Sustainability| More...
 

Rain Forest

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...

Read Whole Story

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.

Read Post

Venezuelan Rain Forest Tribe Charges Government With Neglect

The New York Times | Simon Romero | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Yanomami, Hugo CháVez, Venezuela, Amazon Rain Forest, New Tribes, Malaria, Missionaries, Rain Forest, Green News

PUERTO AYACUCHO, Venezuela -- Three years after President Hugo Chávez expelled American missionaries from the Venezuelan Amazon, accusing them of usi...

Read Whole Story

World Bank Still Not Lending With Environment (And Disasters) In Mind: Report

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Andy Revkin, Rainforest, World Bank, Environment, The Burning Season, Amazon, Rain Forest, Green News

Back in 1989, when I spent four months scouring the road-laced reaches of the western Amazon researching my first book, The Burning Season, I learned ...

Read Whole Story