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Putting the Bang! into business

2013-03-07 16:53:22| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

How Tanzania's first lifestyle magazine took off

Saving forests by putting a price on them

2013-03-04 02:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: During the 2013 SuperBowl, the championship game of the US National Football League, a truck company aired an advertisement that likened farmers to Gods favorite assistant. It suggested that when God needs something tough, or gentle, done, he calls a farmer. The narration, taken from a speech given to the Future Farmers of America in 1978 by Paul Harvey, a radio host, plays directly to the near mythical stature of farmers and ranchers in American culture and their deep connection to nature. This...

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Climate change putting stress on Kansas water resources

2013-03-02 05:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Lawrence Journal World: The current drought gripping all of Kansas and much of the western United States may seem severe now, but it is not abnormal for a region that has seen cyclical droughts for much of the last 1,000 years. What ought to concern Kansans more, a panel of experts said during a symposium Friday night at Kansas University, is the longer-term change in the regions climate that will put greater demand on the states dwindling water resources. From a climate perspective, it looks like its going to...

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The challenge of putting Brazils forests in good hands

2013-02-28 06:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: People often associate Brazil with its forests. Its no wonder given that nearly 60% of the countrys territory is covered by forest and it holds about one-third of the worlds remaining tropical rainforests. You might assume that a country like this would care about educating people to sustainably manage this precious heritage. Well, youd be wrong! It is important to recall that Brazil has overcome decades of military intervention that framed the Amazon colonization in sovereignty terms, preaching...

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