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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Emerging economic expansion in Latin America fuels continued growth.
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The damage done to trees by the October Surprise storm was heart- wrenching, and it was clear from the beginning that many resources would have to be pooled to help the urban forest recover. That effort got a huge boost recently, HSBC Bank sent $100,000 to the Olmsted ReLeaf campaign.
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By DENNIS BUECKERT  OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has tossed the opposition parties a gift tied up in political tripwires - a $1.5 billion eco-fund for provinces and territories that depends on passage the federal budget next month.
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A portion of sales goes to the Global Fund, which finances health programs in Africa.
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Communities and schools are forging ahead with projects to create and improve green spaces throughout the North-East.   The Big Lottery Fund has handed out grants worth a total of pounds 181,010 to grassroots organisations to transform local spaces for the benefit of people and wildlife.
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Mel Gibson has met with the president of Costa Rica to discuss making a financial donation to help the country's native Indians.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 8 -- The news came as a shock to many Taiwanese. After 63 years as a faithful ally of this self-ruled island, Costa Rica was switching diplomatic relations to mainland China, acknowledging that money was the big lure.
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By DENE MOORE  MONTREAL (CP) - The environmental work of Canada's boreal forests in purifying air and water and the tourism dollars they generate are worth at least $93 billion a year, says an economist.
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Plans to build the world&#39;s longest golf course, across 1,200 km (750 miles) of treeless desert, received a welcome boost on Wednesday when the Australian government offered seed funding for the venture.
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Brazil will combat rising deforestation in the Amazon by sending extra federal police and environmental agents to areas where illegal clearing of the rain forest jumped dramatically last year
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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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NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- TomÃÂ¡s Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The rain forest spread lushly in all directions -- covering what oil maps call Block 1AB.
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President Alvaro Uribe has accelerated a program that redistributes land confiscated from narcotraffickers.
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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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The Bush administration's plan to provide a funding boost for America's National Parks is a good start--if the program continues.
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More than three million acres in Alaska would be open to logging under a federal plan that supporters believe will revive the stateâs struggling timber industry.