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REDD mechanism could be too late to save world's rainforests
2013-11-05 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Parliaments and national legislation are key to reducing deforestation, according to a report released last week by Globe International. The global forum of legislators says Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and the Democratic Republic of Congo do not need to wait for a binding climate change deal in 2015 to reduce the destruction of forests. Deforestation account for around 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is especially damaging because the jungles of the Amazon, Congo and Sumatra store vast...
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Global warming may flatten rainforests
2013-09-12 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Climate change may push canopy-dwelling plants and animals out of the tree-tops due to rising temperatures and drier conditions, argues a new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The development may be akin to "flattening" the tiered vegetation structure that characterizes the rainforest ecosystem. The conclusion is based on surveys of frogs and other canopy-dwelling animals in Singapore and the mountains of the Philippines. Brett Scheffers of James Cook University and colleagues...
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Japanese firms buying illegal timber from Malaysias endangered rainforests
2013-09-11 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Japanese companies are failing to keep illegally logged timber from entering their supply chains, international human rights and environmental watchdog Global Witness said in a report released today. The report links several major Japanese firms to logging companies that are destroying tropical rainforests in Malaysian Borneo through illegal and destructive logging practices in Sarawak province. Japan is the largest importer of timber from Sarawak, where deforestation rates are among the highest...
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Europe importing more palm oil for biofuels, raising risks rainforests
2013-09-09 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Palm oil imports into Europe for use as car fuel increased by more than three-fold since 2006, raising concerns than renewable fuels targets may be contributing to deforestation, displacing marginalized communities, and driving greenhouse gas emissions in Southeast Asia, finds a new study published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). The report, published today, finds that 80 percent of the European Union's increase in palm oil consumption between 2006 and 2012 was...
80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged
2013-07-17 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: 80 percent of the rainforests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by logging, finds a comprehensive study that offers the first assessment of the spread of industrial logging and logging roads across areas that were considered some of Earth's wildest lands less than 30 years ago. The research, conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Tasmania, University of Papua New Guinea, and the Carnegie Institution for Science, is based on analysis of satellite data using Carnegie...
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