positive Forests news
World Bank Sees Support for $250 Million Forest FundA planned $250 million World Bank fund to encourage developing countries to stop deforestation in return for access to carbon credits has attracted strong international support, a senior official said on Tuesday. |
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Late Crocodile Hunter to Be Honored by New Wildlife ReserveThe late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, killed in a stingray attack last year, will be honored with a new wildlife reserve in Outback Australia, the government announced Sunday. |
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Ecuador Tries Novel Balance of Oil and EnvironmentUnder pressure to preserve the environment while at the same time ease the poverty of his people, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has come up with an unusual solution. |
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The Vatican to Become World’s First Carbon Neutral Sovereign StateBy agreement with the Vatican, Planktos/KlimaFa is now pleased and honored to announce that the Holy See plans to become the first entirely carbon neutral sovereign state, and it has chosen KlimaFa ecorestoration offsets to achieve this historic goal. |
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Peru Launches Drive To Regrow Lost Forests And JunglesPeru has launched an ambitious drive to regrow millions of hectares (acres) of jungle and forests laid bare by illegal logging, pollution and slash-and-burn farming, officials said Thursday. The immediate goal is to reforest more than 100,000 square kilometers (the size of South Korea) of forest that have been devastated these past 40 years, said National Institute of Natural Resources (Inrena) president Roberto Angeles. |
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The Greening Of AlcatrazOnce a sinister home to notorious mobsters and murderers, Alcatraz is in line for an environmental makeover that could see the imposing former prison island become a tree-hugger's paradise. |
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Australia to Build Cross-Continent Climate CorridorAustralia will create a wildlife corridor spanning the continent to allow animals and plants to flee the effects of global warming, scientists said on Monday. |
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Oldest Known DNA Found in Greenland Ice CoreThe oldest known strands of DNA have been recovered from frozen mud taken from the base of Greenland's ice sheet, according to a new study. |
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Business leaders at UN summit adopt declaration on responsible practicesHundreds of business leaders attending a United Nations meeting in Geneva today pledged to comply with labour, human rights, environmental and anti-corruption standards in a wide-ranging declaration on making globalization more beneficial to the world's people. |
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Logging Plan Halted for National Forest in Kentucky over Environmental ObjectionsThe U.S. Forest Service said Thursday it was ending a plan to sell timber in a Kentucky national forest and would consider environmental groups' objections if the project is taken up in the future. |
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Plant Lovers Want Nurseries To Stop Selling Invasive Plants that Threaten EnvironmentEnvironmental groups hope to slow the spread of decorative but invasive plants by persuading nurseries to stop selling them and instead promote native species. |
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BofA Funds First Private Forest Conservation PurchaseThe nonprofit group Redwood Forest Foundation has announced its purchase of 50,000 acres of Northern California redwood forest using a long-term loan of $65 million from Bank of America, the first such deal of its kind in this country. |
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College Students More Concerned About Environment than JobsA survey of the incoming class of 2011 by Key Education Resources found that students are most concerned about the environment, while their parents express higher concern about the job market post-graduation. |
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Chernobyl Area Becomes Wildlife HavenTwo decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching. |
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Environmental news headlines
- Small Canadian Town Bans Shark Fins
- 60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain
- Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality
- South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulations
- California public to vote on GMO Label Act after 1 million signatures
- From concrete jungle to urban oasis
- Honolulu City Council backs bill to ban plastic bags at store, restaurant checkouts
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- Momentum builds: Burger King Switches to Cage Free Pork and Eggs
- State of Himalayan Glaciers Less Alarming Than Feared
- Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and Counting
- Mexico becomes 2nd country in the world to pass national climate-change law
- Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest
- How High Gasoline Prices are Creating Jobs and Growing The Economy
- Russia creates massive park for rare cats
- Toronto Becomes First City To Mandate Green Roofs
- Study: Wildlife survive nuclear accidents
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- US sets new carbon standard for power plants
- World’s largest preserve forming in Africa
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