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Good-bye dense Amazon jungle?
Credit: Photo Stock

By Mario Osava - IPS/IFEJ

The Amazon Jungle as Vast Savanna

Global warming will broaden the effects of deforestation, which could turn 60 percent of the Amazon forest into grassland in this century, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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In Samaná the challenge is to combine tourism with protecting an endangered species.
Credit: Alexandra Ramírez

By Diógenes Pina

A Balancing Act for Whales

The Dominican Republic has protected since 1986 the areas where humpback whales give birth. The sites have also attracted tens of thousands of tourists in recent years.

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