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Environment News tagged with forest

Turning Desert Into a Garden/Food Forest
Environment  (tags: environment, desert, garden, habitat, nature, food, forest )

Cher
- 7 days ago - ecoworldly.com
About two kilometers from the Dead Sea and two from where Jesus was christened, in the country of Jordan, Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute and his crew created a near miracle turning desert into a lush permaculture
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As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising
Environment  (tags: Alaska, ocean, glaciers, globalwarming, climate-change, CO2emissions, ecosystems, environment, humans, nature, conservation, salmon, forest, tectonics )

Tom
- 185 days ago - nytimes.com
Global warming conjures images of rising seas that threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, as almost nowhere else in the world, climate change is having the opposite effect: As the glaciers here melt, the land is rising, causing the sea to retreat.
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Pledge to Protect Sumatran Forest
Environment  (tags: sumatra, forest, wildlife, endangered, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 407 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Indonesian authorities have pledged to stop the loss of forests and species in Sumatra, one of the world's most ecologically important islands. Representatives of the island's 10 provinces, national government and the environment group WWF launched th
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Breaking: 320,000 Acres of Forest Protected for Wildlife and People
Environment  (tags: environment, nature, conservation, science, business, ecology, animals, wildlife, mammals, forest, forests, habitat, landscape, montana, the nature conservancy, tnc, nature conservancy, endangered species, wolf, wolves, moose, fox, bears, good news )

Jonathon
- 507 days ago - nature.org
<p>In one of the most significant conservation sales in U.S. history, The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land have preserved 320,000 acres of pristine forest in western Montana that provide valuable habitat for species.</p>
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Largest Debt-for-Nature Swap Ever Yields $26M for Costa Rica's Forests
Environment  (tags: costa rica, conservation, science, debt-for-nature, debt, government, trade, the nature conservancy, nature conservancy, environment, green, earth, rainforest, rainforests, forest, forests, tropical forest, tropical forests, trees, animals, wildlife )

Jonathon
- 766 days ago - nature.org
The Nature Conservancy has brokered the largest debt-for-nature swap in history -- $12.6 million in debt will be forgiven and $26 million will be provided to finance tropical forest conservation in Costa Rica over the next 16 years.
18 comments
Photo Essay: Red-Eyed Tree Frog in the Rainforest
Environment  (tags: frog, frogs, tree frog, tree frogs, treefrog, treefrogs, amphibians, animals, wildlife, fauna, endangered species, environment, nature, forest, forests, deforestation, rainforest, rainforests, rain forest, rainforests, costa rica, conservation, tnc )

Jonathon
- 814 days ago - nature.org
Besides serving as Care2's mascot, the cute red-eyed tree frog is a real rainforest ambassador. Watch the life cycle of tree frogs -- from birth, maturity, reproduction, and predation by insects, snakes, and caimans. Stunning, beautiful photos!
6 comments
Greenpeace, Come Clean and Stop Supporting Ancient Rainforest Logging
Environment  (tags: rainforest, logging, Greenpeace, petition, sign, help, forest, forestry )

Serena
- 868 days ago - rainforestportal.org
There is no such thing as certified, sustainable logging of primary forests. Tell Greenpeace to release their suppressed report on industrial certified forestry, and to resign the chair and withdraw from the Forest Stewardship Council
2 comments
Save the Tongass National Forest in Alaska!
Environment  (tags: forest, logging, road building, ecosystems )

Doreen
- 937 days ago - nrdconline.org
Tell the Bush administration to protect the Tongass National Forest's last remaining wild areas and abandon efforts to increase logging in America's rainforest.
8 comments
Forests of the World Are Slowly Disappearing
Environment  (tags: forest, deforestation, planting, wood )

Gigia
- 981 days ago - int.iol.co.za
An area of forest twice the size of Paris disappears every day although the rate of global deforestation has started to slow, according to a United Nations report issued on Tuesday.
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