Tag: Deforestation - Page 6
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7 Major Companies to Drop Sustainable Forestry Initiative Label Due to Greenwashing Claims
The 'eco-certification' offered by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, long known among TreeHuggers as a greenwashing outlet, will now be dropped by seven major companies, including Aetna, Allstate, Symantec, and Office Depot.
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Why Ecological Literacy is More Important than Ever
From low impact living in a communal woodland to the ancient art of coppice management, we often talk about hands-on ways to live sustainably from our woodlands. But often the problem is not just how landowners and their workers treat their woodlands,
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Tongass National Forest Receives Needed Protection
Sometimes news hits late on a Friday, and just about everyone misses it. Yet last Friday news got our attention right away: A district judge overturned a Bush Administration exemption by ruling that "a nationwide ban on
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The Human Costs of Soy & Pesticides in Paraguay (Video)
Inevitably, when we publish a post about the ethics of meat eating versus vegetarianism or veganism, somebody will chime in with comments about the environmental impact of soy farming. They are right—of
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Indonesian Islands of Sumatra & Borneo Lost 9% of Their Forests in First 8 Years of 21st Century
We just learned that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon saw an amazing 1000% spike in December, and now some sobering news about deforestation in Southeast Asia: Mongabay reports than Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo (Kalimantan) lost 9.2%
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Amazon Deforestation Up 1000% From Last Year
Over the last several years, the rate of forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon had been in steady decline, but the latest data is yet again proving that the problem is far from over. According to figures released today, deforestation in
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Rare Amazon Tribe Nearly Extinct from Deforestation
It was the 'civilizing' spirit of colonialism which first drove the Awa-Guajá from their settlements along the eastern shore of Brazil and into the Amazon rainforest. There, under self-imposed isolation from a world that's changing so
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Are Drugs Destroying the Amazon?
When I wrote about the cocaine industry destroying rainforests, many commenters argued that really it is the prohibition of drugs—not the drugs themselves—that create these negative consequences. That debate will most likely get stirred up
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Palm Oil Giant Agrees to Set More Sustainable Standards in Indonesia
Images: Golden Agri-Resources, Foreign Policy Blogs
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Indigenous Communities Fighting For Land Rights More Than Ever - Governments & Corporations Fighting Back
A new report from the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) has some good news and bad news. The good: recognition of land and resource rights for indigenous populations has been on the rise in recent years, but the bad:
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International Year of Forests Begins - Deforestation Slows But Extent of What's Lost Becomes Clear
So according to the UN it's the International Year of Forests (last year it was biodiversity, for those with short memories), which means that in coincidence with the official start of that year there are a number of
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TEEB Little Things by Lawrence Chen (Video)
This morning on the Spanish blog Resseny I came across this simple yet beautiful video called "Little Things" by Lawrence Chen. I like the way it gets the message across gracefully, using little resources to make the movie. It is poetic and makes you
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The Fight to Save English Forests From Sell-Off Continues
Last week the new UK government announced its plan to sell off English forests. The forests are state-owned and run by a government agency. It is proposing to sell them to charities and private companies.
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Is Mango Wood the New Bamboo?
From bikes and floors to sheets and t-shirts, bamboo is well-known as a popular green choice because as a fast-growing grass, it's a renewable material. Hemp is also considered
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English Forests Under Threat Due to Budget Cuts
The UK has a new government in power and they are on a cost-cutting rampage. One of their many proposed budget ideas is the sell-off of England's state-owned forests.
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Corruption in Costa Rica Facilitating Persistent Illegal Logging
What comes to your mind when you think of Costa Rica (besides coffee, too easy...)? Rainforests and cloud forests, pristine beaches with good surfing, an underground railroad for jaguars... rampant corruption? Conservation
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Deforestation & Hurricanes May Have Triggered Haiti's Catastrophic 2010 Earthquake
Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that
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Orwellian Alan Oxley's Pro-Palm Oil Claims Mislead the Public: Top Indonesian Climate Official
If you follow the problems with palm oil and deforestation in Southeast Asia you've no doubt come across Alan Oxley and his shilling for big timber--for which a group of scientists recently chided him, for massive
