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·17/6/2009 - New report predicts dire consequences for every U.S. region from global warming, Mongabay

·14/6/2009 - Wisconsin: America’s iconic Midwest forests in significant decline, Mongabay

·7/5/2009 - Snow Cover Turning to Lakes in the Himalayas, Inter Press Service

·3/5/2009 - Corn board says new California carbon rule will hurt Nebraska’s ethanol industry, Grand Island Independent

·22/4/2009 - California seeks ethanol support for fuel standard, Reuters

·19/2/2009 - Arizona: First jaguar in United States outfitted with radio-collar, Mongabay

·18/2/2009 - Climate change doubles coastal erosion in Alaska over 5-year period, Mongabay

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Amazon Deforestation Link Results

·Deforestation in the Amazon 2004

·Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change

·Human Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Forests

·Landsat NASA Pathfinder Humid Tropical Deforestation Project

·Vitae Civilis - Development, Environment and Peace

·Deforestation Mapping Group

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1. Amazon deforestation damaging critical ecosystem services           Rank: 75%

degrade key ecosystem services, such as carbon storage in biomass and soils, the regulation of water balance and river flow, the modulation of regional climate patterns, and the amelioration of infectious diseases." Deforestation In recent years the Amazon has experienced high levels of deforestation, including the largest loss of forest on record between 2002 and 2004. Growing interest in the region's resources and agricultural potential will likely continue to fuel forest clearing and...
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2. Amazon Deforestation blog           Rank: 74%

Amazon Deforestation blog News articles on Amazon Deforestation Weekly Newsletter | Syndicate / XML feed / RSS | Other topics News articles on Amazon Deforestation Mongabay.com news articles on Amazon Deforestation in blog format. Updated regularly. Lear's Macaw: back from the brink (06/09/2009) The 2009 IUCN Red List for birds broke records by listing more Critically Endangered birds than ever before. Despite this, there were individual species that bucked the global trend: Lear's Macaw...
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3. Amazon Deforestation blog           Rank: 74%

Amazon Deforestation blog News articles on Amazon Deforestation Weekly Newsletter | Syndicate / XML feed / RSS | Other topics News articles on Amazon Deforestation Mongabay.com news articles on Amazon Deforestation in blog format. Updated regularly. Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record (08/10/2007) Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon for the previous year were the lowest on record, according to preliminary figures released by INPE, Brazil's National Institute of Space...
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4. Amazon Deforestation blog           Rank: 74%

Amazon Deforestation blog News articles on Amazon Deforestation Weekly Newsletter | Syndicate / XML feed / RSS | Other topics News articles on Amazon Deforestation Mongabay.com news articles on Amazon Deforestation in blog format. Updated regularly. Lear's Macaw: back from the brink (06/09/2009) The 2009 IUCN Red List for birds broke records by listing more Critically Endangered birds than ever before. Despite this, there were individual species that bucked the global trend: Lear's Macaw...
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5. Brazil: Amazon deforestation rate plunges 41 percent           Rank: 74%

percent Today the Brazilian government announced a sharp drop in Amazon deforestation. Forest loss for the 2005-2006 year was 13,100 square kilometers (5,057 square miles) of rainforest, down more than 40 percent from last year. The figure is the lowest since 1991 when 11,130 square kilometers (4,258 square miles) of forest were lost. Last month the government announced 16,700 square kilometers (6,450 square miles) of forest had been lost this year, but revised the figures after additional data...
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6. Amazon Deforestation news from mongabay.com           Rank: 74%

tag:news.mongabay.com,2005:/xml/amazon_deforestation1 2009-06-29T21:49:30Z tag:news.mongabay.com,2005:Article/4689 2009-06-29T21:13:00Z 2009-06-29T21:49:30Z Tesco responds to allegations of causing Amazon deforestation Tesco, one of Europe's largest retailers, has sent a response to the British newspaper <i>The Guardian</i> in light of the paper's coverage of recent allegations that the chain store sells beef and leather products that caused deforestation of the Amazon. Jeremy Hance...
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7. Bad Amazon News: Deforestation Up 21% in Rondonia & Fires Intensify           Rank: 74%

Bad Amazon News: Deforestation Up 21% in Rondonia & Fires Intensify *** Forest Networking a Project of Ecological Enterprises http://forests.org/ 12/17/97 OVERVIEW, SOURCE & COMMENTARY by EE Following are two items that relay more bad news for the Amazon. SEJUP reveals that deforestation in Rondonia State has increased by 20.6% during the last two years. The Environmental Defense Fund indicates that based on satellite images, the number of fires in the...
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