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Indonesia-U.S. in debt-for-nature deal Jakarta (UPI) Jul 1, 2009 
The United States is cutting nearly $30 million in Indonesian debt in exchange for a promise of protection for Sumatran forests.
About 10.5 million acres of forest on Sumatra have been cleared since 1985, further threatening a wide variety of endangered species, including elephants, tigers, rhinoceroses and orangutans, found nowhere else and contributing to climate change. ... read moreBrazil flora risk greater than thought: study 
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) July 1, 2009Nearly 2,300 plant species are at risk of disappearing from flora-rich Brazil, many more than once thought, according to an academic study released on Wednesday. The research, carried out by 175 scientists, indicates the Brazilian government has dramatically underestimated the risk to the country's plant species caused by deforestation, fires and urbanization. Last year Brasilia said ... more
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Philippines to reforest land, create jobs: govt
Manila (AFP) June 30, 2009Tens of thousands of hectares (acres) of deforested land in the Philippines has been handed over to farmers in a novel job-creation and reforestation programme, the government said Tuesday. It said 33,387 farmers have been given two hectares (4.94 acres) each of either deforested upland areas or coastal mangroves, half of it to be farmed and half to be replanted with "trees suitable to the ... more Philippines foils tree smugglers 
Manila (AFP) July 1, 2009Wildlife officials have foiled an apparent attempt to smuggle rare 200-year-old trees out of the Philippines, the government said Wednesday. Officers seized 35 Podocarpus costalis trees at a gardening shop in Calamba, south of Manila after the government rejected their owner's application for a permit to transport the rare conifers, considered an endangered species, to the port of Manila. ... more Malian scales new heights as Canadian lumberjack 
Lebel-Sur-Quevillon, Canada (AFP) June 29, 2009"Some say that I'm practicing voodoo in the woods, but I'm just very efficient. They call me the 'General of the forest,'" said Mamadou N'diaye with a burst of laughter. Since 2002, this Malian immigrant has spent his summers working in the boreal forests of northeastern Canada, far from his two little girls and family who live in Montreal about 800 kilometers (500 miles) to the south. ... more Uganda forests rapidly disappearing: study 
Kampala (AFP) June 19, 2009Uganda has lost nearly a third of its forest cover since 1990 due to expanding farmlands, a rapidly growing human population and increased urbanisation, a government report said on Friday. In 1990, the east African nation had more than five million hectares of forest cover but by 2005 only 3.5 million hectares (8.6 million acres) remained, the report, published by Ugandan's National ... more |
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Amazon deforestation: short-lived boost, big damage
Washington (AFP) June 12, 2009Clearing the Amazon rainforest for soy or cattle does not bring long-term social or economic benefit to local communities and threatens the environment, according to a study published Friday. Huge swaths of the Brazilian rainforest are cut down, burnt or cleared each year, at an average rate of 1.8 million hectares (4.4 million acres) - about the size of Kuwait - because the land is worth ... more Indonesia launches eco-friendly investment index 
Jakarta (AFP) June 9, 2009The Indonesian stock exchange and a biodiversity foundation have launched an investment index to raise awareness of companies' environmental track records, the environmental group said Tuesday. The SRI-KEHATI index, which lists 25 companies, is the second single-nation sustainability index in Asia after Japan, according to the Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation. The sustainable and ... more All The Carbon Counts 
College Park MD (SPX) Jun 09, 2009Cutting down forests for agriculture vents excess carbon dioxide into the air just as industrial activities and the burning of fossil fuels do. But whether policies to stabilize greenhouse gases in the atmosphere should include this terrestrial source of carbon dioxide is under debate. According to a new study in Science, failing to include land use changes in such policies could lead to ... more Nurturing forests, peatlands will attack global warming: UNEP 
Paris (AFP) June 5, 2009Fixing deforestation, preserving peatlands and ending reckless agricultural methods could be a major weapon in tackling climate change, the UN Environment Programme said on Friday. Biological systems, if responsibly managed, can absorb billions of tonnes of the dangerous carbon gases that fuel the greenhouse effect, the agency said in a report coinciding with World Environment Day. ... more |
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