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Environment News tagged with Deforestation

Action Alert: Madagascar's Protected Rainforest Hardwoods Continue to Be Selectively Logged
Environment  (tags: rainforest destruction, deforestation, habitatdestruction, habitat, environment, climate, protection, world, politics )

Cal
- 1 day ago - ecoearth.info
Post-coup illegal log and wildlife trade continues to threaten Madagacar's biodiversity rich rainforest remnants, ecological sustainability and future potential for national advancement.Please read and sign the protest.
10 comments
ACTION ALERT: Coffee Plantations Deforesting the Tropics!
Environment  (tags: deforestation, coffee planations, environment, destruction, conservation, habitatdestruction )

Simone
- 3 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Millions of acres of tropical rainforest across the world have been cleared in the last 20 years for coffee plantations.....particularly in central America. This trend continues to go on worldwide at the present time.
16 comments
Copenhagen Summit---U.S., 5 Other Nations Open Wallets for Forests
Environment  (tags: environment, copenhagen summit, forests, deforestation, habitatdestruction, habitat, world, trees, conservation, nature )

Cal
- 3 days ago - latimes.com
The six pledge $3.5 billion over three years to preserve tropical rain forests, a key factor in climate change.
9 comments
Clamping Down on Logging in Brazil Moves It to Paraguay
Environment  (tags: environment, deforestation, habitatdestruction, habitat, destruction, humans, protection, ecosystems, world, trees, forests )

Cal
- 26 days ago - theecologist.org
Former Paraguayan government minister makes plea for West to intervene in runaway illegal logging situation displaced from Brazil
3 comments
WWF: Climate Deal Must Include Strong Deforestation Target
Environment  (tags: climatechange, climate-change, environment, globalwarming, deforestation )

Katie
- 55 days ago - panda.org
Global leaders must support a clear and effective deforestation target at climate talks in Copenhagen in December, or they risk crippling the world's ability to control climate change.
3 comments
Take Action On Climate Change
Environment  (tags: deforestation )

Mamabear
- 60 days ago - change.nature.org
What do you want to tell world leaders about climate change?
14 comments
Farmers Face Amazon Challenges
Environment  (tags: Amazonas, Deforestation )

Ben
- 102 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Looking at the rolling fields and jungles of the Amazon, it is tempting to think that such a vast area has endless resources...
10 comments
TAKE ACTION : Join Borneo's Penan Indigenous Peoples in Standing Up to Malaysian Rainforest Destruction
Environment  (tags: deforestation, Borneo, Indigenous Peoples Rights, rainforests )

Raffi
- 103 days ago - regenwald.org
Malaysia's large, intact rainforests in the province of Sarawak, on the Island of Borneo, are nearly exhausted, and most of what remains is to be cleared and converted into industrial monocultures of oil palm and acacia trees, or flooded under
18 comments
In Brazil, the Meat Industry Searches for a Solution to Deforestation
Environment  (tags: environment, deforestation, Brazil, meat industry, habitat, nature, protection, animals )

Cher
- 107 days ago - mnn.com
A contributor to the problem also tries to be part of the solution by changing behavior in the Amazon.
1 comment
Lets Get These Petitions Filled ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, deforestation, coal, destruction, habitat, protection, nature )

Cher
- 159 days ago - change.org
Here are two pledges from the rainforest site that have been up for awhile... lets get them filled!
20 comments
Birds Fly Higher With Shrinking Forest, Warmer Climate
Environment  (tags: animals, environment, birds, warmer climate, deforestation, flying higher, AnimalWelfare, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 159 days ago - thestar.com.my
More lowland birds are flying off to live in the highlands and this is an indicator of deforestation and climate change.
2 comments
Project to 'Grow Carbon Sinks'
Environment  (tags: environment, Ghana, rainforest, logging, deforestation, seedlings, climate change, carbon dioxide, nature, carbon emissions, protection, conservation, destruction, prevention, endangered )

Dee
- 162 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Ambitious plans to grow 24 million trees to soak up carbon dioxide and restore the rainforest have got underway in Ghana. The first million seedlings are being planted in a pilot scheme in an area that has been heavily logged in recent years.
10 comments
Call for U.S. Leadership on Global Deforestation ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, deforestation, climate-change, habitat, protection, trees, forests )

Cher
- 164 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
Sign the petition and tell Congress to include forests in future climate policy.
17 comments
RainforestTrust.Org - Rainforest Destruction
Environment  (tags: rainforest, Deforestation, logging, nature, wildlife )

Raffi
- 165 days ago - rainforesttrust.org
The destruction of the Rainforest can be stopped and you can help. Millions of acres are being burned and cut down for economic motives. Cattle ranchers and plantation owners want land to graze cattle and plant export crops. International logging
8 comments
Greenpeace Says Big Brands Destroying Rainforest
Environment  (tags: Brazil, amazon, rainforest, deforestation, animals, destruction, cattle, fires, burning, pollution, CO2emissions, environment, globalwarming, ecosystems, humans, nature, wildlife, trees, Sustainabililty, conservation, climatechange, research, study )

Tom
- 179 days ago - environmentalleader.com
The expansion of Brazil's cattle sector is driving the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and threatens to undermine Brazil's pledge to cut deforestation by 72 percent by 2018. The cattle industry is the largest source of deforestation in the world.
12 comments
 
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