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Huge Swath Amazon Preserved in Record-Setting Deal

2014-05-26 20:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yahoo: On May 21, the Brazilian government, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and partners announced the creation of a $215 million fund to ensure long-term protection of the world's largest network of protected areas 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. It's not often as conservationists that we get to celebrate such a big win. I've been working in the Amazon for 25 years originally studying the ecology and behavior of spider monkeys but not until today have I been able to claim such...

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Hybrid electric SWATH design advances following feasibility study

2013-12-10 01:00:00| Ship Technology

A feasibility study around a hybrid powertrain SWATH, commissioned this year by CTruk, has given the company further impetus in its ongoing development of a hybrid electric offshore wind support vessel design.

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CTruk Starts Work on Enhanced SWATH Workboat

2013-11-19 15:22:00| Ship Technology

CTruk has utilised the wealth of performance statistics and operational feedback gained during its composite SWATH workboat CWind Astute's first year at sea to fine tune the design for the next build.

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