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Environment News tagged with deforestation

WWF: Climate Deal Must Include Strong Deforestation Target
Environment  (tags: climatechange, climate-change, environment, globalwarming, deforestation )

Katie
- 26 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
- 31 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
- 72 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
- 74 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
- 78 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
- 130 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
- 130 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
- 133 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
- 134 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
- 136 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
- 150 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
World Bank Withdraws Funding for Amazon Deforestation
Environment  (tags: environment, deforestation, Amazon, funds, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 158 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private lending arm of the World Bank, has withdrawn a U$ 90 million loan to Brazil's cattle giant Bertin. The loan was used by the company to further expand into the Amazon region, causing destruction of
3 comments
Deforestation Causes 'Boom & Bust' Development in the Amazon
Environment  (tags: deforestation, Amazon Rainforest, animals, destruction, endangered, conservation, environment, forests, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, protection, research, science, trees, wildlife, world )

PinkMindy
- 159 days ago - presszoom.com
Since 2000, 155 thousand square kilometres of rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon have been cut down for timber, burnt, or cleared for agricultural use. Forest clearance rates have averaged more than 1.8 million hectares per year.
6 comments
Tell Top Shoe Brands to Protect the Amazon and the Climate ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, Amazon, deforestation, leather, cattle, destruction, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife, greenhousegases )

Cher
- 172 days ago - change.org
Tell the CEOs of Adidas, Nike, Timberland and others to support a moratorium on Amazon deforestation and to help us fight for a global solution to save the Amazon and our climate. We cannot afford to lose an acre of Amazon every 8 seconds because of our
17 comments
New Laws Protect Forests
Environment  (tags: environment, trees, forests, protection, habitat, deforestation, nature, wildlife, greenhousegases )

Cher
- 179 days ago - wcs.org
The provisions call for action to avoid the burning or cutting down of the world's forests. Deforestation results in one-fifth of total greenhouse gas emissions--more than all the world's cars, trucks, planes and ships combined. It also destroys the
3 comments
 
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