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Headline	Author	Published	Section
A New Leaf Billion-tree effort launches as new climate reports issued		09 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
A New Leaf Billion-tree effort launches as new climate reports issued Ooh, we love reports. A new one from a team of European scientists says the Arctic and Antarctic are linked by powerful currents, creating a "climate seesaw" that connects the fates of the poles and could help scientists predict the effects of polar warming on climate. A second, U.N.-commissioned re ...
Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, climate, Kenya, land stewardship, news, United Nations (all these topics)

Home Is Best A review of Wangari Maathai's autobiography Unbowed	Shalini Ramanathan	30 Oct 2006	Arts and Minds
October 2004 was an exciting time to be a tree-hugger in Wangari Maathai's home country of Kenya. When she was announced as winner of that year's Nobel Peace Prize, many of my environmentally inclined friends and colleagues were eager to help her figure out what to do with the giant megaphone she had just been handed. Earnest volunteers with ideas and expectations streamed in and out of the downt ...
Topics: Kenya, land stewardship (all these topics)

Who, Moi?		01 May 2002	Daily Grist
Who, Moi? Responding to criticism that his government has overseen the widespread destruction of forests, Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi announced yesterday a plan to strictly enforce bans on timber cutting. Moi also announced that he would seek support from the U.N. Development Programme for a campaign to plant trees. Sounds good, but Moi has not historically been a friend to environmentalists, who have acc ...
Topics: Kenya, land stewardship, logging, wilderness (all these topics)

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