RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION

RELIGION
From Rural Sustainability to Refugee Crisis to Beef Consumption and Vice Versa
By Pankaj Jain, Ph.D., Contributor
Teaching and researching religion and ecology
We can no longer ignore the biggest elephant that has been ignored for decades with all our focus on only political and economical reasons for climate change, rainforest destruction, world hunger, and refugee crises.
ARTS
Mist of the Earth: A Stunning Exhibition of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Region
By Regina Fraser and Pat Johnson, Contributor
The Grannies on Safari
It was during a visit to São Paulo that a budding acquaintance with Denise Milan was spawned. I was drawn to her work and a world of discovery that she presented to me through her stone constructs and the multilayered tableaus that resonated throughout her installations.
BUSINESS
Burger King Deal With Tim Hortons May Be Disastrous For Rainforests
By Alexander C. Kaufman
GREEN
50 Reasons Why The Rainforest Rules
By Dominique Mosbergen
GREEN
Rare Chimps & Possible New Fish Species Face Bulldozers in Cameroon
By Kat Clark, Contributor
Communications Officer, Greenpeace
If you think "biodiversity hotspot" sounds like a science class or a commercial for a vacation destination, imagine this instead: The chimps living on land that Herakles Farms hopes to "develop" have as many forest friends as The Jungle Book's Mowgli.
GREEN
DOOMED
WORLDPOST
Indigenous Lands to Finally Receive Titles in Panama
By Veronique Pittman, Contributor
Green schools, indigenous rights, biodiversity conservation, s...
June 4, 2012 will go down in history for the Wounaan communities of Puerto Lara and Caña Blanca, in the Darién of Panama.
GREEN
An Eco-Friendly Christmas Tree
By Richard Schiffman, Contributor
Journalist
Over half of Americans who put Christmas trees up use the artificial variety, which do not shed needles, and which many perceive to be an eco-friendly alternative to cutting living trees. Others dispute this.
GREEN
Would You Trust Management Consultants With the World's Rainforests? Our Governments Have -- Disastrously
By Johann Hari, Contributor
Author of 'Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the ...
Management consultants have now been, in effect, tasked with setting the future of the world's rainforests -- and they are facing accusations that they are using our money to draw up plans that will result in their more rapid destruction.
GREEN
Rainforest Destruction Drops 25 Percent: Report
By Simon McCormack
GREEN
Rainforest, USA
By Michael Brune, Contributor
Executive Director, The Sierra Club
Everybody knows about the great tropical rainforests in the Amazon, Southeast Asia, and central Africa. But it's not the location that makes a rainforest
GREEN
WATCH: Can Notoriously Destructive Palm Oil Industry Turn Things Around?
By Joanna Zelman
GREEN
Shade Grown Coffee: How Much Does It Save The Rainforest?