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		<title>Richard&#8217;s Blog: 2013 will be the year of the ocean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2013, our attention will focus on the way we are destroying the ocean. For the past two decades, we have been arguing about global warming, yet we’ve been ignoring the fact that the planet’s essential ecosystems are in decline, one of the most important being the ocean. We are destroying this natural resource that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard&#8217;s Blog: Can you bring extinct species back to life?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; De-extinction. It sounds like a made up word. You can’t bring extinct species back to life…can you? Wildlife experts have warned that species are currently becoming extinct at the fastest rate since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. So it is great to hear Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan have started a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiarocks.org/?p=1017</link>
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		<title>Richard&#8217;s Blog: Join us and become TerraMar citizens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Want to help save the ocean? Join us and become TerraMar citizens. The ocean is our life force yet we are destroying it on all levels. We are choking it with toxic waste leaving it 30% more acidic since the start of the industrial age. While this essential ecosystem is at risk the good news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard&#8217;s Blog:  He slipped, honest guv!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Getting close and friendly with Peter Knights, one of the guys who runs WildAid and does so much to save species. He slipped, honest guv! We were on a trip swimming with whale sharks to raise awareness about the need to conserve these beautiful creatures. Head over to WildAid to find out more. By Richard Branson. Founder of Virgin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard&#8217;s Blog: Global warming makes its mark on US election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This November, vote for a president who will lead on climate change.&#8221; It was great to read Michael Bloomberg’s tweet yesterday, endorsing Barack Obama’s election campaign for all the right reasons. As the devastating effects of Superstorm Sandy have shown this past week, climate change is a very real threat to our way of life. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest blog from Painted Dog!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This guest blog comes from John Lemon, Chairman of Painted Dog Conservation Incorporated. Geoff Hoddy and I arrived in Lusaka, Zambia, mid-May and promptly flew up to the Luangwa where we joined our supported projects South Luangwa Conservation Society (SLCS) and Chipembele Wildlife Educational Trust (CWET), staying at the Zambian Carnivore Programme (ZCP) camp along the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiarocks.org/?p=975</link>
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		<title>Richard&#8217;s Blog: Good news/bad news for ocean miracles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the wonders of the oceans is the reef off Southern Belize called the Gladden Spit. Literally millions of cubera snappers, mutton snappers and dogtooth snappers converge to lay their trillions and trillions of eggs. It could forever be one of the greatest tourist attractions for Belize and it is incredibly important for these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiarocks.org/?p=969</link>
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		<title>Richard&#8217;s Blog: Ray of hope for giant manta rays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delighted to share news from Australia, where the Government has announced the giant manta ray is now protected under national environment law. The giant manta ray has been listed as a Migratory Species under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. With their population dropping by over 30% worldwide, this is a crucial step to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiarocks.org/?p=962</link>
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		<title>Richard&#8217;s Blog: The world&#8217;s first sustainable island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Carbon War Room has had some major breakthroughs in their battle to get the necessary gigatons worth of carbon out of the earth&#8217;s atmosphere. Virgin Unite incubated the Carbon War Room to come up with practical and profitable ways for  industries to reduce carbon. One of their operations is with the shipping industry. They created a website [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiarocks.org/?p=948</link>
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		<title>Richard&#8217;s Blog: Ray of hope for giant manta rays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delighted to share news from Australia, where the Government has announced the giant manta ray is now protected under national environment law. The giant manta ray has been listed as a Migratory Species under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. With their population dropping by over 30% worldwide, this is a crucial step to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiarocks.org/?p=952</link>
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