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	<title>Ecology Today &#187; Land Use</title>
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		<title>The Garden: A Miracle in South Central L.A.</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/08/18/the-garden-a-miracle-in-south-central-la/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric McLamb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Film Review by Lisa Rosen
The title alone conjures up a biblical vision of tranquil harmony. Nature at its most pure and innocent. The first images of â€œThe Gardenâ€ may be more prosaic, but they nonetheless support that idea. A man, weathered by the years and by physical labor, wakes up before dawn and makes his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 5.10.09</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/05/10/eco-roundup-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 12:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative & Renewable Energy]]></category>
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Reducing Cow Emissions
University of Alberta researchers have identified genetic and dietary factors that could reduce by 25 percent the amount of methane gas produced by cattle. Greenhouse emissions from cows are no laughing matter &#8212; cattle in Canada are estimated to produce 72 percent of the country&#8217;s total methane emissions.
Milder Winters Causing 17-Year Cicadas to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Plant A Tree on Arbor Day, April 24</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/04/23/step-forward-plant-a-tree-this-arbor-day-april-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post by Adam Downing
Virginia Cooperative Extension Agent, Forestry &#38; Natural Resources
With the approach of Arbor Day, we should all have plans to plant a tree.Â  To encourage you in this direction, I would like to recap some of the wonderful services trees offer.
(Note: If you do not have a yard or space to plant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crops in Space &#8211; Astroculture for Earth and Deep Space Travel</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/03/23/crops-in-space-astroculture-for-earth-and-deep-space-travel/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/03/23/crops-in-space-astroculture-for-earth-and-deep-space-travel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric McLamb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture, Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crops in Space? Absolutely&#8230; especially if people are to travel for months and years to other worlds and systems. It would be impossible, for instance, to send along enough food and water for a team of space explorers on a mission to Mars. The reality is food and water production over a full life cycle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Different Perspective on World Data</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/10/19/world-data-seenthrough-a-different-lens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visualizing World Data
Some of the more mathematically-inclined among us have the ability look at large quantities of raw data and see relationships, trends and patterns. Iâ€™m not one of those. For me, visualizing requires something, well, visual: a chart, a diagram, a map.
Enter the folks at worldmapper.org. Using cartograms, or density-equalizing maps, theyâ€™ve created a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Size Matter in Portland?</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/10/06/size-does-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Land Use]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worldâ€™s smallest park, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is in Portland, Oregon.
Itâ€™s called Mill Ends Park and it is a lonely patch of earthÂ that barely measures 2 feet across, sitting in a sea of asphalt and traffic in downtown Portland.
In 1946 City of Portland municipal workers forgot to install a street lamp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norway to Send Up To US$1 Billion to Brazil for Amazon Rainforest Preservation</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/09/17/norway-to-send-up-to-us1-billion-to-brazil-to-preserve-amazon/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/09/17/norway-to-send-up-to-us1-billion-to-brazil-to-preserve-amazon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric McLamb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ecology.com/ecology-today/?p=255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Noting that Brazilian authorities have significantly reduced deforestation overÂ the last years, Norway will contribute US$1 Billion to Brazil&#8217;s Amazon Fund over the next seven years starting with US$20 Million this year.Â  This makes Norway the first international contributor to the Amazon Fund, a major Brazilian effort to sharply curb deforestation of the world&#8217;s largest rainforest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Unity and the Top Ten Environmental Issues</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/09/07/environmental-unity-and-the-top-ten-environmental-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/09/07/environmental-unity-and-the-top-ten-environmental-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric McLamb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
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According to the recently published book, â€œGreen to Gold,â€ by Daniel C. Esty and Andrew Winston, the top ten environmental issues facing the world today are:
1. Climate Change
2. Energy
3. Water
4. Biodiversity and Land Use
5. Chemicals, Toxics and Heavy Metals
6. Air Pollution
7. Waste Management
8. Ozone Layer Depletion
9. Oceans and Fisheries
10. Deforestation

These issues clearly cut across and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Dead Zones Expanding</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/08/19/ocean-dead-zones-growing/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/08/19/ocean-dead-zones-growing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are called â€œdead zonesâ€, increasingly large areas of coastal ocean that can no longer support life.
Fishermen off theÂ shores of Oregon report that more amounts of dead rockfish, crabs and other bottom fish have been appearing in their nets and along theÂ coast line.

There are an estimated 150 dead zones hugging coastal areas around the world. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya Considers Major Wetland Re-Orientation</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/07/25/kenya-considers-wetland-re-orientation/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2008/07/25/kenya-considers-wetland-re-orientation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East African nation of Kenya has a problem. They import two very expensive commodities, sugar and fuel.
Their solution. Grow lots of sugar cane, which would help reduce their need to import over 200 thousand tonnes of sugar a year, and relieve their dependency on oil by producing considerable amounts of sugar cane bio fuel [...]]]></description>
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