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The Security Implications of Climate Change

Justin Mundy | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Rain Forests, National Security, Climate, Water, Climate Change, Energy Security, Food, Green News
Justin Mundy

Climate security, energy security, food security and water security are now all inextricably linked. There is no long term and stable security outcome that is viable unless all four challenges are met.

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Indonesia Agrees To Protect Forests In Exchange For Debt Forgiveness

The Wall Street Journal | Tom Wright | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Sumatra Island, Indonesia, Rain Forests, Conservation International, U.S. Tropical Forest Conservation Act, Sotuheast Asia, Endangered Species, Deforestation, Green News

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The United States will sign an agreement Tuesday to forgive nearly $30 million in Indonesian debt in return for the large Southe...

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The Problem With Palm Oil

Michael Brune | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Human Rights, Rain Forests, Orangutans, Environment, Climate Change, Rainforests, Palm Oil, Deforestation, Hsbc, Matt Mckinney, Indonesia, Palm Oil Production, Malaysia, Agribusiness, HSBC Rainforests, Green News
Michael Brune

The ubiquity of palm oil in the United States and Europe is driving out the subsistence agriculture that people in Indonesia and Malaysia depend on for food.

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Rain Forests to Headline at Poznan...

Bill Chameides | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Global Warming, Redd, Reducing Deforestation in Developing Countries, Rain Forests, Poznan Climate Change Conference, Deforestation, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of the Parties, Green News
Bill Chameides

Dr. Bill Chameides, recently appointed to America's Climate Choices, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the dean of Duke University's...

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