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Deforestation

The Importance of Being Cerrado: Brazil's Other Huge, Endangered Ecosystem

Chris McGowan | Posted 12.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Brazil, Lula, Brazilian Environment, Carlos Minc, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Cerrado, Amazon Basin, Deforestation, Tropical Dry Forest, Savanna, Biofuel, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspot, Green News
Chris McGowan

The Cerrado savanna has already lost 48% of its original vegetation and is shrinking faster than the Amazon rain forest. It could disappear almost entirely within a few decades.

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Can Climate Action Resuscitate Tropical Forests?

Janet Ranganathan | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Deforestation, Cop 15, Environmental Activistm, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News
Janet Ranganathan

For decades, environmentalists have described shrinking forests as the planet's "green lungs." But can pumping money into forests save the climate? Can climate protection measures preserve forests?

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Four Women Who Inspire Action and Conscience in Copenhagen

Frances Beinecke | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Maya Lin, Redd, Women, Jane Goodall, Copenhagen 2009, Rainforest, cop15, Climate Change, Women and Politics, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Deforestation, Global Warming, Jessy Tolkan, Green News
Frances Beinecke

With the international climate talks drawing representatives from 192 nations and attracting more than 110 world leaders, there are a lot of impressive people gathering in Copenhagen.

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Unchopping A Tree (VIDEO)

Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Amazon Rainforest, Rainforest, Deforestation, Video, Green News

We lose 90 acres of rain forest every minute. That means that New York's Central Park would be completely obliterated in 9 minutes, London's Hyde Park...

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Copenhagen Climate Talks Near Deal On Preservation Of Forests

New York Times | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Copenhagen 2009, Agriculture, Obama, Rainforests, Peat Soil, Rain Forest, Environmental Defense Fund, Reducing Emissions From Deforestation, White House, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Un, Deforestation, Global Warming, Green News

COPENHAGEN -- Negotiators have all but completed a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests, and in some cases, other natu...

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Google Deforestation Map Helps Battle Shrinking Forests

techcrunch.com | Posted 12.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google, Google Earth Deforestation, Google Earth, Google Deforestation Map, Google Deforestation, Google Maps, Deforestation, Technology News

One of the most effective ways to battle global warming would be to curb deforestation around the world. Google is helping today on the monitoring fro...

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Journalists and Activists Detained and Deported from Indonesia's Climate Ground Zero

Daniel Kessler | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Media, Indonesia, Deforestation, Global Warming, Green News
Daniel Kessler

On November 16th, two Greenpeace activists and two members of the press were picked up and detained by Indonesian police.

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Madagascar's Lemurs Threatened By "Timber Mafia"

The Guardian | David Smith in Berenty, Madagascar | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Rare Animals, Lemur, Animals, Deforestation, Biodiversity, Madagascar, Endangered, Green News

The lemur, a furry primate that symbolizes Madagascar's unique biodiversity, is under renewed threat from a "timber mafia" pillaging the island's fore...

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A Challenge to Magazine Publishers -- Especially Jon Meacham

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Magazine, Al Gore, Magazine Publishers, Jon Meacham, Vanity Fair, Co2, Deforestation, Newsweek, Blow-in Inserts, Guideposts, Climate Change, Green News
Dr. Susan Corso

If all the print publications in the U.S. alone were to eliminate inserts, how much would that reduce carbon emissions? Think of the deforestation it could prevent.

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Koalas Could Go Extinct

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Endangered Animals, Threatened-Species, Koalas, Australia, Extinction, Climate Change, Development, Deforestation, Global Warming, Green News

Australia's koalas could be wiped out within 30 years unless urgent action is taken to halt a decline in population, according to researchers....

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Meat Politics: The Tofu Vs. Beef War Continues

Mother Nature Network | Karl Burkart | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Tofu, Sustainability, Carbon Emissions, Livestock, Deforestation, Carbon Footprint, Soy, Green News

A New study claims meat is responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. But let's not forget, soy production is a leading cause of deforestation, ...

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Indonesia's Rainforests and the Climate Crisis

Daniel Kessler | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Redd, Obama, Indonesia, Deforestation, Green News
Daniel Kessler

A drive through the Kampar Peninsula reveals hectare after hectare of forest conversion from healthy rainforest to palm oil plantations. There is no sign of animal life or biodiversity -- just row after row of palm.

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Groups Rally To End Tongass Forest Timber Sales

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Tongass Forest, Tongass Logging, Tom Vilsack, Protest, Logging, Alaska, Deforestation, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Forests, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Nearly a dozen conservation groups are appealing to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to put a stop to two timber sales...

