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Climate change sets back forest preservation efforts in India
2013-10-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: In Uttarakhand, women take the lead role in reviving and maintaining civil forests under Van Panchayats even in the face of several obstacles Munni Adhikari, a resident of Dhaura Gram Sabha in Lamgara block of Uttarakhand`s Almora district, lives in an idyllic setting: green slopes covered with tall pine and oak trees, wild flowers in full bloom, neat little terrace farms... While this natural splendour can instantly captivate any visitor, there is a hard-hitting reality that comes with the territory....
Indonesia forest still dwindle despite reforms
2013-10-24 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: At home and abroad, Indonesia is highlighting its progress in curbing the environmental destruction that has depleted forests and made the Southeast Asian nation a leading source of greenhouse gases. But environmentalists are unconvinced. They say pulp and palm oil plantations are still expanding at an alarming rate in Sumatran forests, despite efforts by the government and industry. That expansion has contributed to climate change and threatens endangered tigers and orangutans. More than 80...
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Amazon forest is drying out
2013-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Thanks to climate change the southern Amazon rainforest is "drying out", say US researchers. Researchers say the southern part of the Amazon rainforest is at a far higher risk of dieback than the models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The research team, led by Professor Rong Fu of the University of Texas, say that this is because the forest is drying out much quicker than projected. If the damage is severe enough, they say the loss of rainforest could cause the release...
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Whole Foods Proposes Lake Forest Store
2013-10-22 04:23:14| Grocery - Topix.net
Lake Forest officials will soon review a redevelopment proposal that includes the construction of a Whole Foods Market at the southeast corner of Route 60 and Saunders Road, GazeboNews reported.
Indonesia: Palm oil giant Wilmar caught forest scandal
2013-10-22 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: Household brands that source palm oil through Singapore-based palm oil trader Wilmar International, such as the makers of Oreo biscuits, Gillette shaving products and Clearasil, are making consumers unwitting accomplices in the destruction of Indonesias forests, and pushing critically endangered species like the Sumatran tiger to the edge of extinction, revealed Greenpeace International today in fresh investigations. As the worlds biggest player in the palm oil sector, Wilmar has the power...
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