In an effort to protect the Amazon rain forest Brazil has set up plans to double the number of troops which work along the borders of the Amazon. Defence Minister Nelson Jobim stated that the government will increase the number of troops from 17,000 to 30,000 and are also going to build 28 new forts on Indian land and conservation areas. They have not given a date when they will start this but it is said that it will be a nine year plan that will require a 500million dollar investment.

Yesterday we talked about how California was suing Bush for a law that he wanted to pass that would make it so builders would not need to go through animal rights in order to cut down and build in certain areas. Well in an attempt to show the U.S. that he is not all that bad he has declared that 200,000 square miles of different areas in the Pacific will be declared Marine National Monuments. This means that in these areas drilling or other extraction procedures will not be allowed.

Cocaine can be used to repel insects but in a recent study done researches found out that Honeybees can actually become addicted to the Cocaine and they even show signs of withdrawal. Once on the cocaine they start to dance (which is a way they use to communicate) very energetically. What amazed me was that they actually showed signs of withdrawal and they actually act in the same manner as a Human coke addict would. Check out what The Guardian said about the study below and remember to stop giving your bees coke.

Every so often we run across an abandoned building which is completely consumed by the nature around it. Sometimes you can see an entire house covered with moss and plants slowly growing out of the floor boards. Well this time its a lighthouse that gets consumed but not by the usual greenery but by sand. This is the Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse and it sits about 60 meters above sea level on the sand dunes.