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What's the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest?
2015-05-16 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Nearly two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil, making it the biggest component in the region's deforestation rate. Helpfully, Brazil also has the best systems for tracking deforestation, with the government and Imazon, a national civil society organization, releasing updates on a quarterly and monthly basis using MODIS satellite data, respectively. Both the Brazilian government and Imazon release more accurate data on an annual basis using higher resolution Landsat satellite imagery....
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VIDEO: Indonesia tackles deforestation issue
2015-05-14 01:49:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Indonesia's government is looking to renew a two-year moratorium on the clearing of forests to improve the environment.
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Zero deforestation commitments bearing fruit in the Amazon
2015-05-13 21:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A high profile pledge by the world's largest meat company to limit deforestation for cattle production in the Amazon appears to be working, resulting in a dramatic increase in compliance with environmental registries and reduced forest clearing among supplier ranches, finds a comprehensive study published in the journal Conservation Letters. To reach that conclusion, researchers led by Holly Gibbs of the University of Wisconsin-Madison analyzed cattle sourcing by JBS, which along with two other...
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How Brazilian beef industry became latest ally fight against deforestation
2015-05-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Once seen as one of the biggest threats to the Amazon rainforest, large meatpacking companies can become important players in slowing the rate of deforestation. Preserving tropical forests, which store enormous amounts of carbon, is widely seen as vital to combating global warming and maintaining the planet's biodiversity. One way to accomplish that is to get companies to pledge to buy their raw materials or agricultural products from sources that don't contribute to deforestation. But relatively...
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'Zero Deforestation' not necessarily the answer, environmentalists warn
2015-04-27 06:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Last week, the London-based think tank Innovation Forum convened a two-day conference on the subject of sustainable forestry in Washington, D.C. Titled How Business Can Tackle Deforestation, the conference brought together leaders from both public and private spheres, including forest commodities companies, NGOs and think tanks. Though the topics of discussion were diverse, ranging from the role of green certification to the viability of GMO crops, there was widespread agreement that significant...
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