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Another privacy threat: DNS logging and how to avoid it
2014-05-21 13:47:42| InfoWorld: Top News
As if you didn't already have enough privacy problems to worry about, a recent expose by Stacey Higginbotham at Giga
Greenpeace reveals illegal Amazon logging activities
2014-05-17 11:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Greenpeace has revealed the findings of an investigation on timber sourced from the Brazilian Amazon, exposing illegal activities covered up with fake documents and paperwork. Around two-thirds of illegally sourced timber is exported to Europe and the US. According to the organisation, up to 78% of the timber sourced in the Brazilian state of Par is estimated to be illegal, meaning that loggers and sawmills use holes in the system to cover illegal activities with fake paperwork, scams and false...
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Illegal logging makes up 70 percent of Papua New Guinea's timber industry
2014-04-22 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Corruption, weak governance, and powerful timber barons are illegally stripping the forests of Papua New Guinea, according to a new report from the Chatham House. The policy institute finds that 70 percent of logging in Papua New Guinea is currently illegal, despite the fact that 99 percent of land is owned by local indigenous communities. "The biggest challenge is dealing with collusion between corrupt officials and logging firms," author of the report Sam Lawson told mongabay.com. "The logging...
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Landslide in Oso, Washington - Don't Blame Nature and Acts of God for Reckless Logging
2014-04-12 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The 300-acre landslide in Oso, Washington, which killed at least 30 people and destroyed the local community on March 22, 2014, reveals a consequence of a relatively unregulated and unseen industry: logging. Logging was not the sole cause of the disaster -- March was the wettest on record, a condition possibly exacerbated by climate change, and the geology of the area features soft soils -- but logging apparently played a major role. The media often do not investigate the reasons behind an event...
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Emissions from rainforest logging average 16% those from deforestation
2014-04-09 00:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Carbon emissions from selective logging operations in tropical rainforests are roughly a sixth of those from outright forest clearing, finds a new study that evaluated 13 forestry concessions in six countries. The study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by scientists from Winrock International, analyzed carbon losses from different aspects of logging operations, including timber extraction, collateral damage to surrounding vegetation, and logging infrastructure like roads...
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