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A day in the life of...Nicola Peel, Amazon activist and filmmaker
Jan Goodey
5th October, 2011
Nicola Peel's new film Blood of the Amazon tells the story of the world's largest environmental lawsuit and investigates how the oil industry threatens a fragile rainforest environment. By Jan Goodey more...
Coffee: is the black stuff as green as it should be?
George Blacksell
4th October, 2011
From deforestation to fertiliser; our taste for coffee has left some of the world’s most precious eco-systems in a precarious state. George Blacksell looks at how the coffee industry is cleaning up its act more...
Our sugarcane is greener than your corn: Brazil takes on US biofuel industry
Beth McLoughlin
4th October, 2011
Brazil claims to have clamped down on slash and burn tactics, slave labour and links to deforestation as it seeks to gain foothold in Europe’s lucrative biofuels market more...
Up in smoke: a scientist's mission to stop slash-and-burn farming
Matilda Lee
22nd September, 2011
An Ecologist cover story in 2005 prompted the making of an epic documentary, Up in Smoke, about slash and burn farming. Now the film finally airs on More4 on September 27th... Matilda Lee reports more...
Ugandans mobilise to save Mabira forest from sugarcane plantation
Esther Nakkazi
20th September, 2011
One of Africa's last remaining tropical forests, Mabira is home to precious wildlife and is an eco tourist attraction. But it is now under threat from sugarcane production. Esther Nakkazi reports more...
Bamboo: can it live up to the 'green gold' hype?
Eifion Rees
30th August, 2011
It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops' more...
Activists challenge 'corrupt' government in the battle for Sarawak's rainforests
Alex Joseph
10th August, 2011
Land seizures, rampant logging and oil palm expansion have decimated Sarawak's forests. But now an invigorated reform movement is fighting back - accusing the government and its chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud of duplicity. Alex Joseph reports more...
Can the palm oil we eat ever be wildlife-friendly?
Tom Levitt
12th July, 2011
Conservationists battling to save Indonesia's rainforests are locked in a dispute over moves to make oil palm plantations more wildlife-friendly. Tom Levitt reports more...
Greenwash and spin: palm oil lobby targets its critics
Alex Helan
8th July, 2011
The spread of oil palm plantations has come at the expense of vast swathes of tropical rainforest. But the billion-dollar palm oil industry is now mounting a major PR offensive. Alex Helan reports more...
Five of the best...Fairtrade and organic coffees
Valentina Jovanovski
20th June, 2011
From monocultures to deforestation, a cup of coffee can leave a bitter taste. But as Valentina Jovanovski discovered, ethically produced coffee can benefit some of the world’s poorest people and the planet to bootmore...
Barbie toy includes packaging from Indonesia deforestation
Ecologist
9th June, 2011
Greenpeace claim packaging for the barbie doll is produced using timber from critically endangered Indonesian rainforest more...
Is the Amazon heading towards a 'tipping point' as a carbon sink?
Tom Levitt
27th May, 2011
The world's largest rainforest is ravaged by deforestation and two recent droughts. If they continue, says one expert, the Amazon risks entering a period where it can no longer be relied upon to absorb more greenhouse gas emissions than it produces more...
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Amazon rainforest activist killed after ambush
Tom Philips, guardian Brazil correspondent
25th May, 2011
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection - he is the latest in a long-line of environmental activists being threatened or killed more...
Dr Simon Lewis: we're playing Russian roulette with a large portion of the Amazon
Tom Levitt
27th May, 2011
The world's largest rainforest is under combined threat from deforestation and human-caused climate change. In an interview with the Ecologist, tropical forest expert Dr Simon Lewis explains what is happening more...
Siberian tigers under threat as 'timber mafia' devastate Russian forests
Sebastian Strangio
11th May, 2011
Criminal gangs are increasingly smuggling Russian timber into China for manufacture into baby cribs, picture frames and toilet seats sold in the west. Those trying to thwart them face violence and corruption. Sebastian Strangio reports from Vladivostok more...
Diana Beresford-Kroeger: the woman who speaks for the trees
Matilda Lee
8th April, 2011
An innovative new project aims to raise a global army to replant old growth trees to stop climate change more...
Why our growing taste for cheap Brazilian beef is devastating the Amazon
Chris Pala
5th April, 2011
Brazil’s cattle sector has become the largest driver for deforestation globally, overtaking palm oil plantations in Asia. With the UK sourcing 40 per cent of its processed beef from Brazil, campaigners are now calling for a consumer boycott. Chris Pala investigates more...
Revealed: paper giant 'linked to Indonesian forest trashing' targeted activists
Mandy Haggith
30th March, 2011
A little-reported legal battle in Italy between paper company Pigna and eco-activists from Terra! is leading to fears that it may open the way for big companies to muzzle legitimate environmental protests. Mandy Haggith reportsmore...
7 ways to help stop tropical deforestion & illegal logging
Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister
11th March, 2011
A store like Walmart can wield more power than a country over a logging company - especially in the global South. But what's good for Walmart is not always good for the planet. Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister outline 7 key tools for retailers to limit the impacts of timber consumption more...
Greenpeace hits back at 'notorious forest destroyer' Asia Pulp and Paper
Ecologist
23rd February, 2011
Campaigners urge retailers to follow example of Tesco and Adidas in cutting links with the controversial paper and packaging supplier after latest allegations of greenwashing more... Greenpeace: Asia Pulp and Paper's PR is greenwash, their sustainability claims a joke
Ian Duff
23rd February, 2011
Tesco, Adidas and others have already cut ties with the controversial paper and packaging supplier. In a scathing response to recent APP claims that it is greening itself, Ian Duff urges others to follow suit - until APP adopts sustainable practices more...
WWF calls for 'scaling up' of beef production to combat deforestation in Brazil
Ecologist
22nd February, 2011
In an interview with the Ecologist, WWF Brazil CEO Denise Hamu says increasing productivity can help combat deforestation in the Amazon more...
Denise Hamu: Brazil 'needs to increase' beef and soya productivity
Matilda Lee
22nd February, 2011
Matilda Lee talks exclusively to the head of WWF Brazil about controversial beef and soya production, the REDD mechanism and deforestation, as well as the wider environmental challenges facing the emerging economic powerhouse more...
World's largest ecological experiment to examine impact of oil palm plantations
Tom Levitt
1st February, 2011
Ten-year project will look at whether setting-aside natural forests within oil palm plantations can save threatened species such as the Orang-utan, Pygmy Elephant and Clouded Leopard more...
UN forest protection plans failing because of land scarcity and demand for food
Tom Levitt
24th January, 2011
REDD-type forest agreements ignore indigenous populations and are seeing a scramble for forest 'carbon credits' by governments and individuals, warns study more...Members
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