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A cheap, simple experiment just found a very effective way to slow deforestation
2016-07-07 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In a convincing new study conducted in Uganda and based on a program sponsored in part by its government, a team of researchers have found an effective and affordable way to combat deforestation in a country showing some of the fastest tree loss rates in the world. How? The program simply paid owners of forest land not to cut down their own trees for either agricultural purposes or to sell them for timber. The research provides a positive model for protecting a forest region that is a hub for...
Palm oil firms ditch 'no deforestation' pact in Indonesia
2016-07-02 06:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Major palm oil producers and traders, including Wilmar and Cargill ditched a "no deforestation" private agreement in Indonesia, saying the government's recent efforts to strengthen its certification standards were sufficient. Indonesia, the world's biggest producer and exporter of palm oil, moved in April to prohibit the use of new land to boost production. The country, home to the world's third-largest tropical forests, has been criticized by green activists and other Southeast Asian nations...
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Proposed Amazon dam would fuel land speculation, deforestation, study says
2016-06-28 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A proposed dam in the heart of the Amazon will lead to a wave of deforestation as remote areas of the world's largest rainforest are opened to agriculture, said a study from Brazilian researchers published on Tuesday. Local businesses with contracts to help build the proposed Tapajos dam complex are likely to use their profits to buy land in the Amazon for soy farming or cattle ranching, said the study published by the Federal University of Western Para in northeastern Brazil. Such land purchases...
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Indigenous rights and private funding key to slowing deforestation, says Norway minister
2016-06-14 15:06:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Efforts to save the world's forests hinge on securing private sector funds and ensuring indigenous communities in tropical forests are more involved in protecting their environment, Norway's environment minister said. Speaking ahead of a high-level conference on forest conservation hosted by Norway, Vidar Helgesen said stronger political leadership is needed to amplify the voices and role of indigenous people in forest conservation. Norway is the biggest donor to the United Nations program...
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Dominican Republic advances against deforestation effects of climate change
2016-06-13 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dominica Today: The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and the World Bank today launched the Project Preparation for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD +) that promote the use sustainable forest resources throughout the national territory and reducing emissions from deforestation for the benefit of poor rural communities and biodiversity. "This initiative represents one more step by the Dominican Government to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry sector...
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