Tag: Deforestation
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Amazon deforestation rate up 88 percent over last year
Despite a steady decline in deforestation in recent years, the latest figure suggests indicate a change of direction.
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China Now World's Largest Importer of Illegal Timber (Video)
A new investigation shows that China imported $3.7 billion worth of illegal logs and timber products in 2011.
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Amazon Deforestation Rate Reaches New Record Low
A bit of good news for a region known as 'the lungs of the Earth'.
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IKEA Will Grow More Wood Than It Uses by 2020, Touts Clean Energy, Efficiency Commitments
"Sustainability should not be a luxury good. It should be affordable for everyone": IKEA Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard
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Residents Band Together to Protect Maine’s Woods from Development
Picture having a massive, beautiful expanse of woods near your home. You go there to hike, fish, hunt -- just to enjoy nature. Now picture a highway running through it.
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Disney Says No More Paper From Unsustainable Sources
After a couple years of talks with RAN about the impact of unsustainable paper sourcing on rainforests, Disney has seen the light.
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Indonesian Palm Oil Plantation Expansion to Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Canada by 2020
A new study paints another bleak picture of the impact of the palm oil industry in Indonesia.
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The Mafia is Behind 90% of Illegal Logging in the Tropics
Illegal logging is causing the lion's share of tree loss in the world's rain forests, and organized crime is to blame for almost all of it.
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80% of Tropical Deforestation Caused by Agriculture
A new report finds that agriculture both commercial and subsistence is far and away the leading cause of tropical deforestation.
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Destroying Coastal Habitats May Release 10 Times More Greenhouse Gas Emissions Than Thought
There's an under-abundance of data available on the carbon emissions from coastal ecosystem destruction, but we do know that by area they store more carbon than rainforests. New research tries to set some boundaries around how bad the situation made be.
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World Forest Area Still on the Decline
Forests provide many important goods, such as timber and paper. They also supply essential services—for example, they filter water, control water runoff, protect soil, regulate climate, cycle and store nutrients.
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Amazon Deforestation Drops 23% Since Last Year
The continue reduction in Amazon forest clearance is based on preliminary data however. Last year the final tally resulted in significantly higher levels of deforestation.
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We Can Reforest the Earth
Protecting the 10 billion acres of remaining forests on earth and replanting many of those already lost are both essential for restoring the earth’s health.
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There's No Such Thing as Sustainable & Profitable Logging in Rainforests
Even low-impact logging brings about negative changes in tropical rainforests; and to take trees in ways that won't do so means it wouldn't be financially worth it.
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Tropical Deforestation Emissions May Be Lower Than We Think, Maybe
A new study says greenhouse gas emissions are half what we usually say they are, contradicting other recent work and leaving out important emission sources.
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New Deforestation and Logging Tracker Reveals Tree Loss in South America in (Almost) Real-Time
A new tracking system for deforestation and logging uses satellite imagery and on-the-ground processing to display data on tree loss in close to real-time.
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Google Earth Helping Amazon Tribe to Preserve Their Forest and Their Culture
Google's first cultural map arms the Surui tribe with technological tools to fight illegal logging and document and protect their culture.
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Artist Graffitis Trees Blue to Raise Awareness About Deforestation
Australian-based artist Konstantin Dimopoulos is painting trees around the world to raise awareness about deforestation and our impact on the environment.
