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DeforestationArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlTreehuggerIn June some 578 square kilometers, mostly in Para and Mato Grosso states, was cleared. Uganda: Stop Killing Forestry Officials to Minimise Climate Change - 05 Aug 2009 AllAfrica.comAccording to the World Resources Institute, over the past 150 years, deforestation has contributed 30 per cent of the atmospheric build-up of carbon dioxide Low carbon motion carried by House - 05 Aug 2009 Stabroek NewsThe idea of avoided deforestation has long been supported by internationally renowned experts, he noted. The Agriculture Minister pointed out that over Daily Briefing: Wed. - 05 Aug 2009 Mother Nature NetworkDeforestation in the world's biggest jungle quadrupled in June from May's already-severe losses, according to satellite imagery from Brazil's space agency, Rangers v rebels: fight to save rare gorillas - 05 Aug 2009 IndependentIn the absence of affordable alternatives many countries are locked into a cycle of expanding illegal charcoal use, increased deforestation and collapsing Coastal erosion hits popular Andaman resort island of Phuket - 05 Aug 2009 Thai News Agency MCOTThe problem in both areas is due to the ebb tide and to mangrove deforestation clearing the was to build homes and businesses. In 1996, authorities tried to A Great Day for Forests - 05 Aug 2009 Huffington PostDeforestation and forest degradation are both a cause and a result of climate change. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and use it to grow, but when they decay G8 leaders support promotion of SFM - 05 Aug 2009 Timber Trades JournalDeclarations made at the latest G8 meeting included a commitment to combine the reduction of carbon emissions from deforestation with the global promotion Every step counts to save the Amazon - 05 Aug 2009 Sideways News...which has been supplying materials to top shoe manufacturers like Nike, Timberland and Adidas, and which also contributes to large-scale deforestation. Restoring Farmland In Haiti - 05 Aug 2009 Voice of AmericaBut decades of deforestation have resulted in serious soil erosion. Canals that once irrigated crops have been buried by mud slides and floods. Amazon deforestation speeds up: Brazil space agency - Aug 4, 2009 AFPBRASILIA — Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in June was four times more devastating than the month before, further depleting what is seen as one Deforestation's Role in Carbon Markets - Aug 4, 2009 BusinessWeekDeforestation is fast becoming a central part of any Post-Kyoto agreement on global greenhouse gases. It's easy to see why. World Bank to buy carbon credit from Congo project - Aug 4, 2009 ReutersIt is part of efforts by the Washington-based poverty-fighting institution to address climate change caused by deforestation by compensating developing A Plan to Cut Carbon Emissions From Deforestation - Jul 29, 2009 New York TimesMr. Steiner believes that the effort to reduce emissions stemming from deforestation would generate an important new source of income for the Lake Victoria Shoe brands get tough on leather suppliers to save Amazon rainforest - Aug 3, 2009 guardian.co.uk..."I'd say that 65-75% of deforestation is linked to the growth of ranching," Minc said. "We are closing in on this, but it is still the sector that is most Brazilian soy industry extends moratorium on Amazon deforestation - Jul 28, 2009 Mongabay.comFurther, investments to facilitate soy expansion — including road development and ports — have promoted deforestation. Cattle ranching is the biggest driver Carbon Emissions From Amazon Deforestation Increase as Older ... - Aug 3, 2009 Treehugger3.09 By now I'm sure you know that deforestation is a major source of carbon emissions -- in fact more than all the fuel burned for transportation -- which It won't be buying leather from cattle raised there - Jul 23, 2009 msnbc.comSAO PAULO - Citing a commitment to curbing deforestation, sportswear giant Nike Inc. says it will stop using leather from cattle raised in Brazil's Amazon Emissions from Amazon deforestation to rise as loggers move deeper ... - Jul 31, 2009 Mongabay.comEmissions from Amazon deforestation are growing as developers move deeper into old-growth forest areas where carbon density is higher, report scientists Brazilian Meat Cos Join New Program To Tackle Deforestation - Jul 27, 2009 CNNMoney.comSAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian meat companies Bertin and Marfrig Alimentos SA (MRFG3.BR) have joined a new certification program to stop purchases of Deforestation, industry threaten Brazil's wildlife treasure trove - Jul 28, 2009 Canada.comJaguars still roam the world's largest wetland and endangered Hyacinth Macaws nest in its trees, but deforestation, advancing farms and industries are US Enters Debt-for-Nature Swap With Indonesia - Jul 29, 2009 Voice of AmericaIndonesia's massive deforestation rate makes it the world's third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide behind the United States and China. Liberia's Forest Management as Drivers of Deforestation, Part 1 - Jul 22, 2009 Liberian Daily ObserverBy Yurfee B. Shaikalee, Environmental Columnist Management of the Liberian forest is now a great asset today and for generations to come. Peru to raise payment to indigenous communities for Amazon forest ... - Aug 3, 2009 Mongabay.comUnder a proposed mechanism that compensates countries for reducing deforestation (REDD), forest land could be worth $800 or more per hectare for its carbon Amazon Tribe Already Feels the Pinch From Climate Change ... - Jul 28, 2009 TreehuggerBut changes in precipitation