deforestation

Companies can make an enormous difference in the global environment and forest communities by adopting strict paper purchasing policies.

World Fair Trade Day is on May 10 and this year's theme is “Fair Trade + Ecology”. So, what's so green about fair trade? There are several reasons that fair trade products can be greener than others, but here is the main one.

Good news from Brazil - the Brazilian government inaugurated a condom factory that will help both poor Brazilian rubber tappers to make a living and to preserve the Amazon rain forest. Sounds like a win-win deal to me!

From his Cessna a mile high, John Carter looks down on the destruction of the world’s greatest ecological jewel.

Green news from Wall Street: Merrill Lynch will invest of $9 million to finance a project to protect 750,000 hectares of forest in Indonesia.

From Britain to Botswana, the Philippines to Patagonia, individuals and organisations are buying up vast areas of land in the name of protecting environments. But is private ownership the way to save them?

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog on why carbon capture, nuclear power, ethanol and all the other fake solutions we're being offered are just making things worse...and where the real solutions will come from.

“We cannot ignore deforestation by loggers who violate the country’s laws and … threaten tribal Indians and others who depend on (the Amazon),” he said.

From natural disasters and poor resource management, to malicious deforestation, the Darfur conflict is hugely aggravated by environmental factors. As it faces climate change before the rest of us, we could learn a lot from Sudan.

Edward Harris, Associated Press writer, brings us a gloomy reminder of the state of rain forests around the world, which continues to get worse. Did you know that U.N. specialists estimate 60 acres of tropical forest are felled worldwide every minute, up from 50 a generation back?

The guys at Biofuelwatch have been cooking up a week of protests around (what else?) biofuels. They're concerned about the rising demand for biodiesel etc and the implications that has for the climate, as well as deforestation, food prices and a host of other related issues.

Raz Godelnik of Eco-Libris writes on the bad news from Brazil about the increasing deforestation in the Amazon rain forest, the measures taken to fight it, and what he thinks should be added to these measures to make sure these precious trees will be kept alive.

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog tackles the question of whether environmentalists and the wealthy have both given up on civilization.

Climate talks in Bali reached a deal on Friday to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, hailed as a sign of developing nations' commitment to fighting global warming. <br>

A slightly tongue in cheek review, but supportive of the project - "If you are not familiar with the project, basically, you give them a dollar, they plant a tree and send you a sticker to put on your environmentally destructive book to show that you feel bad about what you have done and have taken the proper corrective action."