Palm oil deal 'a threat to the rainforest' (www.independent.co.uk)
Hundreds of millions of tonnes of palm oil look set to be pumped into Britain's vehicles despite scientific evidence showing that chopping down rainforests to make way for plantations exacerbates... More
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It is not just about saving the cuddly and exotic - it is about natural capital (www.publicservice.co.uk)
Dr Robert Bloomfield, co-ordinator, International Year of Biodiversity UK, outlines why the loss of habitats is causing a ecological, but also a financial disaster that is orders of magnitude greater... More
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Panel on Climate Faces Challenges (online.wsj.com)
The Nobel-prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change faces new challenges following a call for an investigation of its conduct and for its chairman to resign amid continuing criticism of... More
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Amazon rainforest will bear cost of biofuel policies in Brazil (news.mongabay.com)
Business-as-usual agricultural expansion to meet biofuel production targets for 2020 will take a heavy toll on Brazil's Amazon rainforest in coming years, undermining the potential emissions savings... More
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Smarter Farming Key to Saving Amazon Rainforest (www.washingtonpost.com)
Walking on a dusty field of cut rice that was once rainforest, researcher Flavio Wruck explains how farming, the Amazon's biggest killer, can be turned into its best defender. At the government-run... More
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RPT-FEATURE-Saving endangered species: it's the economy (www.reuters.com)
In 2010 -- the International Year of Biodiversity -- the United Nations wants efforts to slow the accelerating pace of extinctions to reach beyond nature lovers, to companies and... More
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BIODIVERSITY: The Amazon Is Not Eternal (www.ipsnews.net)
PARIS, Feb 2, 2010 (Tierramérica) - The Amazon jungle "is very close to a tipping point," and if destruction continues, it could shrink to one third of its original size in just 65 years, warns... More
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Could special bonds fund the green revolution and stabilize the climate? (news.mongabay.com)
There is no question that governments around the world are moving slowly and sluggishly to combat climate change, especially when placed against the measures recommended by climate scientists. Only a... More
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Brazil Celebrates 72% Drop in Deforestation, Credits It to Green Arch (www.brazzilmag.com)
An area of 247 square kilometers (95 square miles) of Brazilian rainforest was cut down in the months of October and November 2009, which may seem like a lot, but it was a significant drop in Amazon... More
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Forest conservation in U.S. climate policy: an interview with Jeff Horowitz (news.mongabay.com)
The Copehangen Accord signed in December is widely seen as a disappointment. The Accord set no binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions targets and did not even commitment to a legally binding... More
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