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  1. News story-'No to Pakitzapango dam' in Peru. It would flood 180,000 acres of forest & displace 10,000 Ashaninka people coolearth.org/306/news-32/ra…
  2. Basketball player highlights plight of mouse lemur with 7'1 foot frame-http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0518-shaq-with-lemur.html via @mongabay
  3. Wildlife in the tropics fallen by 61% in 48 years-44% drop on land, 62% in the oceans & 70% in freshwater. From the Living Planet Index
  4. A must read article from the New York Times- "Dam Project Threatens a Way of Life in Peru" nytimes.com/2012/05/16/wor…
  5. Peru's financial loss from illegal logging estimated at $250 million a year. coolearth.org/306/news-32/ra…
  6. Hi @ovoenergy CE's Kitty is visiting our projects in Peru. Have any Ovo followers got a question for CE's rainforest communities?
  7. CE's Kitty is visiting our projects in Peru. Have you got a question about rainforest life? Tweet your Qs & she'll bring the answers back
  8. Despite only 20% of forest left new species discoveries show Philippines shouldn't be written off coolearth.org/306/news-32/ra…
  9. Investigators believe $90 million laundered from logging companies in Sabah to high-ranking Malaysian officials. facebook.com/coolearth
  10. @edenproject doesn't the governments failure to act suggest that grass roots and ground up approaches are the answer- not top down?
  11. @edenproject Interesting lack in rainforest knowledge- majority of room hadn't heard of REDD+ simon from rainforest foundation- doesn't work
  12. Cool Earth's at @edenproject for the #rainforest debate. Looking forward to a great discussion on the future of conservation
  13. A new gecko, Nactus kunan, discovered in Papua New Guinea. 'Kunan' means 'bumblebee' in the local Nali language. twitter.com/coolearth/stat…
  14. 50% of Peru's rainforest is allocated to oil & gas concessions. 1/2 of these intrude into indigenous people's land coolearth.org/306/news-32/ra…
  15. Clearing 1 acre of rainforest releases 260 tonnes of CO2- the same as driving 800,000 miles- that's 32 times round the world!
  16. Great Photo @lizbrit6492 :-) Looks like she is enjoying the 'Tree Love' twitter.com/lizbrit6492/st… Thanks for sending!
  17. A perfect #friday photo- a mother orangutan nurturing her offspring. twitter.com/coolearth/stat…
  18. Europe and the US have emitted half of all CO2 ever emitted. US = 339,174.0 million tonnes India = 28,824.4 MT carbonmap.org