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Agnes C.	THANKS HONEY!!! January 25, 2007 7:46 PM 26.Jan.07 *HEARTED THANKS, DEAR HONEY, FOR YOUR HAVING TAKEN ACTION! I DO KNOW WE = THE FORESTS AND ALL LIVING THINGS THEREIN = CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU TO SUPPORT THEM FORESTS BEING PRESERVED.* *I DO HOPE PLENTY MANY OTHER FRIENDS WILL HELP - INDEED A LOT OF OUR CARE2 FRIENDS ARE ALREADY ACTING AND ALSO CPOSTING -* *LET US KEEP FINGERS CROSSED THAT GLENN BARRY WILL HAVE SUCCESS IN THIS NEW "TAKE ACTION" OF HIS ON BEHALF OF OUR AMAZON RAINFOREST.* *FOR THE BIRDS, WILDLIFE, FAUNA, FLORA...ALL THAT BEAUTY DO DESERVE AND MUST BE PRESERVED.* *AGAIN, THANKS DEAR FRIEND! KUDOS TO YOU AS CARE2 DOES NOT ALLOW ME, THIS WEEK, TO SEND YOU ANOTHER GREEN STAR! LOVE YOU!* [ send green star]
Barbara L.	Thank you Agnes January 25, 2007 7:22 PM I signed,i always have been a friend to the rain forrest and always will, my wild birds,plants i will keep fighting [ send green star] [ accepted]
Agnes C.	PLEASE TAKE ACTION - HELP SAVE AMAZONAS RAINFOREST! January 25, 2007 5:58 PM Thursday,25.Jan.07 PLEASE TAKE ACTION : SEE/READ THE 3 LAST POSTING BELOW, AND HELP ...!!!! TAKE ACTION! LINK IN THIS ONE POSTING!!! 5:08 PM Thursday,25.Jan.07 Message: TAKE ACTION-URGENT AGAINST : BRAZIL APPROVES DEFORESTATION OF IMPORTANT AMAZON RESERVE PLEASE !!! TODAY THE GOVERNMENT OF MY COUNTRY = BRASIL = RELEASED NEWS THAT IT IS GOING TO STRENGHTEN AND HAVE MORE SEVERE SURVEILLANCE OVER THE DEGRADATION AND DEVASTATION OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST. AM SAD, BUT I TELL YOU ALL MY CARE2 FRIENDS...I DONT BELIEVE. AND HERE BELOW IS THE PROOF AND FOR THIS I BEG YOUR HELP !!!! SEE THAT THE FOREST IS MORE AND MORE BEING DEVASTED. WILL BE...MORE AND MORE..PLEASE SIGN THIS ACTION....PLEASE HELP SAVE THE AMAZON RAINFOREST - WHAT IS STILL LEFT OF IT! ITS WILD, FAUNNA, FLORA, BIODIVERSITY, INDIANS, WATERS....PLEASE. Thanks JennieB and all friends that are cposting this. Brazilian SADtreehugs,agnesC ACTION ALERT Please forward widely! C/P by JennieB Brazil Approves Deforestation of Important Amazon Reserve Rainforest Portal, a project of Ecological Internet, Inc. *http://www.rainforestportal.org/* January 25, 2007 TAKE ACTION The strength and permanence of protected status for ancient rainforests under Brazilian law is at stake *http://www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=brazil_reserve* The State Government of Mato Grosso, Brazil, has voted to drastically reduce one of the Amazon's most biodiverse reserves. What is at stake is the strength and permanence of protected status for ancient rainforests under Brazilian law. The Cristalino State Park is a world-renowned ecotourism destination, whose 184,000 hectares are home to over 550 species of birds, and protects endangered species like the white-whiskered spider monkey. Some 27,000 hectares of its forest will now lose protected status; becoming vulnerable to logging, cattle ranching and agribusiness. State Governor Blairo Maggi initially vetoed the reduction of the park on the grounds that it would "be seen as endorsing illegal occupancy and deforestation of public lands", and that it would suggest Brazilian environmental law can be flouted. The veto was short-lived, however, as members of the Mato Grosso House of Representatives immediately overturned it. Mato Grosso has suffered the highest rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and yet it looks like the State Government is manipulating this particular situation for political gain. Please contact key players in Brazil's Federal and State governments, and let them know that removal of protected status so easily from preserved Amazonian ancient rainforests is simply unacceptable. TAKE ACTION NOW at: *http://www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=brazil_reserve* *Discuss this alert at:* *http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2007/01/brazil_approves_deforestation.asp* [ send green star]
Agnes C.	STUDY DISCLOSES MAPS ON THE LEGAL AMAZON January 25, 2007 5:52 PM Thursday,25.Jan.07 ESTUDO REVELA MAPAS DA AMAZONIA LEGAL O Ministério do Meio Ambiente e o IBGE divulgaram hoje mapas temáticos da Amazônia Legal. Eles são o resultado de um estudo minucioso da região e dos impactos da ação do homem sobre a floresta. A Amazônia Legal representa 59% do território nacional. Tem 775 cidades onde vivem mais de 20 milhões de pessoas. Os mapas divulgados hoje são uma radiografia detalhada do censo feito na região em 2000 e apresentam novas estatísticas. Em Rondônia, o desmatamento já atinge 28,5% da área total do estado. O Amapá está na outra ponta: teve apenas 0,5% do território desmatado. Segundo a pesquisa, a derrubada da floresta