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/ 3 November 2004

Hope for the rainforests

South Africans who end up in the rainforests of Brazil will find scenes that conform to the sources of their primal concepts of rainforests, like the images from <i>The Golden Book of the Jungle</i> that have haunted my dreams of travelling in the Amazon since I could read. They will also find the ways in which the Brazilians are trying to save their forests, much in common with our current approaches to conservation.

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/ 1 November 2004

Into the storm

Last Tuesday’s vote, in which the Knesset approved Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip, is only the start of a long process. The numerous opponents of the disengagement — principally from the right — are lying in ambush, and it is far from certain that the programme will be carried out. While the pull-out may be traumatic for those forced to leave, it could be a first step towards peace with the Palestinians.