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Huge swath of forest in Indonesian Borneo slated for clearing by 'sustainable' company
2014-12-10 19:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Enormous wood fiber concession appears in West Kalimantan, threatening critical habitat. Environmental groups cry foul, claiming impact assessments were not properly done before plantation company set up shop. A major wood fiber concession has moved ahead on developing a sizable chunk of forest in one of Indonesias most vulnerable provinces before a formal conservation assessment of the land could be completed, Greenomics Indonesia reports. The organization recently published a report detailing...
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New market study, "Forest Products in Poland", has been published
2014-12-09 21:34:44| Paper - Topix.net
Forest Products in Poland industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size . The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
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Latin American & Caribbean Nations Pledge Major Forest Restoration Efforts
2014-12-08 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Latin American and Caribbean countries yesterday launched Initiative 20x20, an effort to begin restoring 20 million hectares of degraded land -- an area larger than Uruguay -- by 2020. The initiative has secured $365 million in funds, its leaders announced, which will be used to restore forests, avoid deforestation, and improve the use of trees and livestock in agriculture -- practices known as agroforestry and silvopasture. This restoration is expected to provide extensive economic, social, and...
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Tribal Lands Are Vital for Amazon Forest Carbon Sink
2014-12-06 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: Scientists in the US and Latin America have once again confirmed the importance of the Amazon rainforest as a planetary resource and as a carbon sink to store carbon drawn down from the atmosphere. Sadly, they have also confirmed, once again, that it is at risk. New research, released in time for the UN climate change conference being held in Lima, Peru, shows that 55% of the Amazons carbon is in the indigenous territories that are home to the regionss 385 tribal peoples, or in formally-designated...
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TCF Bank Inside River Forest Jewel Robbed
2014-12-02 05:17:50| Grocery - Topix.net
A bank inside a River Forest supermarket was knocked off on Sunday afternoon in what the FBI is describing as a non-takeover robbery. The FBI said that a man walked into the Jewel-Osco Food Store at 7525 W. Lake St. in River Forest around 2:31 p.m. The suspect is described as a male black with facial hair between the ages of 40-50.
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