Savanna

Why Take a Walking Tour

Sophia Dembling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Derry, Walking Tours, Travel, Travel Tips, Walking, Savanna Architecture, New York City History, Traveling, Savanna, Travel News
Sophia Dembling

I always learn something unexpected when I take a walking tour -- not just from the official tour, but often from the unscripted moments of chitchat with my tour guide.

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The Importance of Being Cerrado: Brazil's Other Huge, Endangered Ecosystem

Chris McGowan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Brazil, Lula, Brazilian Environment, Carlos Minc, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Cerrado, Amazon Basin, Deforestation, Tropical Dry Forest, Savanna, Biofuel, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspot, Green News
Chris McGowan

The Cerrado savanna has already lost 48% of its original vegetation and is shrinking faster than the Amazon rain forest. It could disappear almost entirely within a few decades.

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One Way To Preserve The Last Great Places? Endow Research Stations

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nature, Ecology, Rainforest, Biodiversity, Conservation, Science, Evolution, Wilderness, Animals, Savanna, Environmental Protection, Africa, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

$3 million to endow a research station in perpetuity, to secure the continued flow of knowledge and to rest easy that passionate people will be around to advocate for many voiceless species? That's the bargain of the century.

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