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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Drudge Report, Fox News falsely smear Gore Right wing doctors audio clips to distort Al Gore's comments about cyclone Nargis	Brad Johnson	10 May 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted at the Think Progress Wonk Room. One week ago, tropical cyclone Nargis struck Burma, tracing an unprecedented path of devastation across this poor nation of 55 million, called Myanmar by its military dictatorship. On May 6, Jeff Poor wrote for the Business & Media Institute a story entitled, 'Al Gore Calls Myanmar Cyclone a 'Consequence' of Global Warming,' which was subsequently linked on the Drudge Report. Poor claims: Using tragedy to advanc ...
Topics: Myanmar, messaging, Al Gore, severe weather, climate (all these topics)

To preserve and protect Valuing environmental services saves lives	Jason D Scorse	07 May 2008	Gristmill
As this new BBC article points out, it appears that the loss of mangroves around cities in Myanmar made the impact of the cyclone much worse, resulting in higher casualties and greater destruction. Scientific evidence compiled after the 2004 Asian tsunami showed that areas with more intact coastal ecosystems suffered less destruction, showing the upside of investing in the preservation of coastal swamps and forests, especially in disaster-prone areas. These develop ...
Topics: climate, deforestation, Myanmar, severe weather (all these topics)

A Good Mangrove Is Hard to Find Deforestation may have increased impact of devastating cyclone		06 May 2008	News
Posted at 12:28 PM on 06 May 2008 The devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis, which has killed at least 22,000 people in Myanmar, could have been mitigated if mangrove forests had remained intact, says the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Mangrove forests are densely vegetated and act as natural storm barriers, but many of the forests in Myanmar have been converted into sh ...
Topics: aquaculture, deforestation, Myanmar, news, severe weather (all these topics)

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