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Former French prez launches foundation to preserve biodiversity |
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10 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:24 AM on 10 Jun 2008 Former French President Jacques Chirac has launched a foundation aimed at preserving cultural and natural diversity that humans seem intent upon obliterating. The Chirac Foundation will provide funds to improve access to water and medicines in developing countries, fight deforestation and desertification, and preserve languages and cultures that are on the verge of dying out. "I ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, France, habitat protection, news (all these topics) |
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