Let there be trees

Let there be trees 

WHEN THEY TELL YOU this farm is tucked away in a small barrio in Sta. Rita, Pampanga, what they really mean is good luck finding it on your own.
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India's poor forest people win right to resources 
Source: Reuters By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Millions of India's marginalised poor won rights over the remote forests where they have lived for centuries when parliament passed a landmark ...
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Chinatown Enters a New 'Realm' 
Chinatown's cheap bamboo plants, silk pajamas and endless supply of little gifts have always been a go-to for holiday shoppers. And frankly, present-receiving season wouldn't be the same without a few annoying snaps and faux jade beads.
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NORTHWEST ARKANSAS Focus : Springdale police chief posts victories, defeats in first year 
SPRINGDALE Kathy OKelley started the lawnmower and let the Briggs & Stratton engines 6.75 self-propelled horsepower pull her mind from work to lines of freshly cut grass. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
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Houseplants help reduce air pollutants 
Q: What houseplants should I get to help reduce air pollution in our small apartment? A: We value our homes as retreats from the pressures of the external world, but unfortunately the air we breathe there is not always as clean and pure as we'd like to believe. In fact, scientists estimate that indoor air pollution in modern houses may be several times greater than pollution outdoors.
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Rare plants make great stocking stuffers for gardeners

Rare plants make great stocking stuffers for gardeners 

NEW MARKET, Va. -- Pleasure gardens are becoming treasure gardens as homeowners increasingly showcase their collections of rare and unusual plants. It's a passion similar to those for antique...
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Bird Sanctuary opens at Chandimandir Military Station  
RARE sights of birds, a huge diversity of flora and fauna, children's park, tree-top bird houses, trekking path around the old lake and a barbeque picnic spot- all this and much more await nature lovers at the newly-opened Shivalik Bird Sanctuary at the Chandimandir Military Station. Mohini Daljit Singh, president of Army Wives' Welfare Association (AWWA), inaugurated the sanctuary, on
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Caribbean conundrum: Where to go 
Headed to the Caribbean this year? Tens of thousands of people leaving from Philadelphia International Airport are. Here's the rundown on what's noteworthy and what's new.
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Thornless bamboo varieties stand tall as alternative crops 
Non-availability of good planting material is a major limiting factor
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Shop without surrendering your soul

Shop without surrendering your soul 

Complaining about the commercialization of Christmas is almost as old as the holiday itself. The season also can be murder on the environment and the budget. According to www.newdream.org, a Web site touted in the Al Gore book and film An Inconvenient Truth, 5 million extra tons of ...
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Singur farmers shun Mamata show 
He got the Tatas to promise a Rs 1000-crore investment at Singur for a project that could create thousands of jobs and revive the state's industrial fortunes. She brought in over 10,000 people from outside to listen to some rhetoric and watch a tribal dance. They - the farmers of Singur who have agreed to sell their land to the government and are expected to gain by way of jobs and training --
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Gardener's gift guide 
Their minds are on the flora and fauna, lawns and landscaping even in the dead of winter. They're passionate gardeners, and winter's short days and frigid air can weigh heavily on them.
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