Deforestation
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Too few women in U.N. climate jobs? Ban names 19-man panel
Reuters Environment Blog &bull Yesterday
A women's group is criticising the United Nations for appointing only men to a 19-strong panel of experts to work out how to raise billions of dollars to fight climate change. The new panel, to be co-chaired by British Prime… Full Story »
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The forest scheme that fails to protect trees
Climate Change News Digest &bull Mar 11, 2010Forest conservation project in Bolivia proves that unless a nation as a whole cuts deforestation, individual carbon offset schemes are worthlessIt is the ultimate greenwash nightmare. A tough international deal to curb emissions of greenhouse gases is passed in Mexico… Full Story »
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Study shows tax payers subsidizing ethanol at $4.18 per gallon
NRDC: Switchboard &bull Mar 10, 2010
A new study by University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (PDF) reveals that the current corn ethanol tax credit is effectively costing tax payers $4.18 per gallon and is driving up grain prices. The study estimates that… Full Story »
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5 Ways to Value a Tree
Planet Green (Discovery Channel) &bull Mar 10, 2010
One estimate: Over a 50-year lifetime, a tree generates $31,250 worth of oxygen and provides $62,000 worth of air pollution control. The process is rather fundamental: During photosynthesis, a tree "inhales" CO2 from the air and then separates the carbon… Full Story »
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Indonesia says Unilever move on palm oil "unfair"
Peak Oil News (3) &bull Mar 7, 2010
A move by Unilever to stop buying palm oil from Indonesia's top supplier Sinar Mas and to blacklist another supplier PT Duta Palma was "unfair," Indonesian Agriculture Minister Suswono said on Friday. Green campaigners and consumers have turned up the… Full Story »
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U.S. and Brazil sign deforestation agreement
Monga Bay: Brazil &bull Mar 7, 2010
Brazil and the United States have signed an agreement to worth together to reduce deforestation as part of an effort to slow climate change. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Climate Change
- Deforestation
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Small family farms in tropics can feed the hungry and preserve biodiversity
www.eurekalert.org via @felipefornobel &bull Feb 23, 2010ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Conventional wisdom among many ecologists is that industrial-scale agriculture is the best way to produce lots of food while preserving biodiversity in the world's remaining tropical forests. But two University of Michigan researchers reject that idea and argue that small, family-owned farms may provide a better way to meet both goals. In many tropical zones… Full Story »
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Tropical Forests Affected by Habitat Fragmentation Store Less ...
Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) Updates &bull Feb 20, 2010ScienceDaily (Dec. 10, 2009) ? Deforestation in tropical rain forests could have an even greater impact on climate change than has previously been thought. The combined biomass of a large number of small forest fragments left over after habitat fragmentation can be up to 40 per cent less than in a continuous natural forest of the same overall size. This is the conclusion reached by German and Brazilian researchers who used a simulation model on data from the Atlantic Forest,… Full Story »
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Reforestation in Brazil's Atlantic Forest Could Help Biodiversity ...
GREENDUMP &bull Feb 20, 2010A lush valley in the Atlantic Forest. Photo by de Paula FJ vie Flickr. Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com's Naturally Green section. Tags: animals, biodiversity, Birds, brazil, carbon sequestration, deforestation, ecology, endangered species,… Full Story »
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Sustainability Digest Reforestation in Brazil's Atlantic Forest ...
Sustainability Digest &bull Feb 20, 2010Reforestation in Brazils Atlantic Forest Could Help Biodiversity RecoverPosted under Travel Nature, animals, biodiversity, birds, brazil, carbon sequestration, deforestation, ecology, endangered species, environmental certification, global climate change, news, preservation. Full Story »
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The Voltage Gate: Island biogeography: State and case of spider ...
The Voltage Gate &bull Feb 20, 2010Some of the first organisms found on a newly risen or recently destroyed island are spiders. On mainlands, spiderlings of smaller species weave a tiny drag chute, perched atop the highest point in their immediate area the leaf of an herb or the very tip of a blooming meadow grass and let the breeze, even the slightest one, carry them away. Most only travel short distances, remaining in the ecosystem in which they were born, but some are spun upwards in varying winds, and swept into jet streams carrying millions of aerial plankton that sometimes happen upon bare,… Full Story »
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Wangari Maathai, Nobel laureate, on planting trees and protecting ...
