The world's largest rainforest is under combined threat from deforestation and human-caused climate change. In an interview with the Ecologist, tropical forest expert Dr Simon Lewis explains what is happening
… Russian roulette with a large portion of the Amazon Tom Levitt | 27th May 2011 Comment Amazon Deforestation Climate Change Carbon … happening Tom Levitt: Can you explain how the Amazon could start adding more emissions to …
The world's largest rainforest is ravaged by deforestation and two recent droughts. If they continue, says one expert, the Amazon risks entering a period where it can no longer be relied upon to absorb more greenhouse gas emissions than it produces
… Is the Amazon heading towards a 'tipping point' as a … carbon sink? Tom Levitt | 27th May 2011 News Amazon Deforestation Carbon Dioxide Carbon Sink Climate Change amazon.jpg Unlike Arctic sea-ice, it is not …
Ecuador government urged not to give in to pressure from the US oil giant Chevron to drop record $18 billion fine for its part in the 'Chernobyl of the Amazon'
… plots to avoid cleaning up oil pollution in Amazon rainforest Tom Levitt | 9th January … fine for its part in the 'Chernobyl of the Amazon' In the north-east of Ecuador, … thick in places, lying as it does in the vast Amazon basin that stretches across nine …
Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom Levitt how we can learn from previous man-made ecological collapses in Britain and create a 'new narrative' that challenges our dominant consumer culture
… To argue for example that why we keep the Amazon is because it's a carbon sink. Well, … fact that a third of all species live in the Amazon is another reason for preserving it. …