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Environment News tagged with rainforest

Conservation International; South America
Environment  (tags: Nature, Wildlife, Rainforest, Diversity )

Ben
- 31 days ago - conservation.org
South America is the most diverse. It holds 5 of the world's biodiversity hotspots, as well as the biggest tropical wilderness on Earth. Between them, South America's diverse regions hold irreplaceable ecosystems teeming with life...
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Take a Quiz to Help Rainforest Action Network ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, rainforest, protection, habitat, nature )

Cher
- 64 days ago - change.org
Our friends at CREDO, the progressive mobile phone company, have figured out a way to put all those crazy things the right wing politicos say to work for environmental causes like us. They put together a quiz to test you on the latest conservative
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Support Indigenous Peoples In Malaysia Against Rainforest Destruction ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, rainforest, destruction, nature, protection, habitat )

Cher
- 72 days ago - change.org
Malaysia is the world's leading rainforest destroying nation. Please insist Malaysian authorities respect native customary land rights and boundaries of Penan's last remaining ancestral rainforest reserves; halt rainforest destruction in Sarawak for oil
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A Million Acres of Amazon Rainforest Declared a National Reserve in Peru
Environment  (tags: environment, rainforest, reserve, Peru, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife, humans )

Cher
- 78 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
World Land Trust (US) and their partner CEDIA (Center for the Development of the Indigenous Amazonians) are proud to announce that the Matsés National Reserve has been approved by the Peruvian national government. This will help ensure the protection of
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Tell Cadbury to Stop Using Rainforest Derived Palm Oils ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, palm oil, rainforest, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 84 days ago - change.org
Last week, we received some good news -- thanks to consumer pressure, Cadbury New Zealand has decided to phase palm oil out of its popular chocolate brands. Palm oil is sourced from tropical regions, primarily in Indonesia and Malaysia, where some of
9 comments
Urge Timberland to Take the Next Steps in Protecting the Amazon and the Climate ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, rainforest, destruction, nature, habitat )

Cher
- 114 days ago - change.org
Responding to the concerns that its demand for leather is fueling deforestation of the Amazon and contributing to climate change, Timberland has taken a major step forward in the latest statement around the sourcing of leather from the Amazon rainforest.
6 comments
Touch The Jungle Rainforest Preservation Tours
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, habitat, wildlife, rainforest, rainforest protection )

Patrick
- 120 days ago - humanewildlife.org
Join us for an authentic Ecuador rainforest experience with the native people whose ancestors have lived on this land for more than 400 years. Preserving rainforest with the adventure of a lifetime.
34 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
- 132 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
RainforestTrust.Org - Rainforest Destruction
Environment  (tags: rainforest, Deforestation, logging, nature, wildlife )

Raffi
- 135 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
Urgent: Major Swiss Banks Credit Suisse and UBS to Finance Indonesian Rainforest Destruction ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, rainforest, destruction, Indonesia, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife, trees )

Cher
- 136 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is the largest listed palm oil company in the world and currently produces 10 percent of Indonesia's palm oil. The rainforest destroying giant plans massive further expansion on the islands of Indonesia Kalimantan (Borneo)
8 comments
Indonesia Trades Debt for Rainforest Protection
Environment  (tags: environment, Indonesia, Sumatra, rainforest, protection, debt, habitat, nature, wildlife, animals )

Cher
- 139 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
The Obama administration has forgiven Indonesia $30 million in debt payments. In return, the government of the Southeast Asian archipelago nation has agreed to spend the money on protecting the rainforests of Sumatra, the sixth largest island in the
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
Stop Logging Indonesian Rainforest and Endangered Orangutan Habitat ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: animals, orangutans, AnimalWelfare, rainforest, Indonesia, habitat, destruction, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 150 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
A proposal for further forest clearing and destruction of over 33,600 ha of rainforest has recently been put forward by a joint venture company, Asia Pulp & Paper/Sinar Mas Group.
9 comments
Amazon Rainforest Crisis Alert
Environment  (tags: Amazon, AmazonRainforest, rainforest, environment, peru, americas, u.s., world, news, youtube, blog, crisis, alert, public warning, media, SouthAmerica, politics, business, science, tech, technology, research, oil, industry, HillaryClinton, ClimateChange )

SirRobert
- 159 days ago - thefifthknight.blog.friendster.com
There are those who still do not fully understand the emergency level nature and environmental impact repercussions from the loss of protester's human rights, and then following directly into the total extinction of the world's rainforests and species!
9 comments
Support Indigenous People Bravely Protesting Peru Government's Give-Away of Their Rainforest Homes ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, rainforest, Peru, give-away, homes, logging, mining, destruction, habitat, humans, wildlife, protection, nature )

Cher
- 176 days ago - change.org
Resource Boom in Peru's Amazon Threatens Indigenous Peoples' Livelihoods and Their Rainforest HomesSupport tens of thousands of indigenous people bravely protesting Peru government's give-away of their rainforest homes to oil, mining and logging
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