New website details more than 140 planned or operating hydropower projects in the Amazon basin
… Rapid growth in Amazon dams brought home by online map The … News Renewable Energy Dams Brazil Hydropower amazondam3.jpg The new website contains … on all dam projects being planned in the Amazon basin region New website details more …
Europe's demand for cheap meat is been fed by an increasing demand for soya feed from the Amazon but it comes at a cost - deforestation
… Europe's meat demands at the expense of the Amazon Lynn Morris | 6th July 2010 Comment Atlantic Rising Blogs Amazon Deforestation Food And Farming … an increasing demand for soya feed from the Amazon but it comes at a cost - deforestation …
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
… Amazon rainforest claims not bogus admits The … Times The Ecologist | 21st June 2010 News Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Climate Change … Claims about climate change risks to the Amazon rainforest are backed by peer-reviewed …
A new exhibition draws inspiration from the plight of the Amazon and uses artwork to suggest and inspire creative solutions to an impending environmental catastrophe
… Art for the Amazon: Natural History Museum uses art to … Jorge Orta Natural History Museum Exhibition Amazon Madre De Dios Flowers Bones CREES … draws inspiration from the plight of the Amazon and uses artwork to suggest and inspire …
Environmental groups say the Belo Monte dam project would devastate a large area of the Amazon rainforest and threaten the survival of indigenous peoples
… Brazil to build world's third largest dam in Amazon The Ecologist | 2nd February 2010 News … project would devastate a large area of the Amazon rainforest and threaten the survival of … third largest hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest. The roads, pipelines and …
Campaigners fear the construction of the world's third largest hydroelectric dam in Brazil is just the start with many more being planned in the Amazon basin
… Monte dam the start of the drowning of the Amazon Tim Bromfield | 23rd July 2010 Comment … River, devastate an extensive area of the Amazon rainforest and displace local … the start with many more being planned in the Amazon basin Amazon Indians are preparing for …
A solution to the livestock sector's reliance on soya animal feed, which is driving deforestation in Argentina and Brazil, could be found by incentivising home-grown alternatives
… UK could cut Amazon soya imports with home-grown peas and … July 2010 News Food And Farming Deforestation Amazon Soy Livestock beanpea.jpg Protein crops … of soy plantations to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest - as well as the grassland …
Water buffalo may not be the most pressing threat to the Amazon as a whole but on the river’s floodplain they are doing serious damage
… Rising: Water buffalo making no friends on Amazon floodplain Lynn Morris | 30th June 2010 Comment Atlantic Rising Amazon buffalo.jpg Water buffalo may not be the most pressing threat to the Amazon as a whole but on the river’s …
US food giant refuses to stop buying palm oil from Sinar Mas group as Burger King joins Nestle and others in criticising its illegal activities
… have been linked to deforestation in the Amazon as well as Indonesia US food giant … has also been linked to deforestation in the Amazon and is the world's largest trader of … grain trader Cargill and the rest of the Amazon NEWS EU must act against Cargill says …
'Saving the rainforest' has been a battle-cry of the environmental movement since its inception. But just what does that mean, how does it work, and who exactly does the 'saving'?
… Why only the Amazonians can save the rainforest Nicholas … World Deforestation Redd Climate Change amazon.jpg 'Saving the rainforest' has been a … work, and who exactly does the 'saving'? The Amazon rainforest is the greatest of its kind …
A new wave of hydropower projects is under way in the quest for clean renewable energy but tribal and indigenous peoples continue to be ignored by those pushing through the plans
… dam, the $17 billion Belo Monte dam in the Amazon rainforest , which the Brazilian … Monte dam the start of the drowning of the Amazon Campaigners fear the construction of … the start with many more being planned in the Amazon basin NEWS No stopping controversial …
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
… 2010 News Food And Farming Deforestation Amazon Palm Oil deforestationlogging.jpg Marks … that 80 per cent of land deforested in the Amazon between 1996 and 2006 was now being … carbon emissions NEWS Google, McDonalds and Amazon dodge carbon disclosure Survey of …
A pioneering initiative is helping to rebuild the traditional local economy and livelihoods of the Amazonian rubber-tappers
… Securing a future for Amazonian rubber-tappers Giovana Zilli | 8th … 2010 Activism Climate Change Natural World Amazon Latex Deforestation How To Make A … local economy and livelihoods of the Amazonian rubber-tappers Amazonian indigenous …
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
… Tewolde Egziabher Indigenous Communities Amazon Rainforest 4gaia.jpg Many cultures have … of reviving indigenous traditions in the Amazon rainforest. The official told us it was … development Gaia's initial work in the Amazon, and the establishment of the …
Biggest engineering project in Chinese history could repeat failures of Three Gorges Dam, with significant pressure on ecosystems and fisheries from the resettlement of 300,000 people
… Brazil to build world's third largest dam in Amazon Environmental groups say the Belo Monte … project would devastate a large area of the Amazon rainforest and threaten the survival of …
Following the landmark decision by the Indian government to prevent Vedanta from mining on tribal land, the Ecologist reports on the other tribes - including the Penan in Sarawak and the Guarani in Brazil - facing similar threats but being ignored by the media
… and dams is being constructed throughout the Amazon to stimulate the country’s growth. The … hit Avatar, have now joined forces with Amazon Watch and International Rivers to fight … hope for the people and land of the Brazilian Amazon. ‘Uncontacted tribes’ at risk Many …
Shipping industry needs to urgently adapt to avoid ‘dangerous climate change’ experts warn as emissions spiral
… Europe's meat demands at the expense of the Amazon Europe's demand for cheap meat is been … an increasing demand for soya feed from the Amazon but it comes at a cost - deforestation …
Running a magazine on a shoestring budget; printing unpopular but groundbreaking analyses; fighting off lawsuits: the <em>Ecologist</em> has evolved over its 40 year history, but the passion present in 1970 is still here today...
… tribes taking place in the Brazilian Amazon. It was the time of the Villas Boas … studies; consequently, spear-headed by the Amazon explorer, Robin Hanbury-Tenison, …
Logging companies agree to deal safeguarding an area of endangered boreal forest twice the size of Germany
… station manager... INVESTIGATION Why only the Amazonians can save the rainforest 'Saving the … Brazil to build world's third largest dam in Amazon Environmental groups say the Belo Monte … project would devastate a large area of the Amazon rainforest and threaten the survival of …
It took many environmentalists by surprise - that fiercely campaigning NGOs could not just make peace with their corporate enemies but enter into an agreement with them. This is a crucial step forward, says Richard Brooks
… The Canadian Boreal Forest ranks with the Amazon and the rainforests of Indonesia and … Canada READ MORE... NEWS UK could cut Amazon soy imports with home-grown peas and …
BT, Aviva and Microsoft among host of big corporations urging the Government to make reporting on carbon emissions a legal requirement by the end of 2010
… full READ MORE... NEWS Google, McDonalds and Amazon dodge carbon disclosure Survey of …
Deutsche Bank economist Pavan Sukhdev is heading up the groundbreaking TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) report and doing for nature what Sir Nicholas Stern did for climate change - valuing it
… NEWS Obama sings its praises, but what is the Amazon Fund? Partnership between Brazil and Norway to prevent deforestation in the Amazon praised by US President Barack Obama …
The economic and climate-related impacts of forest destruction are well known, but continued logging could unleash devastating new pandemics and spread fatal diseases into the human population, scientists tell the Ecologist
… there could actually reduce cases. In the Amazon, the primary vector for malaria is a … animals to domestic dogs. Rice paddies in the Amazon have led to an increase in rodents, and …