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Global Warming > Deforestation
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Deforestation Defined
The removal of forest stands.
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Costa Rica tops good life survey
Published July 3, 2009, 10:28 am, Financial Times
Costa Rica, the country of fewer than 5m people sandwiched between Panama and Nicaragua, tops a new global ranking for combining a happy and long life with limited environmental degradation.
Wetland threat
Published July 3, 2009, 3:51 am, BBC News
Brazil's challenge to protect its unique Pantanal
Fighting to save Pu Mat National Park
Published July 3, 2009, 12:37 am, Việt Nam News
NGHE AN — Efforts need to be stepped up to protect the UNESCO recognised Pu Mat National Park, which has long been exploited by illegal loggers, said Nguyen Van Minh, deputy director of the park.
Botonist travels the around the globe
Published July 2, 2009, 11:04 pm, Estes Park Trail Gazette
An Indiana Jones by any other name might be Steve Popovich from Fort Collins. This globe-trotting botanist's humanitarian aid assignments began when he was a member of an International Rotary Exchange team that took him to Calcutta and Katmandu in 1996.
Ecuador wants rich nations to pay to preserve UNESCO biosphere reserve
Published July 2, 2009, 9:09 am, Deutsche Welle
Ecuador has vowed not to drill for oil in the Amazon if rich nations will compensate it. Known as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, Ecuador’s foreign minister is feeling optimistic about its future after a trip to Berlin.
Wesley Clark: Ethanol's field general
Published July 2, 2009, 7:08 am, CNN Money
If ever there were an industry in need of a general, it's the ethanol industry. Already under siege from food companies blaming biofuels for rising grocery prices, ethanol companies are now seeing their profit margins crushed by falling prices for their product. Compounding the problem, many environmentalists -- who five minutes ago seemed to be in ethanol's corner -- have turned against the ...
Kenyan schoolgirl killed by elephant
Published July 2, 2009, 5:19 am, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
A school girl was reportedly killed and a man seriously injured when an elephant attacked them in Kwale district. The girl is said to have been returning home from school at Mtaa area with her fellow students and had just taken a different path when the jumbo struck.
Nigeria: 'Nigeria's Forest Resources Can Alleviate Poverty'
Published July 2, 2009, 5:16 am, AllAfrica.com
Abuja — Nigeria's forest resources have been recognised as having enormous potentials to contribute to poverty alleviation, sustainable livelihood of the rural people and mitigating effects of climate change.
Their News
Published July 1, 2009, 11:57 pm, Yemen Times Online
Raed Ahmed MTN executive manager in Yemen encouraged the private sector companies to stand together and shoulder their responsibility towards the community similarly to what MTN is doing in Yemen.
Orang utan expert amazed at Sabah's conservation
Published July 1, 2009, 11:11 pm, Sabah Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu: The world's leading orang utan expert, Dr Birute Mary Galdikas, is full of praise for the Sabah Government's conservation efforts to save the apes, one of the world's most endangered species.
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Fri Jul 3
- [2009-07-01] Brazil's development bank to require beef-tracking system to avoid illegal Amazon deforestation: Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay.com
- THE MOST DIVERSE COUNTRY ON EARTH: Economist
Thu Jul 2
- Saving Biodiversity in Sarawak - Tree Plantations to Protect Borneos Endangered Environment
- Industrial nations must tackle deforestation at Copenhagen
Wed Jul 1
- Site Map - Conservation International: Conservation International home page. Learn more about climate change, forests and deforestation, biological diversity, land use, oceans ecotourism and freshwater issues. Explore various regions of the world to learn more about conservation issues there. Calculate your personal impact on the planet.
- Lost There, Felt Here - Protect an Acre - Conservation International: An excellent site (winner of a Webby Award) to learn more about deforestation, conservation and personal involvement. Conservation International (CI) is an organization that is committed to creating a global movement that will help protect and sustain Earth's plant and animal diversity. One of the many tasks they have set themselves is the problem of deforestation and climate change.
- Forests Worldwide | Greenpeace USA
- What's the true cost of photocopy paper?: Important article.
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