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Uttarakhand to Amazon basin; protected forests affected by human intervention
2016-07-02 01:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
American Bazaar: This summer brought blaze to the forests of the world and thousands of hectares of pristine greenery burnt from Uttarakhand in India to Canada and to the rainforests in the Amazon basin. As it was in Uttarakhand where most forest fires were started by people, either accidently or deliberately, destroying about 3500 ha forests (See, Blazing Hills of Uttarakhand: Need for Timely Interventions by Agrawal, Rakesh), it was also the case elsewhere and a recent BBC report has found that anthropogenic activities...
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Second Annual Amazon Prime Day Set for July 12
2016-06-30 19:04:52| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The online retail giant says this will be "the biggest Amazon event ever" with more than 100,000 deals.
Amazon biodiversity at risk despite Brazil's forest protection law - study
2016-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: "Many of the forests that remain standing are shadows of the pristine forests that once stood in their place" Selective logging, road building and fires are threatening biodiversity in Brazil's Amazon despite a requirement that rural landowners maintain at least 80 percent of their forest cover in the world's largest rainforest, researchers said on Wednesday. In 2012, Brazil enacted a law to protect forests and help establish clearer rules for the ranchers, soy growers and other producers who...
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Humans Put Amazon to More Danger, Fires
2016-06-30 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Illegal burning clears brush and small trees in order to clear land for agriculture in an already deforested section of Amazon rainforest on June 11, 2012 in Para state, Brazil. Although deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down 80 percent since 2004, environmentalists fear recent changes to the Forest Code will lead to further destruction. Around 20 percent of the rainforest has already been destroyed. Threats to the Amazon rainforest are more wide-ranging than people realize, revealed a...
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Walmart Formally Rolls Out its Version of Amazon Prime
2016-06-29 22:02:54| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
After the free trial, ShippingPass will set you back $49 a year.
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