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Feb 29
Biofuels: Driving in the Wrong Direction?
WorldChanging - USA
Brazilian sugar plantations, I read, did not directly impact the Amazon
rainforest, the way soya farming or meat-production did.
Army brought in to help illegal Amazon timber crackdown
Greenpeace UK - London, UK
... recent rise in deforestation rates in the Amazon, the
Brazilian government is cracking down on the illegal loggers who are
ripping up the rainforest; ...
The Martyr of Amazon inspires new social justice center at NDNU
The Argonaut - Belmont, CA, USA
She was murdered in the Anapu Para a section of Brazil's Amazon
rainforest. While on her way to a meeting with farmers, a hired gunman
confronted Stang and ...
Feb 28
Corn Grower CEO Defends Biofuel Mandates
The Farmer-Stockman - TX, USA
"We know Brazil has a lot of acreage to expand in the Cerrado, so they
don't need to do anything to the Amazon rainforest. The dynamics
there have more to ...
Chevron Accused of 'Unethical Attacks' on Court-Appointed Special ...
PR Newswire - New York, NY, USA
The lawsuit asserts Chevron deliberately dumped 18 billion gallons of toxic
waste in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador and abandoned hundreds of
open-air ...
Complete map of world forests to help REDD carbon trading initiative
Mongabay.com - USA
One of the greatest threats to the Amazon rainforest is the rapid
expansion of industrial agriculture, and rates of deforestation are likely
to increase in ...
Hydraulic Redistribution
EcoWorld.com - Fair Oaks, CA, USA
(2) Rainforest trees, through hydraulic lift (energy provided by
evaporation of water out of the leaves) “transpirate” sufficient
volumes of water into the ...
Small fires a big threat to Amazon rainforest biodiversity
Mongabay.com - USA
Small fires have a big impact in the Amazon rainforest, report
researchers writing in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
The findings ...
Until World Gets Internationalized the Amazon Belongs to ...
Brazzil.com - Los Angeles, CA, USA
The oil reserves should be internationalized because they are as important
today as the rainforest will be tomorrow. The nuclear arsenals
should not stay in ...
Feb 27
Troops move in to stop Amazon's illegal loggers
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Photo: AP HUNDREDS of members of the Brazilian security forces touched down
in the lawless backlands of the Amazon rainforest this week as part
of what ...
National Geographic photographer recounts Amazonian adventures
The Daily Utah Chronicle - Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Venturing through the Amazon rainforest, studying plants, taking
photographs and living with unknown tribes is how ethnobotanist Richard
Evans Schultes ...
Brazil Deploys Troops to Reduce Rainforest Destruction
RedOrbit - Dallas, TX, USA
160 elite Brazilian troops were sent to join with hundreds of police
officers in the Amazon to combat illegal deforestation activity.
...
Feb 26
Brazil fights Amazon deforestation
Marketplace - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is on the rise -- 2700 square
miles razed in Brazil over just the last five months. Twice the rate from
last year.
Deforestation a greater threat to the Amazon than global warming
Mongabay.com - USA
If past conditions are any indication of future conditions, the Amazon
rainforest may survive considerable drying and warming caused by global
warming...
Lumber firm sues Ocean City over boardwalk wood cancellation
Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA
By WAYNE PARRY | AP Writer 3:03 PM EST, February 25, 2008 OCEAN CITY, NJ -
A Baltimore lumber company whose delays in providing tropical
rainforest wood for ...
Feb 25
Razing, a Riot
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA, USA
Brazilian troops and police seized about 500 truckloads of illegal hardwood
timber from the Amazon rainforest over the weekend, following riots
and protests ...
Amazon rainfall linked to Atlantic Ocean temperature
Mongabay.com - USA
Climate models increasingly forecast a dire future for the Amazon
rainforest. These projections are partly based on recent research that
has linked drought ...
Virgin's biofuel flight is all spin and greenwash
Greenpeace UK - London, UK
Of course not, and babassu nuts grow in the Amazon rainforest - who
knows what will happen if they start being produced in huge quantities?
...
Forest Protection Is Climate Protection, GLOBE Forum Told
Environment News Service - USA
BRASILIA, Brazil, February 24, 2008 (ENS) - To combat global warming, the
rich countries must create a fund to conserve the Amazon rainforest,
...
Brazil's ecosystem payments system offers clues for REDD ...
Mongabay.com - USA
... environmental services payments could offer insight for
implementing carbon-credits-for-forest-conservation (REDD) initiatives in
the Amazon rainforest...
Brazil launches crackdown against Amazon's illegal loggers
Financial Times - London, England, UK
By Jonathan Wheatley in Bras=EDlia Brazilian authorities will today begin
their biggest crackdown on illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest.
...
