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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand's forests could support 2,000 tigers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thailand's network of parks could support 2,000 tigers, reports a new study by Thailand's Department of National Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation and the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1219-tigers.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apes sing for protection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[White-handed gibbons in Thailand use songs as a defense against predators according to a study by researchers at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the Max Planck Institute in Germany.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1225-apes.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[$100 laptop for poor children ships]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The first ten $100 laptops have shipped from their Taiwanese manufacturer according to a report from News Corporation. The One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC) -- the nonprofit group behind the device -- reportedly tested the laptops, which were hand-built, at the U.S. State Department last week. The laptops have been billed as a durable low-cost PC for children in developing countries. OLPC says it will begin production once it has orders for 5-10 million machines.  Already the governments of Brazil, Argentina, Libya, Nigeria, Thailand, and Israel have expressed interest in the machines which have received support from Google, AMD, Brightstar, News Corporation, and Red Hat, but not Microsoft.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why is palm oil replacing tropical rainforests?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a word, economics, though deeper analysis of a proposal in Indonesia suggests that oil palm development might be a cover for something more lucrative: logging. Recently much has been made about the conversion of Asia's biodiverse rainforests for oil-palm cultivation. Environmental organizations have warned that by eating foods that use palm oil as an ingredient, Western consumers are directly fueling the destruction of orangutan habitat and sensitive ecosystems. So, why is it that oil-palm plantations now cover millions of hectares across Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand? Why has oil palm become the world's number one fruit crop, trouncing its nearest competitor, the humble banana?  The answer lies in the crop's unparalleled productivity. Simply put, oil palm is the most productive oil seed in the world. A single hectare of oil palm may yield 5,000 kilograms of crude oil, or nearly 6,000 liters of crude.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fishermen catch 646-pound catfish, believed to be world's largest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thai fishermen caught a 646-pound catfish believed to have been the largest freshwater fish ever recorded, a researcher said Thursday. The 8.9 foot long Mekong giant catfish was the heaviest recorded fish since Thailand started keeping records in 1981.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0630-rhett_butler.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand: Environmental Profile]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An overview of tropical rainforets found in Thailand.  Includes forest cover and deforestation statistics.]]></description>
<link>http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20thailand.htm</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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