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::: ENN Daily Newsletter - Monday, March 7, 2005 ::: READ ALL TODAY'S NEWS Knowledge Fades As Africa Languages Die MAPUTO, Mozambique — A U.N. Conference on Trade and Development report on protecting traditional knowledge argues that beyond a devastating impact on culture, the death of a language wipes out centuries of know-how in preserving ecosystems -- leading to grave consequences for biodiversity. Environmentalists Fear Brazil's Lifting of GMO Ban BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's move to lift a ban on the sale of genetically modified crops poses a serious threat to the country's endangered Amazon rain forest, environmentalists charged Friday. Bush Picks Scientist to Head EPA WASHINGTON — President Bush nominated Acting Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Steve Johnson Friday to be the first career EPA employee to head the agency. A Changing Environment -- An ENN Commentary Today, it's difficult to imagine that the playground my daughter and I sometimes play in was home to a 30-foot-wide pond surrounded by wetlands, where residents used to collected watercress in the early-1900s. Rural Alaska Community Researches Nation's First Tiny Nuclear Reactor ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Electric stoves are a convenience, but in the Yukon River city of Galena, many people pass them by -- the appliances suck up more juice than residents can afford. On Beyond Organic: The Many Uses of Hemp Hemp, a non-psychoactive relative of majiuana, is illegal to cultivate throughout most of the Unites States, despite its versatility -- including use as fuel, food and paper. Botswana Elephants Hit Namibia Crops, Environment KATIMA MULILO, Namibia — Botswana's growing elephant population is increasingly thundering across the border into neighboring Namibia and causing havoc, an environmental development group says. Restless Volcano Creates Hazards in Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Volcanic rumblings at Mount Spurr are creating hazardous conditions for extreme skiers, snowboarders and pilots landing in the area, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said Friday. READ ALL NON PROFIT NEWS Breathtaking: New Air Pollution Studies — By Green Guide Institute West Coast University and Project NatureConnect — By Project NatureConnect