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 [...]
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 [...]
November 30, 2007 – 5:35 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Enlarge Image 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 [...]
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 the first [...]
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 [...]
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