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RainforestsArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlSurvival International (press release) (press release)It is also a key instrument in the battle to save the world's rainforests, putting control of the land back in the hands of the people who have looked after Brazilians urged to wee in the shower - 06 Aug 2009 China DailyA new TV advertisement from a Brazilian environmental group has urged people to urinate in the shower to save water and protect the rainforests. Puerto Rico Steps Up To Plate With Mets, Rums - 06 Aug 2009 MediaPost Publications..."Puerto Rico has two major advantages over other Caribbean destinations: diversity of activities, including music, sports, rainforests, bioluminescent bays Only 500 Remain of this Popular Bird Species - 06 Aug 2009 OratoHowever, because of the dwindling rate of rainforests, their numbers have been in sharp decline. Philippine authorities made great efforts toward protecting A Great Day for Forests - 06 Aug 2009 Huffington PostThat logging project includes road-building and clearcutting in temperate rainforests bordering the Misty Fjords National Monument. Zip through the rainforests of Costa Rica - Jul 27, 2009 Examiner.comCosta Rica, the "Rich Coast" is known for its awesome surfing, fertile rainforests and faultless beaches. Thrill seekers have plenty to choose from Are we on the brink of saving rainforests? - Jul 22, 2009 Mongabay.comUntil now saving rainforests seemed like an impossible mission. But the world is now warming to the idea that a proposed solution to help address climate Under-threat fungi and mosses in Wales 'as important as the ... - Jul 22, 2009 WalesOnlineThey may be tiny and largely overlooked but the fungi and mosses of Wales are as important to life as the rainforests, visitors to the Royal Welsh Show Malaysia's rainforests being insidiously replaced with plantations ... - Jul 19, 2009 Mongabay.comRainforests once managed for selective logging in Malaysia are now being are clear-felled and replaced with latex-timber clones—rubber trees that yield Madagascar issues fines for timber stolen from national parks ... - Aug 3, 2009 Mongabay.comIllegal logging in the rainforests of Marojejy and Masoala National Parks made international news in March and April this year. Armed gangs moved into the Can non-timber forest products help conserve the Amazon? - Jul 20, 2009 Mongabay.comIndustrial-scale logging and resource exploitation continue to plague the South American rainforests, contributing to their systematic destruction. NGO accuses Biya's son of plundering Cameroon's rainforests - Jul 25, 2009 Le Mali en ligneWe can prove that he has secured considerable assets in France, Switzerland and in Monaco, by destroying Cameroon's rainforests,� the Survie Chairwoman The future of the rainforests is our future too - Jul 16, 2009 Herald de ParisBy Herald de Paris Contributor's Bureau on July 16, 2009 LONDON (The Prince's Rainforests Project @ Herald de Paris) - The rainforests are a rich, ADOI EXCLUSIVE: MALAYSIA RIDES INTO CANNES! - Aug 4, 2009 ADOI magazineMultiply that by European and American populations and suddenly it becomes clear why Brazilian rainforests disappear at the rate of a few thousand acres Fungi crucial to rainforests 'should be protected' - Jul 27, 2009 Cool EarthFungi that play an important role in the existence of rainforests could be facing extinction due to human pollution, a conservation group has warned. MOBOTIX cameras implemented in humid rainforests 5800 km north of ... - Jul 19, 2009 SourceSecurity.comThe jungle paths wind their way through the rainforest, round 500 different types of plants, 14-m high trees, under waterfalls and over a mangrove swamp in Bio-Fueling a Trade War - Aug 3, 2009 Wall Street JournalThe environmental NGOs who decry the Asian biofuels actually oppose all forms of biofuel because they fear it may lead to a reduction of rainforests. Twilight stars set to eclipse Vancouver - Aug 4, 2009 Vancouver SunBut the moody climes of southwest British Columbia are beckoning the duo back to roam the rainforests and urban alleys to shoot the third of Stephenie Hidden environmental cost of sportswear brands takes a toll on the ... - Jul 29, 2009 Cool EarthThe company expressed its commitment to taking deforestation in the Amazon basin more seriously, saying it appreciates "how important rainforests are to the Deforestation puts local rainforests groups in "crucible" - Jul 21, 2009 Cool EarthA rainforest conservation organisation has spoken out against the deforestation of rainforests in Brazil, which is putting local indigenous groups in a It's Jamaica Mon! - Jul 26, 2009 Huntington Herald DispatchBecause here you'll find tropical rainforests, waterfalls, wonderful sand beaches, shimmering sands and a turquoise sea, a wide variety of resorts, Bringing Coral Reefs Back From the Living Dead - Jul 30, 2009 Science Magazine (subscription)The "rainforests of the sea," however, are threatened by human activity and natural disasters. About 19% of our planet's original global coral reef area has The Great Ocean Road - Aug 4, 2009 iAfrica.com...in south-western Victoria and is characterised by exquisite coastal scenery, mountains and farmland, thriving villages, rainforests and historic relics. Waxman-Markey Just Doesn't Add Up - Aug 4, 2009 Heritage.orgEven tropical rainforests made the list. Electric utilities were the big winners, receiving 43.75 percent of the allowances in 2012 and 2013. School kids 'help conserve Colombian rainforests' - Jul 20, 2009 Cool EarthSchoolchildren in Cumbria, north-west England, are playing their own small part in rainforest conservation by helping to sustain regions in South America. 