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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Claims of a decrease in illegal logging mask a growing amount of illegal harvesting by licensed companies and a lack of confidence in methods of measuring logging activity
… up 35–72 per cent of logging in the Brazilian Amazon, 22–35 per cent in Cameroon, 59–65 per …
Chinese mitten crabs are pushing indigenous species out of UK rivers and damaging river banks and habitats. It's time to look at how we could control them, and maybe find a new seafood delicacy to boot
… is it right for everyone? NEWS UK could cut Amazon soy imports with home-grown peas and …