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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....
Japan to Consider Emissions Trading in Climate Change Plan
2015-12-21 23:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Japan may consider introducing national-emissions trading as part of a set of measures it intends to put together by early next year to tackle climate change. The government will compile the climate change plan to fulfill its pledge to reduce emissions by 26 percent by 2030 from 2013 levels, according to a statement issued Tuesday. The pledge was made earlier this year to the United Nations. Two government panels -- one set up by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and another by the...
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Code Change List Shared
2015-12-21 22:47:31| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 52kbCategory: Meeting Handouts
Policy change could alter Confederate-linked school names in Fairfax County, Va.
2015-12-21 21:13:00| American School & University
Revised policy allows board to change schools' names if a "compelling need" arises read more
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Loss Of Large Fruit-Eating Animals Could Accelerate Climate Change
2015-12-21 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Tropical rainforests could suffer if large fruit-eating animals such as primates, tapirs and even toucans were to go extinct, simply because trees can't disperse their seeds without the help of these animals. This could drastically accelerate the impacts of climate change since tropical forests are natural carbon sinks, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA). "Large birds and mammals provide almost all the seed dispersal services for large-seeded plants. Several large...
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