28 Locations Make The New7Wonders Of Nature Cut - Jul 29, 2009 Basil & Spice: Author & Book Views On A Healthy Life!From waterfalls to fjords, rainforests to mountain peaks, freshwater lakes to volcanoes, we are discovering together the incredible beauty and variety of ULM students experience total immersion through study abroad program - Aug 3, 2009 Monroe News Star...lies between the Pacific Ocean and Caribean Sea, entices visitors every year with its pristine beaches, pleasant climate and gem-colored rainforests. Call for change in the face of orangutan's threat to survival - Jul 30, 2009 UQ NewsThe movie deals with issues such as extinction of the orangutan, the impact of climate change and the protection of rainforests in Indonesia. Backgrounder: Cairns, capital of Australia's Tropics - Aug 3, 2009 XinhuaNowhere else on earth do two World Heritage listed sites sit side by side, The Great Barrier Reef and Australia's Tropical Rainforests. High Line Project Slammed For Using Rainforest Wood - Jul 13, 2009 EcorazziThe celebrity-backed High Line project above the streets of New York City has come under fire for using wood logged from rainforests for park benches, Before It Was Syfy . . . A Cool Set of Viral Videos From 1999 - Jul 26, 2009 io9Save the Rainforests, thats where the ape overlords say the best bananas come from. Racism is no longer a problem now that all inferior humans are slaves. Temperate forests store more carbon than tropical forests, finds study - Jul 17, 2009 Mongabay.comTemperate forests trump rainforests when it comes to storing carbon, reports a new assessment of global forest carbon stocks published July 14th in Scary Ancient 'Spiders' Revealed In 3D Models - Aug 4, 2009 Science Daily (press release)During this period, the world's continents were merging together near the equator to form one supercontinent and the first tropical rainforests were playing What's the Global Problem with Palm Oil? It's in most Local ... - Jul 15, 2009 PlanetSave.comRAN tells us: “Palm oil plantations are expanding into the planet's most biodiverse ecosystems, including rainforests, grasslands and peat swamps in South The Girl from 'Impeenema' - Aug 5, 2009 Mother Nature NetworkA TV ad campaign in Brazil urges folks to urinate in the shower to conserve water ... and save the rainforests. No matter how long we stay in or what kind New Preschool Offers Unique Curriculum - Jul 22, 2009 NewsNet5.comRecycling, reducing and reusing are weaved into the daily curriculum as well as lessons in conservation, preservation, saving our rainforests and protecting Beluga whale saves diver and all is well with our world - Aug 2, 2009 Examiner.com...kind, and compassionate acts taking place around our world by humans and animals alike: in small villages, rainforests, oceans, large cities, deserts, Australian scientists warn of expanding tropics - Jul 15, 2009 The NationalSteve Turton, an Austrailian science professor, says he has proof that tropical rainforests will move further away from the equator. Tarzan Swings Into Paris Show as Ecological Hero: Review - Aug 2, 2009 Bloomberg3 (Bloomberg) -- In a world obsessed with rainforests, biodiversity and sustainable development, Tarzan is making a comeback. By presenting the pop hero in Go for Less: Costa Rica - Jul 23, 2009 WalletPopFrommer's Costa Rica, talks to WalletPop's Jason Cochran about the Central American dream destination, known for its rainforests and its wildlife. Morpeth girls' £500 boost for dream trip - Jul 22, 2009 Morpeth HeraldThe A-level students will spend two weeks in the Ecuadorian rainforests, national parks and communities before embarking on a high altitude trek and jungle Is Sarah Palin Our Richard Nixon? - Jul 27, 2009 Huffington PostIf he were alive today, I doubt that Nixon would tweet that "sealife near lush wet rainforests to energy housed under frozen tundra atop permafrost, The Long Hot Summer - Jul 13, 2009 Washington MonthlyRainforests, it seems, are more sensitive to drought than was previously understood. Significantly, Phillips also found that the 2005 drought was not the Talking point with mini mathur - Jul 12, 2009 Indian ExpressThese are the most dense rainforests and there are all sorts of creepy reptiles, flies and animals moving around. It is a task to keep them at bay, Sangre De Drago is a Medicinal Power House - Aug 3, 2009 Natural News.com..."blood of the dragon" is the latex-like sap that comes from the Croton species of tree that grows throughout the Amazon rainforests of Peru and Ecuador. A New Fight Over Pollution Curbs Takes Root - Jul 23, 2009 Wall Street JournalThese quandaries are popping up wherever there are sizable woods -- from developing countries with vast tropical rainforests, like Brazil and Indonesia, Should off-Earth expansion be a high priority for humanity? - Jul 15, 2009 Institute for Ethics and Emerging TechnologiesWe have destroyed rainforests, depleted fisheries, burned huge amounts of fossil fuels, sucked water aquifers dry, and given Earth a fever in the form of Ecology Project International facilitates local Montana exchange - Aug 3, 2009 The Bozeman Daily Chronicle...able to travel abroad and discover animals and plants very different from those in their tropical rainforests,� Stamm wrote in a prepared statement. HOT ISSUE: Should we deliberately move species? - Jul 19, 2009 The Associated PressResearchers will uproot moisture-loving Sitka spruce and Western redcedar that grace British Columbia's coastal rainforests and drop their seedlings in the Indonesia issues world's first rules on forestry credit revenue ... - Jul 13, 2009 Business GreenWhile research by Australia's Applied Environmental Decision Analysis has surmised that issuing carbon credits to palm oil companies to protect rainforests [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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