After a significant drop in the last several years, the annual deforestation rates in Brazil raised 28% for the period August 2012-July 2013, according to INPE, the Brazilian Spatial Institute.
… Brazil deforestation up 28% The Ecologist | 16th … drop in the last several years, the annual deforestation rates in Brazil raised 28% for … 37% from 1,741 km2 to 2,379 km. For Roraima deforestation increased 49% from 124 km2 to …
Back in 2009 it was heralded as a potential model for REDD+ and reducing rates of deforestation but Norway's deal with Guyana appears to have made little progress
… Gupta | 25th November 2011 News Guyana Norway Deforestation Natural World Rainforest … A report earlier this year claimed rates of deforestation have trebled in Guyana since … model for REDD+ and reducing rates of deforestation but Norway's deal with Guyana …
Brazilian government urged to start paying farmers to protect Amazon land as it pushes on with plans to scrap historic forest protection laws
… September 2011 News Amazon Brazil Rainforest Deforestation forest.jpg Rates of deforestation in the Amazon are on the rise … under serious threat . Hit by rising rates of deforestation, longer droughts and the …
The story of deforestation is also the story of the globalisation.
… | 15th July 2020 News Amazon Rainforest Deforestation International China Globalisation Logging The story of deforestation is also the story of the … story of civilisation is also the story of deforestation, going back to the days of …
In an interview with the Ecologist, WWF Brazil CEO Denise Hamu says increasing productivity can help combat deforestation in the Amazon
… for 'scaling up' of beef production to combat deforestation in Brazil The Ecologist | 22nd February 2011 News WWF Brazil Deforestation Beef Food And Farming Rainforest … Cattle ranching is the biggest driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon In an …
Deforestation of the Amazon is set to rise for the first time in four years, Brazilian officials have admitted this week.
… set to rise 17th January 2008 News Rainforest DeforestationDeforestation Natural World Politics And Economics News web pic 2_182.jpg Deforestation of the Amazon is set to rise for …
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
… | 4th October 2011 News Brazil Biofuels Deforestation US Ethanol Energy Natural World … and burn tactics, slave labour and links to deforestation as it seeks to gain foothold in … but since fell from grace as it was linked to deforestation and air pollution from the …
Big Oil going carbon neutral? Here is how carbon offsets impact local and indigenous communities.
… such as renewable energy projects or deforestation prevention, also referred to as … a REDD+ project is determining the baseline deforestation rate in reference areas that … have similar characteristics. The observed deforestation rate of the project area is then …
Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit. And as Paul Brown writes, the damage is spreading well beyond Amazonia itself ...
… and Uruguay. Last month it was reported that deforestation in Amazonia had increased by … "The loss of ecosystem services through deforestation undermines the securities and … mercury from gold-mining. "Large-scale deforestation is predicted to reduce rainfall …
Oil giant's investment in Indonesian REDD conservation project is a crude attempt to increase profit and gloss over its expanding oil drilling operations, say campaigners
… The Ecologist | 8th September 2010 News Oil Deforestation Redd Rainforest Carbon Markets … UN REDD programme (Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation), which aims to … that money go? Norway's $1 billion of anti-deforestation funding to Indonesia is nothing …
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).
… News Prince Frog Rainforest Online Campaign Deforestation Campaigns Green Living Climate … to develop consensus on how to slow tropical deforestation. This has taken 18 months due to … next few decades then it is crucial to stop deforestation'. Rainforest coverage has …
The emergence of rainforest saving initiatives which are intent on action and are already proving successful is refreshing to see.
… News Rainforest Climate Change Initiatives Deforestation Campaigns Climate Change Natural … such as REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) shows the … in commodity and food prices driving up deforestation rates. Public support is there …
The Brazilian Space Agency and Britain’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory are planning to boldly go into new realms of space-based rainforest protection.
… 2008 News Space Rainforest Brazil UK Space Deforestation Science And Technology Space … ‘lungs’. The idea of monitoring rates of deforestation and environmental degradation … in the fight against climate change and deforestation. The initiative will focus on …
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining rainforests has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia
… Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban Tom Levitt | 25th March 2011 … companies in Africa could lead to large-scale deforestation and loss of farmland by local …
Greenpeace claim packaging for the barbie doll is produced using timber from critically endangered Indonesian rainforest
… Barbie toy includes packaging from Indonesia deforestation The Ecologist | 9th June 2011 Other APP Greenwashing Deforestation Rainforest Indonesia Natural …
An Ecologist investigation reveals how the largest coal power plant to be awarded UN carbon credit funds is displacing poor communities and destroying forest in India. Luke Starr reports from Madhya Pradesh
… UN-backed coal power station linked to deforestation and land grabbing Luke Starr | … News India Un Carbon Credits Climate Change Deforestation Coal Energy coal1.jpg …
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
… The Ecologist | 6th September 2010 News Deforestation Palm Oil Sinar Mas Cargill … Cargill's activities have been linked to deforestation in the Amazon as well as … Cargill, which has also been linked to deforestation in the Amazon and is the world's …
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
… News Palm Oil Rainforest Food And Farming Deforestation Biodiversity Greenwashing … policies, which they claim will ensure zero deforestation. Whether or not these measures … reduce greenhouse gas emissions and not cause deforestation or compete with food …
Small-scale biofuels would reduce carbon emissions and help avert poverty in poorer countries, says Christian Aid report
… Ecologist | 17th August 2009 News Biofuels Deforestation Energy Climate Change Food And … Aid report Biofuels are not only causing deforestation but also fuelling poverty, … of small farmers from their land in Colombia, deforestation and poor labour rights on sugar …
The Drax power station in North Yorkshire is among Britain's greatest greenhouse gas emitters, writes Almuth Ernsting. Not only is it burning some 6 million tonnes of coal every year, it is also burning its way through forests in the USA and other countries as it converts to biomass-fired units, rewarded by £1.3 million a day in subsidies. Join the #AxeDrax protest this weekend!
… climate justice against coal and biofueled deforestation Almuth Ernsting | 18th October …
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
… Palm Oil Wildlife Biodiversity Rainforest Deforestation langurmonkey.jpg Only a fraction … are fighting on two fronts to stop deforestation and the loss of forested land … years has tended to focus on preventing deforestation, with campaigners pressurising …
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
… | 21st June 2010 News Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Climate Change rainforests.jpg … change, exacerbated by forest fires and deforestation was increasing the frequency of … NGOs could make progress on issues like deforestation by collaborating more closely …
Meet the next generation of Indigenous Earth defenders.
… when recent government data showed that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon had hit yet … invested in companies linked to Amazon deforestation. Between 2013 and 2020, loans … billion were extended to companies linked to deforestation around the world. The connection …