PARIS - THIRTY cultural and natural sites will seek to become a Unesco world heritage treasure this week, but the east German city of Dresden could be dropped from the list.
BRASILIA - BRAZIL will pay small farmers to plant trees in deforested Amazon areas to slow rain forest degradation, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday as he unveiled a broad plan to protect the region.
The effort may help stave off growing international pressure on Brazil to reduce deforestation that scientists say spurs global warming, providing alternative livelihoods to poor Amazon dwellers who live off timber exploitation.
BOURNE (Massachusetts) - FEDERAL fishery managers trying to protect rare sea turtles from fishing nets have turned to a Cape Cod company for help.
They've hired Onset Computer Corporation in Bourne to build a device that measures how long the nets are underwater. That time is crucial because research indicates most turtles caught in nets will live if the net is pulled up in under 50 minutes.
