Canada Edition
World Permafrost Day leads today's complete edition for Canada.
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Canada's north sits on permafrost - ground that has been frozen for thousands of years. It is melting. This is bad. But it's also an opportunity to learn something real about the country.
You see the Arabian oryx, cheetahs, and African elephants that range across Somalia's arid plains and savannas. You observe that camels, goats, and donkeys are the animals most frequently kept by pastoralist communities and in settlements. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
You know that Chad produces high-quality natron (a naturally occurring salt compound) and gum arabic, both essential to global industries from food production to pharmaceuticals. You recognize that these mineral and plant-based products have connected Chad to world commerce for centuries, with gum arabic in particular supporting millions of products from soft drinks to cosmetics.