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Of nearly 2,000 Americans responding to a survey, zero percent say they favor lifting import tariffs on Brazilian ethanol made from sugar cane. But without Brazil, can America meet its target of a 20% drop in gas consumption over ten years?

Describes Peru's illegal wildlife trade, and why it might be so hard to combat.

The Nature Conservancy has brokered the largest debt-for-nature swap in history -- a deal that will secure long-term, science-based conservation for Costa Rica's tropical forests. $12.6 million in debt will be forgiven and $26 million will be provided to finance forest conservation over the next 16 years.

Seven years? It's a tall order but Greenpeace have a cunning plan. Together with eight other national campaigning organisations, their Brazilian team have launched an ambitious proposal with a goal of zero deforestation by 2015.

The Humboldt Penguin population has fallen by nearly half since the early 1980s and it could soon appear on the endangered species list. Find out how over fishing, pollution, coastal development, and climate change are threatening the species.