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How an Amazonian Tribe Is Mastering the Modern World

Spiegel Online reports here: The Surui people from the Brazilian rainforest are fighting to stop the destruction of their homeland. But instead of bows and arrows, they are using the Internet, GPS and Google Earth. Next they plan to start carbon emissions trading.

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Amazon dam delay overturned by Brazil judge

AP reports here at Yahoo News: BRASILIA, Brazil – A judge on Friday overturned a decision that could have delayed construction of a huge Amazon dam opposed by environmentalists, Indians and the director of “Avatar.”

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Brazil sets example on halting forest loss

The WWF reports here at panda.org: The recent announcement by Brazil – one of the world’s top emitters of greenhouse gases from deforestation – that it is adopting new emissions reduction targets could help steer negotiators in Copenhagen toward a stronger climate change deal.

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