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Forest River Suing Winnebago for Infringement
2016-01-15 22:52:44| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
Elkhart, Ind.-based Forest River Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Winnebago Industries Inc. for trademark and trade dress infringement and unfair competition. Winnebago spokesmen declined comment on the pending litigation.
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Forest loss increased annually for 25 yrs at oldest Amazon mega-dam
2016-01-14 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Researchers examining changes in forest cover encircling the Amazons oldest mega-dam have found that hundreds of square kilometers of forest have been lost each year of the dams 25-year history. The study, published in Applied Geography late in 2015, was undertaken by an international team from the US, Brazil, and the Netherlands. They describe the Tucuruí dam, constructed in the 1980s, as an ideal case for understanding the long-term impact of mega-dams on rainforest loss. Great rivers across...
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Dealing with climate change in Costa Rica's treasured Monteverde cloud forest
2016-01-09 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tico Times: Climate change is one of the most troubling problems of the decade. It already has caused significant consequences across the globe, and Costa Rica is no exception. The cloud forest of Monteverde, in north-central Costa Rica, is one of the greenest tourist destinations in the country, and it has witnessed the consequences of climate change. Since the 1970s, the Tropical Scientific Center, or TSC, has been tasked with recording these consequences in different areas of the country, especially in...
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Modeling Amazonian transitional forest micrometeorology
2015-12-29 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: This 42-meter-high tower, upon which the micrometeorological was mounted, is located in the middle of the transitional forest of Northern Matto Grosso, Brazil. Credit: ULB/UFMT WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 29, 2015 — What …
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Amazon peoples change ancestral ways to save forest
2015-12-22 01:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The indigenous peoples of the Amazon are far removed from the Paris conference rooms where politicians and technocrats in dark suits hashed out a historic deal on curbing climate change to close out the year. But they are taking bold action of a different kind to save the rich biodiversity of the planet's largest rainforest, whose survival is essential to limit global warming. In Ecuador, one tribe has swapped hunting for growing cocoa. Another in Brazil has started managing its fish stocks....
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