in the region -- brought about by a combination of deforestation and warmer temperatures -- are making things difficult to CO2 emissions from deforestation in the Amazon on the rise - Jul 30, 2009 Thaindian.comLondon, July 30 (ANI): A new study has suggested that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from deforestation in the Amazon are increasing as loggers and land Uganda: Massive Deforestation Fuelling Drought, Famine in Kibaale - Jul 20, 2009 AllAfrica.comEnvironmentalists and local leaders partly attribute the problem to the excessive deforestation. Patrick Kakeeto, the National Forestry Authority (NFA) Help Fight Deforestation, FG Tells States - Jul 26, 2009 THISDAYThe Federal Government has urged states to collaborate with it in its effort to arrest the growing impact of desertification, land degradation and effects Jeffrey B. Swartz: I Fought the Law and the Law Won - Jul 30, 2009 AlterNetTake deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. You might think, as I did, interesting issue. Deforestation is never good, and the Amazon deserves to have its Biomass no way to cut carbon emissions - Aug 4, 2009 Boston GlobeDEFORESTATION IS but one of a number of serious problems that would issue from more biomass power in Massachusetts (“On wood, burning questions,'' Page A1, Indonesia issues first forest-carbon revenue rules - Jul 10, 2009 ReutersDeforestation is responsible for nearly 20 percent of mankind's greenhouse gas emissions and the United Nations has backed REDD as a way to put a price on Getting the Story Right on Tropical Deforestation - Jul 19, 2009 It's Getting Hot In HereUnfortunately, however, myths abound when it comes to the real roots of deforestation and conservation in the tropics. In this article, I hope to clear up Nike and Coke unveil deforestation and water commitments - Jul 27, 2009 Business GreenGreenpeace indicated in its study, entitled Slaughtering the Amazon, that the Brazilian cattle industry remained the largest single cause of deforestation INTERVIEW-Forests best chance for new climate pact-economist - Jul 15, 2009 Reuters...[ID:nL8517833] "There should be a complete reversal of priorities and countries should get on with what they can agree on, which is curbing deforestation," Carbon offsets not perfect but can slash costs: CBO - Aug 4, 2009 Reuters...difficult to measure the amount of carbon removed ... because of efforts to plant trees or avoid deforestation in developing countries," the CBO said. An Interview with Kir... - Jul 23, 2009 Energy TribuneRB: I've recently exchanged emails with Emanuel de Merode, the game warden in Virunga National Park about the problem of deforestation in that region and Wooded bliss - Jul 21, 2009 Boston GlobeThe bill sets aside 5 percent of pollution permits to fight deforestation in developing nations. Deforestation, caused by everything from crude charcoal Corruption linked to Borneo deforestation - Jul 15, 2009 Aljazeera.netOnce considered the green lungs of Asia, Borneo now provides a lucrative home for palm oil growers and timber corporations. According to the World Wildlife INTERVIEW-US says African farming has role in green push - Aug 4, 2009 Reuters...[ID:nn07319079] Environmental groups have decried deforestation in the Amazon, and some African countries such as Kenya, saying it cuts the planet's ability Global Biofuel Market to Top One-Quarter Trillion - Jul 24, 2009 ReutersWith rainforest destruction being one of the greatest accelerants of climate change, will the search for acceptable biomass land lead to deforestation? The need to check deforestation in West Africa - Jul 22, 2009 BusinessDayWhile in Africa, the population density relative to forest area is close to the world's average, the deforestation rate is four times the world's average. RI may lose natural forest by 2015, says enviro expert - Jul 29, 2009 Jakarta PostThis is the worst case scenario based on current rates of deforestation," he said. The government has allocated 64 million hectares of natural forests, BBC Caribbean News in Brief - Aug 4, 2009 Stabroek NewsThe UK's Minister for Energy and Climate change says reducing levels of deforestation will be critical to a successful outcome of the climate change Timber dealers attack C-River anti-deforestation task force men - Jul 22, 2009 VanguardCALABAR —Governor Liyel Imoke's attempts to stop deforestation in Cross River State has met with tough resistance as men of the state REDD shouldn't neglect biodiversity say scientists - Jul 30, 2009 Mongabay.comEmissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) mechanism, which could direct billions of dollars annually to forest conservation initiatives. Nigeria loses $750m annually to deforestation – Minister - Jul 21, 2009 Vanguard...warning that, “If the rate of deforestation is not reversed, more than 50 million Nigerians will be directly affected by its impacts�, he said. VCS Launches Land-Use Protocols - Jul 23, 2009 Ecosystem Marketplace..."They give developers a detailed path to follow when developing avoided deforestation or agricultural land management projects," says David Antonioli, Deforestation continuing unrestrained in Chandel - Jul 21, 2009 E-Pao.netImphal, July 21 2009: Even though deforestation is one of the main causes for extreme weather changes in the state and government, by knowing the fact, Chief Musarurwa castigates deforestation - Jul 22, 2009 Newsnet...meet the nation's power demands, has led to increased demand for firewood, a situation that has promoted deforestation in most communal and urban areas. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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