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   		  <title>Osa Peninsula - The most biologically intense place on earth</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Costa Rica is renowned for its biodiversity. Osa Peninsula is a tiny strip of land covered in magnificent, unspoiled rainforest. The Osa Peninsula is home to half of all the species in Costa Rica.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Costa Rica is renowned for its biodiversity. Osa Peninsula is a tiny strip of land covered in magnificent, unspoiled rainforest. The Osa Peninsula is home to half of all the species in Costa Rica.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/osa-peninsular-the-biologically-intense-place-earth/2020/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/endangered-jaguars-prey-marine-green-turtles/1973/" title="Threatened jaguars prey on endangered green turtles">Threatened jaguars prey on endangered green turtles</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/costa-rica-developing-country-developed-blueprint-sustainable-future/975/" title="Costa Rica, a developing country that has developed a blueprint for a sustainable future">Costa Rica, a developing country that has developed a blueprint for a sustainable future</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/school-children-saved-rainforest/457/" title="The school children that saved a rainforest">The school children that saved a rainforest</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 11:27:12 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Polar bear politics</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[More disturbing news for environmentalists, with the announcement that starting next year, the US Department of the Interior has granted Shell tentative approval to begin drilling exploratory wells to begin exploiting the vast oil and gas resources in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[More disturbing news for environmentalists, with the announcement that starting next year, the US Department of the Interior has granted Shell tentative approval to begin drilling exploratory wells to begin exploiting the vast oil and gas resources in the Arctic Ocean.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/politics/polar-bear-politics/1622/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/sea-ice-arctic-lowest-ever/2145/" title="Ice in the Arctic? There is some left!">Ice in the Arctic? There is some left!</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/animal-oceanographers-narwhals-explore-frozen-arctic-waters/49/" title="Narwhals used to explore frozen arctic waters">Narwhals used to explore frozen arctic waters</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Cuba! Revolutionary recyclers</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[How Cuba's economic woes have forced its people to recycle and conserve energy with almost revolutionary fervour. Whether the blame lies with America's 60 year old trade embargo or just bad government, the fact is that for decades the people of Cuba have had to learn how to cope with limited resources.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[How Cuba's economic woes have forced its people to recycle and conserve energy with almost revolutionary fervour. Whether the blame lies with America's 60 year old trade embargo or just bad government, the fact is that for decades the people of Cuba have had to learn how to cope with limited resources.                                                                        <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/cuba-revolutionary-recyclers/981/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/america-recycles-day-2012/2242/" title="America Recycles Day 2012">America Recycles Day 2012</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/go-shwopping-ms-oxfam-landfill-waste/1951/" title="Go 'Shwopping' and recycle at Marks and Spencer">Go 'Shwopping' and recycle at Marks and Spencer</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/high-toxins-school-waste-recycling-site/1566/" title="High toxins at school near e-waste recycling site">High toxins at school near e-waste recycling site</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/beer-bottles-clean-lead-pollution/1450/" title="Beer bottles could help clean up lead pollution - Updated">Beer bottles could help clean up lead pollution - Updated</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/business/metal-recycling-boosting-unep-report/915/" title="Metal recycling needs boosting says UNEP report">Metal recycling needs boosting says UNEP report</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Costa Rica, a developing country that has developed a blueprint for a sustainable future</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[How Costa Rica, a small developing country is leading the way in green and sustainable practices, while still growing its economy.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[How Costa Rica, a small developing country is leading the way in green and sustainable practices, while still growing its economy.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/costa-rica-developing-country-developed-blueprint-sustainable-future/975/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/osa-peninsular-the-biologically-intense-place-earth/2020/" title="Osa Peninsula - The most biologically intense place on earth">Osa Peninsula - The most biologically intense place on earth</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/endangered-jaguars-prey-marine-green-turtles/1973/" title="Threatened jaguars prey on endangered green turtles">Threatened jaguars prey on endangered green turtles</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/school-children-saved-rainforest/457/" title="The school children that saved a rainforest">The school children that saved a rainforest</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/costa-rica-developing-country-developed-blueprint-sustainable-future/975/</link>
		 <category>going green</category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:14:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>The school children that saved a rainforest</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The story of how a small group of Swedish school children started a movement that saved a rain forest in Costa Rica. It was just over a year ago the Copenhagen climate talks opened to fervent hopes that the world would finally come together and address the planet's most pressing environmental problems. After a great deal of posturing and rhetoric, it sadly failed to deliver even a fraction of its promises. Filed in environmental issues: rainforests/conservation.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[The story of how a small group of Swedish school children started a movement that saved a rain forest in Costa Rica. It was just over a year ago the Copenhagen climate talks opened to fervent hopes that the world would finally come together and address the planet's most pressing environmental problems. After a great deal of posturing and rhetoric, it sadly failed to deliver even a fraction of its promises. Filed in environmental issues: rainforests/conservation.                                                                                          <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:31:02 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Seeds of hope for the world's rainforests</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[A small glimmer of hope for the future of the world's rain forests comes in the form of a 'miraculous' reforestation programme in Borneo. Horror stories about the deforestation that is destroying the world's rainforests on a massive scale are sadly old news. Every year enormous tracts of land the size of Cubaare lost, and at the current rate it is estimated that the world's rainforests will have completely disappeared by the end of this century.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[A small glimmer of hope for the future of the world's rain forests comes in the form of a 'miraculous' reforestation programme in Borneo. Horror stories about the deforestation that is destroying the world's rainforests on a massive scale are sadly old news. Every year enormous tracts of land the size of Cubaare lost, and at the current rate it is estimated that the world's rainforests will have completely disappeared by the end of this century.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/seeds-hope-worlds-rainforests/385/</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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