Carbon and the fate of the Amazon
This publication shows that carbon prices exceeding US$ 20 per ton of CO2 captured by the natural regeneration of deforested areas in the Amazon would be truly transformative for the region’s landscape.
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Steps By Developing Nations To Fight Climate Change
Major developing nations have announced steps over the past year to curb their growing greenhouse emissions as the world tries to negotiate a broader, and tougher, U.N. pact to slow the pace of climate change.
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International involvement inpreservation of the Braziliian Amazon
Lack of international recognition of fundamentals of Brazilian history has arguably been a key factor leading to a clash of concepts of international responsibilities and national rights which has inhibited past conservation efforts in respect of Brazil
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ACCORDING TO REPORT
China V UK: China
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Roads to rainforest ruin
"The best thing you could do for the Amazon is to bomb all the roads." That might sound like an eco-terrorist's threat, but they're actually the words of Eneas Salati, one of Brazil's most respected scientists. Thomas Lovejoy, a leading American biologist, is equally emphatic: "Roads are the seeds of tropical forest destruction."
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Tree cover far bigger than expected on farms: study
Almost half of the world's farmland has at least 10 percent tree cover, according to a study on Monday indicating that farmers are far less destructive to carbon-storing forests than previously believed.
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Paying to save the rainforests
In Brazil, details are emerging for plans to stop deforestation. Can it serve as a model for other nations?
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Nike's New Leather Policy: No Sourcing From Amazon Rainforest
Following a report by Greenpeace calling out a number of companies whose supply chains have been connected to rainforest deforestation, Nike has created a policy to not source leather from cattle raised in the Amazon rainforest (the company says it already does not source from there) and will require that suppliers create leather tracing systems.
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Indigenous people defend rainforest as well as their rights
What can we learn about the relationship between native peoples and environmentalism in the Amazon from last month's tragic clashes between indigenous protesters and government security forces in Bagua, Peru?
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News 360 - Briefs
land rights Peru appeases Amazonians Peru
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According to report
Pesticides in veggies: A government of India survey found high levels of pesticides in fruits and vegetables. Fourteen per cent of the samples collected from across the country had traces of pesticide residues. Four per cent had residues beyond the permissible limit. Pesticide residues were also found in cereals, pulses, marine and milk products. Landfills harbour bird flu: Poultry