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Brazil to carry out Amazon survey
2013-01-26 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The Brazilian government has announced that it plans to undertake the huge task of recording an inventory of the trees in the Amazon rainforest. The Forestry Ministry said the census would take four years to complete, and would provide detailed data on tree species, soils and biodiversity in the world's largest rainforest. The last exhaustive survey was carried out more than 30 years ago. In that time the rainforest has become increasingly threatened by logging. The Brazilian government...
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Deforestation appears to rise again in Brazil's Amazon
2013-01-24 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from an increase in deforestation as farmers, loggers, miners and builders move into previously untouched woodland, according to data compiled by the government and independent researchers. Imazon, a Brazilian research institute that tracks deforestation through satellite imagery, said in a recent report that destruction in the world's largest rainforest climbed for the fourth consecutive month in...
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Now we're talking: Amazon buys text-to-speech provider Ivona
2013-01-24 16:16:42| CNET News.com
The Internet retailer uses Ivona's technology for text-to-speech, voice guide, and explore by touch features on the Kindle Fire tablets. [Read more]
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Report: Amazon not collecting Ga. online sales tax
2013-01-23 19:24:48| IT Services - Topix.net
A newspaper is reporting that Amazon.com is not collecting sales tax from Georgia shoppers despite a new state law designed to snag the money from the world's biggest online retailer.
Amazon Signs on for New 1M-SF Distribution Center
2013-01-23 05:52:00| National Real Estate Investor
Amazon.com will occupy a one-million-sq.-ft. distribution center.
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