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			<title><![CDATA[Parks Protect Amazon in Perul]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology studying satellite date have found that only 1 to 2 percent of forest disturbance in the Peruvian Amazon occured in protected areas, which means that land-use and conservation policies have been successful  Protected areas are 18 times more effective at reducing deforestatio than unprotected areas]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:32:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cuba to Plant 135 Million Trees]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The UN Environment Program (UNEP) international tree planting campaign, "Plant for the Planet:Billion Tree Campaign", aimed at recovering forests globally has begun garnering support One nation that has embraced the concept is Cuba, which will plant 135 million trees this year to recover forests in the Caribbean country]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:18:52 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brazil Cerrado Being Destroyed]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The cerrado, a wooded grassland that once spanned 204 million hectares, half the size of Europe, is quickly being changed into croplands to meet rising demand for soybeans, sugarcane, and cattleAccording to a Brazilian expert on the savannah ecosystem, the cerrado is now disappearing at a breakneck rate, twice that of the Amazon rainforest]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (L.S. Sya)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:54:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coal And Forest Preservation]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The recent conference on global deforestation held in Sydney co hosted by the Australian Ministers for Environment and Foreign Affairs drew a crowd of ministers, officials from all over the world and international development agencies Preservation of natural forests was proven to be of particular interest, especially when it is largely believed that deforestation contributes about 20% of greenhouse gas emissions]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:32:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
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