ocorre, principalmente, ao longo de rodovias federais, como a Transamazônica e as BRs 163 e 364 e está diretamente relacionada à expansão da pecuária, da soja e do garimpo. Os mapas mostram também quais são as áreas com maior potencial agrícola, as que devem ser recuperadas ou ter o uso controlado. Pela 1ª vez um número tão grande de informações sobre a Amazônia é reunido em um único documento. Os mapas permitem visualizar os impactos das ações do homem sobre natureza, como abertura de estradas e garimpos, e planejar o uso da região para os próximos anos. “São dados científicos, que não são percepções, do que aconteceu de errado com essa ocupação e o que que a gente pode corrigir para que isso não aconteça na área como um todo. Para que não haja devastação, não haja os problemas de distribuição mal feita de população e distorções sociais” afirma o chefe do IBGE no Amazonas Carlos Simonaio, O uso planejado dos recursos naturais da região é apontado como uma solução ecológica e econômica. A criação de unidades de conservação como Mamirauá, no Amazonas, e de reservas extrativistas como a Chico Mendes, no Acre, são exemplos bem-sucedidos de desenvolvimento sustentável. Para os povos da floresta, mantê-la de pé é questão de sobrevivência. Free Translation STUDY DISCLOSES MAPS ON THE LEGAL AMAZON The Ministry for Environment and Brasilian Institute on Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released today (25.Jan.07) tematic maps on the Legal Amazonia. These are a detailed result study of the region and of the impacts of men over the forest. Legal Amazonia represents 59 p/cent of the national territory. It has 775 cities where are living (were live) over 20 million people/persons. The maps released today are a detailed x-ray from the "censo" carried out in 2000 and present/show up new statistics. In Rondonia (State of Rondonia) the rape already reaches 28,5 p/cent of the total area of the State. Amapa (State of ) is on the other edge : has had only 0,5 p/cent of its terrotory devasted. In accordance with the survey, the rape/devastation occurs, mainly, along the Federal Roadways as "Transamasonica" and BRs (=Brasilian Roadways) 163 and 364 and is directly related to the cattle/pecuary, soya and gold mining expansion. The maps also show which are the areas with greater/major agricultural potential, those that have to be recuperated or have its use controlled. For the 1st. time a such large amount of information about the Amazônia is gathered in one sole document. The maps allow to visulize/see the impacts of men over the nature, impacts such as the opening of roads and gold minings, and plan the use of the region in the forthcoming years. "(These) Are scientific data, that are not perceptions, of what has hapenned of wrong with this occupation and what we can do to correct so that this does not occur in the area as a whole/total. So that there be no devastation/rape, there be no problems of badly done distribution of population and social distortions" says/affirms the Head of IBGE in Amazonas (State of ), Carlos Simonaio, The planned use of the natural resources of the region is shown / indicated as ecologic and economic solution.The installation/creation of preservation units such as that of Mamirauá (there is a topic on this in Mamirauá Unit here) in the Amazonas and of extractivist reserves as that of "Chico Mendes" in Acre (State of ) are examples of well succeeded sustainable developments. For the people of the forest, keep it standing up (alive/not debasted/not raped) is a matter/question of survival. http://www.redeglobo.com.br/jornalnacional () included by agnesC to better understanding of the names or explaining in other words for better compehension). Sorry for the poor translation,done right now online). [ send green star]
Agnes C.	January 25, 2007 5:08 PM Thursday,25.Jan.07 Message: TAKE ACTION-URGENT AGAINST : BRAZIL APPROVES DEFORESTATION OF IMPORTANT AMAZON RESERVE PLEASE !!! TODAY THE GOVERNMENT OF MY COUNTRY = BRASIL = RELEASED NEWS THAT IT IS GOING TO STRENGHTEN AND HAVE MORE SEVERE SURVEILLANCE OVER THE DEGRADATION AND DEVASTATION OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST. AM SAD, BUT I TELL YOU ALL MY CARE2 FRIENDS...I DONT BELIEVE. AND HERE BELOW IS THE PROOF AND FOR THIS I BEG YOUR HELP !!!! SEE THAT THE FOREST IS MORE AND MORE BEING DEVASTED. WILL BE...MORE AND MORE..PLEASE SIGN THIS ACTION....PLEASE HELP SAVE THE AMAZON RAINFOREST - WHAT IS STILL LEFT OF IT! ITS WILD, FAUNNA, FLORA, BIODIVERSITY, INDIANS, WATERS....PLEASE. Thanks JennieB and all friends that are cposting this. Brazilian SADtreehugs,agnesC ACTION ALERT Please forward widely! C/P by JennieB Brazil Approves Deforestation of Important Amazon Reserve Rainforest Portal, a project of Ecological