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Palm oil giant accused of rainforest destruction caught ‘red-handed’
Ecologist
29th July, 2010
Indonesia’s largest palm oil and pulp group, Sinar Mas, is continuing to destroy rainforests and peatland despite promises to end the practice more...
How indigenous cultures can save themselves...and us
Matilda Lee
9th July, 2010
Many cultures have lived in harmony with their ecosystems for centuries. The Gaia Foundation have made it their mission to listen and learn from them. It's time we did too more...
Amazon rainforest claims not bogus admits The Sunday Times
Ecologist
21st June, 2010
Newspaper apologises for article that disputed 'peer-reviewed scientific evidence' that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon rainforest is at risk from climate change more...
Protecting rainforests shown to reduce poverty
Ecologist
28th May, 2010
Introduction of measures to protect rainforests and ecosystems in Costa Rica and Thailand over the past 40 years have improved the livelihoods of the local population more...
RAN's greenwash of the week: COP15
Rainforest Action Network
14th April, 2010
Everyone was disappointed by Copenhagen, but sometimes it takes a man in a 350.org tie to choke on a nut to remind us just how frustrating COP15 was... more...
Blackwashing: do NGO tactics risk long term public trust?
Tom Levitt
1st January, 2010
Instead of making exaggerated claims about species becoming extinct, NGOs could make progress on issues like deforestation by collaborating more closely with companies, reports Tom Levitt more...
The Ecologist January 1980: A proposal to save the world’s tropical rain forests
Edward Goldsmith
January, 1980
Thirty years ago this month, Edward Goldsmith published a revised version of WEAP, the World Ecological Areas Programme in the Ecologist more...
Deforestation in central London
Laura Sevier
17th November
An installation featuring giant tropical tree stumps in Trafalgar square is designed to symbolise threatened rainforest trees throughout the world more...
The Prince's Rainforests Project: keeping forests standing
Emma Bocking
9th November, 2009
It's the best hope for creating a critical mass of support for tough action on tropical deforestation, and its website offers a wealth of information for all more...
10 groups campaigning for the natural world
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Breathable air, healthy soil, fresh water and the stability of our climate all rely on our planetary life-support systems – like rainforests and oceans – being healthy. more...
10 approaches to tackling over-consumption
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
'There is enough for everyone’s need, but not for everyone’s greed,’ said Gandhi – but how much does each of us need? more...
Q & A: Daniel Beltrá, environmental photographer
Laura Sevier
14th September, 2009
The award winning environmental photographer on witnessing rainforests around the world, working for Greenpeace and why photos can help save the world more...
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Forget trees and carbon: trees and rain is the real problem
Peter Bunyard
24th August, 2009
As economists and policymakers scramble to put a price on the stored carbon of rainforests, they could be missing the bigger (wetter) picture... more...
Royal Mint linked to rainforest destruction
Ecologist
4th August, 2009
Government-owned Royal Mint admits it has no ethical sourcing policy more...
Industrial nations must tackle deforestation at Copenhagen, say MPs
Ecologist
30th June, 2009
A Commons environmental audit committee has called for industrialised nations to change their patterns of consumption if alarming rates of global deforestation are to be arrested and reversed more...
Land in Latin America exploited by West's demand for meat
Ecologist
1st February, 2009
Agricultural expansion on a massive scale in Latin America has directly paralelled the West’s greed for meat. A new report follows the food chain and assesses the damage.more...
The environmental impact of drugs
Nick Kettles
19th May, 2009
How much rainforest does it take for one celebrity to snort another one under the table? Nick Kettles investigates the devastating environmental impact of cocaine use. more...
The Prince's Rainforest Project says Yes We Can
Damian Tow
7th May, 2009
So what connects Prince Charles and a large green frog? This modern spin on the fable of the frog and the Prince relates to the launch on 5th May of an online video and social networking campaign in support of the Prince’s Rainforest Project (PRP). more...
New report estimates rainforest's value to humanity
News
27th March, 2009
There have been plenty of attempts to try and value standing rainforest – you can tot up its total carbon content, you can value the ecosystem services it provides, you can look at its land value…more...
A tropical storm
William Laurance
1st November, 2008
The world’s tropical forests are falling as fast as ever – at a pace of about 13 million hectares each year, or 50 football fields a minute. But the rainforest killers are changing, with big implications for us all. more...
Space Race
George Hackford
30th July, 2008
The Brazilian Space Agency and Britain’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory are planning to boldly go into new realms of space-based rainforest protection. more...
Grassroots Protect Rainforest Shoots
George Hackford
22nd July, 2008
The emergence of rainforest saving initiatives which are intent on action and are already proving successful is refreshing to see. more...
Rainforest destruction set to rise
News
17th January, 2008
Deforestation of the Amazon is set to rise for the first time in four years, Brazilian officials have admitted this week. more...
Small and local saves the rainforest
News
19th July, 2007
Small, local initiatives are the best way to preserve tropical rainforests but are being ignored by governments, a new study has shown. more...
A stake through the heart of the world
Peter Bunyard
1st July, 2005
Scientists mapping the effects of deforestation in the Amazon are increasingly concerned that we are reaching a tipping point – when the forest will start to die back of its own accord and rain, currently generated by the Amazon forests, will stop falling, not just in neighbouring countries but as far afield as the United States and South Africa.more...


