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DEBT-FOR-NATURE SWAPS Most countries with surviving wilderness also happen to be relatively poor and indebted to the developed world. In 1984 Thomas Lovejoy, then with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), had the idea of converting vice to virtue by buying off or forgiving debt if developing countries gave protected status to some valuable wild area. Conservation International implemented the first debt-for-nature swap in Bolivia's Beni Biosphere Reserve in 1987. The U.S. Congress gave the strategy a boost in 1998 with the Tropical Rainforest Conservation Act, which authorized the President to reduce some countries' debt...
...blocks of wilderness left for such species to maintain a viable breeding population. So scientists are looking for ways to establish corridors linking contiguous reserves or parks. One proposal would link Canada's Yukon to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to allow grizzlies to roam a larger area. A WWF plan calls for developing the Terai Arc across northern India and Nepal. The arc would link 11 national parks and reserves into a total area of 27,000 sq. mi., benefiting tigers and other large animals...
...hunting and fishing done by the Yakut people. In Ecuador the Awa people, after winning recognition as a communal federation, were given legal title in 1985 to almost 300,000 acres of Choco forest. Ten years later, despite pressure from logging companies, the Awa signed an agreement with the WWF designating 42,000 acres as a "life reserve" that will be kept uninhabited...
...much. All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal led the Los Angeles Lakers to their third straight NBA title in a four-game sweep of the New Jersey Nets, winning his third consecutive Finals MVP. Can anybody stop Shaq? Noted "We pave the way for foreign policy now. Send the WWF in first and then you'll have a country that's happy and entertained." JESSE VENTURA, Minnesota Governor and former professional wrestler, while on a trip to Beijing and Shanghai...
...ballyhoo shrouding this fight not only puts the WWF to shame, it represents the potential coming of age for this southern city. Made famous by Elvis and Graceland, and infamous for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memphis has been on something of a roll, sports-wise, scoring the Grizzlies basketball team last year and welcoming new resident Jerry West, the ex-LA Lakers player and NBA legend who is team president for the transplanted Memphis franchise. Downtown, a course of major urban renovation will soon spawn yet another major sports arena, which will sit next...