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Protecting trees and communities in UgandaSOS ChildrenEarlier this year, a landslide near Mbale killed over 300 people, after unusually high rain hit an area suffering from deforestation. ...and more »
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All eyes on TOMAS and on HaitiCaribbean Hurricane NetworkHowever, there is always loss of life with a regular rainfall in Haiti due to the deforestation of the land and the many mountains that surround them. ...and more »
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Myjoyonline.comFeature: Trees: Over protected or rejected resources?Myjoyonline.comDuring my days as a student in KNUST, we were discussing deforestation one day and I remember a friend told me that it was impossible for all the trees to ...
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Ecosystem MarketplaceSafeguard Issues Shadow Forests Rescue PlanInter Press ServiceIn recent years, Indonesia has emerged as the number three emitter of greenhouse gases, largely due to deforestation and peatlands degradation there. ...This Week in Forest Carbon: News and ShenanigansEcosystem MarketplacePRESS RELEASE: Indonesian civil society proposes safeguards framework in the ...Bank Information Centerall 4 news articles »
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Deforestation Index Rises in HondurasInside Costa Rica"We all know that deforestation is a major problem, but we have no data that allow us to quantify it. All the data we know and our empirical field ...
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Bone O. the Rock Star Dog discusses the World-wide emergency of global deforestation.
Get Green AlertsHuffington PostHere's one you may not have considered: Deforestation. Over 98 percent of the country has been deforested by logging and improper environmental management. ...and more »
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Carbon offsetting scheme open to corruption, report warnsABC OnlineThe scheme, known as REDD, compensates nations for cutting their carbon emissions by stopping deforestation and preventing land degradation. ...Report warns Australia over carbon offsetting in developing nationsPeople's Daily OnlineCorruption drain on forest carbon schemesThe AustralianAustralia warned over carbon offsetting in poorer nationsAustralia Network Newsall 10 news articles »
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'More floods, droughts expected in Pakistan'Daily TimesDeforestation, burning of fossil fuels, unplanned development in coastal areas and misuse of natural resources were some of the factors causing climate ...and more »
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This is an opinion piece on "global warming" and "climate change". Climate change is not a myth, but its also not necessarily the blown out of proportion disaster it is portrayed as. No im not saying we can dump toxic waste into the niger delta and assume mother nature will fix it on her own quickly enough to justify our actions. All im saying is take a deep breath, and worth through a solution to keep the earth clean. Have a little respect for the planet that keeps you alive. Who knows. The eco-nuts may be right and if they are, we are all fucked. If they arent, well then at least we have a clean earth to live on. Dont be that dick that leaves a toxic wasteland to his kids and calls it paradise. Here are my sources for the facts quoted. (www.buzzle.com ) (library.thinkquest.org Twitter my facebook while I google your myspace www.twitter.com/exgee11
Reuters IndiaDeforestation dominates at UN biodiversity meeting in JapanPeople's Daily OnlineAccording to official data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, global deforestation fell from 16 million hectares ( 40 million acres) per year in ...Regional cooperation to overcome haze problem has shown benefitsChannel News AsiaSTATEMENT - MINISTER PRENTICE HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS MADE TO PROTECT THE WORLD'S ...DigitalJournal.com (press release)COP10--Biodiversity / Ministers support REDD+ plan to save forestsThe Daily YomiuriReuters Africa -Korea Times -3News NZall 1,036 news articles »
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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from voaspecialenglish.com The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says deforestation has decreased over the past ten years. But it still continues at a high rate in many countries. Deforestation is mainly caused by the cutting down of tropical forests to provide land for agriculture. The worlds total forest area is just over four billion hectares. About thirteen million hectares of forest were cut down or lost through natural causes each year in the last ten years. This compares with about sixteen million hectares per year during the nineteen nineties. The FAO study covers two hundred thirty-three countries and areas. The study found that Brazil and Indonesia have reduced their deforestation rates. The two countries had the highest loss of forests in the nineteen nineties. In addition, the study noted tree-planting programs in countries such as China, India, Vietnam and the United States. These programs, along with natural expansion of forests in some areas, have added more than seven million hectares of new forests each year. South America and Africa had the highest yearly loss of forests during the last ten years. South America lost four million hectares. Africa lost almost three and a half million hectares. However, Asia gained more than two million hectares a year in the last decade. In North America and Central America, the forest area remained about the same. In Europe, it continued to expand, but at ...
