Deforestation

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Carbon trading to fight deforestation  -  16 Nov 2008
Times of India,17 Nov 2008, 0630 hrs IST, PTI TOKYO: An initiative to fight deforestation in developing economies by tapping emissions trading markets will commence in

Logging licences hoped to curb deforestation  -  16 Nov 2008
Jordan Times,By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN - With temperatures dropping and winter approaching, the Kingdom’s northern governorates are stepping up efforts to curb logging in

Editor Brutally Assaulted In Khimki  -  16 Nov 2008
The Moscow Times,...assaulted by unidentified assailants in an attack his colleagues said Friday was linked to his criticism of local authorities' deforestation plans.

Uncontacted South American Tribe Unknowingly Wins Big Legal Victory  -  16 Nov 2008
Jaunted...in the Totobiegosode and Ayoreo people's (pictured) ancestral homelands, but the ruling puts a halt to further deforestation, at least for the moment.

First sustainable palm oil shipment beset by controversy  -  16 Nov 2008
New Europe,Companies that subscribe to RSPO standards promise to help reduce deforestation, preserve biodiversity, and respect the livelihoods of rural communities in

How Growing Demand for Ethanol Production and Changes in Land Use  -  16 Nov 2008
AZoCleantech,...“One of the primary causes of global environmental change is tropical deforestation, but the question of what factors drive deforestation remains largely

View Point: A national environmental consciousness is needed  -  16 Nov 2008
Jakarta Post,It's a shameful fact that last year this country was ranked as the world's third largest carbon producer due to deforestation. The government tried to give

Low Concentrations Of Pesticides Can Become Toxic Mixture For ...  -  16 Nov 2008
Science Daily (press release)...plentiful across North America, including Pennsylvania, their population has declined in recent years as pollution and deforestation have increased.

Given the green light ...  -  16 Nov 2008
guardian.co.uk,Each of the sites makes a valuable contribution to the wider online debate on sustainability, focusing on a range of topics from deforestation

The 10 rules for Christmas shows  -  16 Nov 2008
Times Online,It addresses deforestation and draws on a wealth of traditional Brazilian dance and myth. “We're kicking against this idea that you have to have a nostalgic

Governor says deforestation caused landslide in Cianjur  -  Nov 15, 2008
Jakarta Post,West Java governor Ahmad Heryawan said Saturday that the landslide in a village in Cianjur on Thursday was caused by massive deforestation in the area.

Floresta Names Burundi the Nation Most Impacted by Environmental ...  -  Nov 13, 2008
MarketWatchThe global charity Floresta, that works to end poverty by halting deforestation, has named Burundi the nation most impacted by environmental degradation as

People pressure on land has a telling effect  -  Nov 15, 2008
New Straits Times,The second key factor, said Petley, is deforestation. Though not as great a concern in Malaysia as in other Asian countries, the country is still likely to

Greenpeace opens African Office -- focusing on climate change ...  -  Nov 14, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),These areas are central to tackling climate change, deforestation and overfishing. "While the environmental threats facing Africans are urgent and critical,

Guest column: Evidence debunks criticisms of ethanol  -  Nov 13, 2008
Truth about Trade & Technology,However, there is no scientific evidence indicating that deforestation is driven by biofuels production. Whereas the world has lost 500 million acres of

Deforestation: forests and the planet`s biodiversity are disappearing  -  Nov 12, 2008
Environmental Expert (press release),Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests and woodlands. While the phenomenon is not new, the current scale and pace of destruction is alarming.

The Asian Brown Cloud: Global Climate Chaos and Tropical Glaciers  -  Nov 14, 2008
RINF.COM,A major cause of climate change is deforestation, a problem that the indigenous people of the Amazon know very well. The relation between deglaciation and

Climate progress unlikely at global meeting - GEF  -  Nov 14, 2008
Reuters India,Progress is likely to be limited to such basic principles as an agreement that technology transfer and deforestation will be part of the final negotiation,

Kolhai meltdown gets attention  -  Nov 15, 2008
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),He blamed increasing temperature caused by extensive deforestation in its adjoining areas, and the increased activity of Gujjars near the glacier.

LWUA, DENR, water districts plan reforestation agreement  -  Nov 15, 2008
Balita.org,Pichay raised urgency of replanting denuded areas, noting water supply is already at risk from deforestation and other forms of environmental degradation.

Brazil sees carbon market saving Amazon  -  Nov 7, 2008
AFPBut it does not acknowledge the reduction of emissions from deforestation of tropical forests in developing countries. Brazil, the fourth-biggest producer

Greenpeace activists prevent Sinar Mas palm oil tanker from ...  -  Nov 14, 2008
Ekolist.cz,One company receiving RSPO certification - United Plantations, a supplier of Nestlé and Unilever - is involved with deforestation in the vulnerable peatland

Police stops Greenpeace action in Dumai waters  -  Nov 11, 2008
Antara,So long as no public statement has been made by the RSPO that supports a moratorium on the deforestation eco-friendly oilpalm plantations are a myth," he

Give the rainforests our word and bond  -  Nov 13, 2008
Times Online,Not only that, deforestation releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year than all the world's cars, aircraft and ships combined.

Food for fuel policy may result in deforestation  -  Oct 28, 2008
GMA news.tv,...crop conversion, [and] deforestation brought about by industrial monoculture to help in policy formulation," an international group said.

