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The Kayapó Nation: Protectors of the Amazon (Video)
World  (tags: Brazil, Kayapó Nation, Human Rights, Amazon Rainforest, Sustainability, Conservation )

Ben
- 21 days ago - conservation.org
Because deforestation is one of the leading causes of climate change, not only does this loss threaten the survival of many indigenous communities such as the Kayapó, it impacts people the world over. Often called the "lungs of the earth"...
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Bank Urges Climate 'Action Now'
World  (tags: world, government, climate-change, conservation, environment, globalwarming )

Daphna
- 53 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Climate change will be a serious barrier to growth in poorer nations and must be curbed, says the World Bank. The bank's World Development Report (WDR) urges a rapid scaling-up of spending on clean energy research and protection for poorer co
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Sign Petition: Tell Peru to Protect Indigenous Rights & Save The Amazon
World  (tags: world, violence, amazon, rainforests, indigenous, peoples, protesters, ecology, environment, ecosystems, globalwarming, conservation, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, protection, government, corruption, oil, gas, money, business, corporate, greed )

Tom
- 151 days ago - change.org
Indigenous peoples have peacefully protested for two months demanding their lawful say in decrees that will contribute to the devastation of the Amazon's ecology and peoples, and be disastrous for the global climate. Pres. Garcia responded with violence.
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Global Issues:So What Awaits the World of Women?
World  (tags: Women, world, pollution, environment, conservation, health, medicine, society, humans, activists, culture, children, freedoms, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Monica
- 252 days ago - internationalwomensday.com
48 different women total including cosmonauts, astronauts, payload specialists and foreign nationals have flown in space.So they can fly to the moon but they can't have equality in the boardroom, parliament or society. Surely this is rather parochial?
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Earth Hour: Switch Off the Lights March 28 to Save Earth
World  (tags: world, Earth Hour, lights, Kyoto Protocol, climate change, energy, global warming, environment, conservation, Sustainabililty, humans, habitat, ecosystems )

Tom
- 256 days ago - joburg.org.za
2009 is a critical year for action on climate change, with the world's leaders meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December to sign a new deal to supersede the Kyoto Protocol.
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Ban Marks 2009 UN Year Of Climate Change
World  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, endangered, environment, globalwarming, government, greenhousegases, humans, nature, politics, protection, science, research, world, weather, GoodNews, United Nations )

SirRobert
- 312 days ago - joongangdaily.joins.com
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stresses that this is the UN Year of Climate Change, and is urging Seoul, South Korea to live up to its growing status in the international community.
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IPCC Scientists: Climate Change Is 'Unequivocal'
World  (tags: climate-change, climate, CO2emissions, destruction, conservation, endangered, environment, globalwarming, humans, nature, oceans, politics, weather, world, research, science, scientists, society, study, tech, news, IPCC, u.s., usa, europe )

SirRobert
- 333 days ago - cnn.com
Scientists studying the changing nature of Earth's climate say they have completed one crucial task - proving beyond doubt that global warming is real. Now they have to figure out what to do about it.
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Thirsty World: The Desperate Quest For Water
World  (tags: climate-change, conservation, government, habitat, humans, nature, protection, science, research, suffering, world, endangered, water crisis, planet in peril )

SirRobert
- 384 days ago - cnn.com
Planet in Peril: Billions of human beings around the globe each day are in a desperate search for fresh clean drinking water. What we take for granted becomes more valuable than gold to them, but these circumstances are beginning to change and spread!
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Rescued Baby Gorilla Fuels Campaign to Save a Species
World  (tags: animals, endangered, environment, forests, GoodNews, habitatdestruction, politics, nature, wildlife, world, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, conservation, endangered, extinction, GoodNews, killed, killing, protection, slaughter )

Susan
- 407 days ago - africa.reuters.com
Miza, feared dead as her mother was among the gorillas killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, home to 380 of the world's 720 mountain gorillas.Miza was rescued by her father, silverback gorilla Kabirizi, and brought back ...
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New Law to Protect Our Orcas Here in the San Juans
World  (tags: conservation, protection, nature, oceans, orcasnews )

Raven
- 513 days ago - anacortesnow.com
A new Law went into effect yesterday to protect our endangered resident Orca Whale pods. The new law states that you cannot come within 300 feet of the whale. They will be ticketing those who do not comply. Fees are $500.00.. see article for more.
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PARÁ, BRAZIL, LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE ZERO SPECIES EXTINCTION PROGRAM
World  (tags: world, environment, conservation )

Cal
- 627 days ago - conservation.org
In a pioneering effort to halt species extinction in the Brazilian Amazon, the state of Pará is launching the Zero Extinction Program, the first of its kind in Brazil. The program, part of a decree signed today in Belém by Pará Governor Ana Júlia Carepa
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Until All the Fish Are Gone
World  (tags: commercial fishing, oceans, overfishing, WTO, extinction, Sustainabililty, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution, protection, humans, conservation, destruction, UnitedNations, environment, consumers )

Rebecca
- 653 days ago - nytimes.com
Many fish species may soon be so depleted that they will no longer be able to reproduce themselves. Overfishing is degrading the health of the oceans and destroying the fish species on which much of humanity depends for jobs and food. The WTO can help.
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Global Warming Solutions
World  (tags: ClimateChange, conservation, destruction, eco-friendly, environment, globalwarming, government, greenhousegases, humans, science, weather, world, water, scientists, pollution, habitatdestruction, carbonemissions, endangered )

Mari
- 727 days ago - ucsusa.org
We have the technology and ingenuity to reduce the threat of global warming today. Solutions are already available that will stimulate the American economy by creating jobs, saving consumers money, and protecting our national security.
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A Patagonian Penguin Park
World  (tags: conservation, wildlife, EndangeredSpecies )

Dan
- 823 days ago - thedailygreen.com
The Wildlife Conservation Society and Argentina will create a new preserve for penguins and other wildlife in a coastal area that includes 40 islands. (Photo courtesy Graham Harris/Wildlife Conservation Society)
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Ecuador Seeks Aid Not to Exploit Amazon Oil
World  (tags: conservation, environment, globalwarming, forests, pollution, world )

Maria
- 899 days ago - truthout.org
Ecuadorian officials told an international meeting this week that their government would ban exploitation of huge oil reserves if it was compensated for its effort to save the natural habitat of the Amazon region.
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