Global consumer product giants Unilever and Nestle have stopped buying palm oil for use in its goods from Indonesia's largest producer Sinar Mas. The company is accused by environmental activists Greenpeace of illegally clearing forests in Indonesia for its plantations. Sinar Mas denies the claims and says it's hired independent auditors to prove its case. Step Vaessen reports (27 April, 2010).
It is another corn harvesting season in Pailin, a province in northwestern Cambodia, and farmers are busy harvesting and packing the produce for buyers. A war zone during the Khmer Rouge era, today Pailin is a major agricultural center where corn, bean and cassava farms are the main lifeline for many residents like Nuon Thol. This plantation has provided me with the income that I need to support my family and the education of my four children, he said. More than 80 percent of the Cambodias population lives in the countryside and depends on subsistence farming. But land degradation and deforestation, a side effect of increased farming activity, has become a major environmental issue. The main cause of the loss of forest is the increase in the population said Deputy Governor Leng Vuth. We now have 70000 residents compared to 10000 a seven-fold increase in a 10-year period. In the past, Pailins main economic activity was gemstone mining. Today, that has shifted to agriculture, and approximately 40000 hectares of Pailins forests have been cleared and burned to make way for crops including corn, beans and cassava. UNDP, along with the Ministry of Agriculture, is addressing the growing environmental impact of farming by identifying factors that contribute to land degradation. This land management programme will educate farmers about appropriate farming techniques that insure sustainable land use. Beyond deforestation, there is an urgent need to reform farming techniques as a ...
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)Saving Forests One Tree at a TimeNatural Resources Defense Council (blog)News about forest conservation is often filled with sobering facts about the damage caused by deforestation. Just recently a United Nations study found that ...
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Legitimate Companies to Blame for Much Illegal Logging: ExpertJakarta Globe“There has been huge movement over the last 10 years to change forest areas to palm oil plantations, and from what we have been monitoring, deforestation ...and more »
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Uganda: Forest Conservation Will Check Climate Change in CountryAllAfrica.comDeforestation and forest degradation are some of the major environmental concerns in Uganda today. The UN and FAO estimated that in 1890, approximately 45 ...
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The EU and DeforestationInternational Herald TribuneIf the European Union wants to make an environmental policy that will actually help slow the rate of deforestation in one of the world's most important hot ...
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Telegraph.co.ukBrazil Man Jailed for Murder of Nun And Activist Dorothy StangTreehuggerSister Dorothy was a long-time activist working to stop deforestation and exploitation of native peoples. She was 73 at her death. ...Brazil rancher convicted in US nun's murderWashington PostIn the World | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/14/2010Philadelphia InquirerOn 3rd try, Brazil rancher again convicted in killing of US-born nunLos Angeles TimesThe Associated Press -Aljazeera.net -UPI.comall 442 news articles »
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The GuardianClimate treaty realities push leaders to trim priority listsWashington PostIn an effort to ease these tensions, industrialized nations are focusing on raising funds to decrease deforestation in Latin America, Africa and Southeast ...De Boer: Cancún must set climate frameworkENDS Europe (subscription)'Cancun must complete Copenhagen on Climate Change'Press Trust of IndiaBonn to Cancun…Negotiators Agree to Continue Efforts on International Global ...Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)UPI.com -North American Windpowerall 579 news articles »
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Bag bans gain momentumSanta Monica Daily PressAnd is it really better to use paper bags, which will just lead to more deforestation? Plastic bags, first introduced in the 1950s as a convenient way to ...and more »
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Telegraph.co.ukGiant lizard discovery underscores threats to Philippine forestsChristian Science MonitorBut its habitat is quickly fading because of deforestation. A Northern Sierra Madre Forest monitor lizard, a dragon-sized, fruit-eating lizard that lives in ...New species of giant lizard discovered on Philippines' Luzon IslandTimes OnlineNew giant lizard species is 'veggie Komodo dragon'First PostNew giant lizard found with two penisesNEWS.com.auThe Associated Press -Telegraph.co.uk -Wired Newsall 547 news articles »
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3NewsNV tree plantation to help fight deforestationSan Francisco Chronicle... trees at nurseries outside of Reno over the next seven years as part of a global project aimed at building up carbon credits and slowing deforestation. ...Nevada tree plantation to help fight deforestationThe Associated PressECO2 Forests Smoke Creek Project 'A Tremendous Boost' Says Reno MayorCNNMoney.com (press release)all 155 news articles »
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...commercial logging often includes road construction, which in turn opens the forest for subsistence farmers. At times, tropical deforestation results from weak land tenure and/or weak or corrupt governance to protect the forests." See also The Economist: "Dealing...
