positive Forests news
Brazil moves to protect Amazon tribeFederal police are evicting settlers and loggers from an Amazon area that experts believe is home to one of the world's most isolated Indian tribes, the government said Wednesday |
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Greenpeace Buys Tons of Illegally Cut Brazilian Wood, Delivers it to PoliceEnvironmental activists parked a truckload of illegally cut Amazon hardwood in front of a police station in Brazil's largest city on Monday to demonstrate how easy it is to skirt the law. |
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Two California Forests Commit to New Protocols to Protect Global ClimateTwo privately owned California forests have become the first forestlands to join the California Climate Action Registry. |
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Why The Amazon Rainforest Is So Rich In SpeciesTropical areas of south and central America such as the Amazon rainforest are home to some 7500 species of butterfly compared with only around 65 species in Britain. |
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Deforestation rates decrease in the AmazonThe Brazilian government announced that the deforestation of the Amazon fell by 30 per cent in the twelve months up to August. |
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Silent revolutionThe seeds of Chipko – popularly known as the ‘tree huggers’ – were sown in the early 1980s in northern India and the forests of the Himalayas. |
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U.N. agency: Rate of deforestation slowingThe speed of global deforestation has slowed because of new planting and natural forest extension, but the world's forests are still being destroyed at an alarming rate, a U.N. agency said Monday. |
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No New Logging in Green Heart of Africa: Congolese President Vows Clean UpGreenpeace welcomed a decree by President Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to reform the Congolese logging sector this week. |
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Africa, Donors Unveil Plan to Fight DesertificationAfrican governments and donors on Monday launched an ambitious plan to fight desertification, which causes chronic food shortages and threatens to drive millions from their homes in coming decades. |
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EU Agrees Licensing Plan to Combat Illegal LoggingEU agriculture ministers endorsed plans on Monday to crack down on the lucrative illegal timber trade by making exporters obtain licences to prove their wood does not come from endangered rainforests, officials said. |
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Ants, Not Evil Spirits, Create Devil’s Gardens In The Amazon RainforestFor the first time, scientists have identified an ant species that produces its own natural herbicide to poison unwanted plants. |
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Mexico Peasant Ecologist Freed in Murder CaseA peasant fighting logging in Mexico's mountains was cleared of murder charges and ordered freed on Thursday after 10 months in jail in a case that sparked international outcry over corruption in the courts. |
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Joshua Tree, Threatened by Pollution and Growth, Hosts RallyA music program held in California's Joshua Tree National Park this weekend aims to literally drum up environmental support for one of the most endangered national parks in the United States. |
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Spending on Environment Yields Big Returns, Report SaysSpending to protect the environment, from coral reefs to forests, can bring big returns to aid a worldwide assault on poverty, a U.N.-backed report said Wednesday. |
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Environmental news headlines
- EU to ban pesticides in bee scare
- New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
- Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
- From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback
- Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
- Tokelau islands shift to 100% solar energy
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- EU on track to exceed Kyoto emissions goal
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
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