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Next big idea forest conservation? Privatizing conservation management

2014-03-07 15:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Is it possible to equitably divide the planets resources between human and non-human societies? Can we ensure prosperity and rights both to people and to the ecosystems on which they rely? In the island archipelago of Indonesia, these questions become more pressing as the unique ecosystems of this global biodiversity hotspot continue to rapidly vanish in the wake of land conversion (mostly due to palm oil , poor forest management and corruption). For 22 years, Dr. Erik Meijaard has worked...

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Sun Shines on Forest Women

2014-03-07 09:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Chintapakka Jambulamma, 34, looks admiringly at a solar dryer. It's the prized possession of the Advitalli Tribal Women's Co-operative Society- a collective of women entrepreneurs that she leads. She opens up a drawer in the dryer, scoops out a handful of the medicinal plant Kalmegh and exclaims, "Look, it's drying so fast.""We work hard, gather good quality herbs and seeds. Our life depends on this money. Why should we settle for less?" Around her, women from the co-operative break into...

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Emerson Commits $5 Million To Forest Park

2014-03-07 08:15:41| Electronics - Topix.net

Emerson Electric is giving $5 million to help restore and maintain Forest Park. The gift is the largest ever given by a publicly traded company to Forest Park Forever - the private non-profit that's partnered with the city to maintain the 1,371-acre park.

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Forest losses climb to over 17m

2014-03-05 14:59:58| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Nottingham Forest announce a loss of more than 17m for the 2012-13 season, up from a loss of 12.2m the previous year.

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Greenpeace thanks P&G for forest destruction

2014-03-04 21:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Greenpeace: Greenpeace released a spoof video of the Procter & Gambles Thank You Mom advertisement showing how deforestation for palm oil is orphaning orangutans in Indonesian. Greenpeace activists also took action today at P&Gs global headquarters in a protest with a tiger hanging from a zip line between the companys two iconic buildings. P&G is buying palm oil linked to rainforest destruction, to make every day products like Head & Shoulders. Rainforest destruction is endangering species like the...

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