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Historic Great Bear Rainforest agreement creates 'gift to world'
2016-02-05 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: The protection of B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest is now assured, after a decade of complex negotiations between the province, First Nations and industry. Under terms of the agreement announced Monday morning by Premier Christy Clark, 85 per cent (3.1 million hectares) of the forested area of the northern wilderness will be completely and permanently protected from industrial logging. "We are stewards of this magnificent land, and today we celebrate what hard work, tenacity, and a strength...
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Rainforest regrowth boosts carbon capture
2016-02-05 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Newly grown rainforests can absorb 11 times as much carbon from the atmosphere as old-growth forests, a study has shown. The researchers have produced a map showing regions in Latin America where regrowing rainforests would deliver the greatest benefits. However, they added that old-growth forests still needed to be protected as they locked away vast amount of carbon. Details of the study have been published in the journal Nature. The international team of scientists compiled data from...
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Cleared rainforest bounces back faster than thought study
2016-02-04 16:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Forests can regrow in cleared areas faster than previously thought, researchers have found in a broad study spanning Latin America. After 20 years of recovery, secondary forests on average stored CO2 at a rate 11 times higher than untouched Amazonian jungle, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute revealed on Wednesday. Moist forests in Central America bounced back quicker than drier sites in Mexico and north-east Brazil. "Regenerating secondary forests could play a critical role in carbon...
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Ecuador: Chevron's 'rainforest Chernobyl' - victims fight for compensation
2016-02-01 05:27:34| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
It won't come as a surprise to many readers that Chevron is not the most honest or law-abiding company in the world. In Australia, the International Transport Workers Federation has exposed over $35 billion in unpaid tax revenue for its offshore gas operations , while the Maritime Union of Australia has repeatedly protested the company's exploitation of immigrant labour.
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Controversial Ecuador oil deal lets China stake an $80 million claim to pristine Amazon rainforest
2016-01-30 06:42:55| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, left, welcomes Paraguay President's Horacio Cartes during the IV Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, in Quito on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Andes Petroleum Ecuador, a consortium of two Chinese state-owned firms - China National Petroleum Corp. and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. - on Wednesday purchased the rights to explore two oil blocks in the Amazon that cover an area of 500,000 acres.
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