Biofuel flight gets turbulent response
ABC Science Online - Australia
Nuts picked from Amazon rainforests helped fuel yesterday's
flight to Amsterdam from Heathrow Airport in London.(Source: Luke MacGregor
/Reuters) Nuts ...
Brazil police crack down on Amazon logging
China Post - Taipei, Taiwan
By ALAN CLENDENNING, AP SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Heavily armed federal police
swarmed an Amazon town and seized more than 500 truckloads of
illegally cut ...
Amazon nuts help fuel first biofuel flight
Times of India - India
LONDON: Nuts picked from Amazon rainforests helped fuel the
world's first commercial airline flight partly powered by renewable
energy on Sunday.
Branson's Nutty Idea To Power His Jets
ABC News - USA
... WATT Virgin Flight 811P took off from London Heathrow this
morning fueled, in part, by 150000 coconuts and babassu nuts picked in the
Amazon rainforest.
Feb 23
13 Die in Boat Crash in Amazon River
Prensa Latina - Havana, Cuba
February is regarded as the rainiest month of the year in the Amazon
rainforest region, where constant rain turn the December-May period
into the local ...
Feb 22
A hemisphere away, students reach out to fix water problems
ASU Web Devil - Tempe, AZ, USA
by Claudia Koerner A group of ASU students will put aside their textbooks
in March to work in a village in the Amazon rainforest.
Amazon state launches Zero Extinction Program for endangered species
Mongabay.com - USA
... of forest loss of any Amazon state in Brazil: some 202906
square kilometers of the Amazon's 679899 square kilometers of
cleared rainforest are in Par=E1.
Brazil Plans Fund to Help Finance Amazon Conservation (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
The fund creates an opportunity to help preserve an area that represents
about half the world's remaining rainforest. Deforestation in
the Amazon ...
Feb 21
Brazilian state aims for "Zero Extinctions"
Plenty Magazine - New York, NY, USA
The Amazon rainforest is rapidly disappearing, and with it goes the
only habitats for thousands of rare, threatened and endangered species.
...
Brazil Launches Extinction Initiative
OneWorld.net - London, England, UK
Of the 679899 km2 of cleared Amazon rainforest, 202906 km2 are in
Par=E1. Deforestation is one of the primary causes of loss of species.
...
Feb 20
Ancient Amazon fires linked to human populations
Mongabay.com - USA
European contact resulted in both a steep decline in indigenous populations
and burning in the Amazon rainforest — at least until now.
...
Will you be on the go in 2008?
Easier (press release) - Chester, UK
For those interested primarily in the flora and fauna, where better to
visit than the home of the Amazon Rainforest. Whether it is the
impressive array of ...
US prosecutes Greenpeace under 1872 law
Scenta.co.uk - London, England, UK
An activist who took part in the 2002 action, Jeremy Pastor, said:
"The Amazon rainforest is a treasure that should be preserved
and respected by all people ...
Feb 19
Amazon wildlife corridors 'need to be strengthened'
International Animal Rescue - Uckfield, England, UK
Protected strips of the Amazon rainforest need to be increased in
size if they are to help preserve rare species of animal found in the area,
according to a ...
Cycling the Ecuadorian Amazon
TravelBite.co.uk - London, UK
Zooming downhill on a bike from Ecuador's lush mountain highlands,
passing stunning waterfalls and indigenous communities and into the
Amazon rainforest in ...
Private forest a model to protect Amazon
Carbon Positive - Hague, Netherlands
The company owns the land on which the native rainforest stands and
conserves the forest within a programme of selective logging.
Jungle mystery
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
By MICHAEL ASTOR JULIO Tota stood atop a 60m steel tower in the heart of
the Amazon rainforest, watching “rivers of air” flowing over an
unbroken green ...
Under siege
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
IN THE gloomy shade deep in Africa’s rainforest, the noontime
silence was pierced by the whine of a far-off chainsaw. It was the sound of
destruction...
Feb 18
Amazon corridors far too narrow, warn scientists
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington, DC, USA
Protected forest strips buffering rivers and streams of the Amazon
rainforest should be significantly wider than the current legal
requirement, according to ...
Feb 17
Amazon Rainforest in Unexpected Trouble
Daily Green - USA
By Dan Shapley The victory that was the preservation of the vast Amazonian
rain forest is hollow, new satellite images show. The Brazilian government
had ...
The new climate science: Governments gamble with our survival
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale, NSW, Australia
A paper in 2000 by the Hadley Centre of the British Meteorological Office
speaks of the near-total collapse of the Amazon rainforest unless
global ...
New dean takes reins at Crowder
Neosho Daily News - Neosho, MO, USA
By Wes Franklin As a kid, Nicole Striegel used to hunt monkeys in the
Amazon Rainforest. Monkey meat is a little stringy, but good, she
assures.