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State College Area High Schools Green Sierra Coalition presents "Deforestation!" for PSU Chance Idol. Below are the lyrics, and remember to watch in 720p! The earth is warming, and something evil's making it occur, Is it pollution? Killing the lives of organisms, Endangered now, they don't know where to go their homes are gone, They don't know how, they're ever gonna make it this way, It happens today! Deforestation! Kills the trees, There ain't no second chance for the leaves blowin' in the breeze, Deforestation! Kills the trees, When trees are all gone there will be no air left to breathe. You hear the trees fall and now the squirrels do not have a home, You feel the ground shake and you realize that you are not alone, Open your eyes, and look around as you see devastation, But all the while, you hear the chainsaw creepin' up behind, You're paralyzed. Deforestation! Kill the trees, There ain't no second chance for all the species goin' extinct, Deforestation! Kills the trees, The change it's gonna bring is much more harmful than you think, Cut into fragments, the biodiversity goes down, Wood used for projects, the urban sprawl of towns, This is the threat to all life. Axe-men out to get you, their saws closing in on every side They will enclose you, unless someone learns about your need to hide, They don't realize, that most plants and creatures live in woodlands, All through the years, the rainforest will slowly disappear, They'll make it clear! Deforestation! Kills ...
Mongabay.comDeforestation Continues, but More Slowly, Report SaysNew York TimesBy REUTERS Deforestation slowed in the past decade, in the first sign that global conservation efforts are bearing fruit, but an area the size of Costa Rica ...Global pace of deforestation slows: FAOAFPUN: forests still disappearingThe Associated PressUnited Nations warning over deforestationPublic ServiceMongabay.com -FavStocks (blog)all 277 news articles »
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...largely to ambitious tree planting programmes in Asia. Efforts by major offenders such as Indonesia and Brazil to reduce deforestation also helped reverse the trend. "For the first time, we are able to show that the rate of deforestation has decreased globally...
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...as the emerging economies lead the world out of recession for the first time. We can be confident that real progress on deforestation is being made when we have a number of years of high economic growth combined with low deforestation. That looked like it...
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This is just a small montage of the effects of deforestation in our rainforests. The main purpose of this video is for an oral presentation in my college english course. (83%) Please enjoy, rate and comment. The song is 300 Violin Orchestra by Jorge Quintero For more information please visit www.rain-tree.com And no I do not have any connections with rain-tree.com nor do I speak on there behave.
