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A billion trees to be planted in Brazils Atlantic Forest over the next 7 years: Apr 23, 4:39pm 2 reviews environment, non-profit, forestry, green, rainforests
http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0422-hance_plantabillion.html; The Nature Conservancy has begun a program to plant a billion trees in Brazil's dwindled Atlantic Forest. The Atlantic Forest used to cover Brazil's long coast, but today only seven percent of the forest remains.

Have fun and save the rainforest - MSN Environment UK: Apr 21, 4:14pm 1 review software, environment, internet, facebook, rainforests
http://environment.uk.msn.com/green-living/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8095807; Let's face it: most of us spend a good deal of our workday chatting online. But thanks to a Facebook application, you can now talk to your friends AND save the rainforest at the same time.

Cool Nature Videos: The Nature Conservancy - Rainforest movie: Amazon Rainforest…: Apr 11, 6:46am 2 reviews environment, nature, forestry, videos, rainforests
http://coolnaturevideos.blogspot.com/2008/04/nature-conservancy-rainforest-mo...; Perhaps the most mysterious and magical place on Earth, the Amazon rainforest contains the largest expanse of tropical forest in the world and harbors approximately one-third of its species.

Real Green Weddings: Help Plant 1 Billion Trees: Apr 7, 6:18pm 1 review environment, weddings, green, rainforests, forests
http://realgreenweddings.blogspot.com/2008/04/help-plant-1-billion-trees.html; everal couples have mentioned carbon offsetting as a way they reduced the environmental footprint of their wedding. The Nature Conservancy has just launched a new ambitious tree-planting campaign I thought you might be interested in...

Amazon Rainforest Could Disappear by 2080 - thedailygreen.com: Feb 2, 12:45pm 1 review environment, forestry, brazil, amazon, rainforests
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/6366?src=sem&mag=tdg&d...; If logging of the Amazon Rainforest doesn't stop, the forest could be destroyed in less than 75 years, Brazilian environmentalist Philip Martin Fernside told TASS. Because evaporation from the forest itself creates the conditions necessary to sustain a rain forest, the entire forest need not be logged for the system to collapse.

Friends Green | Search the Web. Save the world.: Jan 31, 1:11am 27 reviews environment, internet, search, search-engines, rainforests
http://friendsgreen.com/; Save the rainforest for free when you search the web!

The Amazon Gets Less and Less Green - TIME: Jan 28, 3:24am 2 reviews environment, forestry, brazil, amazon, rainforests
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1707121,00.html; Despite the alarms about global warming, the news concerning Brazil's crucial Amazon jungle is not good. Once again, satellites are showing deforestation is on the rise. And once again the government has announced a package of measures aimed at halting it. If you think you've heard this story before, you're not wrong. It's depressingly familiar.

Amazon Rainforest Vanishing Faster, Brazil Drafts Emergency Plan : EcoWorldly: Jan 26, 9:29am 2 reviews environment, forestry, brazil, emergency, rainforests
http://ecoworldly.com/2008/01/26/amazon-rainforest-vanishing-faster-brazil-dr...; We're all familiar with the statistic: every minute, an area of forest the size of five football fields is clear-cut in the Amazon. But a report just released from Brazil's National Space Research Agency (INPE) reveals unparalleled deforestation in the last part of 2007. To make things worse, this follows three years of some of the heaviest clear-cutting ever. Despite world-wide attention, the Amazon rainforest is disappearing faster and faster. In the wake of the report, Brazilian president, Luiz In�cio Lula da Silva, called an emergency meeting to formulate a plan for saving what's left of the Brazilian rainforest.