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Can the Ghost Dolphin Survive Obscurity? | Hakai Magazine

Can the Ghost Dolphin Survive Obscurity? | Hakai Magazine

Hakai Magazine — A ghost haunts the coasts of southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. The franciscana, cousin to the Amazon River dolphin, is also known as the La Plata dolphin, for the river in which it was first sighted, and as the ghost dolphin, for its rarity.
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Green Infrastructure: Creating Sustainable Electricity

Green Infrastructure: Creating Sustainable Electricity

Baku — Issues of rising demands on electricity and its strain on the planet's natural resources are a global problem. Forest Ray discovers how Argentina is raising the bar in sustainability through its innovative use of climate-sensible buildings - that is, smart design that makes use of the local climate
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Colombian Soldiers Lead Ecological Mission in High-Altitude Wetlands

Colombian Soldiers Lead Ecological Mission in High-Altitude Wetlands

Earth Island Journal — Innovative army program aims to restore country's war-torn landscapes, safeguard drinking water supply Camouflaged soldiers move through the dense fog of Colombia's Páramo de Sumapaz, a high-altitude wetland overlooking the capital, Bogotá. Although this wetland has been the site of years of intense fighting between government and rebel forces, the soldiers posted here are not engaged in military action - they're gardening.
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Ecologist Special Report: Colombian Coffee Growers Adapt to a Changing Climate

Ecologist Special Report: Colombian Coffee Growers Adapt to a Changing Climate

The Ecologist — Although petroleum is easily Colombia's biggest export, the one more associated with Colombia is coffee. Coffee is both a point of pride and a significant economic driver for Colombia. Coffee cultivation employs approximately 570,000 families, providing 800,000 direct jobs and another 1.6 million indirect jobs, accounting for the employment of roughly 25% of Colombia's rural population .
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Securing a Future With Water Along Peru's Rimac River Valley

Securing a Future With Water Along Peru's Rimac River Valley

The Ecologist — Along the Rimac River Valley of Peru, local farmers have taken the problem of water security into their own hands and embarked on a combined reforestation and water storage project, which not only provides safe water but has empowered the local community and, thanks to improving the mountainside soil stability, has reduced the risk of devastating landslides.
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Ovillantas - used tyres make a new and affordable mosquito trap in rural Mexico

Ovillantas - used tyres make a new and affordable mosquito trap in rural Mexico

The Ecologist — The Mexican Government spends millions trying to stop the spread of mosquito-borne viruses like dengue, chikungunya and - more recently - zika. Could the solution be as simple as a kind of mosquito 'hatchery' made of old tyres to create an inviting breeding ground from which eggs and larvae can be destroyed?
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In The Heart of Mezcal

In The Heart of Mezcal

theexpeditioner.com — "This boom started with the hipsters." Eber Villalobos guides me down an artfully graffitied street in Oaxaca City, talking about mezcal's current boom. "Chilangos (people from Mexico City) come to Oaxaca for vacation and try the mezcales here. Bar owners started bringing mezcal back to the D.F. and made it trendy.
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