Feb 16
Cane ethanol is an alternative fuel that could benefit Florida
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
To link ethanol to the rainforest is inaccurate. The Amazon
basin is one-half of Brazil's territory. Sugar cane for ethanol is not
grown there...
Feb 15
Paul's REAL jungle experience - with slide show
Halifax Evening Courier - UK
An exotic trip to a rainforest is inspiring work at a jungle right
here in Halifax. Virginia Mason takes a walk on the wild side PAUL Marshall
is pretty ...
Buy in Brazil: Latin America Property Guide
Finance Daily - London, England, UK
It is home to much of the Amazon rainforest. In recent years, the
country has begun to emerge as a tourist hotspot. The Lonely Planet guide
explained: ...
Amazon rainforest to shrink 20 per cent by 2030
CTV.ca - Canada
AP SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Two Brazilian research groups said Sunday the
Amazon rain forest will shrink by nearly 20 per cent by 2030 as
farming...
Feb 14
Academic Lecture Series 2008: The Greatest Gift: The Courageous ...
St. John's University - Queens, NY, USA
In 1989, Binka Le Breton and her husband Robin moved to an isolated corner
of southeastern Brazil to set up a farm on the fringes of the
rainforest.
Brazil raids Amazon timber mills
BBC News - UK
Last month the Brazilian government announced new measures to stop the
destruction of the rainforest. These include deploying police and
environmental ...
Adventure Travel for Retirees: The Amazon and Beyond
FOXBusiness - USA
Foley set up an 8-day trek through Machu Picchu and the Amazon
Rainforest for two cousins, Marsha Culver, 55, and JoAnn Dufficy, 63.
...
Feb 13
Floods in Bolivia, Peru leave at least 64 dead
Earthtimes - London, UK
Areas in the remote Amazon Rainforest were particularly badly
affected by the rain and the situation in the Bolivian Amazonian town of
Trinidad was dramatic ...
The great green land grab
Guardian Unlimited - UK
John Eliasch, the Swedish-born businessman chosen by Gordon Brown to be his
forest advisor, bought himself 400000 acres of the Amazon rainforest
for =A38m in ...
Feb 12
Fiddling as forests burn
ic Wales - United Kingdom
The President of Brazil, who controls most of the Amazon rainforest,
faced with feeding his people, has issued a simple challenge ... pay us to
stop cutting ...
Brazil Rejects Amnesty For Contributors To Amazon Deforestation
AHN - USA
Brazil has been fighting against deforestation in the Amazon
rainforest, which it has recognized as the "lungs" of the
planet. The Brazilian government had ...
Adventurer imports Peru coffee to help tribe
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... so, since September 2007, flyers have been able to select a
rainforest tree for planting in the Peruvian Amazon to absorb
some of their CO2 emissions.
Around Brazil: Crazy Town
Gringoes.com - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Flying over the Amazon Rainforest is special. It ain=B4t called the
rainforest for nothing though, but when all those clouds clear the
view of nothing but ...
Let Brazilians Sort Out the Problems of the Amazon
Gringoes.com - Sao Paulo, Brazil
As I read the article I wondered why Mr Hari=B4s unconvincing views on the
rainforest deserved so much space in The Independent.
Feb 9
Peru: Go with the flow
Independent - London, England, UK
Perfect green: that defines the amazingly narrow yet startling spectrum of
the Amazon rainforest. And it also happens to define what I have
right here.
Feb 8
New Amazonian monkey 'already endangered'
International Animal Rescue - Uckfield, England, UK
A scientist who found a previously unknown species of monkey in the
Amazon rainforest has warned that it may already be endangered.
Jean-Phillipe Boubli of ...
Rainforest tours open
Arizona Daily Wildcat - Tucson, AZ, USA
Students tired of living in a desert now have the opportunity to peruse a
lush rainforest. The UA-managed Biosphere 2 opens its
rainforest area to the ...
DWS Scudder Brings an Amazon Jungle to the Wall Street Area to ...
News & Observer - Raleigh, NC, USA
... and Smoothies Sustainably Harvested from the Amazon
Rainforest, and Icelandic Glacial, a carbon-neutral certified bottled
water company, also attended.
Biofuels Are Bad for Feeding People and Combating Climate Change
Scientific American - USA
This has driven up soy prices causing farmers in Brazil to clear more
Amazon rainforest land to plant valuable soy, Searchinger's
study notes.
Amazon Deforestation Rate Escalates
The REAL TRUTH - Wadsworth, OH, USA
The Brazilian government announced that the rate at which the Amazon
rainforest is being cut down has increased significantly over the past
few months.
Converting land for biofuel worsens global warming: study
AFP -
... that strong growth in the demand for corn-based ethanol in the
United States has led to the increasing destruction of the Amazon
rainforest in Brazil.
