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Scientific American May 2007 Claudio Angelo	Prime Directive for the Last Americans Saving Amazonia's indigenous peoples means not meeting them, insists Sydney Possuelo -- a policy of noninterference he hopes to extend, even if others hate it.
IDB America January 2006	We Are Trying to Make Dreams Happen The governor of Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre is a passionate advocate of the rain forest and his people's economic future. Here's an interview with Jorge Viana on his government's innovative approach to preserving the rain forest.
IDB America January 2006 Roger Hamilton	Tomorrow's Amazon In the far western Amazonian state of Acre, a group of idealists is inventing a pragmatic, hard-nosed way to protect the rainforest.
Smithsonian November 2005 Elizabeth Royte	35 Who Made a Difference: Mark Plotkin This ethnobotanist takes up the cause of rain forest conservation.
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American History April 2004 Glenn W. LaFantasie	King Philip's War: Indian Chieftain's War Against the New England Colonies More than 330 years ago, a great Indian chieftain known as King Philip led a strong native American confederation in a bloody war to obliterate the New England colonies, nearly succeeding in dramatically altering the course of American history.
IDB America June 2005 Roger Hamilton	Brazil's Other Forest Still brimming with biological diversity, the Atlantic Forest needs allies.
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BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Mark L. Clifford	Rainforest Rescue Can sustainable logging succeed? A group experiment in Indonesia could show Big Timber the way.
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Christopher Farrell	Cradle of Civilization 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles C. Mann, is a fascinating, unconventional account of Indian life in the Americas prior to 1492. And it makes a compelling case that Mesoamerica was a cradle of civilization.
IDB America January 2006 Roger Hamilton	New Amazonians Latin America is attempting to create a relationship between man and nature that includes the history, heritage and views of local people.
Popular Mechanics May 2007 Simon Cooper	Global Timber Smugglers--and How You Can Stop Them This multibillion-dollar black market business occurs in more than 70 countries, and contributes to the annual destruction of more than 32 million wooded acres. Here is a Guilt-Free Wood Buyer's Guide and Tips to Buy Safe Wood.
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Wired November 2004 Julian Dibbell	We Pledge Allegiance to the Penguin We pledge allegiance to the penguin, and the intellectual property regime for which he stands. One nation, under Linux, with free music and open source software for all. Welcome to Brazil!
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Wired September 2005 Brendan I. Koerner	Blood Feud These are boom times for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. But tough times for thousands of black Indians battling for tribal citizenship. Now the Freedmen are turning to genetic science for help.
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Outside September 2007 Steve Chapple	Model Nation It brought you Gisele, Ronaldo, and samba. But the real Brazil gets even better. Here's your map to the best sin and sand on the planet.
IDB America January 2006 Roger Hamilton	Machines in the Garden A state in Brazil's Amazon enlists laboratories and industrial parks to help protect its forests.
Reason July 2004 Steven Vincent	Grave Injustice Federal laws about burial remains put politics before science.
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