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Forest Park | 3-24-14 | 5350 NW Rubicon Ln | Tree Review - NOTICE | LU 13-229548 TR
2014-03-24 22:55:36| PortlandOnline
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$30b Annual Investment in Forest Conservation can Support Green Growth UNEP
2014-03-24 09:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Times: An investment of 30 billion dollars per year can accelerate the global transition to green and sustainable growth and ensure the long-term well-being of tens of millions in developing countries, the UNEP said. The UNEP quoted a new report as saying that the amount represented less than seven per cent of the 480 billion paid in annual global fossil fuel subsidies in the REDD+ forest conservation initiative. The report was entitled ``Building Natural Capital: How REDD+ Can Support a Green Economy'',...
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Indonesia's forest fires feed 'brown cloud' of pollution choking Asia's cities
2014-03-22 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: High above the vast Indonesian island of Sumatra, satellites identify hundreds of plumes of smoke drifting over the oil palm plantations and rainforests. They look harmless as the monsoon winds sweep them north and east towards Singapore, Malaysia and deep into Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. But at ground level, south-east Asian cities have been choking for weeks, wreathed in an acrid, stinking blanket of half-burned vegetation mixed with industrial pollution, car exhaust fumes and ash. From Palangkarya...
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Forest Park | 3-24-14 | 5350 NW Rubicon Ln | Tree Review - NOTICE | LU 13-229548 TR
2014-03-21 23:28:40| PortlandOnline
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Next big idea in forest conservation? Offer health care for forest protection
2014-03-21 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Dr. Kinari Webb has a superpower: the ability to provide high-quality health care in a remote and rural landscape. And she uses her power not only to save lives, but also to protect the remaining Bornean rainforests. Twenty-one years ago, Kinari Webb traveled to Borneo to work with orangutans. She witnessed the faltering health of both the people and the environment and saw that the two issues were inseparable. When families must choose between the health of their children and the health of the...
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