Biofuel crops 'increase carbon emissions'
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... in deforestation of the Amazon. They also found
significant carbon 'debt' in the conversion of grasslands in the US
and rainforests in Indonesia.
Feb 7
Amazon rainforest to shrink 20 per cent by 2030: study
Canoe.ca - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
By AP SAO PAULO, Brazil - Two Brazilian research groups said Sunday the
Amazon rain forest will shrink by nearly 20 per cent by 2030 as
farming...
Pasadena salmon angler casts for trophy fish on Amazon River
Western Star - Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
After soaking up the rich diversity of the rainforest, Neil said
there’s not a chance he’ll ever find roaming the woods and waterways of
Newfoundland and ...
Feb 6
New uakari monkey discovered in the Amazon rainforest
Mongabay.com - USA
A previously unknown species of uakari monkey was discovered in the
Brazilian Amazon, reports National Geographic News. The primate was
identified after it ...
Pasadena man has amazing Amazon adventure
Western Star - Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
When Todd Neil was offered a chance to do some guiding in the Amazonian
rainforest, it was an opportunity he simply could not pass up.
...
Overfishing may hurt Amazon forest trees
Mongabay.com - USA
In the Pantanal, a giant wetland bordering the Amazon rainforest,
many fish species feed on fallen fruit during the flood season. As waters
recede and fish ...
Have you ever fancied a trip to the Amazon?
Practical Fishkeeping - Bretton, England, UK
It might be the cold, grey weather that is stimulating me to think of
tropical rainforests, but web editor Matt Clarke is feeling it too,
and we want to go ...
Feb 5
Climate 'tipping point' warning
The Press Association -
Massive changes to key parts of the climate system such as the Greenland
ice sheet and the Amazon rainforest could occur this century as they
are pushed ...
"Tipping points" seen for Greenland ice, Amazon
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa
A projected drying of the Amazon basin, linked both to logging and
to global warming, could set off a dieback of the rainforest.
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Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system
Juraforum.de - R=FChen, Niedersachsen, Germany
This also applies to the Amazon rainforest and Boreal forests, the
El Ni=F1o phenomenon, and the West African monsoon. "These tipping
elements are candidates ...
Feb 4
Amazon rainforest to shrink 20 per cent by 2030: study
The Canadian Press -
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Two Brazilian research groups said Sunday the
Amazon rain forest will shrink by nearly 20 per cent by 2030 as
farming, road construction ...
Amazon Research Raises Tough Questions
Washington Post - United States
Researcher Julio Tota stands on a steel tower that is used to monitor the
weather in the dense Amazon rainforest near the northern city of
Manaus, Brazil...
Amazon research raises tough questions
Kansas City Star - MO, USA
By MICHAEL ASTOR AP Writer Researcher Julio Tota stands on a steel tower
that is used to monitor the weather in the dense Amazon rainforest
near the ...
How airplane black boxes survive crashes
HappyNews.com - Round Rock, TX, USA
(Wikipedia) :: Brazilian Air Force personnel recover the Gol Transportes
A=E9reos Flight 1907 "black box" in the Amazon Rainforest.
Q: What materials are used ...
Feb 3
Prince Charles's wish: to save rainforests
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The Prince also backed the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF)
Amazon Initiative, which will work in the nine countries where the
South American rainforest ...
Feb 2
Saving the Rainforest
AS/COA Online - New York, NY, USA
Yet, Dr. Daniel Nepstad, an expert on the Amazon rainforest based at
the Woods Hole Research Center, explain in an interview, rising prices
could provide ...
Feb 1
(BPRW) What Does Green Mean? Part III
Black PR Wire (press release) - North Miami Beach, FL, USA
BLACK PR WIRE) ( February 1, 2008) The Amazon rainforest has been
described as the lungs of our planet, producing more clean, pristine,
breathable oxygen ...
Brazil accuses Amazon scientists of theft
Scotsman - United Kingdom
BRAZIL'S intelligence service has accused non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) operating in the Amazon rainforest of biopiracy
– the theft of yet-to-be ...
Ministers attacked on destruction of forest
Scotsman - United Kingdom
By Raymond Colitt BRAZIL'S government is unwilling and unable to halt
destruction in the Amazon rainforest, despite emergency measures it
announced last ...
DWS Scudder Brings an Amazon Jungle to Wall Street Area
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
... A=E7a=ED Juices and Smoothies Sustainably Harvested from the
Amazon Rainforest, and Icelandic Glacial, a carbon-neutral certified
bottled water company.
Mad Flavor in the Bay Area: Coffee fetish
Grist Magazine - Seattle, WA, USA
... itself as a US morning ritual, Brazil's Portuguese rulers
were busy razing vast swaths of pristine Amazon rainforest to plant
the lucrative crop.
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