Take action by writing to Panama's president; Panama's environmental protection agency; and the president and CEO of the U.S.-based AES Corporation, which is backing Chan-75.

A Tanzanian group, supported by The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP,) has helped two local communities to become fully-certified sustainable forest managers. "This is a first for Africa", said CLP project leader Steve Ball. "It ensures that

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The stink of tar, black and gray waste water lakes dominate the landscape.

Dust in the wind is rewriting the cycle of life in the mountains. Throughout memory the warmth of spring has begun the mountain snowmelt, bringing life-giving water to greening plants so they can blossom and renew their species.

India will not sign up to targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but will instead focus on fighting poverty and boosting economic growth, the environment minister said

"It looks like a spaceship. It can do 40 knots and dive under waves completely. We'll be using it to intercept and block harpoons," said Captain Paul Watson.

The mighty Mekong River in Southeast Asia faces a devastating threat from eleven new proposed dams. If even one of the dams are built in Cambodia, Laos or Thailand; they would block major fish migrations and otherwise ecologically disrupt this vitally

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.

A new project to encourage companies to report their impacts on forests was launched this week. The Forest Footprint Disclosure Project is an innovative initiative led by the Global Canopy Programme. FFI joined the project's Technical Steering Group