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Why climate change threatens Peru's poverty reduction mission

2013-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Peruvian Amazon became a net emitter of carbon dioxide rather than oxygen for the first time in 2012, according to the UN Development Programme's (UNDP) latest human development country report. The reversal of the rainforest's usual role as a carbon sink is a direct result of the droughts in the western Amazon in 2005 and 2010 and a stark reminder, say scientists, that this mega-biodiverse country is highly vulnerable to climate change. Peru, which has four of the five geographical areas...

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Oregon Business Plan: Kitzhaber takes swing at cancer, rural poverty

2013-12-10 04:33:29| Footwear - Topix.net

Gov. John Kitzhaber said wants rural Oregon to share in the wealth as Oregon Health & Science University pursues a $1 billion goal to end cancer.

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VIDEO: Working households in poverty

2013-12-08 14:27:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

More working households were living in poverty in the UK last year than non-working ones - for the first time, a charity has reported.

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Most people in poverty are 'in work'

2013-12-08 03:42:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The majority of the 13 million people classed as living in poverty in the UK are in work, a charity's report suggests.

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Food poverty 'a health emergency'

2013-12-04 03:26:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Food poverty in the UK has now become such a big problem that it should be seen as a "public health emergency", a group of health experts says.

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