Read more Amazon rainforest stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26784/amazon-rainforest.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:39:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70311/lets-pay-people-not-to-cut-down-trees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDeforestation releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, so how about paying people to keep trees standing? A pilot project in Brazil has paid families to do just that, and aroused the interest of world leaders who plan to negotiate a climate deal in Copenhagen in December, the Economist reports. But...http://www.newser.com/story/70311/lets-pay-people-not-to-cut-down-trees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 14:42:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66182/pee-in-the-shower-save-the-world-brazilian-group.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Brazilian environmental group is running TV ads encouraging citizens to save water by urinating in the shower, the AP reports. SOS Mata Atlantica says a household can save more than 1,000 gallons a year by going No. 1 straight into the drain. The humorous ad is “a way...http://www.newser.com/story/66182/pee-in-the-shower-save-the-world-brazilian-group.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 13:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64948/kilimanjaro-grand-canyon-among-7-wonders-finalists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwenty-eight finalists made the cut today for the “New 7 Wonders of Nature” poll, including the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the AP reports. Organizers expect 1 billion people to vote online or by phone before the winners are announced in 2011. Other wonders up for...http://www.newser.com/story/64948/kilimanjaro-grand-canyon-among-7-wonders-finalists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Jul 2009 15:25:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63447/sole-survivor-of-71-jungle-crash-recounts-ordeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe miraculous survival of a sole passenger in the Indian Ocean plane crash this week brought back some painful memories for German librarian Juliane Koepke, CNN reports. Koepke, then 17, was the sole survivor of a 1971 crash in the Amazon rainforest. She plummeted more than two miles strapped to...http://www.newser.com/story/63447/sole-survivor-of-71-jungle-crash-recounts-ordeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 1:57:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62292/amazon-indians-win-repeal-of-land-grab-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeru's Congress has revoked two laws that led to bloody clashes between police and indigenous protesters, CNN reports. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of ditching the laws that opened up the country's Amazon region to mining, logging, and oil companies. Dozens of people died earlier this month when police moved...http://www.newser.com/story/62292/amazon-indians-win-repeal-of-land-grab-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 5:05:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62276/photos-reveal-amazon-tiananmen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGraphic photographs taken by aid workers reveal the extent of violence Peru's military used to crush a land-rights protest by indigenous people earlier this month, the Independent reports. Police are seen pulling injured protesters from ambulances and beating them and bodies are seen piled by the roadside, adding weight to...http://www.newser.com/story/62276/photos-reveal-amazon-tiananmen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 2:39:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61368/nervous-peace-prevails-after-peru-cops-quell-unrest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn uneasy peace has returned to northeast Peru after 3 days of clashes between indigenous people and security forces that left dozens dead, CNN reports. A curfew is holding, and both police and protesters say they want to settle their dispute through nonviolent means. The leader of the indigenous rights...http://www.newser.com/story/61368/nervous-peace-prevails-after-peru-cops-quell-unrest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 7:42:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61210/peru-army-cracks-down-on-amazon-eco-uprising.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Peruvian Army has imposed a curfew and set up checkpoints following deadly clashes with indigenous tribes protesting plans to drill for oil and gas in ancestral homelands in the Amazon region, reports the BBC. Dozens of people, both police and protesters, were killed in the clashes that mark the...http://www.newser.com/story/61210/peru-army-cracks-down-on-amazon-eco-uprising.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Jun 2009 6:55:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53075/climate-change-doom-looms-for-85-of-amazon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagClimate change may be a bigger threat to the Amazon rainforest than all the chainsaws in the world, the Guardian reports. New research predicts a global temperature rise of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit—widely believed to be the best-case scenario even if carbon emissions are slashed—would kill off up...http://www.newser.com/story/53075/climate-change-doom-looms-for-85-of-amazon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 1:40:38 CDT