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Flashy exotic birds can actually glow in the dark

Ars Technica

Found in the forests of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Eastern Australia, birds of paradise are famous for flashy feathers and unusually shaped ornaments, which set the standard for haute couture among birds. Many use these feathers for flamboyant mating displays in which they shape-shift into otherworldly forms.

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Vanilla Vida wants the world to eat more natural vanilla

TechCrunch

“There will be two big initial movements at the same time, building facilities and continuing our work with existing farmers in countries where they grow vanilla, like Uganda and Papua New Guinea,” he added. Hacking lettuce for taste and profit.

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What You Need to Know About the Largest Vaccine Operation in History

Saleforce Nonprofit

Twenty-six percent of Australians are hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and that number is over 50% in our neighboring country of Papua New Guinea. Vaccine hesitancy continues to be one of the most difficult hurdles for the vaccine rollout, both in Australia and abroad.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

Its eight major islands (in terms of landmass) are Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi (Celebes), and Irian Jaya (the western half of Papua New Guinea). The country spans eight time zones. Indonesia has the world’s second highest level of biodiversity (after Brazil).

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Big Vision Podcast: Interview with llyse Hogue Rainforest Action Network

Have Fun - Do Good

I sort of saw his participation and undercutting the democracy in my hometown as indicative of what Freeport-McMoRan was doing in Cancer Alley in Louisiana, which I later went and visited and saw their impact there, and in Papua New Guinea, where they have some of the worst mines and human rights abuses that we have documented on file, and I started (..)

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