Tag: Deforestation - Page 8
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Illegal Logging by Pakistan's Timber Mafia Increased Flooding Devastation
Forget for the moment about to what degree climate change has influenced the flooding in Pakistan. A new article in China Dialogue brings to light a new angle on one very aggravating factor on the overwhelming devastation: Illegal logging by the 'timber
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Avatar Home Tree Initiative Plants Fruit Trees in Haiti and More
Avatar's Home Tree Initiative heading to six continents. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox James Cameron already planted one million trees in Brazil last April. But the director has said Earth needs at least a billion more trees -- not a million, and
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U.S. Cancels Some of Brazil's Debt in Exchange For Forest Protection
If only Visa treated my debt the way the U.S. is treating debt from developing countries. On Friday, the Obama Administration announced that it will cancel debt from Brazil in exchange for forest protection. The U.S. has done the same
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Amazon Tribe Battles Rabid Vampire Bats
At the edge of the Amazon, a remote tribe suffers a plague of rabies spread by desperate vampire bats. It sounds like the plot from a bad B-movie, but the reality is far more grim: More than 500 people have been
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Even Logged Rainforest Holds High Biodiversity Levels & Is Worth Protecting: Study
Conventional political wisdom on rainforest degradation is that once you've logged an area once, or even twice, removing the largest most valuable trees, the forest becomes
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Scientists Discover New Bearded Monkey
Scientists Thomas Defler, Marta Bueno and Javier García have discovered a new species of monkey in the Caquetá region of southern Colombia. The region, which is part of the Amazon rainforest, had been inaccessible for years due
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When a Tree Falls in the Woods: Giant Trees That Have Left a Mark (Slideshow)
Trees provide shelter, anchor the soil against erosion, and process carbon. And, when a tree falls, whether there is a person to see it or not, it leaves a clear mark on the landscape.
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When a Tree Falls in the Woods: Giant Trees That Have Left a Mark
Trees provide shelter, anchor the soil against erosion, and process carbon. And, when a tree falls, whether there is a person to see it or not, it leaves a clear mark on the landscape. Sometimes, it becomes a quiet foundation for new life. Other times, i
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Reforestation Projects Better Than Monoculture Tree Plantations for Capturing & Storing Carbon
Australian scientists studying the amount of carbon stored in monoculture tree plantations and reforested areas of damaged rainforests have found that, though reforestation is more expensive than establishing a
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Ugly Fight in Moscow Over Fate of Khimki Forest
The fate of an urban forest has sparked turmoil between protesters and police in Moscow, where
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How Brazil Cut Deforestation Rates to Record Lows
Traveling from the heart of the Amazon rainforest to the Tropical savannah climate of the Brazilian capital of Brasilia offers a lesson in contrasts -- patches of forest and deforestation are replaced with monolithic white government buildings, poor
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Can Sustainability Grow in a Deforested Rainforest?
Thousands of years ago, a tribe of indians settled near modern day Santarem, nestled on the banks of where the Tapajós River joins Amazon in the state Pará, Brazil, living harmoniously in the region's lush rainforest. Time, however, have not been kind
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Hungry Bear Takes Joyride, Totals Car Looking for Sandwich
It was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that led to the demise of Ben Story's car. A hungry bear managed to get into the car looking for the morsel Ben left on the back seat.
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Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fell in 2009, But Swift Action Is Still Necessary
China's and India's carbon dioxide emissions have grown, while others nations' have dropped In 2009, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in China--the world's leading emitter--grew by nearly 9 percent. At the same time, emissions in most industrial countries
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Cows on the London Undergound: A Good Stunt, But What's It For? (Video)
What's a herd of cows doing on the London Underground? Having enlisted singing cows to help fix the food chain, Friends of the Earth UK has now launched an underground (sorry!) "Moovement" to demand rainforest free
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Good News-Bad News: Illegal Logging Declining - But Still a Huge Problem, New Report Says
Good news and bad news coming out of the think tank Chatham House today: According to their new report, Illegal Logging and Related Trade, the amount of timber chopped down and produced illegally has fallen 22% since 2002
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World's Mangroves Being Destroyed Four Times Faster Than Other Forests
The United Nations Environment Programme is touting the first global assessment in a decade of the state of the world's mangrove forests and the prognosis isn't particularly good: The report found that, despite
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Major Asian Paper Corps Undermine Indonesia's Carbon Emission Reduction Commitments
Echoing a recent Greenpeace report on the deforestation in Indonesia by the paper industry, Eyes on the Forest is highlighting the actions of Asia Pulp & Paper and APRIL in illegally clearing forests and undermining government
