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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New mapping system shows how detailed climate changes will affect species]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new computer simulation from the Nature Conservancy shows greater detail than ever before on how climate change will affect the world's biodiversity, according to an article in New Scientist.  In worst case scenarios&#8212;using the example of Bengal tigers in Sundarbans mangrove forest&#8212;the article's author, Peter Aldhous, writes that some species will be forced into a "condemned cell", literally having no-where to go while their region becomes inhabitable.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-hance_climatewizard.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil may ban new sugar cane cultivation in the Pantanal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Brazil would restrict sugar cane cultivation in the world's largest tropical wetland under a proposed plan to protect the Pantanal, reports Reuters.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-pantanal.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Destruction of wetlands worsens global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Destruction of wetland ecosystems will generate massive greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, warn experts convening at an international wetlands conference in Brazil.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0720-wetlands.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kenya to convert 20,000 ha of key wetland for ethanol production]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AThe Kenyan government will allow more than 20,000 ha (50,000) of ecologically-sensitive wetland to be converted into a sugar cane plantation for biofuel production, reports The Guardian.  Environmentalists were "shocked" by the decision.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0625-kenya_tana.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[REDD could trigger bias in conservation funding towards carbon-rich ecosystems]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) mechanism proposed as a means to fight global warming and protect forests may leave some ecosystems at risk to development argue researchers in an editorial published in the journal <i>Science</i>.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-forests_redd.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 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[conservation success story: birds stage dramatic recovery in Cambodia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[According to a report released today by the Wildlife conservation Society (WCS), several species of rare waterbirds from Cambodia's famed Tonle Sap region have staged remarkable comebacks, thanks to a project involving a single team of park rangers to provide 24-hour protection to breeding colonies. The project pioneered a novel approach: employing former hunters and egg collectors to protect and monitor the colonies, thereby guaranteeing the active involvement of local communities in the initiative.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-wcs.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asia Pulp & Paper destroying rare Sumatra forest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Companies linked to timber giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) are illegally building a road that runs through highly endangered peatland forest on the island of Sumatra, according to an investigative report published by Eyes on the Forest, a coalition of NGOs in Indonesia. The road would allow APP and its affiliates to log forests for timber and drain peat soil for the establishment of oil palm plantations.  The action would release large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from one of the world's largest contiguous tropical peat swamp forests.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0327-sumatra_road.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Steel production drives deforestation in Brazil's Pantanal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A steel mill in Corumbá, in the heart of Brazil's Pantanal wetland, is fueling destruction of forests for charcoal and undermining the rights of Amazonian forest dwellers, reports the Inter Press Service.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0211-pantanal.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers have confirmed that converting peat forests for oil palm plantations results in a large net release of carbon dioxide, indicating industry claims that palm oil helps fight climate change are unfounded, at least when plantations are established in peatlands.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1217-palm_oil.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysia suffers big drop in shorebird populations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia suffered a big drop in shorebirds, reports a new study by Wetlands International.  The environmental group attributes the 22 percent decline between 1983-1986 and 2004-2006 to destruction of habitat for aquaculture, agriculture, industry, housing and recreation.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0905-wetlands.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Melting permafrost affects greenhouse gas emissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Permafrost -- the perpetually frozen foundation of the north -- isn't so permanent anymore, and scientists are scrambling to understand the pros and cons when terra firma goes soft.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0810-msu.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China's wetlands shrinking due to global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wetlands on China's Qinghai-Tibet plateau have shrunk by more than 10 percent over the past 40 years, posing a threat to agriculture and river flows, according to scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.  Wetlands at the Yangtze's origin contracted 29 percent over the same period.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0716-china.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[African Flamingo population gravely threatened by industrial development]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tata Chemicals, a division of the biggest multinational industrial conglomerate in India, is planning to build a huge soda ash plant at Lake Natron, one of the most important lakes for waterbirds in Africa. The scale of the planned development is very likely to destroy the ecosystem of the lake and drive away the breeding flamingos.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0716-wetlands.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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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>
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<title><![CDATA[Indonesia's peat swamps worth $39B/year]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Indonesia's peat swamps are worth $39 billion in carbon credits per year, according to rough calculations by Bloomberg.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0711-indonesia.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China to spend $2.1B to protect wetlands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China says it will spend more than $2.1 billion (16.5 billion yuan) to protect and restore its highly endangered wetlands over the next five years.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0425-China_wetlands.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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