Costa Rica gets forest fund boost
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Conservation groups and the US will trim $26m (Â£12.8) from Costa Rican debt in return for forest protection investment.
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Authorities are crediting heavily forested areas along the Caribbean coast with sapping the energy of Hurricane Felix when it made landfall earlier this week.
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Contractors get a boost from a major west African project.
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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund grant of US$ 6.15 million to support the Jordanian government's efforts in ecosystem management.
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World Bank lends to support forestry development in China    BEIJING, Dec.16 (Xinhua)-- The World Bank has just approved a 100 million U.S. dollars loan to help China develop and protect its forest resources, said sources with the World Bank's China office on Saturday.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 8--The City of San Luis Obispo and local land conservationists have raised the money needed to preserve more than 700 acres of land that will expand the city's greenbelt.
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Environmentalists are thinking ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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A fund set up to save an ailing tree that once brought comfort to Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis has got off to a good start, the foundation behind the project said on Thursday.
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Germany gave the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) a six-million euro grant to help the region intensify the war against HIV/AIDS among the poor through education and increased condom use.
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The World Bank said on Friday it had raised a total of $41.6 billion in funds to help around 80 poor countries with grants and loans through June 2011, an increase of $9.5 billion over the previous funding period.
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Ben Ramsey says congratulations to the Costa Rica PHP group on having their first meeting with 37 developers in attendance.   It sounds like they have a very active and vibrant PHP developer community in Costa Rica, and they've found two very supportive universities that have offered to host their meetings and events. I wish that every PHP user group could find sponsors willing to provide computer labs and even bring in outside speakers!   According to the Costa Rica PHP website they had a wonderful response from local developers and found them all eager to contribute however they could. They even have the support of two local universities where they can meet/do work in their labs (even bring in speakers from other countries).
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Brazil's CVRD, the world's biggest iron ore miner, will invest $3.3 billion this year to boost output and move its products faster to port, the company said Wednesday.
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Ewire -- A cooperative of eco luxury furniture makers in Vermont has teamed up with forest management experts at LaChonta of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to help save the Amazon rainforest through the manufacture and sales of high end outdoor eco furniture.
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Most forests in the Amazon River basin grew greener in 2005 even as a potent drought caused the waterways in the region to shrivel to a 100-year low.
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Managers of the nation&#39;s 155 national forests will have more discretion to approve logging and other commercial projects without lengthy
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By John Holland, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 21--Well-placed federal money could help San Joaquin Valley farmers provide food while caring for the land, speakers told two congressmen Tuesday.
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Japan will give $10bn over five years to help developing nations fight global warming, a newspaper reports.