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The world's rainforests are currently disappearing at a rate of 6000 acres every hour (this is about 4000 football fields per hour). When these forests are cut down, the plants and animals that live in the forests are destroyed, and some species are at risk of ... ; Villagers in a rainforest burn trees to make charcoal...
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www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560...
www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/preserve.html
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Raintree's rainforest website features indepth information on the problems and solutions of Rainforest deforestation ... Rainforest Action ... One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries.
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www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
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The rainforest of Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar. (Photo by R. Butler) ... SAVING RAINFORESTS THAT REMAIN ; The third part to resolving the deforestation problem is setting aside land for conservation. As this site has tried to make clear, conservation will not work without consideration for economic realities.
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rainforests.mongabay.com/1015.htm
rainforests.mongabay.com/1015.htm
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Would you like to hear a fascinating story on how indigenous tribes in Brazil have managed to make extremely fertile dark earth from nutrient-poor yellowish soils, and thus may represent the ability to save the rainforest and feed more people?
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globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/21/brazil-saving-the-rai...
globalvoicesonline.org/2007/11/21/brazil-saving-the-rainforest-and-feeding-more-people/
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They are working on getting certification for their wood from the Rainforest Alliance, and they have one big customer, the U.S. guitar company Gibson. Thanks to their new way of doing business, dealing directly with the customer, they are earning 4 times more per board-foot of lumber than they were before.
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080215205013.htm
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Villagers in tiny communities including Guayabo, Sawacito and Mahor, in the rainforest of northeastern Honduras, used to take part in the rampant illegal trade in mahogany, but recently they have formed a cooperative and learned to harvest the prized wood in sustainable ways.
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web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-honduras-tt0213.html
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If you think of the carton of orange juice and the 100 acres of rainforest as a product bundle, they’re not misleading you by not disclosing the cost of their ingredients, so why should they need to disclose the cost of the rainforest saving?
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freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/saving-the-ra...
freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/saving-the-rainforest-one-glass-of-orange-juice-at-a-time/
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Thursday February 01 2007 ... Once it was easy to fudge and exaggerate on job applications. But now with a wealth of information online, employers are catching the spoofers. WILLIE DILLON reports ... Once upon a time, you filled out the job application form, attended the interview and carefully avoided the stuff your...
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www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/so-you-spent-a-yea...
www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/so-you-spent-a-year-saving-the-rainforest-in-saudi-arabia-52768.html
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Monday that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. (The Church) should ... "(The Church) should also protect man from the destruction of himself. ... A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours.
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www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE4BL2FE2008...
www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE4BL2FE20081222
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