A wander around my latest collage on deforestation. All the photos are cut out from National Geographic magazines and glued down onto collage board. This work measures a whopping 160 X 110 cms! This collage took me 3½ months of fulltime work to complete. I hope to raise funds for a charity called the world land trust. I want to make it clear that the world land trust in no way endorses my work, website nor any of my products. Please go to www.worldlandtrust.org During the last 20 years they have saved over 400000 acres of tropical rain forest thanks to donations received from the public. They work in relation with local NGOs and target areas (as far afield as Brazil, India and Borneo) menaced by deforestation and where there is a particularly rich bio-diversity. I am donating 50% of all poster sales to their cause. Please go to their website to find out how you can help save both tropical rain forest and bio-diversity from exploitation. Amongst the details in this collage you can find: A herd of cows grazing on a newly deforested region of Brazils Amazon basin. Fast food restaurants in the USA including McDonalds buy this meat, even though they deny any involvement in deforestation. To the right, there is a huge area being cleared for growing Soya beans. This crop is then distributed worldwide mainly as animal feed. Towards the lower centre one can find an illegal farmer, busy planting palms for the palm oil trade. A number of animals are trying to dissuade him; a mouse ...
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Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, talks about the importance of tackling deforestation as part of a deal on climate change in Copenhagen. www.actoncopenhagen.gov.uk
ENVIRONMENT - This week : A trip to the heart of the Amazon to see the progress being made in the fight against deforestation and the problems that persist.
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...the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon), which is also developing a rapid monitoring system to help guide deforestation prevention activities. Amazon rainforest, Brazil. © longan drink (flickr)Veríssimo said the greatest credit for the...
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...that the projected 32 percent increase in inspection operations over the last year was instrumental in inhibiting illegal deforestation in the Amazon. Satellite images from INPE's near real-time deforestation detection system enabled government inspectors...
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Brazzil Magazine
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...climate change and adapt to predicted changes. To this end, WWF during the Congress proposed a global target of zero net deforestation by 2020 to avoid runaway climate change and stop the current catastrophic trend of species loss. In particular, negotiators...
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Every year thousands of tourists flock to Easter Island to see its famous monumental sculptures. But what was once a vital source of income for the tiny Polynesian island is now threatening its very existence. As outsiders drain its resources Easter Island has become a living example of what can happen to a human civilisation when deforestation gets out of control. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman has this report from Easter Island.
Australia suffers from severe deforestation, along with countries like Brazil and Indonesia. In Tasmania, forests have been shrinking steadily over the past 50 years due to the state's billion-dollar timber industry. But besides depleting the forest itself, logging also releases significant levels of carbon into the atmostphere. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley travelled to the Tasmanian forest, at the centre of the debate between the industry and the environmentalists.
Fly through Google Earth to see deforestation in the Amazon. Then, learn how Greenpeace worked with companies to establish a moratorium on further destruction of the rainforest for soybean plantations. www.google.com
Fly through Google Earth to see deforestation in the Amazon. Then, learn how Greenpeace worked with companies to establish a moratorium on further destruction of the rainforest for soybean plantations. www.google.com
( I just wanted to leave you with two quotes, to ingest, and digest... ) "All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them" - Arapaho "What is man without the beast? If the beast were gone, man would die from great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beast soon happens to man." - Chief Seattle ( and Thank You again for watching )
Once considered the green lungs of Asia, Borneo now provides a lucrative home for palm oil growers and timber corporations. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the rate of environmental destruction in Borneo is faster than in the Amazon. In the second of a three-part series, Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley investigates the role of politics in the growth of palm oil plantations and timber concessions.
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...articles Brazil's plan to save the Amazon rainforest (06/02/2009) Accounting for roughly half of tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2005, Brazil is the most important supply-side player when it comes to developing a climate framework that includes...
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Mongabay.com
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...levels and better financial status would arrive. However, this would not explain the sharp increase in the initial levels of deforestation, when the immigrants are largely poor people looking for a fresh start. An alternative explanation is the construction...
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By Emily Hoffman, Lizzy Balter, Matt Karle, and Nellie Mitchell Music Credits - Big Yellow Taxi, Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton - 3 R's, Jack Johnson
More than a million species could be driven to extinction within 40 years due to deforestation and climate change. Sign up against tropical rainforest destruction at www.rainforestSOS.org visit our YouTube channel for more videos. Music used with kind permission. Artist The Polyphonic Spree Album: Together We're Heavy Track: Section 15 (Ensure Your Reservation) Published by Good Records The future of the rainforest is our future too
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