Archive for ‘forest’
Ecuador official: protect Indians from oil drilling
February 10th, 2008
Ecuador’s attorney general Saturday urged the government to negotiate with oil firms to stop drilling for crude in a protected area deep in the Amazon jungle where Indian tribes hide from the outside world.
Popularity: 3%
World launches talks on forest payoffs
February 4th, 2008
For decades, a flood of aid and an army of conservationists couldn’t save Indonesia’s rain forests from illegal loggers, land-hungry peasants and the spread of giant plantations. Now the world is looking at a simpler approach: up-front cash.
Popularity: 3%
Brazil deforestation measures
January 26th, 2008
Brazil has adopted emergency measures to combat the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
Popularity: 3%
Forests, carbon capture keys to climate
January 18th, 2008
Protecting forests and burying greenhouse gases are key ways of slowing world climate change, Norway’s prime minister said on Friday a day after the Nordic nation set a stiff 2030 goal of becoming “carbon neutral”.
Popularity: 3%
Unique Kenyan game park under human threat
December 31st, 2007
A short distance from the slums and skyscrapers of Nairobi, Naanyu Ntirrisa pulls thorn bushes around her Maasai village to keep out marauding lions that have killed a cow and two sheep.
Popularity: 4%
Deal to fight deforestation agreed at climate talks
December 14th, 2007
Climate talks in Bali reached a deal on Friday to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, hailed as a sign of developing nations’ commitment to fighting global warming.
Popularity: 6%
Going Green: Real Vs. Artificial Tree
December 13th, 2007
When it comes to the perfect Christmas tree, what’s better? Some Americans want a real one, while others like the convenience of a fake tree. Environmentalists say they prefer live trees, akin to crops that can be replenished.
Popularity: 5%
Indigenous people fear double climate hit
December 13th, 2007
Indigenous people already struggling to cope with a warming world risk losing their homes under rich-world schemes to tackle climate change by using forests as carbon sinks, activists said on Thursday.
Popularity: 4%
World Bank launches forest carbon fund
December 11th, 2007
The World Bank on Tuesday launched plans for a $300 million fund to fend off global warming by preserving forests, but protesters said it risked turning homes of indigenous people into an asset for the rich.
Popularity: 2%
Indonesia announces national conservation programme for orangutans
December 10th, 2007
Indonesia is preparing a conservation programme to protect orangutans and their habitats in Borneo and Sumatra, Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday at the World Climate Conference on Bali.
Popularity: 4%
Amazon ‘disappearing fast’
December 6th, 2007
Deforestation is destroying the Amazon more quickly than previously thought, conservationists have warned.
Popularity: 3%
Investigators: Calf. Wildfire Started by Humans
November 26th, 2007
Officials in California say Saturday’s wildfire that has destroyed 53 homes was started by humans, but they haven’t determined if it was set intentionally.
Popularity: 4%
Indonesia pins hopes on forests at Bali meeting
November 21st, 2007
For years, Indonesia has made money by chopping down its forests. Now it wants to earn billions by preserving what is left. The huge archipelago, with about 10 percent of the world’s tropical rainforests, is pinning its hopes on next month’s U.N. climate talks in Bali.
Popularity: 6%
Go Green - Rent Your Tree
November 19th, 2007
A local man plans to help you go green this Christmas by renting Christmas trees.
Popularity: 4%
Indonesia demands cash to save forests.
October 29th, 2007
The Indonesian government is recruiting other developing nations in an attempt to pressure richer governments to provide incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Popularity: 3%
