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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “deforestation”

 

• Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail Scientists record Amazon’s structure and biodiversity by bouncing laser beams off forest 400,000 times per secondFive thousand metres above the most biodiverse corner of the Amazon, tropical ecologist Greg Asner and his team see ...
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• Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail

  
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  Scientists record Amazons structure and biodiversity by bouncing laser beams off forest 400,000 times per second Five thousand metres above the most biodiverse corner of the Amazon, tropical ecologist Greg Asner and his team see a kaleidoscope of colours among a mass of green. Huddled in a twin-engine Dornier 228 ...
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• Annual deforestation in the Amazon and resulting CO2 emissions

  
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  According to the World Resources Institute,Brazil had the highest carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in the region in 2001, primarily due to changes in land use.) Most of the region’s forests are in South America, particularly in Brazil and Peru, which comprise 92% of the total forest cover. These countries are ...
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• Land carvings hint at the Amazon’s lost world

  
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  Land carvings hint at the Amazon’s lost world.
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• Deforestation, climate change threaten the ecological resilience of the Amazon rainforest

  
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  The combination of deforestation, forest degradation, and the effects of climate change are weakening the resilience of the Amazon rainforest ecosystem, potentially leading to loss of carbon storage and changes in rainfall patterns and river discharge, finds a comprehensive review published in the journal Nature .
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• Amazon deforestation reveals earthworks of ancient lost world

  
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  By SIMON ROMERO 14 January 2012 RIO BRANCO, Brazil – Edmar Araújo still remembers the awe. As he cleared trees on his family’s land decades ago near Rio Branco, an outpost in the far western reaches of the Brazilian Amazon, a series of deep earthen avenues carved into the soil came into focus. “These ...
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• New book series hopes to inspire research in worlds hottest biodiversity hotspot

  
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  Entomologist Dmitry Telnov hopes his new pet project will inspire and disseminate research about one of the worlds last unexplored biogeographical regions: Wallacea and New Guinea. Incredibly rich in biodiversity and still full of unknown species, the region, also known as the Indo-Australian transition, spans many of ...
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• Levis drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in Indonesia

  
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  Levi Strauss & Company became the latest firm to drop Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) as a supplier due to concerns over APPs continued clearing of rainforests in Sumatra, reports the Rainforest Action Network, a green group in the midst of a campaign against APP.
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• Featured video: plight of orangutans highlighted with new rock song

  
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  An Indonesian rock band, Navicula, is highlighting the plight of orangutans in their native country through a new song entitled, aptly, "Orangutan." The band has created a music video for the song, including footage of a documentary, Green: The Film that follows a starving female orangutan named Green. The band ...
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• How Many Endangered Animals Can You See?

  
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  We rather liked this clever poster campaign for the  World Wildlife Fund , so we thought wed share it with you - We can spot 14 hidden endangered animals in the poster ... How many can you find? (Click on the picture for a bigger image) Declining habitat and deforestation are proving disastrous not only for the ...
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• 1% increase in forest cover

  
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  Since the adoption of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the government took measures to enhance forests cover from 5% to 6% including approval of forestry mega projects at the cost of Rs12 billion, said Muhammad Javed Malik, Federal Secretary, Ministry of National Disaster Management The News International | ...
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• New to nature No 63: Dalara garuda

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk New to nature No 63: Dalara garuda A fearsome giant ‘warrior wasp’ discovered in a tropical forest in Indonesia uses its huge jaws to grab hold of its mateLynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California in Davis, has discovered a 2.5in ...
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• New to nature No 63: Dalara garuda

  
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  A fearsome giant warrior wasp discovered in a tropical forest in Indonesia uses its huge jaws to grab hold of its mate Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California in Davis, has discovered a 2.5in wasp that has jaws longer than its front legs and a particularly fierce ...
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• Tanzania: Funding for Carbon Trading Projects Halted

  
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  Funding for a carbon trading system known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) has been suspended until further negotiations between poor countries and powerful industrial nations Ludger Kasumuni | The Citizen (Dar es Salaam) in AllAfrica.com | 12 January 2012 In the ...
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• New Amphibian Captive Breeding Center Opens in Madagascar

  
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  A frog (scientific name Guibemantis pulcher) in Madagascar. In order to build their husbandry skills, technicians at the Mitsinjo captive breeding facility are starting with non-threatened frogs before moving to more rare species. (© CI/Photo by Nirhy Rabibisoa) As a herpetologist in Madagascar , I’ve spent 17 ...
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• Is The Sun Causing Global Warming?

  
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  Recently, a documentary aired about the UKs Channel 4, entitled The Great Global Warming Swindle, which challenged the prevailing political realizing that climatic change is brought on by man-made activity. The movie argues it is in reality sunshine which is to blame for the actual adjustments to the Earths ...
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• Brazil Gains in Food Production Coincided With Drop in Deforestation

  
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  A new study of land use in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso shows that deforestation rates decreased significantly from 2006 to 2010 even as agricultural production in the region reached an all-time high . The study found that growers in Mato Grosso, where more than a third of forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon ...
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• FRA welcomes news on successful Brazilian deforestation policies

  
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  FRA has welcomed news that anti-deforestation policies in Brazil seem to be working, according to new figures. Seattle, United States, January 13, 2012 — Forestry Research Associates (FRA), a research and analysis consultancy, has welcomed news that anti-deforestation policies in Brazil seem to be working, according ...
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• Burned Amazon tribe girl alive video: to make you eat this

  
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  Stories and News No. 376 The News ( The Telegraph ): Loggers burned Amazon tribe girl alive. Stories and news : “invented” Stories, fruit of my imagination, inspired by “true” media News. Share the post:
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• Land-clearing in Australia (Google / The Canberra Times)

  
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  Read at : http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/landclearing-limits-urged/2418734.aspx Land-clearing limits urged BY ROSSLYN BEEBY, SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTER Australia is still clearing about one million hectares of native forests and woodlands a year, resulting in a ”massive loss” ...
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