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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Amazon Reef discovery discussed plus environmental journalism hits milestone in Latin America
Description: On this episode, we welcome John Hocevar, a marine biologist and director of Greenpeace USA's oceans campaigns. John was on the Greenpeace ship Esperanza to document the newly discovered Amazon Reef, and he talks about the uniqueness of the discovery, what it's like to be one of a few people on Earth who have ever seen it with their own eyes, and what the opposition to drilling for oil near the reef will look like, should BP and Total try to move forward. Then we welcome two staffers from Mongabay-Latin America which just celebrated its one-year anniversary r...