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(07/09/2012) The Brazilian government approved the environmental
license for the expansion of an iron mine in the Amazon region,
reports Vale, the Brazilian mining giant behind the project.
Google Earth used to discover unknown forest in Angola,
scientists find it full of rare birds (07/09/2012) An
expedition, followed up by some computer hunting on Google
Earth, has discovered large remnants of old growth forest,
including thriving bird communities, in the mountains of Angola.
The Namba Mountains in Angola were expected to contain around
100 hectares of forest, but an on-the-ground survey, coupled
with online research, has discovered numerous forest fragments
totaling around 590 hectares in the remote mountains, boosting
the chances for many rare species. Predicting the distribution
of tropical dung beetles (07/09/2012) Although they live in
almost every ecosystem in the world—from your