EarthSky 90 Second podcast &bull Feb 20, 2010Saving Earths tropical forests will help avoid the worst effects of climate change. Thats according to environmentalist and Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai. She founded the Green Belt Movement, which has planted over 40 million trees across Africa. We spoke to her by phone. Wangari Maathai: Scientists tell us that 20 percent of the greenhouse gases, especially carbon, is coming from deforestation and degradation of forests. And especially of the huge… Full Story »
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Ramnik Shah: On Wangari Maathai
Ramnik Shah &bull Feb 20, 2010Exactly 3 years ago, the veteran Kenyan environmentalist campaigner Wangari Maathai was on one of her periodic visits to Britain. On Monday, 5 February 2007, I heard her on the BBC Radio 4`s `Start the Week` programme talking about her work and career and her book `Unbowed: One Woman`s Story`. Then, after having earlier missed an opportunity to see her in person, I managed to attend her lecture… Full Story »
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Prince of Wales
Entertainment Daily &bull Feb 20, 2010January 11th, 2010 more images more images more images more images *Prince William meets Maddie Sutton at Gym Tots play group during a visit to RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on January 11, 2010. Lincolnshire, England - 11.01.10 **NO UK SALES FOR 28 DAYS** Mandatory Credit: IANS-WENPrince William doesn't want to be 'shadow king' January 3rd, 2010 LONDON - Prince William has no plans to become "shadow king", he would rather focus the next few… Full Story »
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P2PU Environmental Restoration Projects Blog Archive Week #1 ...
Land Restoration & Afforestation &bull Feb 20, 2010Biodiversity is defined as the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. Forests, lush with food, water and shelter, tend to harbor a high density and diversity of plant, animal and fungi species compared to other land habitats (grasslands, deserts, tundra).According to Brook Sodhi (2003) (one of the papers in the syllabus), massive extinctions soon follow deforestation in tropical environments. I was curious to see if this were the same for temperate (cooler) habitats. We often hear about tropical/sub-tropical deforestation, but rarely temperate. I found the following paper by Pimm Askins (1995). Claims that… Full Story »
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Galaxy Television
Galaxy Television RSS Feeds &bull Feb 20, 2010The Federal Government of Nigeria has released the sum of 5billion Naira to some states to combat the problem of deforestation especially in the Northern ... The Federal Government of Nigeria has released the sum of 5billion Naira to some… Full Story »
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Hums Learning Hub: The story of Chico Mendez
Hums Learning Hub &bull Feb 20, 2010This Hums Blog has been created to support students who are studying History, Geography, General Studies, Law, RE and Sociology at Dixons City Academy and Dixons Allerton Academy. Francisco Alves Mendes Filho , AKA Chico Mendes (December 15, 1944 December… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Deforestation
- Chico Mendez
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Connect the World: Blog Archive
Connect the World &bull Feb 20, 2010Jane Goodall left her home in London for the jungles of Africa at the young age of 26 - driven by a deep love of animals, her goal was to work with the chimpanzees of Tanzania. In July 1960, under the mentorship of famed anthropologist and paleontologist Dr. Louis Leakey, Goodall began studying several chimpanzee communities in their natural surroundings. Her early findings?that chimpanzees make and use tools, eat meat and engage in war-like activity?profoundly altered our understanding of what it means to be human. In 1977, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute to continue her pioneering research on chimpanzee… Full Story »
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richard st. barbe baker
Mud Puds - Awakening Self and Others through Breathtaking Splashmaking &bull Feb 19, 2010Richard St. Barbe Baker was an English forester, environmental activist, and author who contributed greatly to worldwide reforestation efforts. As a leader, he founded an organization called the Men of the Trees, active today as the International Tree Foundation, whose many chapters carry out reforestation internationally. St. Barbe Baker was born into a family that descended… Full Story »
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Region advances in evnvironmental goals, deforestation and CO2 emissions keep rising
UNFCCC: Climate Change Headlines &bull Feb 19, 2010
Source: Caribbean Net News - Despite significant progress in some areas, the constant reduction of forest areas and the sustained increase of CO2 emissions in the region are impeding compliance with the seventh Millennium Development Goal (MDG7) on environmental sustainability,… Full Story »
