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		<title>Inside the Sacred Church Forests of Ethiopia &#8211; Photos by Matthew Jellings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Jellings is a photographer currently studying for a masters in wildlife conservation at Sheffield University. He specializes in close up and landscape photography.  Mr. Jellings recently accompanied Dr. Lowman on an expedition to Ethiopia and captured some stunning images.  You can view the photo gallery at here.  Mr. Jellings is willing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/30/inside-the-sacred-church-forests-of-ethiopia-photos-by-matthew-jellings/</link>
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		<title>Citizen Scientist for the Treetops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend, Katherine Holden, is preparing for a global tree-climbing tour to draw attention to the plight of endangered forests around the globe. We will follow her from Brazil to India, as she takes on the canopy! Hooray for Katherine!

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		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/28/citizen-scientist-for-the-treetops/</link>
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		<title>Mailbag: Q&amp;A about Rainforest Cutting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gordon, age 13, writes in with questions about rainforest cutting for an I-search report at school.  Below are Gordon&#8217;s questions and Meg&#8217;s answers.
1. What kind of medicines were found in the rainforest?
Over half of our medicines had their origin in tropical plants, mostly from rain forests. There are so many including Cats Claw (for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/27/mailbag-qa-about-rainforest-cutting/</link>
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		<title>Letters from 6th Grade Students at James G. Blaine Elementary School, Philadelphia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[6th Grader Hakim writes:
I&#8217;ve been reading a book about you that is amazing and your experience in the forest. I have a question about it and it is why does climbing trees and studying plants and animals amaze you? I have this question because climbing trees and studying plants and animals does not amaze me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/22/letter-from-6th-grade-student/</link>
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		<title>Museum Plans to Put Scientists On Display (Scientific American)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Budding Scientist Blog at Scientific American:
Imagine walking through a science museum and, among the usual displays of dinosaur bones, butterflies, and amphibians you come upon a series of windows into state-of-the-art research labs. Inside, scientists from nearby universities and veterinary schools work on projects related to biodiversity, genetics, nanoparticles, and animal health and welfare. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/22/museum-plans-to-put-scientists-on-display-scientific-american/</link>
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		<title>Ethiopia Expedition 2012 – Update #5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A critical element of our &#8220;conservation of Ethiopian church forests&#8221; project, Alemayehu and I hosted a worksohp for priests. TREE Foundation &#8220;funded&#8221; the per diem for each priest to attend. For 2 days of travel to the workshop, one day in attendance, 2 days returning, and all their lodging/meals, Alemayehu calculated that we would give [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/22/ethiopia-expedition-2012-%e2%80%93-update-5/</link>
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		<title>Ethiopia Expedition 2012 – Update #4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our biodiversity team just attended a workshop of the Coptic (Christian Orthodox) priest leadership in Debra Tabor, Ethiopia &#8212; chaired by my local colleague, Dr. Alemayehu Wassie Eshete, and myself. I presented a visual lecture (with a very challenging electricity situation where we actually taped the wires together &#8212; my laptop may never survive this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/16/ethiopia-expedition-2012-%e2%80%93-update-4/</link>
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		<title>Ethiopia Expedition 2012 – Update #3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monday, January 8 &#8211; Today we started sampling at our largest church forest site &#8212; Gelawdios &#8212; which is 100 hectares in size and dates back to 1500. We met with the head priest of this district, who cares passionately about conserving their church forests. He also is concerned about the increase of eucalypt planting; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/11/ethiopia-expedition-2012-%e2%80%93-update-3/</link>
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		<title>Ethiopia Expedition 2012 – Update #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of our great field team in action during the Ethiopia Church Forest expedition:
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		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/09/ethiopia-expedition-2012-%e2%80%93-update-2/</link>
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		<title>Ethiopia Expedition 2012 &#8211; Update #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our expedition of 13 arrived in Ethiopia, missing one suitcase and one participant &#8212; not a bad track record for travel into these remote places. Matt caught up 2 days later, as did Andrew&#8217;s luggage. We are now a team, and were joined by Rolex laureate Brukty Tigabu and her new TV show called Young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canopymeg.com/wp/2012/01/07/ethiopia-expedition-2012/</link>
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