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102 Atlas Shows Effects of Climate Change on Africa Environment (tags: CO2emissions, climate-change, deforestation, erosion, chemical and physical damage ) Karen - 26 days ago - npr.org JOHANNESBURG, South Africa June 10, 2008, 09:16 pm ET The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa. 8 comments \| visit site \| problem?
169 Nature Lovers Committed to Preserve Nature Environment (tags: North Sulawesi, flora and fauna, deforestation, conservation, environment, nature, habitat, trees, protection, habitatdestruction, destruction, forests, wildlife ) Cher - 63 days ago - thejakartapost.com The number of Indonesians concerned with preserving North Sulawesi's flora and fauna -- one of the country's most precious natural treasures -- has been rising amid the uncontrollably high rate of deforestation. Beginning with an awareness on how to 4 comments \| visit site \| problem?
165 Amazon Environmentalist Gunned Down in Peru Environment (tags: amazon, rainforest, murder, deforestation, peru ) Rhett - 114 days ago - news.mongabay.com After reporting a truck loaded with mahogany illegally logged from the Amazon rainforest, Don Julio Garcia Agapito, a Peruvian authority who worked to protect forests, was gunned down by Amancion Jacinto Maque, an illegal timber operator, on February 26th 9 comments \| visit site \| problem?
121 Brazil to Crack Down on Deforestation Environment (tags: Brazil, deforestation, crackdown, security, illegal logging, conservation, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, wildlife, trees ) Cher - 132 days ago - economictimes.indiatimes.com Three hundred police and security agents have been deployed to the Amazon in a massive crackdown ordered by the Brazilian government against loggers illegally stripping the forest, officials said on Tuesday. 8 comments \| visit site \| problem?
103 Deforestation: The Hidden Cause of Global Warming Environment (tags: deforestation, emissions, globalwarming ) Plato - 135 days ago - independent.co.uk In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. So why are global leaders turning a blind eye to this crisis? 11 comments \| visit site \| problem?
113 Rain Forests Fall at 'Alarming' Rate Environment (tags: rainforests, deforestation, global warming, climate change ) Beth - 154 days ago - abcnews.go.com From Brazil to central Africa to once-lush islands in Asia's archipelagos, human encroachment is shrinking the world's rain forests. 2 comments \| visit site \| problem?
103 Amazon Rainforest Vanishing Faster, Brazil Drafts Emergency Plan Environment (tags: destruction, conservation, environment, deforestation, protection, rainforest, Amazon Rainforest ) Gavin - 163 days ago - ecoworldly.com 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
108 EARTH AT RISK Environment (tags: population, water, disasters, extinction, deforestation, science, history channel, tv, shows, earth, gaia, ClimateChange, destruction, globalwarming, endangered, environment, animals, wildlife, world, humans, habitatdestruction, greenhousegases, forests ) Mari - 173 days ago - history.com For whatever reason its happening, slowly, but very surely. Global warming is a reality. The ultimate consequences of transformations to our world climate are unclear, but if history is any indication, they could be devastating. Learn more .... 10 comments \| visit site \| problem?
97 Climate Change Will Significantly Increase Bird Extinctions Environment (tags: environment, birds, animals, globalwarming, ClimateChange, deforestation ) Cher - 215 days ago - news.mongabay.com Where do you go when you've reached the top of a mountain and you can't go back down? It's a question increasingly relevant to plants and animals, as their habitats slowly shift to higher elevations, driven by rising temperatures worldwide. The answer is 4 comments \| visit site \| problem?
117 Hurricanes' Toll: 320 Million Trees Environment (tags: trees, hurricanes, katrina, rita, deforestation, destruction, environment, conservation, endangered, ClimateChange, weather, world, research ) Mari - 234 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com WASHINGTON - New satellite imaging has revealed that hurricanes Katrina and Rita produced the largest single forestry disaster on record in America - an essentially unreported ecological catastrophe... 16 comments \| visit site \| problem?
70 'Forest Stewardship Council' Certification Under Fire Environment (tags: agriculture, animals, conservation, destruction, deforestation, environment, government, habitatdestruction, humans, protection, Sustainabililty, trees, world, wildlife, pollution ) Erika - 291 days ago - enn.com A large number of Brazilian and international organizations are opposing this certification, on the grounds that these plantations have resulted in widespread negative social and environmental impacts 3 comments \| visit site \| problem?
140 New Adopt-An-Acre Program Launched Environment (tags: endangered, deforestation, conservation, forests, protection, wildlife ) Chris - 303 days ago - nature.org 16 comments \| visit site \| problem?
77 As Brazil's Rain Forest Burns Down, Planet Heats Up Environment (tags: Brazil, rain_forest, deforestation, Amazon ) Pretty - 303 days ago - mcclatchydc.com TAILANDIA, Brazil -- For more than a decade, Vigilio de Souza Pereira has carved his living out of the thick Amazon rain forest around his ranch in northern Brazil. When Pereira needs more land for his crops and cattle, he cuts more virgin jungle... 9 comments \| visit site \| problem?
82 Amazon River in Peru Falls to Second Lowest Level on Record Environment (tags: amazon river, drought, climate change, global warming, deforestation ) Rhett - 307 days ago - news.mongabay.com The Amazon River in Peru has fallen to its second lowest level on record according to the Peruvian Navy. The news comes as worries mount that the Amazon rainforest will face another dry year like that of 2005 when large tracts of forest burned 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
151 Study Says Global Warming May Trigger Wave of Extinctions Environment (tags: ClimateChange, endangered, extinction, globalwarming, wildlife, deforestation ) Chris - 307 days ago - web.conservation.org A new study says that a rise of just 2 degrees in Earth's temperature over the next 50 years could wipe out tens of thousands of plant and animal species around the planet, even in remote places far away from human activity. 20 comments \| visit site \| problem?

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