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Support growing for RI reforestation fund plan  -  20 Aug 2007
Jakarta Post,The US agreed to include Indonesia in a debt-for-nature swap that would use US$19.6 million of the country's US debt to finance tropical forest conservation

Bats may hold clues about Marburg fever  -  20 Aug 2007
Independent Online,The natural reservoirs for Marburg, and its notorious cousin Ebola, are thought to be in the African tropical forest, but the precise animal source remains

New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical ...  -  Aug 17, 2007
Infoshop NewsArlington, Virginia – In an ironic twist, 11 countries that have avoided widespread destruction of their tropical forest are at risk of being left out of an

ENVIRONMENT: Satellites Show Logging Decline in Peru's Amazon Region  -  Aug 18, 2007
Inter Press Service (subscription),..."Logging is a multi-billion dollar industry in Brazil -- 80 percent of which is illegal, according to the government," says Bill Laurance, a tropical forest

Students raise awareness of plight of tropical forest  -  Aug 7, 2007
Taipei Times,Every year, swaths of tropical forest equaling two-thirds of Taiwan's surface area are leveled in Indonesia, home to the world's second-largest rainforest

Secret garden needs a benefactor  -  Aug 19, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,...remember him from his tangles with the city of Vista and the Vista Botanical Gardens over a planned tropical forest on 13 acres in Brengle Terrace Park.

Low deforestation countries to see least benefit from carbon trading  -  Aug 13, 2007
Mongabay.comIn return, preventive credits would extend substantial protection to nearly one-fifth of tropical forest carbon." CITATION: Gustavo AB da Fonseca,

Tropical Insects 'Go The Distance' To Inform Rainforest Conservation  -  Aug 9, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...international effort to add to the extensive data necessary for the understanding, analysis and conservation of complex tropical forest ecosystems.

Bringing back the forests  -  Aug 1, 2007
Bangkok Post,Forty years ago, the upper Mae Sa valley was an abundant tropical forest that protected the rain-catchment areas of the Sa River, which flows into Chiang

Hanging with the animals  -  Aug 12, 2007
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com,For example, a junior docent working in the Tropical Forest exhibit might handle a gecko, teaching visitors about this unique animal.

"Virgin" rain forests of Costa Rica a misnomer  -  Jul 25, 2007
Mongabay.comIndigenous populations used fire to clear large areas of tropical forest well before the arrival of Europeans reports a new study published in Annals of the

ITTO calls for CFE support  -  Jul 25, 2007
Timber Trades Journal (subscription),The Community-based Forest Enterprises in Tropical Forest Countries: Status and Potential report looked at CFEs in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the

State forest company to make Java green  -  Jul 29, 2007
Antara,..."Perhutani carries out the program as an effort to make it the best tropical forest manager in the world," he said. As the best tropical forest manager,

Coal mining threatens the "Heart of Borneo"  -  Jul 25, 2007
Mongabay.com...working with WWF, agreed to protect roughly 220000 square kilometers (85000 square miles) of tropical forest in the so-called "Heart of Borneo",

FRIM Launches Biodiversity Project In Temenggor Forest Reserve  -  Jul 25, 2007
Bernama,..."A successful completion of the project will enhance Malaysia's role as a pioneer in tropical forest management," it added.

al-Gore's Carbon Credits Promote More CO2  -  Aug 17, 2007
Jawa Report,...there is no profitable reason for the 10 countries and one French territory with 20 percent of Earth's intact tropical forest to maintain this resource,

SADC Poised To Launch Free Trade Area Next January: Official  -  Aug 14, 2007
World Bank Group,Under the Kyoto Protocol … there is no profitable reason for the 10 countries and one French territory with 20 percent of Earth's intact tropical forest to

WHIT GIBBONS: We must lean to preserve environment or we will lose it  -  Aug 5, 2007
Tuscaloosa News (subscription),More than 40 percent of what was once tropical forest is now gone, primarily due to forest removal and other human activities. One prediction is that all

Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record  -  Aug 10, 2007
Mongabay.comDeforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon for the previous year were the lowest on record, according to preliminary figures released by INPE,

Study: Rainforest insects are more widespread than previously thought  -  Aug 9, 2007
UMN News,..."Our study shows that insect species often occupy vast areas of tropical forest such that communities of species don't change much from place to place.

Cooperation sought in illegal logging fight  -  Jul 31, 2007
Jakarta Post,Currently, Indonesia has 120.35 million hectares of forest, putting it behind only Brazil and Zaire in terms of tropical forest cover.

Scorecard targets the back patio by Sarah Crespi - 8.1.07  -  Aug 1, 2007
Sustainable Industries,...the outdoor furniture industry because it’sa fast growing segment of consumer markets and it’s also having a big impact on tropical forest habitat.

