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Shutting off Tap Water: Revenge of the Rainforest
2015-02-27 17:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dissident Voice: Imagine this scenario: The following is a Public Service Announcement by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Water, July 4, 2015: Because of low water levels in state reservoirs, the Division of Water proclaims a statewide water-rationing program. Starting next month, on August 1st, 2015, water service will turn off at 1:00 P.M. on a daily basis for an indeterminate period of time. Service will return the following morning. Now, imagine a city the size of the State...
Asia Pulp & Paper Welcomes Rainforest Alliance's Independent Evaluation Of Its Forest Conservation Policy
2015-02-25 02:14:37| pulpandpaperonline News Articles
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has today welcomed the Rainforest Alliance independent evaluation of its Forest Conservation Policy (FCP)
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Company chops down rainforest produce 'sustainable' chocolate
2015-01-20 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Aiming to be the worlds largest purveyor of sustainable cacao, a company is developing a plantation in the Amazon that scientists say comes at the expense of primary forest A cacao grower with roots in Southeast Asias palm oil industry has set up shop in the Peruvian Amazon. The CEO of United Cacao has told the international press that he wants to change the industry for the better, and Peru seems to provide the right conditions and climate, both for the plants themselves and the business. ...
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Ecuador halts environment deals with Germany over rainforest visit
2014-12-19 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Ecuador halted environmental cooperation deals with Germany worth some 43 million euros to the Latin American country after German lawmakers tried to visit an Amazon rainforest recently opened for oil production, the foreign minister said on Friday. President Rafael Correa in 2007 asked wealthy countries to donate $3.6 billion to help protect the environmentally sensitive rainforest known as Yasuni in exchange for promises not to drill for the oil beneath it. In 2013, he scrapped the plan and authorized...
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What we can learn from uncontacted rainforest tribes
2014-11-27 01:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: If you have ever wondered about the connection between giant hallucinogenic frogs, uncontacted peoples, conservation, and climate change - and who hasn't? - check out this tour de force TED talk from ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin: What the people of the Amazon know that you dont. An ethnobotanist by training, Plotkin serves as President of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT). The evening before Thanksgiving, Plotkin took a few minutes from his busy schedule to answer a few questions from Mongabay,...
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