Conservation & Environment News - Week 06/05/08 - 12/05/08

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"Green" Banana Farming Gains Industry Appeal - National Geographic 06/05/08

From splits and smoothies to breads and pies, bananas have become an international food staple.

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Amazon under threat from cleaner air - Natural Environment Research Council 08/05/08

The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth's climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the leading scientific journal Nature.

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'Good progress' on Environmental Stewardship - Natural England 06/05/08

Over 5 million hectares of land in England, an area roughly twice the size of Wales, are now covered by schemes which aim to conserve our valuable landscape and its wildlife, according to a report published by Defra and Natural England today.