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Norway becomes first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation
2016-06-04 16:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Norway has become the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation. The Norwegian parliament pledged the governments public procurement policy will become deforestation-free after a committee of MPs recommended imposing regulations to ensure the state did "not contribute to deforestation of the rainforest". Norway funds forest conservation projects worldwide and also supports human rights programmes for forest communities. Nils Hermann Ranum, the head of Policy and Campaign...
Panama's indigenous tribes launch drones to fight deforestation
2016-06-02 06:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indigenous people in Panama are using drones as a new weapon to monitor deforestation on their lands as thousands of hectares disappear every year in one of the world's most biodiverse rainforests, the United Nations said. More than half of Panama is covered with tropical rainforest, home to various indigenous groups who rely on the forests to survive. "The main objective of monitoring with drones is to identify changes in specific points of the forest cover," the U.N. Food and Agriculture...
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Conservation alliance to focus on Peruvian Amazon deforestation
2016-04-24 23:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EureakAlert: Wake Forest University has received nearly $10 million in support to establish The Amazon Center for Environmental Research and Sustainability (ACERS). The new center, established through the University's Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES), aims to develop transformative solutions to promote sustainable use of tropical landscapes, combat environmental destruction and improve human health in the Amazonian province of Madre de Dios (MDD) in Peru. The U.S. Agency for International...
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Feeding the world without further deforestation is possible
2016-04-19 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Deforestation is necessary to feed the growing global population -- this is a common believe that has now been disproved by researchers of the Institute of Social Ecology, Vienna. In a study published in Nature Communications they present results that reveal that it is possible to produce sufficient food for the world in 2050 and at the same time maintain the current forests of the world. "The preservation of the world's remaining forest areas represents a central goal of climate and biodiversity...
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Studies show impact of forest management and deforestation on climate
2016-02-05 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Two groups of researchers, one studying forests in Europe the other forests around the world, have found that forest management may not be the answer to slowing global warming that some had hoped, and that forests have other climate impacts that are not being taken into consideration when making global climate predictions. Both groups have published papers describing their studies and findings in the journal Science. In the first study, a team made up of French researchers obtained historical...
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