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Rainforests and Co2
5 hours ago
by Evan FitzGerald
Global warming is on the tip of every tongue in many countries today. It is synonymous with Co2 emissions, and how our planet is gradually heating up. Many scientists are focusing on the problem and possible solutions that may lead to a decrease, or eventual halt in human created global warming. The ...
Green Street Journal - gsjournal.com · 1 reference
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REDD Forestry Deal Close, But May Not Have Money to Pay for It
10 hours ago
by Stacy Feldman
Reporting from Copenhagen A much-touted UN forestry scheme aimed at ending deforestation and radically slowing global warming is close to getting approval at the 193-nation UN climate talks, but without any long-term financial commitments to pay for it. Without money guaranteed from wealthy states, ...
Solve Climate: Daily ... - solveclimate.com/blog/feed · Rank: 1,618 · 494 references
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2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit News 12/16/09 – Slow Movement, Clinton, ...
11 hours ago
by weatherdem
China and the U.S. continue to have a moderate level of disagreement on issues related to verification, namely “measurable, reportable, and verifiable” or MRV as the parlance has developed. China says it isn’t opposed to MRV for actions that receive international financing, technology or capacity bu ...
Weatherdem's Weblog - weatherdem.wordpress.com · Rank: 75,989 · 20 references
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French company CMA-CGM facilitating destruction of Madagascar's rainforests, ...
11 hours ago
by Rhett Butler
Delmas, a Belgian subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA-CGM, is facilitating the destruction of Madagascar's endangered rainforests by providing transport for timber illegally logged from the country's national parks, report multiple sources that have been investigating the illegal rosewood trade ...
Mongabay.com News - news.mongabay.com · Rank: 809 · 1138 references
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Uninhabited tropical island paradise seeks REDD funding to save it from loggers
12 hours ago
by Jeremy Hance
Tetepare may be one of the last tropical island paradises left on earth. Headhunting and a mysterious illness drove its original inhabitants from the island two hundred years ago, making Tetepare today the largest uninhabited island in the tropical Pacific. The 120 square kilometer island (46 square ...
Mongabay.com News - news.mongabay.com · Rank: 809 · 1138 references
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R&D: The Top Five News Stories/Reports You Want to Read Today
12 hours ago
by lscisco
Here is your R&D top five for December 17th: Democrats’ Blues Grow Deeper in New Poll from the Wall Street Journal Anti-corruption body bars 248 people from leaving Pakistan from the Guardian Deforestation and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions (Backgrounder) from the Council on Foreign Relations The world th ...
Extemp Central - speechgeek.com/extemp · Rank: 130,088 · 1 reference
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Malaysia to allow logging in indigenous 'peace park' to proceed
12 hours ago
by Rhett Butler
Malaysia, the country with the fastest rate of greenhouse gas emissions growth since 1990 among middle and upper income countries, will allow logging to proceed in a contested rainforest area in Sarawak, on the island of Borneo.
Mongabay.com News - news.mongabay.com · Rank: 809 · 1138 references
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Unchopping a Tree
13 hours ago
by Robert Stockham
Thanks to my friends over at Grow & Make for turning me on to this great video. It is by Maya Lin and was created to raise awareness about deforestation and global warming. I just thought it was a beautiful way to spread the word! Maya Lin – Unchopping A Tree from Unchop A Tree on Vimeo. Tell the wo ...
Great Lakes Green Pages - thegldc.com/blog · Rank: 61,428 · 13 references
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Planet Change
13 hours ago
by Kathrin Winkler
The COP15 experience extends well beyond the experiences inside and outside the Bella Center, where the attendees are queuing and negotiators struggling. Throughout the two weeks, there has been a wealth of offsite lunches, receptions, forums, gatherings, panel discussions, galas, and the like. Many ...
Kathrin Winkler - interconnectedworld.typepad.com/my_weblog · Rank: 86,237 · 4 references
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Unchopping a Tree – a Call to Environmental Action
14 hours ago
by Xia Neifion~Clark
Renowned American architect and artist Maya Lin, designer of Washington’s Vietnam Memorial, produced this video. The piece supports the “ What is Missing Foundation?” and was unveiled at the Support REDD+ Gala to honor the UN program which helps keep the endangered forests in developing nations stan ...
Eat 2 Live - cultivatingheaven.wordpress.com
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