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Spreading cheer with our Covid-free highlights of the year Wicked Swiss: Spitzbuben biscuits baked in Boston SWI swissinfo.ch / Susan Misicka 2020 has been a year to forget for most people in Switzerland. However, before we sweep it under the disinfected rug, here’s a reminder that it hasn’t all been bad: a colourful collection of some of our most interesting and most popular stories from the past 12 months. This content was published on December 31, 2020 - 11:00 December 31, 2020 - 11:00 T...

$10K raised for Georgia family whose van was stolen Family leaving for missionary trip in Costa Rica Updated:  Tags:  BLACKSHEAR, Ga. – A Southeast Georgia family is breathing a sigh of relief after their van was stolen out of their driveway. After learning about what happened, Alpha Dental Management and ASAP Dental surprised the family with a large check, raising $10,002 in just two days. “We heard the calling and just wanted to contribute … and to help kind of send them off on their ...

Paper Reviewed Humanes-Fuente, V., Ferrero, M.E., Muñoz, A.A., González-Reyes, A., Requena-Rojas, E.J., Barichivich, J., Inga, J.G. and Layme-Huaman, E.T. 2020. Two centuries of hydroclimatic variability reconstructed from tree-ring records over the Amazonian Andes of Peru. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125, e2020JD032565. According to Humanes-Fuente et al. (2020), "longer records are needed to improve our understanding of rainfall variability and summer monsoon behavior at v...

December 28, 2020 Leila Salazar-López 2020 was defined by fundamental challenges and transformations. Weve all had to adapt and create a new way of living and connecting. Most of us could have never imagined that caring for one another would involve so much isolation. It has become commonplace to call these times unprecedented, but Indigenous peoples had already warned us that destroying Mother Earth would have devastating consequences on our lives. More specifically, they told us that defores...

Amazon nut harvest set to start in January in Peru The Amazon nut, also known as the ‘Brazil nut,’ season is set to start in January, with peak volumes becoming available from February through April, and the harvest wrapping up in October. While the volumes look to be much lower than they were in the 2020 season, the overall projection looks to be average. “This year’s season saw a very big crop, so it’s only natural that the coming season will see lower volumes than this year, but in...

iCrowdNewswire   Dec 23, 2020  9:40 AM ET Story of a mystical journey, ‘The Silence of the River’ explores the worldview of the Peruvian wood-dwellers and portrays the journey of a child in search of his own identity. Inspired by the myths of the Peruvian jungle and filmed in the immensity of the Amazon River, the short film ‘The Silence of the River’ tells the story of Juan, a nine-year-old boy who lives with his father in a floating house. Trying to follow the family t...

Andrew Zimmern Dishes On The Restaurant Industry, Bourdain, And More - Exclusive Interview By Jorie Mark/Dec. 23, 2020 6:00 pm EDT There are few culinary legends on par with Andrew Zimmern. Perhaps best known as the globetrotting taste tester on the Travel Channel show, Bizarre Foods, which has entertained audiences for 22 seasons, Zimmerns new series, The Zimmern List, snagged an Emmy in its first season. Binging on Zimmerns far-flung foodie discoveries has offered an escape so many of us ...

Peruvian court absolves cacao company of illegal Amazon deforestation 19 December, 2020 - 05:10 A local court in Peru today reversed a ruling against employees of a company charged with illegal deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon, effectively absolving them of crimes associated with converting rainforest into a cacao plantation. The move undercuts a years-long investigation into the deforestation and “sets a terrible precedent” as Peru struggles to combat rising forest loss in the region,...

17/12/2020 - An excellent undercover documentary investigating the world of illegal logging and international timber trafficking "It’s something of a tragedy that we’re forced to become accomplices to such a serious crime …  Just because we want to buy wooden flooring." The plundering of natural resources which is destabilising the planet and posing a long-term threat to its balance (at an ever-increasing rate), all in the name of a profit, is an open secret. But it’s nonetheless neces...

Wake Forest faculty in the University’s Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, and its Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) are part of an award-winning research team working to provide new technology to government regulators and local communities in the Amazon that could help eliminate the environmental and human costs of illegal gold mining. Wake Forest’s Andrew Sabin Presidential Chair of Conservation Biology and CINCIA PI Miles Silman and computer science prof...