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Amazon's Stunning 'Meeting of Waters' Under Threat
Each year thousands of tourists flock to see one of the Amazon's most breathtaking natural wonders -- the spot where two great rivers collide, mixing their different colored waters to form the behemoth Amazon river. But the
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Amazon's Stunning 'Meeting of Waters' Under Threat
Each year thousands of tourists flock to see one of the Amazon's most breathtaking natural wonders -- the spot where two great rivers collide, mixing their different colored waters to form the behemoth Amazon river. But the
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McDonald's Ordered to Pay For Making Employee Fat
The McDonald's fast-food empire nets around $22 billion a year by serving its less-than healthy entrees to millions of patrons around the world -- but now, in a twist of irony, they'll be paying a pretty penny to one man who was
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3 Amazon Indigenous Villages Wiped Out with Deadly Epidemic
When I traveled to the Amazon Rainforest in 2008, scoping out the work of non-profit Projeto Saude e Alegria, I
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Amazon Rainforest Teeming With Undiscovered Life
The Amazon rainforest, one of the largest and most diverse ecosystem on the planet, has been a virtual treasure-trove for ambitious biologists aiming to uncover new species. In the last ten years alone, scientists have identified 1,200
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Rivers Disappearing in Drought-Stricken Amazon
In places throughout the Amazon, some stretches of the region's most important rivers and tributaries have dried up almost entirely, reducing the normally flowing waterways to a vast plain of broken clay and mud. For some
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Space Saving Sofa Stores Your Stuff. Is This A Good Thing?
At the Baita Design Studio in Rio De Janeiro, they write about the Safo Sofa:
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Watch This Brazilian Designer Recycle Wood Into Stunning Pieces (Videos)
Rodrigo Calixto is a young Brazilian designer running Oficina Ethos, a Rio-based furniture firm that works with environmentally responsible sourced and reclaimed wood, in pieces often made with traditional joinery
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Brazil to Auction Off Virginia-Sized Section of Amazon to Timber Companies
It may seem shocking, but according to reports by Reuters, Brazil is preparing to auction off big chunks of the Amazon rainforest to timber companies. By year-end 2.47 millions of acres of forests will go
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Despite Election Defeat, Brazil's Greens Rally Strong
While the results of Brazil's presidential election offered no decisive victory for any of the leading candidates, it is still being hailed as a resounding success for the nation's environmental movement. Despite being eliminated
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Marina Silva Wants to Be Brazil's Greenest President
On Sunday, nearly 136 million Brazilians will be heading to the polls to elect a new president, and for a country on the rise with such a wealth of natural beauty, there may be more at stake than just politics. Among the leading
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Amazon Road Workers Find Ancient Earth Carvings
Road workers in Brazil were preparing to pave a highway through the Amazon rainforest recently, when they made an important archeological discovery --
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New Melissa Shoes Inspired In The Amazon + Brand Opening Store In NYC
Photos: Melissa.com.br. Responsibly produced and vegan, Melissa shoes are also beautiful looking and always innovating, teaming up with designers such as Zaha Hadid, Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano for amazing new models. Their recently launched new
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Beached Whale Defies Death From 'Lethal Injection'
For the last six days, a 50-foot-long right whale has been stranded on a beach in Brazil, still alive but too weak to return to the sea - and for the last six days, authorities have been puzzled with what to do with it. Teams of
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Porcelain Factory's Discarded Products Turn Into Arty New Pieces (Photos)
In 2002, Argentine artist based in Brazil Leo Battistelli began working with the remains of a porcelain factory. During the following eight years, he has experimented
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Amazon Deforestation Down 16% Over Past Year, New Data Shows
According to preliminary data from Brazilian NGO Imazon, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down 16% over the past twelve months, with 1,488 square kilometers (574 square miles) of forest cleared. All that tree
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World's Largest Urban Forest Was Planted by Hand
From the top of Rio de Janeiro's towering mountain of Corcovado, at the feet of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, the high rise urban centers neatly tucked along the shoreline are dwarfed by the rugged natural skyline. On these
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U.S. Cancels Some of Brazil's Debt in Exchange For Forest Protection
If only Visa treated my debt the way the U.S. is treating debt from developing countries. On Friday, the Obama Administration announced that it will cancel debt from Brazil in exchange for forest protection. The U.S. has done the same
