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River dolphin count completed Jan 29 2008
BBC Wildlife magazine reports that the recent completion of a survey of pink (Inia geoffrensis and Inia boliviensis) and grey (Sotalia fluviatilis) river dolphins in South America’s Orinoco and Amazon Basins was “a triumph for freshwater dolphin conservation”.
View rare chorongo monkeys Oct 1 2007
Woolly monkeys, commonly known as chorongo monkeys in Ecuador, are found in the rainforests of the western Amazon River basin.
Did you know? Amazon Basin Sep 28 2007
The Amazon Basin in South America covers some 6.7-million square kilometres (2.6-million square miles), which is more than two-thirds the size of the USA. It produces about 20% of the world’s oxygen.
Guilty as charged? Sep 27 2007
By Reina Luck, editorial team
Earth-Touch crew member Pierre Minnie’s confession of the guilt he feels when he slices up bits of the Amazon forest with a machete evoked similar emotions in me. I, too, have been racked with guilt while slaughtering those pesky aphids on my rose bushes with squirts of foul-smelling poison, simply because it’s more convenient than cooking up an organic elixir of fresh garlic, laced with a dash of dish-washing detergent and a teaspoon of chilli powder, as our friendly local radio gardener is always exhorting me to do.
Coming soon: Scenes from Ecuador Sep 13 2007
The culturally and environmentally diverse country of Ecuador in South America is the next location Earth-Touch will be screening footage from.
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Deforestation in Brazil slows: Report Aug 28 2007
New figures suggest the rate of deforestation in Brazil may be slowing slightly – though it is still a fast-continuing trend. BBC News reports that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced a 25% decrease in the destruction of Brazil’’s share of the forest (the biggest), between August 2005 and July 2006, the lowest rate since at least 2000.
This translates to saving 600 000 trees. Da Silva attributed the decline to stricter environmental policies, including a crackdown on illegal logging.
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Study counts rare river dolphins Aug 20 2007
A group of Bolivian, Colombian, and Argentine scientists are taking part in a year-long census of freshwater dolphins in the Amazon and Orinoco river basin. The river dolphins of South America are among the most endangered mammal species on earth.
Read the Christian Science Monitor’s in-depth reporting on this study of the rare powder-pink dolphins, entitled ‘A quest to save South America’s freshwater dolphins’.
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