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Fish Tale Has DNA Hook

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Dan Janzen has continued to explore the power of DNA-barcoding, plus regular taxonomy, coupled with some extraordinary field-sampling (ecological forensic science) in Guanacaste National Park in Costa Rica, to probe the hidden diversity lurking beneath the surface of morphospecies - "Extreme diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps exposed by iterative (..)

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Colombia is the 2nd Happiest Place for the Planet

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Costa Rica 4. It shows the relative efficiency with which nations convert the planet’s natural resources into long and happy lives for their citizens. Colombia 3. Dominica 5. Honduras 8. Guatemala 9. El Salvador 10. Vincent and the Grenadines " The Index doesn’t reveal the ‘happiest’ country in the world.

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Meet the Nonprofit Hero Behind the Hardware: Charles Brennick

Tech Soup

He subsequently worked as an ecotourism developer in Costa Rica. This project is being spearheaded by Bud Riser of the National Cristina Foundation. Charles got interested in this type of charitable work while he served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay in the early 1990s. He founded InterConnection in Seattle in 1999.

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When you give someone the gift of an acre of rainforest in Costa Rica, you're helping to protect and restore one of the world's most extraordinary yet highly threatened regions now and for future generations. Support the only national sexual assault hotline. Paul Hyland saw a presentation at NPowerDC.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. don't have a coherent national collection infrastructure. According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste. World Snapshot.