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Local Leaders on a Global Stage

Kevin George | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Jane-Goodall, Governor Ted Kulongoski, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Environment, Global Climate Summit, Climate Change, Oceans, Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Climate Bill, Green News
Kevin George

These are just of few of the characters on the global stage whom I met - and who shared their stories of their paths on the road to Copenhagen.

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Environmental mayhem in Pakistan

Saad Khan | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Developing Countries, Deforestation, Environmental Pollution, Pakistani Military, South Asia, Zardari-Government-Fodpyworld, Swat Valley, Green News
Saad Khan

Along with other South Asian nations, Pakistan is one of the countries worst affected by environmental pollution.

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How Green is Your Palm Oil?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Forest Destruction, Rainforest, Climate Change, Fertilizers, Organic-Certification, Palm Oil, Deforestation, Processed Foods, Organic Palm Oil, Natural Home, Natural Home Magazine, Sustainability, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Used in everything from cookies to lipstick, palm oil is now common ingredient in many everyday items. Unfortunately, its popularity has led to extensive destruction of tropical rainforests.

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China's Reforestation Commitment: Imperfect, Important Progress

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: China Climate Change, Climate Change, Deforestation, Hu Jintao, China, Reforestation, Green News
Jeffrey B. Swartz

The leader of the largest polluting country in the world has now publicly declared accountability and committed to redemption. It deserves to be recognized as meaningful, if imperfect, progress.

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Dust Storms Spread Deadly Diseases Worldwide, But May Ease Effects Of Climate Change: Researchers

The Observer | John Vidal | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Australia, Desertification, Diseases, Africa, Flu, Sahara, Health, Influenza, Climate Change, Asthma, Drought, Desert, Storm, Dust Storms, Health Effects, Emissions, Valley Fever, Epidemiology, Dust, Deforestation, Environment, Green News

Huge dust storms, like the ones that blanketed Sydney twice last week, hit Queensland yesterday and turned the air red across much of eastern Australi...

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Seizing the Opportunity: Reflections from the UN Climate Summit

Jake Schmidt | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Developingcountries, Copenhagen, Deforestation, g20, China, Climate Change Negotiations, Copenhagen Countdown, Un Fccc, Global Warming, Climate Week, Green News
Jake Schmidt

The UN climate summit provided some boosts to the international negotiations as we lead into the final stretch before Copenhagen.

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Team Earth Campaign Brings Together Harrison Ford, the President of Guyana, CEOs, and a Life-Size Origami Forest

ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: President Jagdeo, Walmart, Slideshow, Johnson & Johnson, Green News, Harrison Ford, Conservation, Green Living, Origami, Greenwashing, Starbucks, Sustainability, Guyana, Un, Deforestation, Copenhagen, Harrahs, Team Earth, Conservation International, Green News
ThienVinh Nguyen

As a "global sustainability movement" that'll include just about everyone - from educators to scientists to businesses to non-profits and little kids - Team Earth's first campaign centers on tackling deforestation.

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Gisele Bundchen UN Ambassador: Takes On Brazil President Over Amazon

AP | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Gisele Bundchen Amzon, Gisele Bundchen, UN Advocate, Deforestation, Brazil, Amazon, Green News

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Team Earth: Are You In?

Harrison Ford | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Automobiles, Tropical Deforestation, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Harrison Ford, Environment, Airplanes, Deforestation, Team Earth, Trucks, Rain Forest, Green News
Harrison Ford

Team Earth is issuing an urgent, immediate challenge by teaming up with the Prince's Rainforest Project to call for swift action and funding to reduce tropical deforestation.

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Putting the Keystone Back on Our Wildlands Legacy

Carl Pope | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Logging, National Forests, Tom Vilsack, Roadless Rule, Logging-Rules, Obama Picks Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Deforestation, Forests, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Green News
Carl Pope

Vilsack acknowledged for the first time that climate change and fragmentation are a serious threat to the health of our forests.

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A Great Day for Forests and the Climate

Daniel Kessler | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama, Kleenex, Forests, Greenpeace, Kimberly-Clark, Greenpeace Kimberly-Clark, Forest Degradation, Roadless Areas in National Forests, Rainforests, Deforestation, Roadless Areas, Green News
Daniel Kessler

North American forests have had a good day today. Kimberly-Clark announced stronger fiber sourcing standards, and a San Francisco court reinstated the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

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Put the Brakes on the Bank: Carbon Finance in Indonesia

Chad Dobson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Sustainable-Forestry, Governance, Human Rights, Indonesia, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Finance, World Bank, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Indigenous Rights, International-Financial-Institutions, Reducing Deforestation in Developing Countries, Civil Society, Deforestation, Indigenous People, Business News
Chad Dobson

The World Bank's current struggle within its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility illustrates the difficulty of building a solid programmatic foundation that incorporates civil society concerns.

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