Smarter Farming Key to Saving Amazon Rainforest (www.washingtonpost.com)
Walking on a dusty field of cut rice that was once rainforest, researcher Flavio Wruck explains how farming, the Amazon's biggest killer, can be turned into its best defender. At the government-run... More
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Brazil Celebrates 72% Drop in Deforestation, Credits It to Green Arch (www.brazzilmag.com)
An area of 247 square kilometers (95 square miles) of Brazilian rainforest was cut down in the months of October and November 2009, which may seem like a lot, but it was a significant drop in Amazon... More
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RPT-FEATURE-Saving endangered species: it's the economy (www.reuters.com)
In 2010 -- the International Year of Biodiversity -- the United Nations wants efforts to slow the accelerating pace of extinctions to reach beyond nature lovers, to companies and... More
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Forest conservation in U.S. climate policy: an interview with Jeff Horowitz (news.mongabay.com)
The Copehangen Accord signed in December is widely seen as a disappointment. The Accord set no binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions targets and did not even commitment to a legally binding... More
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The IPCC's problems have been compounded by its imperious attitude (www.guardian.co.uk)
The incorrect statement in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the Himalayan glaciers could completely disappear by 2035 is remarkable in many... More
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BIODIVERSITY: The Amazon Is Not Eternal (www.ipsnews.net)
PARIS, Feb 2, 2010 (Tierramérica) - The Amazon jungle "is very close to a tipping point," and if destruction continues, it could shrink to one third of its original size in just 65 years, warns... More
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Could special bonds fund the green revolution and stabilize the climate? (news.mongabay.com)
There is no question that governments around the world are moving slowly and sluggishly to combat climate change, especially when placed against the measures recommended by climate scientists. Only a... More
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The World's Rainforests in Pictures (www.environmentalgraffiti.com)
Other than beauty, rainforests are invariably associated with logging, poaching and shrinking habitat in general. Daniel Beltrá shows in his photographs what exactly and how much there is that is... More
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Sen. Lindsey Graham on the importance of passing climate legislation
(www.grist.org)
Hey everybody. It’s always good to be introduced by someone that can vote for you—just sounds better. Joe comes to every event I’ve ever had in South Carolina and he is on message with... More
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Huge hydroelectric dam approved in Brazil's Amazon (uk.reuters.com)
Brazil's government has granted an environmental license for the construction of a controversial hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, the Environment Minister said on... More
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