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29 October 2003

Community Ecotourism in Malaysia's Largest Wetlands

Hashim is a Semelai, one of the original ethnicities of the Malay Peninsula, who now number a mere 12,000. About 2,000 Semelai live around Tasek

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29 October 2003

Energy Efficient Stoves for Rural Thailand: Less Carbon Dioxide, More Trees

During the first half of 2000, the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Development taught farmers from seven villages in the Tambol Mae Tha area of

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29 October 2003

Environmentally Friendly Electricity for Flor de Mayo, Bolivia

"We´re so happy," said Flora Huanca, who'd never had electricity in her life before last year. "We used to arrive from the fields as it was getting

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29 October 2003

Saving a River, Helping the Sea: Buddhist Monks Work to Protect Thailand's Nan River

The Indo-China Intersection Development Institute is trying to reduce pollution of the Nan River at the source, by convincing farmers in 29

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29 October 2003

Isolated Kenyan Village Gets Connected

Eventually, they will get an Internet connection for virtually unlimited scope of possibilities. Ignoring the scorching midday heat, hundreds of

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29 October 2003

"Lighting Up": Community Action, Global Impact

To build on their initial success, SGP, the Small Grants Programme funded by the Global Environment Facility and administered by the United Nations

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29 October 2003

Selling Nature Without Destroying It: Community Ecotourism in Eastern Bolivia

The surrounding protected area, which extends to Bolivia's border with Brazil, is home to an amazing array of flora and fauna, from endangered

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29 October 2003

EcoTourism Revives Jordan's Wadi Rum

Throughout the centuries, it has been an area of transit for traders. There are more than 4000 scattered inscriptions on the rocks, many of them

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29 October 2003

San Agustín's Medicinal Plants: Reaping the Benefits of Nature's Pharmacy

Over the course of those centuries, the Quechua have discovered that many of the plants endemic to their harsh but beautiful region have curative

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01 November 2003

Repatriation of the Mountain Bongo Antelope to Mt. Kenya World Heritage Site

The mountain bongo (Boocercus eurycerus isaaci) is a flagship species for one of the world's richest forest ecosystems, adjacent to the highest

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18 February 2004

Mt. Kenya Communities Play Key Role in Return of Endangered Bongo Antelopes

Eighteen mountain bongo antelopes, a critically endangered species, arrived safely in Mt. Kenya National Park last month from the United States via a

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01 April 2004

La Voz Comunitaria

Second Spanish edition of "La Voz Comunitaria" (The Voice of the Community) which expresses the experiences of the SGP communities in Honduras. The

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