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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...
Boots, KFC, McDonalds ignore rainforest destruction survey
Ecologist
10th February, 2010
Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s have been praised for disclosing their ‘forest footprint’ but experts say that consumers are still not aware of the impact of their daily diet more...
Obama sings its praises, but what is the Amazon Fund?
Ecologist
14th December, 2009
Partnership between Brazil and Norway to prevent deforestation in the Amazon praised by US President Barack Obama more...
Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century?
Matilda Lee
1st December, 2009
You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact? more...
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...
Tesco 'trusts' cattle suppliers involved in Amazon deforestation
Ecologist
3rd July, 2009
Despite the lack of traceability in the supply chain, the assurances of cattle producers that they are not involved in the illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is apparently enough for Tesco, a letter to the Guardian reveals more...
Peruvian indians threaten insurgence
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Amazon indians have called for an insurrection against the Peruvian government, whose authority they say they no longer recognise. more...
Cattle ranching biggest driver of Amazon deforestation
Ecologist
27th May, 2009
Cattle ranchers bigger culprits in Amazon deforestation than soy farmers, new NGO study shows 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...
Rubber Rules
Matilda Lee
14th March, 2009
A pioneering ethical fashion company is helping maintain traditional livelihoods and prevent deforestation in the Amazon, writes Matilda Lee more...
Q & A: Bruce Parry, explorer & TV presenter
Laura Sevier
1st October, 2008
Bruce Parry on tree-bark trips, deforestation and lessons learnt from tribal living more...
Monkey Business - a brutal Amazonian trade in Owl Monkeys
Peter Bunyard
1st April, 2008
Peter Bunyard on the battle against malaria, a fallen hero of the Colombian medical establishment and the mysterious fate of thousands of unique primatesmore...
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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...
Cargill's Amazon soy plant forced to close
News
26th March, 2007
Cargill, the international agribusiness giant, has been forced to closed a soy-bean export terminal in the Amazon. 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...
Amazon Crime
Greg Nasmyth
1st May, 2004
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, renegade logging firms are stealing the land of impoverished communities and stripping it of the trees on which the whole world depends. Greg Nasmyth boards a 700-tonne icebreaker to join a group of Greenpeace activists in their bid to stop them. more...Members
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