In this week’s episode: Harrison Ford waxes his chest for a PSA about deforestation, the Th!nk electric car is coming back to America, scientists found the oldest living tree, and we look at some Green Gadgets from the cool folks at ShinyShiny.
December 11, 2007 – 2:12 am
Imelda V. Abano and Hepeng Jia
7 December 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BALI/BEIJING] Incentives to tackle deforestation and forest degradation can play a key role in combating climate change and requires a strong policy framework that is fair to poor communities, says a new report.
The report from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), was launched today (7 December) [...]
December 5, 2007 – 5:19 am
Deforestation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Ella Syafputri
28 November 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Converting Indonesian forests and peatlands for various agricultural land uses has released huge amounts of greenhouse gases with little economic benefit, according to a new report.
The report, by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Indonesian partners, was released last [...]
November 30, 2007 – 5:35 am
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Deforestation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Ella Syafputri
28 November 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Converting Indonesian forests and peatlands for various agricultural land uses has released huge amounts of greenhouse gases with little economic benefit, according to a new report.
The report, by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Indonesian partners, was released last week [...]
November 25, 2007 – 6:02 am
Climate Crisis Coalition
By Florence Mutesi, Kigali News Times, November 20, 2007. “The Ministry of Lands, Environment, Forestry, Water and Mines plans to plant at least 100 million trees during the annual tree-planting campaign that started yesterday. According to State Minister for Lands and Environment, Patricia Hajabakiga, the campaign runs through this month to March of next year [...]
November 5, 2007 – 4:12 am
October 10, 2007
GreenPeace
The threat to the world’s forests has never been more acute nor the risk of global warming so imminent. With about one-fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions being caused by forest destruction, we are highlighting how Indonesia is now at the heart of this problem.
Indonesian forests are being destroyed faster than any [...]
October 19, 2007 – 7:27 am
GreenPeace
Brasília, Brazil — Seven years? It’s a tall order but we have a cunning plan. Together with eight other national campaigning organizations, our Brazilian team have launched an ambitious proposal with a goal of zero deforestation by 2015.
The plan published yesterday, sets out specific targets that could see deforestation drop gradually over the next seven [...]
October 15, 2007 – 1:32 pm
GreenPeace
10 October 2007
Local children on a wooden
raft surrounded by smoke
from tropical rainforest on
fire in Indonesia.
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Sumatra, Indonesia — Never has the threat to the world’s forests been more acute nor the risk of dangerous climate change so imminent. With about one-fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions being caused by forest destruction we are highlighting [...]
October 8, 2007 – 4:38 am
Flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Alex Cheung
5 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Deforestation increases the frequency and severity of flooding in developing countries, according to a recent study.
While a link between deforestation and flooding has been suspected for many years, the study, published online in Global Change Biology last week (25 September), is [...]
September 25, 2007 – 10:14 am
scidev.net
20 September 2007
Source:
A palm oil plantation and
oil mill in Malaysia
The palm oil industry is thriving and oil palm monocultures now dominate the landscape of South-East Asia.
But while it grows, the industry is becoming aware that it needs to prove its sustainability and curb destructive growth, such as cutting down biodiversity-rich forest to make way [...]
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