Internet, Inc. *http://www.rainforestportal.org/* January 25, 2007 TAKE ACTION The strength and permanence of protected status for ancient rainforests under Brazilian law is at stake *http://www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=brazil_reserve* The State Government of Mato Grosso, Brazil, has voted to drastically reduce one of the Amazon's most biodiverse reserves. What is at stake is the strength and permanence of protected status for ancient rainforests under Brazilian law. The Cristalino State Park is a world-renowned ecotourism destination, whose 184,000 hectares are home to over 550 species of birds, and protects endangered species like the white-whiskered spider monkey. Some 27,000 hectares of its forest will now lose protected status; becoming vulnerable to logging, cattle ranching and agribusiness. State Governor Blairo Maggi initially vetoed the reduction of the park on the grounds that it would "be seen as endorsing illegal occupancy and deforestation of public lands", and that it would suggest Brazilian environmental law can be flouted. The veto was short-lived, however, as members of the Mato Grosso House of Representatives immediately overturned it. Mato Grosso has suffered the highest rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and yet it looks like the State Government is manipulating this particular situation for political gain. Please contact key players in Brazil's Federal and State governments, and let them know that removal of protected status so easily from preserved Amazonian ancient rainforests is simply unacceptable. TAKE ACTION NOW at: *http://www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=brazil_reserve* *Discuss this alert at:* *http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2007/01/brazil_approves_deforestation.asp* I ADD THAT MR. MAGGI (MENTIONED ABOVE) WAS (AND PERHAPS STILL I ONE OF THE MAJOR RAPERS OF THE FOREST. INTERESTS ARE $$$ AND ARE HUGE ONES. For year his Maggi interests lead for the rape of the forest, it is said he "sold" the Maggi group to Nestle...am for months trying to find out the thruth on this. SOME WORDS HAVE BEEN CHANGED (FONT BY agnesC. [ send green star]
Agnes C.	INCREDIBLE Satellite Image of Rainforest Destruction in the Amazon January 21, 2007 5:15 AM Sunday, 21.Jan.07 Environment - 2 days ago - googolmaps.com submitted by Earth This incredible satellite image shows a HUGE 300 mile long swath of Brazilian Amazon rain forest completely destroyed due to logging. This incredible display of deforestation is hard to believe when you observe the multi-million acre scale seen here. http://www.care2.com/news/member/372642940/276124 Posted by Earth Watcher Unfortunately this poster could not open the site to obtain further data. Will be requesting Care2 member Earth Watcher to kindly supply it and will post later. PLEASE ...DO SIGN ANY AND ALL PETITIONS AGAINST DESTRUCTION OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST! ALSO SIGN AGAINST THE GASDUCT PIPELINE. PETITION IS FOUND IN OUR TOPICS IN THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS GROUP. . WE (BRASILIAN MUST, TOGETHER WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR CARE2 FRIENDS, PUT PRESSURE SO THAT BRASILIAN GOVERNMENT STARTS URGENTLY TAKING SEVERE MEASURES TO STOP SUCH CRIME AS SHOWN BY THE SATELLITE IMAGE! [ send green star]
Agnes C.	SAVING RAINFOREST IN BRAZIL December 29, 2005 11:29 PM Thanks Sandra for all the articles and links. These will give us all good material for reading and get to know more about the Amazon rainforest. We do know much effort is being put to save it, despite there are a lot of people still cutting it down - it is a hard, really hard work this to be done to protect this fantastic rainforest. I hope our members will be taking some time to come and share on all these excellent postings of yours. Again, thank you. [ send green star]
Sandra W.	December 26, 2005 2:01 AM Warriors of the Amazon - Companion website to the NOVA/PBS documentary on the Yanomami. World Rainforest Movement: Brazil - Index of articles on Brazil from the World Rainforest Movement bulletin. [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sandra W.	December 26, 2005 1:58 AM Greenpeace Brasil Imazon - NGO committed to sustainable development of the Amazon Basin. Site in Portuguese. Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia - NGO composed of scientists and educators dedicated to sustainable management of the Brazilian Amazon. Instituto Socioambiental - Leading Brazilian NGO working on indigenous rights and environmental protection. Iracambi - Iracambi is a non-profit organisation concerned with the biodiversity and conservation of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. Landless Workers Movement (MST) - Largest social movement in Latin America, aims to carry out land reform in Brazil on a grassroots basis. Marcia Theophilo - Amazon Forest Poetry - Poetry by Marcia Theophilo on Amazon forest its people, animals, trees and myths. Monitoring the Brazilian Amazon Forest - Data on Brazilian deforestation rates from the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. In Portuguese. NASA images of Brazilian deforestation Nativus - Network of Brazilian environmental NGOs. Site (in Portuguese) includes alerts, maps, links, and news. Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest - Iinternational donor project that seeks to reduce the rate of destruction of the Brazilian rain forests (in the Amazonon and the Atlantic coastal forests) and to encourage their ecologically sustainable use Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest - The Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest is a joint initiative of the government and society of Brazil, in partnership with the international community, aimed at developing innovative strategies for the protection and sustainable use of the Amazon and Atlantic coast rain forests, together with improved living conditions among local populations. Ravens Ridge Book Works - biography of Marina Silva, senator from Acre, colleague and friend of Chico Mendes, voice in government for rubber tappers, indigenous peoples, landless workers, minorities, women and other forest peoples. title MARINA SILVA: DEFENDING RAINFOREST COMMUNITIES IN BRAZIL review copy available The Rain Forest Guide - Amazon Info provided Vitae Civilis - Brazilian NGO focusing on development and environment. [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sandra W.	December 26, 2005 1:49 AM Brazil Rainforest Portal http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Regions/South_America/Brazil/ Nearly 40 percent of all the tropical rainforest left in the world is in the Brazilian Amazon. Brazil, the largest country in South America, has perhaps the best opportunity remaining to save large tracks of tropical rainforest. Although Brazil has lost approximately 58 percent of its frontier forests (large tracks of relatively undisturbed old growth forest), the country still has are over 772,200 square miles of frontier forest, among the largest amount of any country worldwide. Brazil Links: Brazil Deforestation and Logging Hot - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED). Brazil Rainforest Conservation Editor's Pick Hot - Brazil Rainforest Conservation News & Information. Close to 100 articles on Brazilian forests and related issues. Global Forest Watch: Brazil Hot - General information on Brazil's forests. amazonia-e-poesia - Poetry by Marcia Theophilo about the Brazilian Amazon. Apremavi - A Apremavi dedica-se à defesa, preservação e recuperação de áreas degradadas da Mata Atlântica e matas ciliares, enriquecimento das florestas secundárias, educação ambiental e agricultura orgânica. Base de Dados Tropical - Brazilian Tropical Database contains scientific data on the biomes, ecosystems, and species of Brazil. Brazil Gold Mining and Environment - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED). Brazilian Rubber and Environment - Case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database (TED). Chico Mendes Sustainable Rainforest Campaign - Site commemorates the life and work of Chico Mendes - rubber tapper, union leader and environmentalist - and continues his work. Comite Rio Maria - International solidarity network supporting rural workers in the Amazon Basin. Conselho Indigenista Missionario - Missionary Indigenous Council works on indigenous rights issues in Brazil. Facing Destruction - PDF - A Greenpeace briefing on the timber industry in the Brazilian Amazon. [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sandra W.	December 26, 2005 1:43 AM Regarding the above links: They only work from here: http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/amazon/results/arpa.cfm [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sandra W.	