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Long Gone From Theaters, 'Avatar' Plays On as Protest Symbol

(July 30) -- James Cameron's 3D sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar" has crossed the threshold into the real world again this week in a London protest featuring blue-painted activists railing against a proposed mining operation by a British company that would displace hundreds of native Indians from their ancestral homeland (in...

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Explore the Amazon with Google Street View

Yesterday, in honor of World Forest Day, Google rolled out a new addition to their popular Street View application.

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Mick's Bow And Arrow: Jagger Named Tourism Ambassador To Amazon

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has been named an honorary ambassador for tourism to the Amazon rainforest by the Peruvian government, which has asked him to help protect the jungle from industrial development while publicizing its beauty.

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Eliot Logan-Hines Hopes To Save The Rainforest And 'Go Beyond' Fair Trade

Eliot Logan-Hines promised himself he'd save the rainforest at a mere 6 years old.

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Paul Paz y MiÃ±o: Ecuadorian Community Leaders Thank Supporters and Amazon Watch

On May 17, Causes.com highlighted an inspiring project by Amazon Watch.

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Amazon Watch brings the fight to Chevron's Doorstep

Today Amazon Watch , in partnership with the Rainforest Action Network , brought 3 Ecuadorian community activists to the United States.

Background on Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon Rainforest (in Portuguese, Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish Selva Amazónica, Amazonía or usually Amazonia), also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America.

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