‘Surf’s Up’ animator is a Pinoy dude  -  Aug 7, 2007
INQ7.net,...“I also had to study foliage of a tropical forest because there was a scene in the movie where a character called Geek took in the hero Cody into his secret

Garforth's Borealis update missing items  -  Aug 14, 2007
Sault Star,A climate-controlled environment beneath the dome of the greenhouse-type structure is necessary for the development of rain forest, tropical forest,

Conservation: Mark of respect  -  Jul 25, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),So in 2004, CIB turned to the Tropical Forest Trust, an organization based in Crassier, Switzerland, that helps logging companies win FSC certification by

Fake fruits lure bats to replant denuded rainforests  -  Aug 8, 2007
Conservation Magazine,So the research team staked out plots in corn and soybean fields, up to 700 meters from the edge of a small tropical forest remnant in southern Brazil’s

Viewing ecosystems from space  -  Aug 8, 2007
Scenta.co.uk,David Schimel The Integrated Forest Monitoring System for Central Africa (INFORMS) is focused on Africa’s entire tropical forest region, while Protected

US Public Gardens Present Beauty and Biodiversity  -  Jul 31, 2007
US Department of State (press release),Michigan’s Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park; the Missouri Botanical Garden; Florida’s Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden;

Information unlimited at Landmark quiz  -  Aug 15, 2007
Hindu,Four rounds covering a range of questions from one on Dendronautics (the study of access to or climb to the tropical forest canopy) to the one on Guggenheim

Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs Disappearing More Rapidly Than Expected  -  Aug 8, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...cover as a key indicator of reef habitat quality and quantity, similar to measuring an area covered by tree canopy as a gauge of tropical forest loss.

Global warming to stunt growth of rainforest trees  -  Aug 12, 2007
Mongabay.com...that sequestration initiatives would need to conserve and plant larger areas of tropical forest than previously expected to offset rising emissions.

Scientists seek Marburg clues in bats  -  Aug 17, 2007
France24,The natural reservoirs for Marburg, and its notorious cousin Ebola, are thought to be in the African tropical forest, but the precise animal source remains

Hiking adventures show Hawaii's true beauty  -  Aug 4, 2007
Deseret News,On the nicknamed "stairway to heaven," hikers literally climb into puffy white clouds over a tropical forest for views of the Haiku Valley and beyond,

Senate joins illegal logging campaign  -  Aug 3, 2007
Timber Trades Journal (subscription),...and has been backed by a number of organisations including the Tropical Forest Trust, the Society of American Foresters, the National Hardwood Lumber

Historic Bill Introduced in Senate Today to Combat Illegal Logging  -  Aug 1, 2007
Earthtimes.orgThe Hardwood Federation; The Nature Conservancy; Tropical Forest Trust; United Steelworkers; Wildlife Conservation Society; World Wildlife Fund.

Forests and Climate  -  Jul 23, 2007
US Department of State (press release),Under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act, the United States has established debt-for-nature programs with 11 countries that will generate more than $135

'Survival Dawn' - Survival Of The Thinnest  -  Aug 16, 2007
Wave of Long Island (subscription),It is in the tropical forest that Herzog completely connects, having made such man vs. nature masterpieces as '"Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre: The Wrath of God

Step Inside Turtle Bay ? An Outstanding Hawaii Vacation Resort  -  Aug 6, 2007
أرابياExplore the tide pools or walk through a tropical forest and experience true nature. You can find 12 miles of ocean front trails and seaside paths from the

Natural forces behind global warming  -  Aug 4, 2007
Regina Leader-Post (subscription),Geologists then already had ample proof that our north pole was sitting on a lost tropical forest, and there we are heading again. The temperature is rising

KCB Optimistic Of Further Improvement In Result  -  Aug 3, 2007
Bernama,..."The five-star 500-room international resort boasts of a vast tropical forest complete with a world-class golf resort and lagoon.

Coral Reefs Losing Ground Throughout the Pacific  -  Aug 9, 2007
Scientific American..."Living coral cover is a metric of reef habitat quality and quantity analogous to coverage of trees as a measure of tropical forest loss," Bruno says.

Mandarin Oriental to open luxury resort and residences in Costa Rica  -  Jul 30, 2007
e-Travel Blackboard (press release),Mandarin Oriental, Costa Rica will be built on a spectacular coastal ridge, nearly 60 meters above sea level, with inland views of the tropical forest

BRASIL SENSATIONAL NEWS: Captain of US Volleyball Team Has Fond ...  -  Jul 25, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),The combination of tropical forest, rivers, waterfalls, mangroves and beaches gives tourists many different leisure options to choose from,

Peruvian coffee eyes international market  -  Aug 14, 2007
Malaysia Sun,Not a traditional part of the diet in this Andean nation, Peruvian coffee is grown in the tropical forest region, at altitudes of between 800 metres and

Indonesia risks going green  -  Jul 23, 2007
Asia Times Online,...but biofuel production is also potentially destructive to the environment through clearing pristine tropical forest areas for plantations.

The Most Moving Environmental Story of the Year  -  Aug 14, 2007
Huffington Post,These efforts are gaining speed; even the Bush administration is saying it will put some money towards tropical forest conservation.

RECYCLE YOUR RABBIT - LoveHoney.co.uk Launches Rabbit Amnesty, The ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
Response Source (press release),LoveHoney will also donate £1 to The World Land Trust (WLT) in support of the charity’s tropical forest land purchase and protection projects.

Norwegian government: 'FSC not good enough for procurement policy'  -  Jul 25, 2007
Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription),...timber in public buildings, stating that "The government wants to stop all trade with unsustainably or illegally logged tropical forest products.

World View Podcast  -  Aug 4, 2007
New York Times,Well, of course, the Amazon is the world’s largest tropical forest. And 60 percent of Brazil’s territory is classified as being part of what is called the

Scientists to go genetic way to study Khamer  -  Aug 3, 2007
Central Chronicle,Taking a lead in this direction, Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) has initiated a three-year study with approval and financial back-up of centre

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