ARPA: A Giant Step to Protect the Amazon Forest December 26, 2005 1:30 AM http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/amazon/results/arpa.cfm In what might be considered the most significant progress to date in protecting the Amazon, WWF, together with the World Bank, the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the Government of Brazil, in 2002 launched the largest, most ambitious effort ever made to safeguard tropical forests, protecting some of the world's richest and most biologically important among them. The initiative, known as the Amazon Region Protected Area (ARPA), creates a system of approximately 80 reserves and parks, preserving intact an area roughly the size of California. Upon ARPA's certification by the World Bank, which approved the program's financial controls and operational procedures in April 2003, ARPA contributors like WWF, GEF, KfW (the German aid agency), and the Brazilian Government are set to release funding totaling more than $74 million to help establish parks and reserves, and ensure their long-term protection. The endowment--including WWF's initial $11.5 million contribution--while just a piece of the projected 10-year, $400 million effort, will help identify new Amazon forest areas for federal protection, design comprehensive management plans, and provide basic infrastructure, including ranger stations and equipment. The Brazilian government last year announced an unexpectedly high rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, indicating that urgent, sweeping measures are needed to save this area of global importance. But despite this news there is new hope stemming from WWF's efforts to establish protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon. In the two years since its inauguration, the ARPA program has already established over 20,000 square miles of protected areas, including the 15,000 square mile Tumucumaque National Park, the largest tropical forest national park in the world. Under the ARPA initiative, scientific surveys of this area--virtually uninhabited by humans--will soon begin, potentially unlocking the secrets of its rare and wild flora and fauna. Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/amazon/projects/ arpa.cfm#factsheets The above site has links to the following pdf files: [ send green star] [ accepted]
Niina K.	December 25, 2005 12:12 AM An interesting article! I understand that dark tree leaves can absorb heat and make the local climate warmer but I guess it can't be any worse than the situation in big cities. Almost everything people build today is dark - the roads, buildings etc. Those things also absorb heat and make things warmer here on earth. Anyhow, if there used to be a forest how much harm can it do to replant it? [ send green star] [ accepted]
Boudicaa S.	December 24, 2005 10:18 PM agnes that is what i was thinking as i read the article, the only places where trees would not have been would be deserts.so it should be ok to plant them anywhere except barren areas which wouldn't work anyway. unless i am missing something in the article. thats why i posted the article to get some feedback on what they are saying. but can not understand why scienctist would not want trees planted. i am so [ send green star] [ accepted]
Agnes C.	ANN, THANKS. December 24, 2005 4:34 PM HI ANN, THANKS FOR THIS ARTICLE, VERY INTERESTING ONE - AS I HAVE TO DO WITH LONGER POSTINGS, WILL REREAD IT AFTERWARDS. BUT, I GUESS THAT THOSE AREAS THAT HAD FORESTS AND HAVE BEEN DEVASTED COULD AND SHOULD BE REPLANTED. WE WOULD NOT BE CHANGING THE WHOLE SYSTEM BUT YET GOING BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. AM I WRONG? COMMENTS WELCOME! [ send green star]
Agnes C.	CHRIS O. December 24, 2005 4:28 PM HI CHRIS, AM GLAD YOU HAVE JOINED US! BE VERY MUCH WELCOME AND THANKS FOR THE LINK. [ send green star]
Boudicaa S.	December 24, 2005 2:49 AM I found this article very interesting and thought i would pass it along with some link to article and some of the links in it as well. By Elizabeth Svoboda Forget planting trees to negate your SUV's contribution to global warming -- according to Stanford University atmospheric scientist Ken Caldeira, forests in the wrong location can actually make the Earth hotter. Plants absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide during photosynthesis, so scientists and policy makers have long assumed new forest growth helps combat global warming. At an American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco earlier this month, however, Caldeira rolled out a provocative new finding: Trees may be good at capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but their dark leaves are also very efficient at soaking up sunlight, which is later released as heat. At certain latitudes, the net effect of these two processes is warming, rather than cooling. "Forests do store carbon, and as a result, the planet initially cools a little -- maybe tenths of degrees," Caldeira said. "But over the long term, trees' heat absorption warms things up more." Caldeira and colleagues at California's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory created a computer simulation showing that if most land areas in northern latitudes were covered with forests, the planet would be six degrees warmer than it is today. Forest growth in equatorial areas, on the other hand, reduced global temperatures in the simulation because the warmer air in these regions allows more