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Australia's tepid commitment to rainforest conservation
2014-11-13 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: On the eve of the World Parks Congress in Sydney, the Australian government has just hosted the 'Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit', a two-day event that brought together political leaders, academics, environmental managers and NGO staff in an effort to devise strategies to conserve endangered forests in the Asia-Pacific region. Here, Bill Laurance, a leading rainforest researcher, takes a critical look at the event. A version of this commentary appeared on The Conversation. The views expressed in this...
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Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate climate, scientist warns
2014-10-31 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Amazon rainforest has degraded to the point where it is losing its ability to benignly regulate weather systems, according to a stark new warning from one of Brazils leading scientists. In a new report, Antonio Nobre, researcher in the governments space institute, Earth System Science Centre, says the logging and burning of the worlds greatest forest might be connected to worsening droughts such as the one currently plaguing So Paulo and is likely to lead eventually to more extreme...
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Brazil protects giant swathe of Amazon rainforest
2014-10-21 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Brazilian government said on Tuesday it has put an environmentally rich area of the Amazon rainforest under federal protection, creating a reserve larger than the U.S. state of Delaware. The new reserve, called Alto Maues, has 6,680 square km (668,000 hectares or 1.65 million acres) of mostly untouched forests that are not known to have human presence, the Brazilian Environment Ministry said. Declaring a federal reserve means forest clearing and similar development are forbidden. Putting large...
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Activists use GPS to track illegal loggers in Brazil Amazon rainforest
2014-10-15 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Covert GPS surveillance of timber trucks by Amazon campaigners has revealed how loggers are defeating attempts to halt deforestation in the worlds greatest rainforest. Raids by law enforcement officers are expected early on Wednesday morning, acting on the evidence handed to them by Greenpeace Brazil. The activists went undercover in the remote and dangerous state of Pará to secretly place GPS tracking devices on trucks suspected of illegal logging, the first time the tactic has been used. It...
Peruvian oil spill sparks concern in indigenous rainforest community
2014-07-29 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A ruptured pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the Maraón River in late June is fueling concerns about potential health impacts for a small indigenous community, reports Environmental Health News. According to a story published last week, an 845-kilometer pipeline operated by state oil company Petroperu ruptured at the end of June, flooding the Amazon tributary with oil. Members of the Kukama Indian community reported seeing masses of dead fish, while fisherman...
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