Tag: Deforestation - Page 10
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Walmart 'Surprised' Greenpeace Singled Out Them For Indonesian Rainforest Destruction Criticism
Responding to Greenpeace's recent report (a screengrab of which is above) on the wholesale destruction of Indonesian rainforest by Sinar Mas Group affiliate Asia Pulp & Paper, Walmart issued a press statement Wednesday expressing shock that it would be
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Walmart, KFC, Burger King Paper Purchases Destroying Indonesia's Rainforests: Greenpeace
photo: Patrick Barry via flickr Greenpeace is again pointing a finger the international companies responsible for Indonesian deforestation, and the international brands aiding and abetting them through purchasing their products. This time it's the Sinar
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Artwork from Fires Restores Wilderness Park
With the latest fires raging in Arizona and Brazil, I'm reminded of last year's notorious Station Fire, the largest to ever hit Los Angeles County, destroying more than
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Nepal Temporarily Halts All Logging - More Trees Cut in Last Few Months Than From 2000-2005
A quickie on a seriously shocking situation: As Mongabay and BBC News report, Nepal has announced a two month temporary ban on all logging in the
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Amazon Deforestation Increases Malaria Rate by 50%
A new report in the Center for Disease Control's journal Emerging Infectious Diseases highlights one more bad consequence of Amazon deforestation: In areas that have been cleared of trees incidence of malaria increase nearly
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Brazil's Deforestation Again Increasing As Economy Improves
Last summer you probably saw a number of encouraging reports showing that deforestation in Brazil was declining. However as Mongabay points out, new satellite data shows that deforestation is again increasing and may be
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U.S. and Canada Destroyed More Forest Than Brazil Between 2000-2005
A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) concludes that over a million square kilometers of forest were lost around the world between 2000 and 2005, and that both
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Gucci's Luxury Packaging Gets a Green(er) Makeover
We have been following Rainforest Action Network's (RAN) "Don't Bag Indonesia's Rainforests" campaign since its inception and it continues to reach new heights
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People Provide Missing Piece in Biodiversity Puzzle
The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are
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REDD Forest Protection Program Could Threaten Rights of 350 Million People
Though support, both political and financial, for the UN REDD forest protection scheme has been growing, there's also a growing opposition voice expressing the concern that, though keeping forests standing is a good
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Hidden From Satellites, Amazon Burning Continues Even As Deforestation Slows
Here's an interesting wrinkle on the ongoing effort to slow Amazon deforestation: Reuters reports that even though tree-felling is indeed slowing, the area of land being burned by farmers is actually increasing,
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Rich Nations Want Huge Logging Loophole, While Telling Poor to Reduce Emissions From Deforestation (Video)
The video above, courtesy TckTckTck, explains one of the under-the-radar issues that was present all through the COP15 talks and now is re-emerging at the Bonn climate talks. In short, "A handful of developed nations like Japan, Australia and Germany
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While You Were Gawking at the Gulf Gusher: UN's REDD Forest Preservation Deal Gets Major Funding
One more story making the rounds last week
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Paper With Recycled Content for Magazines Doesn't Have to Be Ugly, Proves FutureMark
We all have our favorite
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Deforestation Victory! Nestlé Will Stop Using Rainforest-Destroying Palm Oil
Concerned about forest-destroying palm oil? You can now rest a little easier. The world's largest food and drinks conglomerate, Nestlé has pledged to stop using palm oil linked to rainforest destruction.
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Brazil Announces Plan For Sustainable Palm Oil
Photo via the Land Coalition Palm oil production has long been a contentious issue and a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the oil's renewable source and application as biofuel make it an appealing alternative, but on the other, some of the most
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More Dirty Deforestation: 55% of Indonesia's Logging Illegal + Cargill's Two Hidden Palm Oil Plantations
There's a reason Indonesia is the third-largest greenhouse gas emitter and this is far and away the biggest part: Yale e360 highlights a new report produced by some of the biggest names in environmental activism that shows how
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Is Pandora Possible? James Cameron's Home Tree Initiative
CalTech scientists discuss Pandora with James Cameron. Avatar's director James Cameron is busy following up his monstrously successful film with an environmental campaign, from visiting the Amazon with Al Gore to CalTech last week to join a panel of