moisture to evaporate from the leaves of trees. This produces substantial cooling that cancels out the effects of heat absorption. These seemingly maverick ideas have met with serious interest among some climatologists. "Planting trees definitely sequesters carbon dioxide, which tends to lower temperatures," said Eric Adams, an ecologist in Massachusetts Institute of Technology's environmental engineering department. "But the trees also do absorb light that might otherwise be reflected, which causes warming." "It's very interesting that changing land use -- whether that means growing trees or cutting them down -- can have an effect on climate," added David Erickson, director of the Climate and Carbon Research Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. "That effect is working in conjunction with the impact of greenhouse gases." If future studies confirm Caldeira's findings, his work could have a substantial impact on environmental policy. Currently, programs like Carbonfund and the Chicago Climate Exchange support the planting of temperate forests in various regions of the United States in order to reduce global warming. In the United Kingdom, for-profit Climate Care offers customers the chance to "cancel out" the carbon-dioxide emissions they produce by donating to a fund that supports reforestation efforts. Its Stratus package, which costs about $130, is billed as making one person "completely climate-neutral for the whole year." Caldeira's research suggests efforts like these are off base. "Organizations should not be giving these kinds of credits," he said. "Planting forests in mid-latitudes should not be considered equivalent to using renewable resources." Carbonfund spokesman Craig Coulter, however, urged caution. "If scientific consensus shows that this study is valid, then of course we'd have to take that into account," he said. "But there's always been tit-for-tat among academics about different methods for calculating the impact of reducing carbon, and I'd want to see more studies along these lines before making policy changes." He also pointed out that planting trees has a variety of environmental benefits unrelated to global warming, such as restoring threatened animal habitats and preventing the erosion of topsoil. Caldeira stressed that lawmakers shouldn't advocate chopping down swaths of forest in hopes of reducing global temperatures a few degrees. He thinks investing in new sources of clean energy, like hydrogen and biofuel, is a better way to address the global-warming problem. "Earth systems are very complicated -- you might be able to reduce warming by cutting down some trees, but that wouldn't be good for the environment overall," he said. "The less we interfere with the system, the more likely we are to have a healthy planet." http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,69914-0.html?tw=rss.index http://www.lbl.gov/ http://www.co2.org/ [ send green star] [ accepted]
Boudicaa S.	December 23, 2005 2:47 PM [ send green star] [ accepted]
Chris O.	December 23, 2005 4:19 AM I have a web site devoted to raising funds to protect the worlds rainforests: http://conservebirdhabitat.com Currently, the funds raised are going to the Nature Conservancy to protect rainforests in Brazil. For more information on this project go here: http://nature.org/joinanddonate/adoptanacre/about/ Take Care [ send green star] [ accepted]
Agnes C.	December 22, 2005 10:35 PM Most of what is being destroyed is due to large big companies that are cleaning areas for grains to be planted. Also, the lack of basic notion on part of the whole of the population in the more inland areas. They are poor, they need to survive, they sell trees to buy food. This has improved a bit in the past 2 years. So, to really at least reduce the devastation and save our rainforests,it is need a strong general action to make people understand the importance of the rainforests for all of us, in Brazil and all over the world. Teaching, teaching and teaching. Actions taken via the press to claim against deforestation. To claim for severe laws, that have to be followed, so that illegal cut/sell/export of wood continue to occur as it is now, these wood being used for furniture in U.S. and Europe. 5 minutes to put a mahogany down! 50 years to have a new one! [ send green star]
Theodore G.	Saving Rainforest in Brazil December 19, 2005 12:44 PM Saving the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil Between May 2002 and May 2003, Brazil lost more than 24,000 square kilometers of forest - an area larger than Israel and since 1978, over 500,000 square kilometers of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed. Why is Brazil losing so much forest? What can be done to slow deforestation? [ send green star]