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...visitors to keep certain areas pristine. Programme for Belize, a nonprofit group, has bought 260,000 acres of forest in northwestern Belize--about 4% of the country's total land area--that had been destined for logging. Half of the area is now a reserve, surrounded by a buffer zone in which forestry and tourism are permitted. Ecotourism covers some 60% of the reserve's management costs. Saba Marine Park in the Netherlands Antilles and Nepal's Chitwan National Park have similar programs...
...forests that absorb excess water. Problems arise only along a 20-km stretch where the river banks have been built up and the water flow has been regulated by dams. In contrast, the Danube used to be surrounded by 26,000 sq km of meadows that acted as a buffer for flooding waters. Now only 6,000 sq km of meadows remain, the rest having been turned into farmland or housing developments. Last week the Danube rose 6 m above its normal levels in some places. With about half of Europe's population already living along rivers, it's doubtful...
Kirby’s personality will be an important asset in a position that requires a tactful yet strong leader. His personable, congenial manner will serve the Faculty well, and his collegial approach may act as a needed buffer between a headstrong University President and Harvard’s professors. Kirby appears well equipped to tackle the most pressing issues facing Harvard undergraduates...
...groom should also be hosts of their own tables, so they don't have to be torn over which parent to sit with at dinner. Brides should enlist favorite family members or friends to step in and "baby-sit" a potentially fractious family member or to act as a buffer if there is tension between parents...
...Gaza. Sharon's agenda is plainly quite different: He wants to talk about Yasser Arafat's links to violence and about remaking the Palestinian Authority to Israel's specifications, about a long-term armistice (rather than a fast-track peace) and about investing heavily in constructing Israeli military buffer zones in the West Bank and Gaza rather than preparing to withdraw, as Bush has urged, to "internationally recognized boundaries...