What is a Category 5 Hurricane?
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Cocoa innovations could help West Africa escape poverty
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FDA Approves First Pediatric Generic AIDS Drug
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33% of evacuees report experiencing health problems or injuries as a result of the hurricane
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Tropical deforestation affects rainfall in North America
Tropical Deforestation Affects US Climate Tropical Deforestation Affects US Climate By Mike Bettwy Goddard Space Flight Center release September 20, 2005 Today, scientists estimate that between one-third and one-half of…
Builder of rainforest canopy walkways believes conservation can be profitable
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DDT linked to Early Miscarriages – Harvard Study
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Cost of Iraq War to top $1.25 trillion says academic
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Malaria parasite dispersal mechanism uncovered
Key step in malaria parasite dispersal discovered Malaria parasite dispersal mechanism uncovered National Institutes of Health release September 20, 2005 Researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human…
In Niger, 50% deaths among children under five from malaria
In Niger, 50% deaths among children under 5 are from malaria In Niger, 50% deaths among children under five from malaria WHO acts to intervene in malaria health crisis World…
conservation scientists want $404 million to save disappearing amphibians
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90% of largest companies concerned about climate change
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Domestic black market for endangered wildlife thrives in Indonesia
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New measure of wealth accounts for resource depletion, environmental damage
New measure of wealth accounts for resource depletion, environmental damage New measure of wealth accounts for resource depletion, environmental damage Modified World Bank Press Release September 18, 2005 Accounting for…
Missing Gulfport dolphins rescued following Hurricane Katrina
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Number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has nearly doubled over past 35 years
Number of category 4 and 5 hurricanes has doubled over 35 years Number of category 4 and 5 hurricanes has doubled over 35 years UCAR Press Release September 16, 2005…
Tampa Bay could be hit by 25-foot storm surge in Category 4 hurricane
Tampa Bay could be hit by 25-foot storm surge in Category 4 hurricane Tampa Bay could be hit by 25-foot storm surge in Category 4 hurricane By Chad Binette September…
Hexavalent chromium, lead and arsenic found in flood waters
Hexavalent chromium, lead and arsenic found in flood waters Hexavalent chromium, lead and arsenic found in flood waters EPA release September 15, 2005 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released…
NASA Satellite Data Used to Assess Amazon Deforestation
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Number of tourists visiting Antarctica surges over past decade
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Coca cultivation and eradication destroy rainforest
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How to save disappearing amphibians subject of meeting this weekend
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Ecotourism in the rainforest, a guide to your first visit
Visiting the rainforest - a practical guide Visiting a tropical rainforest promises to be a memorable experience. Rainforests house around half the world's plant and animal species and are home…
WCS supports new primate protection agreement
WCS supports new primate protection agreement WCS supports new primate protection agreement WCS press release September 15, 2005 NEW YORK (Sept. 13, 2005) - The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society…
Anti-HIV drug from rainforest almost lost before its discovery
Rainforest plants have long been recognized for their potential to provide healing compounds. Indigenous peoples of the rainforest have used medicinal plants for treating a wide variety of health conditions…
Hurricane Katrina to cost Louisiana fisheries $1.1 billion
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Polio outbreak confirmed in Somalia
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FAO sponsors microentrepreneurship program for Africans villagers
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Virunga hippo population falling rapidly from poaching
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Airline passengers urged to fight global warming via green tax
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Hurricane Katrina Surface Water Monitoring Plan prepared
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New Orleans Aquarium animals shipped to Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Special series
Forest Trackers
- Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots
- Narco airstrips beset Indigenous communities in Peruvian Amazon
- 15 illegal narco-trafficking airstrips found near Peru Indigenous communities
- Satellite data show bursts of deforestation continue in Indonesian national park
Land rights and extractives
- Colombia’s Indigenous guardians adapt as pressures mount on the ‘Heart of the World’
- Illegal miners adapt their strategies in Yanomami Amazon territory
- As traditional forest governance erodes in Peru, ‘ghost permits’ fill the vacuum
- What’s happening with the global treaty to trace critical minerals?
Endangered Environmentalists
- José Albino Cañas Ramírez, a defender of Indigenous territories, aged 44
- A killing with precedent: Kaiowá man’s murder fits a pattern in Brazil
- Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
- Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend forest
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
Conservation Effectiveness
- How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?
- How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)
- Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?
- Failure in conservation projects: Everyone experiences it, few record it
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Flores’ geothermal ambitions collide with justice, culture & local resistance
- An ‘ocean grab’ for a property megaproject leaves Jakarta fishers grounded
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
