He speaks expertly on any number of topics: from Amazonian deforestation to the current food crises to economic and political transformations for a warming world.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-hance_abranches_interview.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Biopact, a leading bioenergy web site, has announced the creation of a "Biochar Fund" to help poor farmers improve their quality of life without hurting the environment.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-biochar.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[More than half the Amazon rainforest will be damaged or destroyed within 20 years if deforestation, forest fires, and climate trends continue apace, warns a study published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Reviewing recent trends in economic, ecological and climatic processes in Amazonia, Daniel Nepstad and colleagues forecast that 55 percent of Amazon forests will be "cleared, logged, damaged by drought, or burned" in the next 20 years.  The damage will release 15-26 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere, adding to a feedback cycle that will worsen both warming and forest degradation in the region. While the projections are bleak, the authors are hopeful that emerging trends could reduce the likelihood of a near-term die-back.  These include the growing concern in commodity markets on the environmental performance of ranchers and farmers; greater investment in fire control mechanisms among owners of fire-sensitive investments; emergence of a carbon market for forest-based offsets; and the establishment of protected areas in regions where development is fast-expanding.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-nepstad_amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon trading could protect forests, reduce rural poverty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Carbon trading from avoided deforestation (REDD) credits could yield billions of dollars for tropical countries, according to analysis by mongabay.com, a leading tropical forest web site.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0226-redd.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reducing deforestation rates 10% could generate $13B in carbon trading under REDD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cutting global deforestation rates 10 percent could generate up to $13.5 billion in carbon credits under a reducing emissions from deforestation ("REDD") initiative approved at the U.N. climate talks in Bali this past December, estimate researchers writing in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.  But the researchers caution there are still substantial obstacles to overcome before carbon-credits-for-rainforest-conservation becomes a reality.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0225-ebeling_redd_amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0225-ebeling_redd_amazon.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil's ecosystem payments system offers clues for REDD implementation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Brazil's existing system for environmental services payments could offer insight for implementing carbon-credits-for-forest-conservation (REDD) initiatives in the Amazon rainforest, argues a London School of Economics researcher in a new paper published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0225-hall_amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon research and conservation cannot ignore social issues]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For Amazonian conservation to be effective it must start paying more attention to social issues according to a new paper: Taking things public: a contribution to address human dimensions of environmental change.  The paper's author, Dr. Diogenes Alves, of the National Institute for Space Research told mongabay.com that "the main point of this paper is that it became crucial to recognize the social, economic and political settings associated with environmental change in the Amazon."]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0225-hance_alves_amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0225-hance_alves_amazon.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Villagers in Aceh, the Indonesian province that suffered through three decades of civil war and lost some 170,000 people to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, could soon see $26 million in carbon credits for protecting rainforests from logging under a deal announced today between conservationists, carbon traders, and the Aceh government.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-carbon_conservation.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
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<title><![CDATA[Borneo's Sabah state will see $32B in investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia put forth a $32.4 billion development plan for Sabah, a rainforest state on the island of Borneo, reports Reuters.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0204-sabah.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cattle ranching, industrial soy farming, and logging are three of the leading drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.  As commodity prices continue to rise, driven by surging demand for biofuels and grain for meat production, the economic incentives for developing the Amazon increase.  Already the largest exporter of beef and the second largest producer of soy - with the largest expanse of "undeveloped" but arable land of any country - Brazil is well on its way to rivaling the U.S. as the world's agricultural superpower.  The trend towards turning the Amazon into a giant breadbasket seems unstoppable. Nevertheless the decision at the U.N. climate talks in Bali to include "Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation" (REDD) in future climate treaty negotiations may preempt this fate, says Dr. Daniel Nepstad, a scientist at the Woods Hole Research Institute.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-nepstad.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-nepstad.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[80% of world's undernourished children live in 10% of countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Worldwide, undernutrition is responsible for more than a third of all deaths of children under the age of five. If a child survives past this age, he or she is much more likely than a child adequately nourished to demonstrate lower educational achievement, be of below-average height, and give birth to smaller infants.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0117-morgan_poverty.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0117-morgan_poverty.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[REDD will fail if needs of forest communities aren't addressed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Initiatives to reduce emissions by reducing tropical deforestation (REDD) will fail unless policymakers adequately address the underlying drivers of forest degradation and destruction, argues a new report published by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Targeted payments to farmers could protect environment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Targeted payments to farmers in developing countries could be an effective approach to protecting the environment and addressing climate change, states a new report from the  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1115-fao.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1115-fao.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[$100 laptop hit with production delays]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The "$100 laptop" -- a computer designed for children in poor countries -- has been hit by production delays and will likely miss an important target date for a charity program, according to reports from InformationWeek and other outlets.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1024-olpc.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
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<title><![CDATA[conservationists need to work with, not against, rural poor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rural populations have long been demonized by conservationists, but this is changing.  Increasingly, conservation groups see that without the support of rural populations, protected areas can in places be little more than ineffective "paper parks".  As such, today community involvement is viewed as a critical part of any conservation program, whether it be protecting biodiversity, slowing deforestation, curtailing illegal logging and poaching, or establishing reserves.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1025-interview_felix.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
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<title><![CDATA[Does palm oil alleviate rural poverty in Malaysia?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While it is often argued that the economic benefits of oil palm plantations outweigh the environmental costs of converting biodiverse ecosystems to monocultures, new analysis suggests that the role of plantations in reducing rural poverty may be overstated.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1023-palm_oil.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
