deforestation

Deforestation is the removal of trees from a forest and can happen in two ways. First, when lightning strikes a tinder dry forest causing a forest fire, which is a natural process and happens all over the world. Second, when humankind burns or logs forests for trees to be used for furniture, fuel, and construction or to clear land for farming.

Brazil and Indonesia are classic examples of countries that have been deforested at alarming rates, as the demand for wood has driven the price of timber up, making it attractive to illegally log large sections of forest. Also demand for beef has increased exponentially and so cattle farms have sprung up across Brazil, with forests being cleared to make way for grazing cattle.

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is being employed to give forests a value. Other initiatives being dicussed on blogs include commercial reforestation and timber investment.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “deforestation”

• in Green
  The Current State of Our Wood Commodity
  Ancient forests are disappearing before our eyes. Deforestation eliminates habitat for wildlife, release greenhouse gases, and harms biodiversity.
  by georgezapo / on Feb 16, 2012
• in Green
  Another Confusing Report for Carbon Emissions
  Who is right or wrong when it comes to reporting carbon emissions?
  by breetreport / on Nov 5, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “deforestation”

 

• Plague of deforestation sweeps across south-east Asia

  
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• Google Earth Shows Rainforest Disappearing

  
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• Amazon clearance for agriculture is ‘economic own goal’ for Brazil

  
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  Economic and agricultural gains could slip into reverse due to the loss of forests environmental services, study shows . . . → Read More: Amazon clearance for agriculture is ‘economic own goal’ for Brazil Related Posts: Brazil plans Amazon tree census to assess deforestation Amazon deforestation ...
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• Large-scale expansion of Amazon agriculture through deforestation (Science Daily)

  
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  Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510075524.htm No-Win Situation for Agricultural Expansion in the Amazon The large-scale expansion of agriculture in the Amazon through deforestation will be a no-win scenario, according to a new study. Published today, 10 May, in IOP Publishing’s journal … ...
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• Charles: ‘Climate change sceptics are turning Earth into dying patient’

  
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• No-win situation for agricultural expansion in the Amazon

  
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• Orangutans are victims of ‘sustainable’ palm oil as rainforest is razed – ‘All of the animals on the plantation are threatened. The company must therefore stop clearing the rainforest immediately.’

  
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  (Rainforest Rescue) – Perched atop the remains of the last tree, an orangutan looks helplessly on what was until recently the forest he was living in but is now only ruins. Armed with chainsaws and bulldozers, workers of Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA), a palm oil company, have completely destroyed the rainforest for ...
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• International Migratory Bird Day!

  
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  Today is International Migratory Bird Day !  This day celebrates the return of migratory bird species from warmer climates for the summer season! Every year, species like the oriole fly to the tropical rain forests of South America for the winter and return back to North America for the warm summer months. ...
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• Agricultural Expansion Into The Amazon Is A No-Win Situation, Research Finds

  
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  The large-scale conversion of the Amazon rainforest into agricultural land is a no-win situation for all involved, according to new research from the Woods Hole Research Center and a collection of Universities in the region. If deforestation in the Amazon continues it will result in greatly reduced agricultural ...
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• Indonesias tropical forests set to benefit from further clearing ban

  
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  Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expected to sign extended deal to help restore habitat of tigers and orangutans A ban on the clearing of tropical forests in Indonesia is on the verge of being extended in a historic deal that could protect some of the worlds most threatened habitats. Indonesia is home to about a third of ...
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• Amazon ‘may lose 65% of land biomass by 2060′

  
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  by Alex Kirby, Climate News Network , May 10, 2013 Irreplaceable forest may be lost, for no gain, and the climate will feel the impact.  Image: Sascha Grabow www.saschagrabow.com Making more land in the Amazon available for farming and ranching means felling more trees to make space – and ...
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• Video: Timelapse satellite views of human destruction of the biosphere over three decades

  
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  By Jeffrey Kluger (TIME) – Spacecraft and telescopes are not built by people interested in what’s going on at home. Rockets fly in one direction: up. Telescopes point in one direction: out. Of all the cosmic bodies studied in the long history of astronomy and space travel, the one that got the least attention ...
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• No-Win Situation for Agricultural Expansion in Amazon

  
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  The large-scale expansion of agriculture in the Amazon through deforestation will be a no-win scenario, according to a new study. Published today, 10 May, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters , it shows that deforestation will not only reduce the capacity of the Amazon’s natural carbon ...
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• Protecting carbon to destroy forests? Land enclosures and REDD+

  
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  A new report argues that REDD+ gives forest destroyers a way to legitimize their actions and reinforces historical inequalities. Protecting carbon to destroy forests? Land enclosures and REDD+ is a post from: OurWorld 2.0
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• ESA satellite to map and quantify biomass in world’s forests

  
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  Kicking off with the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE), which was launched in March 2009, the European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer missions are intended to provide a greater understanding of the Earth and the interactions between various natural Earth processes. “Biomass” is ...
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• Continued deforestation in the Amazon may kill Brazils agricultural growth

  
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  Continuing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest could undermine agricultural productivity in the region by reducing rainfall and boosting temperatures, warns a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters .
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• Brazil’s satellite monitoring reduced Amazon deforestation by 60,000 sq km in 5 years

  
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  Brazil’s advanced satellite monitoring system, coupled with increased law enforcement, was responsible for nearly 60 percent of the 101,000 square kilometer-drop in deforestation observed between 2007 and 2011, argues a new study published an international think tank. The analysis, conducted by the Climate Policy ...
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• New UN report gives Indonesia low marks in forest governance

  
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  A new UN report exposes serious flaws in Indonesia’s forest governance, serving as a wake up call to policy makers aiming to conserve forests in the country, which boasts the third largest area of tropical forest coverage in the world. On Monday, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the ...
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