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VIDEO: Madagascar's profitable rainforest
2015-08-14 15:25:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The BBC's Jason Boswell reports on the allure of the Madagascar rainforests for scientists.
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What happens when a rainforest burns?
2015-08-02 14:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The wettest rainforest in the continental United States had gone up in flames and the smoke was so thick, so blanketing, that you could see it miles away. Deep in Washingtons Olympic National Park, the aptly named Paradise Fire, undaunted by the dampness of it all, was eating the forest alive and destroying an ecological Eden. In this season of drought across the West, there have been far bigger blazes but none quite so symbolic or offering quite such grim news. It isnt the size of the fire (though...
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Dilma disappoints w/ weak rainforest target
2015-07-01 01:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff disappointed environmentalists with what they call weak commitments on reducing deforestation and supporting renewable energy. In a joint declaration issued with President Obama after her visit to the White House, Rousseff outlined three commitments for Brazil's contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including eliminating "illegal deforestation", restoring 12 million hectares of forests, and producing 28-32 of its energy from renewable sources other...
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Palm oil giants to investigate company found razing Papuan rainforest
2015-06-19 01:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Agribusiness giants Cargill and Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) are pledging to investigate a palm oil supplier after an Indonesian environmental group presented evidence of rainforest clearing in New Guinea. On Thursday, Greenomics-Indonesia released a report documenting destruction of forests in South Sorong, a regency in West Papua, Indonesian New Guinea. Greenomics found that PT Varia Mitra Andalan (VMA), a subsidiary of publicly-listed PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk, continued to clear high carbon...
Victory as palm oil company vows to stop felling rainforest
2015-06-13 23:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A major palm oil company blamed for cutting down swathes of the rainforest has said it will stop clear-felling trees, in a move hailed by campaigners as a major breakthrough. Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Jardine Matheson, announced a moratorium less than a month after The Independent on Sunday highlighted a campaign by pressure groups to make guests of the luxury Mandarin Hotel chain another Jardine Matheson firm aware of deforestation by AAL in...
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