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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Destruction of wetlands worsens global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Destruction of wetland ecosystems will generate massive greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, warn experts convening at an international wetlands conference in Brazil.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. flooding to continue well into spring]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flooding in the American Midwest is likely to continue, said the U.S. National Weather Service.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forests reduce flooding]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While conventional wisdom holds that forests help buffer against catastrophic flooding, there has been little evidence to support such notions.   A 2005 report by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) cited this lack of evidence and argued that flood mitigation efforts though forest preservation could not be justified on economic grounds.  Now, a new study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, suggests that forests do impact the occurrence and severity of destructive flooding.  A prominent researcher is already calling the new work a "landmark study" in support of forest conservation.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1004-flooding.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dams can pose security risk to Africa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Floods are the most destructive, most frequent and most costly natural disasters on earth. And they are getting worse. In recent weeks, 14 African nations have seen their worst floods in decades. More than a million people have been affected, over 200 drowned, and countless others made homeless across the continent. At least some of this suffering was preventable.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flooding in India Leaves 3.5 million Homeless]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Indian military has been evacuating thousands of people from Assam, a state in northeastern India, after Monsoon rains flooded rivers. So far, 3.5 million people have been directly affected by the floods, in a state of 27 million. A total of 2,000 villages have been completely submerged by the floods, in some of the worst flooding in years.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0911-josh_hill.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental, safety concerns mount over China's Three Gorges Dam]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental problems are worse than anticipated at China's massive Three Gorges Dam, reports the <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>.  A year after its completion, there are rising concerns of pollution, landslides, and flooding.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Floods affect 500 million people per year, will worsen with warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Floods affect 500 million people a year and cause billions of dollars in damage, said U.N. officials Thursday.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0810-un.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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