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<title><![CDATA[Successful relocation of villagers from wildlife sanctuary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is located in India's Western Ghats mountain range.  The sanctuary contains some of India's most celebrated and endangered wildlife, including the Bengal Tiger and Asian Elephant.  Other mammals include the Guar, Sambar, Slender Loris, Chital, and Leopard.  The sanctuary is also rich in bird species (nearly 300 have been recorded) and butterflies.   As well, the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is one of twenty-seven reserves that are apart of Project Tiger: a program to save's India's last tigers and their habitats.  In addition to containing some of India's richest biodiversity (recently India has applied for the Western Ghats to gain World Heritage status), the sanctuary was at one time home to thirteen villages that increasingly affected, and were affected by, their protected surroundings.  In 2002 eleven of these thirteen villages were relocated to two towns outside of the sanctuary.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0929-hance_india.html</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0929-hance_india.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Clean energy will improve health of the world's poor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Clean energy will help people live longer and healthier lives reports a study published in The Lancet.  The research recommends a switch from fossil fuels towards renewable energy and improved access to electricity for the world's poor.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-lancet.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-lancet.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Intel may power next generation of "$100 laptop"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Intel is in talks to speed up the processor of the "$100 laptop" for children in developing countries, reports PC World.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0907-olpc.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0907-olpc.html</guid>
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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>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0905-remittances.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Land reform agency sanctions logging in Amazon rainforest park]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Under the guise of a sustainable development scheme, a Brazilian land agency has granted large tracts of Amazon rainforest to colonists who quickly resold the forest to loggers, alleges a new report from Greenpeace.  Some of the concessions were in the Amazon National Park, a national park.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0821-amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0821-amazon.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Laptop for poor children set for mass production]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The "$100 laptop" is set to go into mass production after it received orders for 3 million machines, the requisite number to make the project viable.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0723-olpc2.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0723-olpc2.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Is peat swamp worth more than palm oil plantations?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Could peat swamp be worth more intact for their carbon value than palm oil plantations for their oil?  Quick analysis suggests yes, though binding limits on emissions will be needed to trigger the largest ever flow of money from the industrialized world to developing countries.  At stake: the bulk of the world's biodiversity.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0717-indonesia.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0717-indonesia.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Procter & Gamble looks to poor markets for growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Procter & Gamble Co. is aggressively expanding into "bottom of the pyramid" markets in an effort to grow sales, reports Monday's edition of The Wall Street Journal.  The consumer products giant is formulating products specifically for some of the world's poorest people.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0715-wsj.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0715-wsj.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Intel joins forces with $100 laptop project for poor children]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Intel has teamed with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program, agreeing to contribute funding and join the board of the nonprofit group that seeks to bring low-cost laptops to children in poor countries, reports the Associated Press.  The announcement comes after Intel chairman Craig Barrett criticized the project in an effort to boost support for its own child-focused Classmate PC.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0713-olpc.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0713-olpc.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Pro-poor conservation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Biodiversity conservation is often associated with the protection of charismatic animals and beautiful landscapes.  Missing is consideration of the role that biodiversity plays in the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people around the world, who rely on hunting, plant collection, and other services afforded by biodiversity for everyday subsistence.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0702-cifor.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0702-cifor.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Dorothy Stang fought for social equity in the Amazon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Murder is not a pleasant place to start an article. Destruction of enormous amounts of virgin forest also does not help improve ones feelings and thoughts. Leaving out millions of people and talking about only the rights of thousands is pretty discouraging if you wish to be transparent, progressive and see a future for a beautiful country with enormous potential.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-david_stang.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-david_stang.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Can cattle ranchers and soy farmers save the Amazon?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[John Cain Carter, a Texas rancher who moved to the heart of the Amazon 11 years ago and founded what is perhaps the most innovative organization working in the Amazon, Alianca da Terra, believes the only way to save the Amazon is through the market.  Carter says that by giving producers incentives to reduce their impact on the forest, the market can succeed where conservation efforts have failed.  What is most remarkable about Alianca's system is that it has the potential to be applied to any commodity anywhere in the world. That means palm oil in Borneo could be certified just as easily as sugar cane in Brazil or sheep in New Zealand.  By addressing the supply chain, tracing agricultural products back to the specific fields where they were produced, the system offers perhaps the best market-based solution to combating deforestation.  Combining these approaches with large-scale land conservation and scientific research offers what may be the best hope for saving the Amazon.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-carter_interview.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-carter_interview.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Amazon basin is home to the world's largest rainforest, an ecosystem that supports perhaps 30 percent of the world's terrestrial species, stores vast amounts of carbon, and exerts considerable influence on global weather patterns and climate. Few would dispute that it is one of the planet's most important landscapes. Despite its scale, the Amazon is also one of the fastest changing ecosystems, largely as a result of human activities, including deforestation, forest fires, and, increasingly, climate change. Few people understand these impacts better than Dr. Daniel Nepstad, one of the world's foremost experts on the Amazon rainforest. Now head of the Woods Hole Research Center's Amazon program in Belem, Brazil, Nepstad has spent more than 23 years in the Amazon, studying subjects ranging from forest fires and forest management policy to sustainable development. Nepstad says the Amazon is presently at a point unlike any he's ever seen, one where there are unparalleled risks and opportunities. While he's hopeful about some of the trends, he knows the Amazon faces difficult and immediate challenges.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0604-nepstad_interview.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0604-nepstad_interview.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Plan to bring lions, elephants to U.S. excludes Africans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Writing in the June 2007 Scientific American one of the scientists who helped put forth a radical proposal to reintroduce historical megafauna -- including camels, cheetah, elephants, and lions -- revisits the scheme, reviewing its basic points and refuting some of the criticism the plan received from the general public and other conservation biologists.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0522-donlan.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0522-donlan.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Madagascar's cyclone woes worsen, U.N. calls for more money]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations relief arm today more than doubled the appeal it launched just two months ago to help Madagascar as the country tries to recover and rebuild its agriculture after a series of deadly recent cyclones and tropical storms since December.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0516-un.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0516-un.html</guid>
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