Dennis Newman: Change needed on ethanol  -  Nov 13, 2008
Summit Daily News,Ethanol production in the US even contributes to deforestation in Brazil as those farmers rush to plant more soybeans to replace the soybean crop in America

FACTBOX: UN scheme aims to use carbon credits to save forests  -  Oct 29, 2008
ReutersCalled REDD, or reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation, the scheme won backing at last year's UN-led climate talks in Bali and trial schemes

REDD warning light glows in PNG  -  Nov 13, 2008
Carbon Positive,With a global market mechanism around avoided deforestation still in the early stages of negotiation and development, the PNG government has moved to assert

Carbon trading tension mounts in PNG  -  Nov 12, 2008
ABC Online,PNG is playing a lead role in the United Nations program, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). The logging industry describes REDD

Reasons to save the forests  -  Nov 12, 2008
Vancouver Sun,..."The initial thing that came out of this is that it's finally recognized that greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation is larger than emissions from

Brazil: Industry putting more animals in danger  -  Nov 4, 2008
BusinessWeekMinc blamed the growing number of endangered species on deforestation in the Amazon, which he said is sparked by soy farmers and ranchers illegally clearing

First batch of certified palm oil en route to Europe  -  Nov 14, 2008
Bridges Trade BioRes News Digest,...“The RSPO…must support a moratorium on deforestation and pressure the Indonesian government to take urgent action,�? Bustar Maitar of Greenpeace said.

Brazil's list of endangered animals swells  -  Nov 4, 2008
MSNBCMinc said the government is trying to slow deforestation in Amazon that he said is often caused by soy farmers and ranchers clearing land for crops and

The Observer Good Companies Guide Tide turns against 'dirty' oil sands  -  Nov 15, 2008
guardian.co.uk,But the environmental problems aren't restricted to carbon emissions and deforestation, serious though they are. Oil sands consume vast amounts of water,

The Biofuel Debate: Good, Bad or Too Soon to Tell?  -  Nov 3, 2008
New York Times,By Tom Zeller Jr. Does altering crop use in one part of the globe cause deforestation in another? (Photo: Monica Almeida/The New York Times) Critics of the

Greenpeace stops palm oil shipments from leaving Indonesia  -  Nov 10, 2008
AFP..."Deforestation will continue without strong commitment," Maitar said, adding that meeting demand for palm oil was possible without further deforestation.

Brazil charges 81 with illegal Amazon deforestation  -  Nov 2, 2008
Mongabay.comDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is increasingly driven by corporate interests and large landowners, rather than poor subsistence farmers.

Desertificatition, deforestation key to vision 20-2020 --Minister  -  Oct 29, 2008
Triumph,Alao said this at the ``National Dialogue On Environment: Deforestation and Desertification'' organised by the New Partnership for Africa 's Development

Amid Proliferating Markets, EU Officials Draw Line On Forest Credits  -  Oct 22, 2008
New York Times,By James Kanter The European Commission said last week that a market for forest credits, aimed at halting deforestation, would be too difficult to verify.

Nigeria: Deforestation At Its Peak in Borno  -  Oct 29, 2008
AllAfrica.com,Deforestation is one of the oldest and continuous way in which man modifies his environment. It is an act of destroying or removing forest vegetation with

African Nations Can Turn Resource Demand Driving Deforestation ...  -  Nov 2, 2008
AZoCleantech,African nations could turn the demand for their natural resources currently driving deforestation and other destruction into a force for higher returns from

Commission eyes market solution to deforestation  -  Oct 22, 2008
Carbon Finance (subscription),The European Commission has called for a target to halt global deforestation by 2030, to be delivered partially through a ‘Global Forest Carbon Mechanism’

Ask what you can do for your country  -  Nov 9, 2008
Riverwired,Institute a carbon tax, lead the way to an upgrade of the Kyoto Treaty and work with other nations to reduce deforestation (read Jared Diamond's Collapse if

Greenpeace showcases the solution to Indonesia´s rapid forest ...  -  Oct 31, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Jakarta, Indonesia – Greenpeace this morning launched its Forests for Climate initiative, the pioneering solution to reduce deforestation, tackle climate

Special Sunday for Madju and his mates  -  Nov 9, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,Borneo and Sumatra are the only remaining places where orang-utans exist in the wild and their habitats are being destroyed by deforestation.

Avon company making paper that doesn't come from trees  -  Nov 13, 2008
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,..."Deforestation is occurring at a rate of two football fields per second, which the launch of this innovative green' product would help cut deforestation

Forests losing battle against plantations  -  Oct 29, 2008
Jakarta Post,Massive forest conversions, rising demand for timber and infrastructure projects are the main causes for Indonesia's world-leading rate of deforestation,

EDITORIAL: Protecting the forests  -  Nov 3, 2008
Asahi Shimbun,Such deforestation now accounts for 20 percent of CO2 global emissions from vehicle exhaust or other human sources because carbon stored in trees through

3 arrested for deforestation  -  Oct 22, 2008
WOW,Mr Sanneh also sent a warning to those involved in illegal deforestation to desist from the act saying anybody caught would be shown no mercy.

Ugandan president continues to undermine national forest reserves  -  Nov 4, 2008
Mongabay.com..."National Forest Authority (NFA's) name should be changed to National Deforestation Authority because they don't care about forests.

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