positive Forests news
US Swaps Guatemalan Debt for Forest ProtectionThe United States will forgive about 20 percent of the $122 million debt owed by Guatemala so the money can be used to protect threatened plants and wildlife, the government said Monday. |
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New trees to reclaim Amazon landThe government of one of Brazil's Amazonian states plans to reforest areas of land cleared for pasture. |
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Botanist claims Californian redwood ‘world’s tallest tree’A redwood tree discovered in a remote California forest has turned out to be the world's tallest tree, edging out one nearby that had been the previous titleholder, according to a botanist. |
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Three California Trees May Be World’s TallestResearchers have discovered three trees in a northern California forest they believe are taller than a nearby redwood listed as the world's tallest tree, a U.S. forestry official said Thursday. |
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Brazil Unveils New Technology to Curb LoggingBrazil's environment minister Friday unveiled an electronic registry for the transport and storage of all forestry products, which she said would help in the battle against illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. |
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Brazil Proposes Fund to Stem Rainforest CuttingBrazil proposed Thursday a fund to compensate developing countries that slow the destruction of their rainforests, a move that could help lower emissions of gases blamed for rising world temperatures. |
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Bolivia Revokes Concessions in National ParksBolivian President Evo Morales stepped up his nationalization campaign Saturday by announcing the withdrawal of energy and forestry concessions inside some 20 national parks. |
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Philippines Hopes to Break World Record with Mass Tree-PlantingPresident Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took part Friday in a massive tree-planting campaign aimed at improving air quality in the Philippines while breaking a world record. |
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Judge rejects Bush plan to log in Sequoia National MonumentA federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Bush administration plan to allow commercial logging in Giant Sequoia National Monument, home to two-thirds of the world's largest trees. |
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Castro the Conservationist? By Default or Design, Cuba Largely PristineWill Cuban President Fidel Castro be remembered primarily as a man of the people, an authoritarian tyrant-or a conservationist? |
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Florida Purchases Hectares of Wilderness Inhabited by Bears, PanthersA working ranch and tens of thousands of acres (hectares) of wilderness inhabited by bears, panthers and other species were handed over to the state Monday in Florida's biggest-ever purchase of land for environmental preservation. |
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House Approves Wilderness BillsThe House approved a series of bills Monday to protect national forest land in the West, including the designation of new wilderness areas in three Western states. |
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Food giants to boycott illegal Amazon soyaLeading European supermarkets, food manufacturers and fast-food chains, including McDonald's, are expected to pledge today not to use soya illegally grown in the Amazon region in response to evidence that large areas of virgin forest are being felled for the crop. |
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Group to Start Afghan Wildlife ReservesA conservation group said Thursday it is launching an effort to establish wildlife reserves in Afghanistan, where environmental preservation has largely been sidelined by the government's long-running battle with the Taliban. |
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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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