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06
Jul
2009
Rainforest Destroying Palm Oil Hiding in Far More Products Than Previously ...  

32 minutes ago

Oil palm plantation in Indonesia, photo: Achmad Rabin Taim via flickr A bit more than a year ago, Lloyd wrote about how palm oil is in everything and since then more and more voices have detailed just how environmentally devastating the Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil trade has become. What's more ...

TreeHugger - treehugger.com · Rank: 10 · 14099 references

Parks in Sumatra may reduce deforestation in adjacent unprotected areas  

14 hours ago by Rhett Butler

The establishment of protected areas on the Indonesian island of Sumatra may have helped reduce deforestation in adjacent unprotected areas, reports new research published in Journal of Biogeography. The results run counter to recent studies elsewhere that suggest the establishment of nature reserve ...

Mongabay.com News - news.mongabay.com · Rank: 915 · 908 references

New Guinea No Place for Continued Industrial Primary Forest Destruction  

14 hours ago by laudyms

Rainforest Portal Caption: “Sustainable Forest Management”, Papua New Guinea Style: Soon to be subsidized by UN carbon markets? The government of the rainforest rich country of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is sending out deeply conflicting signals regarding whether they will protect their rainforests, the ...

Coalition Of The Obvious - cotocrew.wordpress.com · Rank: 4,338 · 21 references

05
Jul
2009
While Print Media Declines, Internet Based Reporting Thrives, and ...  

22 hours ago by TreeHugger

image via: blog.communiquepr.com We've been hearing a lot about the decline of print media. Some call the lessening demand a crisis, as it results in a reduction of jobs within the major media organizations who have become large employers, as well as the loss of an iconic and nostalgic door delivery ...

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While Print Media Declines, Internet Based Reporting Thrives, and ...  

23 hours ago

image via: blog.communiquepr.com We've been hearing a lot about the decline of print media. Some call the lessening demand a crisis, as it results in a reduction of jobs within the major media organizations who have become large employers, as well as the loss of an iconic and nostalgic door delivery ...

TreeHugger - treehugger.com · Rank: 10 · 14099 references

Climate Change an the Increased Risk of Toxic Contamination  

1 day ago by Beverly Saltonstall

With garbage, it has always been an “out of site, out of mind, mentality. Once our garbage has been sent to the landfills we tend to stop thinking about the problem. One thing that most people don’t consider is that garbage that has been buried, can rear it’s ugly head again. Take the tiny island na ...

Sustainable Development Blog - sustainable-development-forecast.com/blog · 1 reference

04
Jul
2009
Prei Kors Kab Chkar: a Poem by Sam Vichea  

2 days ago by Visam

Poem in Khmer by Sam Vichea (on the web at http://kamnapkumnou.blogspot.com)

KI Media - ki-media.blogspot.com · Rank: 4,944 · 145 references

03
Jul
2009
Rwanda: Water rationing warning as drought bites  

3 days ago by dietvorst

Electrogaz, Rwanda’s public utility, is considering water rationing due to shortages caused by a prolonged drought in parts of the country, officials said. [The] country was now facing a deficit of up to 22,000 cubic metres of water every day and had no alternative until supplies had been boosted. [ ...

WASH news Africa - washafrica.wordpress.com · Rank: 92,834 · 8 references

02
Jul
2009
How to solve green problems your way  

3 days ago

If you and your family are going green, it’s crucial to note that there may not be just one solution for all the green issues your family faces. There are shades of green, and the point is to not only find the shade that suits your family but the shade you’ll stick with. For example, I don’t think a ...

The Green Blog - AllGreenInfo.com · 18 references

U.S. Lacey Act, the World’s First Ban in Illegal Wood Products  

3 days ago by Leigh

I just listened to a fascinating webinar about The Lacey Act and how companies who knowingly (or “it was so obvious they should have known”) buy illegally harvested wood will be prosecuted. Some of the biggest offending sources are Indonesia and South America, favorite places for big furniture manuf ...

Cliff Spencer Furniture ... - cliffspencerfurnituremaker.wordpress.com

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