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
… get REDD projects (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) up and … Atlantic Rising: Liberia faces choice between deforestation and REDD If alternatives to deforestation like REDD do not arrive soon …
The acclaimed buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks to the Ecologist about the loss of biodiversity and why human vulnerability is not something we should despair about
… 100 plants and animal species are lost to deforestation. Extinction of species is taking … warming is taking place. This time because of deforestation and industrialisation; man-made, …
The ongoing battle between US tree-sitters and North America’s big logging firms pitches some of the world’s most determined activists against some of its most ruthless corporations. It is a battle that the tree-sitters simply must not lose.
… Undaunted by this initial failure to halt deforestation, activists began using the … year. This devastation is not due just to deforestation; it is a consequence of the … sorts of people working hard to stop or slow deforestation. There are people who file …
The idea of a 'good, or even great, Anthropocene' as promised in the Ecomodernist Manifesto is purely delusional, writes Derrick Jensen. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as a noble mission - one whose ultimate purpose is the complete alienation of humans from the planet that spawned us.
The Ecomodernist Manifesto is a program for genocide and ecocide Derrick Jensen | 10th November 2015 Comment Society Natural World Ecocide Indigenous Peoples passenger-pigeon-cut.jpg The idea of a …
Wangari Maathai’s Nobel prize-winning activism has thrust the environment to the forefront of the global security agenda
… in Kenya alone. Besides stemming profligate deforestation, soil erosion and climate … that these needs were not being met because deforestation was leading to soil loss, to … fellow ministers nearly allowed more illegal deforestation near Nairobi. At home she has …
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at the environmental situation in Tibet.
… of China-sanctioned logging have led to deforestation on a massive scale; less than … monastery, is a well known critic of logging, deforestation and wildlife hunting, and a …
‘Immortal’ and created solely to amass ever larger amounts of wealth, limited-liability corporations institutionalise dissatisfaction. They are, Derrick Jensen writes, the economic manifestation of the Buddhist notion of ‘hungry ghosts’ – spirits that roam the earth, always eating, never sated.
Corporate power wielded through limited liability status Derrick Jensen | 20th March 2001 News Limited Liability Corporations Corporation Corpo Human Rights Violations Companies Politics And …
As the public comes to terms with Government plans to sell public woodland, industry analysts predict much of the forest could be snapped up by energy companies looking to burn wood as a biofuel
… from illegally logged timber linked to deforestation HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE The … a new shop with a difference INVESTIGATION Deforestation could fuel deadly spread of …
How do the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party measure up on their environmental manifesto pledges? Here's the definitive list...
… Argue for international target of zero net deforestation by 2020. Law making it illegal … to less industrialised countries to halt deforestation Badger cull in areas of high and …
Just as Sir Nicholas Stern’s report in October 2006 put a price on the effects of climate change, a new report by the UN has begun to cost out the threat of failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity – a cool £40 billion annually, and rising.
… that if we continue with projected rates of deforestation until 2050, we will have cost …
It’s the battle of the century. In one corner, the Economy – big, bloated, greedy and growing. In the other, the planet Earth – fragile, finite and fighting back.
… Justice Green Lifestyle Community Consumerism Deforestation UK Lessons From Nature Politics …
Described as a ‘mosquito inside a tent’,
Rainforest Action Network are forcing corporate
America to change its destructive practices.
Nicola Graydon meets this inspiring group of activists
… Warming Climate Change Campaigns US Campaigns Deforestation Climate Change Food And Farming …
From the Age of Stupid to the End of the Line, and next year's Just Do It, independent filmmakers are innovating with radical film subjects and creating whole new funding streams, reports Laura Sevier
… End Of The Line Age Of Stupid Green The Film Deforestation Dogwoof Creative Commons Crowd …
Just as the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago in 1948, we now have a planetary crisis that needs to be addressed with equal urgency. Now is the time to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights.
… Trees Rights Un Declaration Planet Law Deforestation Campaigns Climate Change Climate …
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
… Levitt | 15th July 2010 News Logging Society Deforestation Natural World woodtimber.jpg …
The mystery of legless and multi-limbed frogs and toads has captivated artist and ecological researcher Brandon Ballengée for over a decade. Here's how he blends science with art
… of becoming extinct HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Deforestation in central London An …