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...under no threat. To address fears that protected forests might be lost through a fire or logging, brokers build in reserves - selling, for example, only 80% of the carbon actually contained within a forest, and tapping the remainder if some part of the protected area should be lost. To prevent leakage - the possibility that protecting one place will only move deforestation down the road - TNC in Bolivia measured the baseline rate of deforestation in the country to know just how much difference their efforts would make, and monitors the edges of Noel Kempff for forest loss. Third-party verifiers like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green Banks: Paying Countries to Keep their Trees | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...Gettelfinger indicated that the union also expects the combination of concession and federal aid to prevent automakers from shifting more jobs out of the United States. "We support the creation of an oversight board to make sure the investment stays in this country. We would not support using taxpayer money out of the United States," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UAW agrees to Concessions With Automakers | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...Kenyi as they battle Lowe and co.“The guards have to close down on their shooters,” Pusar said. “They have really good guard play and shoot long three point shots. We have to get out to the shooters and prevent easy shots at the basket.”With the short trip to Lavietes, the Terriers may bring another supplement to the derby to boost the team—its fans. Amaker hopes the Crimson’s own supporters can render the visiting faithful a moot point...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Ready to Take Down the Terriers | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...more difficult situation than national politics: January 20, the day of the inauguration, is in the middle of the College’s final exam period, and Zampardo happens to have a test that day, one that counts for 40 percent of his grade for the class and may prevent him from witnessing a significant moment in American history. The class? Government 1540: “The American Presidency.” Over 2,000 undergraduates are set to sit for exams on January 20 for almost 40 different classes. Several of them who hoped to go down to Washington...

Author: By Anita B. Hofschneider, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Jan. 20 Exams | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...electoral fraud. As the verdict was read that the government leadership, including the current prime minister, would step down, anti-government protesters occupying Bangkok's two main airports erupted into cheers and waived Thai flags. Red-shirted government supporters, who had gathered outside the court building to try and prevent the proceedings, dismissed the decision as a judicial coup d'etat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thai Government Dissolved: Airports to Reopen? | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

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