Tag: Deforestation - Page 7
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Highway Approved for Moscow's Khimki Forest
Celebrity support and public outrage have failed to keep a highway from being built through one of the few forests left in the Moscow region. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who lifted
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Brazilian Trees Implanted with Microchips For Forest Management
According to a story on Reuters, trees throughout the Amazon rainforest will be equipped with microchips to gather data in the event they are illegally cut down. Now when a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear
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Scientists Dress Up as Pandas to Fool Them (and Us?)
O.k.; which one is the real panda and which is the scientist? It's a tough one: scientists in China are dressing up as pandas in order to prepare the bears for release into the wild.
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We Need More Trees: Greeting Cards by Petz Scholtus Celebrate 2011 Year of the Forests (Interview)
We love this join-the-dots co-creative design for a New Year's greeting card by our very own TreeHugger Barcelona correspondent Petz Scholtus. When not reporting for these very pages Petz is a product designer with a
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Carbon Emissions From Deforestation Revised Down
Initially estimated at about 20% of total CO2 emissions, then revised downwards to about 15% last year, new research claims that the carbon emissions from deforestation may be just half of that lower estimate. There's a
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Amazon Deforestation Rate is the Lowest in Decades
Over the past several years, the Brazilian government has been tackling deforestation in the Amazon with vigor, and it seems all their efforts are paying off. In an announcement made today, Brazil confirmed that the rate of
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Indonesia Using $1 Billion in Forest Protection Funds to Cut Down Forests?
Peat forest leveled for palm oil in Riau, Indonesia. Photo credit: Wakx via Flickr/CC BY-SA It was a trailblazing 'showcase' deal in global climate negotiations: Norway agreed to send $1 billion to Indonesia (most of it coming from Norway) if the
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Naturalists' Visit to Paraguay Halted for Fear of Infecting Natives
After great pressure from the Paraguayan government and local campaigners, an expedition to a remote part of the Amazon by the prestigious Natural History Museum in London has been suspended.
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Netherlands Will Only Use Certified Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015 - First National-Level Commitment
In a big boost for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification standard, the Netherlands has committed to only using sustainable palm oil by the end of 2015--and becomes the first nation to
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World Growth International Slammed by Scientists For Being Front Group For Big Timber
This one's probably a bit insider-info for most TreeHugger readers, and I admit I'm partially to blame for it, but bear with me because it's if you care about rampant greenwashing and deforestation it's important: A group of prominent scientists has
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Chinese Luxury Wood Demand Driving Massive Madagascar Deforestation
It's probably no great secret for avid TreeHugger readers that deforestation is rampant in Madagascar, with lots of illegal logging taking place even in national parks due to the less-than-stable political
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Reforestation Device Helps Tree Roots Grow Stronger, Deeper (Video)
It's often the case that areas wracked by deforestation or degradation, whether as a result of logging, mining, or clear-cutting, can be tricky to replant. Getting trees to grow after the soil has been dug-up, altered, or
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Pakistani Timber Mafia & Climate Change Caused Much of Summer's Flooding
Back when 20% of Pakistan was underwater, I wrote about the influence of deforestation on the flooding--deforestation caused in no small part by illegal logging at the hands of the so-called timber mafia, a group with
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Brazil to Auction Off Virginia-Sized Section of Amazon to Timber Companies
It may seem shocking, but according to reports by Reuters, Brazil is preparing to auction off big chunks of the Amazon rainforest to timber companies. By year-end 2.47 millions of acres of forests will go
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Tiger Cam Captures the Destruction of a Forest (Video)
Sometimes it takes a heartbreaking video to fully grasp the scale to which some human activities are jeopardizing habitats of crucial species around the world. When the World Wildlife Fund installed a camera on the
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50,000 Trees Planted in 30 Minutes by Indian Volunteers on 10/10/10 - Another Tree Planting Record!
Though the trees were planted some 40 kilometers from here, this photo gives you an overview of the type of terrain involved. At nearly 10,000 feet altitude the region is extremely dry, being in the rain shadow of the Himalaya, relying on snowmelt for
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200K Acre Clear-Cutting Operation Uncovered in World's Largest Tiger Reserve
The world's largest tiger reserve was recently put into place in the Kachin state in Burma, news which conservationists and champions of the fast-declining species cheered. But it looks like the cheering came
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20% of World's Plant Species Threatened With Extinction - Yes, Human Activity is Main Cause
When you here the phrase 'endangered species' undoubtedly the cute, cuddly and carnivorous pop to mind,
