Posts Tagged ‘deforestation’

Environmentalist Group Calls on Banks to Set ‘Deforestation’ Targets

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) says banks should consider attaching “deforestation” conditions on loans in a proposal most likely to impact farmers. The ACF claimed that over 200,000 hectares of koala-inhabited habitat in Queensland, Australia, were destroyed in the past 10 years and that over 364,000 hectares of native vegetation were cleared from 2018 to […]

Brazil’s Lula Works To Reverse Amazon Deforestation

Environmentalists, Indigenous people and voters supporting their causes were important to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s election as Brazil’s new president. Source

COP15 summit: Deforestation rule is welcomed by Indigenous leaders

Indigenous communities around the world have “enthusiastically” welcomed the European Union’s new law on deforestation, but they are demanding more laws to protect human, land, and forest rights. Once adopted and applied, the bill will ensure that goods sold in the EU and elsewhere in the world no longer contribute to deforestation. While the law […]

At Climate Summit, Brazil’s Lula da Silva Promises To Stop Deforestation

The president-elect said at COP27 that he will thrust Brazil to the forefront of climate leadership when he assumes office on Jan. 1. Source

Is coffee causing deforestation?

We all love a cup of coffee in the mornings, but a recent study has found that Western consumption can cause deforestation of four trees a year on average, and coffee is a major contributor to this. We speak with leading environmental experts: Louis Lagoutte, of the environmental charity One Tree Planted and John Bailey, […]

Deforestation actually COOLS parts of the US, says bombshell new report from NASA

Startling new NASA-funded research indicates that, contrary to popular wisdom, deforestation in the US does not always cause planetary warming and may, in fact, cool the climate, depending on the area involved. The bombshell research was led by Christopher A. Williams, an environmental scientist and professor in Clark University’s Graduate School of Geography.  The peer-reviewed […]

How Your Favourite Chocolate Bars Are Contributing To Illegal Deforestation

Next Story Our love for chocolate is undeniably high, meaning that the demand for cocoa beans is continuously increasing. Chocolate companies make a lot of money off this industry — an estimated $100 billion annually to be precise — and this number is only expected to rise. Trust me, I get it. I’ll be the […]

Indigenous Tribes In Brazil To Map Deforestation On Google Earth

A new service by Google Earth and Google Maps, reveals the levels of land clearance in the planet’s largest rainforest responsible for producing 20 percent of the world’s oxygen. The U.S.-based transnational unvelied the project “I am Amazon” in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. It aims to combat the growing deforestation and to preserve the […]

Destruction and Deforestation of the Peruvian Amazon, Threats to Community Leaders

Kellogg’s opens ‘trendy’ NYC cafe selling overpriced GMO cereal with green tea to entice health conscious consumers

(NaturalNews) Faced with the falling popularity and sales of its flagship cereal products, Kellogg has launched a campaign to revitalize the image of dried cereal, particularly with younger consumers. As part of that effort, on July 4 the company will open a restaurant called Kellogg’s NYC. The restaurant will sell bowls of cereal […]

Yakama Nation: No Fossil Fuels Through Gorge

Print Friendly Above Photo: From Twitter/ lisabKoin Yakama Nation tribal leaders hold press conference Link To Video Here MOSIER, Ore. (AP) — Leaders of several Northwest tribes are gathering at the site of last week’s fiery train derailment to highlight the risks of moving volatile crude oil along the Columbia River. Yakama Nation leader 0 […]

‘Screw for Denmark’ Leads To Baby Boom

A successful sex campaign to create more babies is expected to result in a baby boom this summer for Denmark. The ‘Do it for mom’ campaign is set to bear fruit nine months after it first started. The Local reports: According to a report in Politiken, the summer of 2016 will bring around 1,200 more […]

Toddler in Russia burnt by Molotov cocktail apparently thrown by debt collector

The 2-year-old boy is hospitalized with serious burns to his face and forearms. He was saved from the flames by his 56-year-old grandfather, who was also injured in the fire. “We received a message last night, reporting that an apartment building was set on fire,” Ulyanovsk police said in a statement. “A person threw a […]

Mandatory Vaccination – What You Need To Consider

10th December 2015 By Andy Whiteley Co-Founder of Wake Up World In June this year Bill SB277 was controversially signed into Californian State law, which legislates that all school-age children California are subjected to mandatory vaccinations according to the State’s vaccine schedule. Its passing into law was seen as a major loss in the fight for freedom of choice and parental rights […]

1,100 Police Depts Just Admitted that Marijuana is Least of Nation’s Drug Worries

Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration wrapped up its 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary last month, and the results should infuriate you. More than 1,100 local, state, and tribal law enforcement departments responded to the 2015 National Drug Threat Survey and […]

A Hillary Clinton Presidency Would be a Disaster, A Nightmare for Americans

Make no mistake. A Clinton presidency would be disastrous – the worst of all possible deplorable choices, none worthy or any public office, all aspirants beholden to wealth, power and privilege exclusively.  Don’t let their duplicitous rhetoric fool you. They’re all cut out of the same cloth. Otherwise, they wouldn’t get public attention. Populist Green […]

Biomarker finder adjusts on the fly: Scientists build better tool to find signs of disease

Rice University researchers (from left) Lucia Wu, David Zhang and J. Sherry Wang have developed a continuously tunable method to quantify biomarkers in DNA and RNA. Finding biomarkers is important for the detection of diseases and the design of therapies. Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University A Rice University laboratory has developed a continuously tunable method to […]

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