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HCM Citys Natural ConditionsSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 12:27AMHCM City has an area of approximately 2,094 square kilometers.

College students from England conduct field studies along Kinabatangan RiverFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:16PMA GROUP of students from Cornwall College in England spent two weeks on field studies in the rainforest along Kinabatangan River near Kota Kinabalu in Sabah’s east coast.

A naturalist's view of Costa RicaFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:46PMThe tracks were unmistakable. I had seen similar ones on beaches in Australia and the Cayman Islands. But this time the evenly-spaced indentations rested on the southeastern coast of Costa Rica's Tortuguero region, one of the most biodiverse areas in the Northern Caribbean.

Koch way off on ‘Avatar’Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:20PMFormer Mayor Ed Koch’s head must be pretty darn low to the ground, because the entire artistic heft of “Avatar” (film review, Dec. 31) seems to have flown right over him. The movie is incredibly rich on multiple levels—symbolic, allegorical and aesthetic among them.

Waterland using Biological Farming in its Jatropha PlantationsFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:00AMChemical fertilizers, pesticides and fossil energy/fuels are excessively used in most farming operations world-wide. All these inputs are damaging the environment and leading to ecological destruction.

Dr. Reese Halter: Stupendous Tropical Rainforests Offer Medicine and Fight Global WarmingThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:02PMTropical forests are felled at approximately 55,000 square miles a year. This is equivalent to the area of Switzerland and the Netherlands combined -- the size of a football field every second.

English college students conduct expeditionWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:01PMA group of students from the Cornwall College in England spent two weeks carrying out field studies in the rainforest of the Kinabatangan River, Kota Kinabalu, in Sabah’s east coast.

New Rainforest Alliance Standard Targets Cattle FarmingWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:40PMNEW YORK, NY — The Rainforest Alliance has launched a new certification aimed at helping cattle farms improve their environmental and social performance.

Go shopping; change the worldWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:25PMCheck-in applications for your smartphone are all the rage; even Facebook has gotten into the game with its new "places" feature. But not all location-based apps are created equal -- or even with the same goal in mind. Enter CauseWorld, a location-based platform that allows you to turn your shopping into charity.