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New prioritization for Brazil's threatened mammals

2013-09-30 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Scientists have applied a species prioritization scheme to Brazil's diverse mammals to deduce which species should become the focus of conservation efforts over the next few years in a new paper published in mongabay.com's open-access journal Tropical Conservation Science. Rather than solely relying on the risk of extinction to prioritize species, the scheme originally suggested by researchers at the Centro de Ecología for Venezuelan birds, but applied to Brazilian fauna by researchers at the...

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Rattlesnake Frontier Answering Brazil's Land Shortage

2013-09-25 19:04:10| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

Atop a mountain plateau in Brazil's northeastern Piaui state, Luciano Curioni inspects shriveled corn cobs as dust whirls across his rattlesnake-infested farm that has no water, power or a phone.

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Product Launch - BRAZIL: Coca-Cola Brazil's Del Valle Reserva Açaí + Banana nectar

2013-09-23 16:36:24| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Coca-Cola Brazil's Del Valle Reserva Açaí + Banana nectar

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Indigenous peoples resume occupation of Brazil's Belo Monte dam site

2013-09-19 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: 150 indigenous protesters have once again occupied the Belo Monte dam site in an effort to block the controversial project, reports Amazon Watch, an NGO that is helping lead the fight against the dam. Amazon watch says that members of the Parakan and Juruna indigenous communities blocked a key access road, shutting down construction activities for the day. It was the eighth occupation since 2012. This demonstration aimed to push the government to respect the tribes' rights as well as earlier...

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