World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Canadian nature lovers have crowdfunded millions to protect an area of pristine wildernessweforum.org - Katharine Rooney Canadians are well-known for being nature lovers. Now, they’ve crowdfunded enough money to create a new protected park on the country’s unspoiled …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSustainability Report: Deforestation booming due to weak policy and corporate inactionedie.net - www.edie.net A lack of policy support or ambitious action from corporates involved in agriculture has led to an area of tree cover the size of the UK being lost …
Cargill 6 Greenwashing Schemes That Show Corporations Will Never Lead on Climateinthesetimes.com - BY Christine MacDonald The failure of corporate sustainability efforts also bodes poorly for the kind of laissez-faire policies that corporations hold up as the answer to …
Charles Swisheradded this to Truth Be ToldLiberal View 10 Things You Need to Know About the Fires in the...truthout.org - Ana Rivera The world is watching in horror as pictures circulate of huge stretches of the Amazon rainforest in flames, but these are no ordinary wildfires. They …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWorld Economic Forum #sustainableworld: Your perspective | World Economic Forumweforum.org - www.weforum.org What’s the biggest thing we should change in the way we live to create a #sustainableworld? We’re all responsible for the planet – and we are …
The Telegraphadded this to NewsForests The right woodland can be glorious – but for that, we need to plant the right treesThe Telegraph - By Matt RidleyMisleading headlines appeared in newspapers this week, claiming that global deforestation was increasing. In fact, the report on which these headlines were based reluctantly admits that net deforestation
National GeographicSouth-east Asia Sun BearNational GeographicThe reclusive sun bear, smallest member of the bear family, lives an insular life in the dense lowland forests of Southeast Asia. Found from southern China to eastern India and as far south as Indonesia,
News (Scotland) How a small Scottish isle proves that good ideas can take rootthenational.scot - Mairi McFadyen THIS month I was on the west coast for a first-time visit to sunny Isle Martin – a small uninhabited island north-west of Ullapool, closest of the …
RRhonda Kauthadded this to TrumpBeef Bolsonaro's Beef With the Amazon Forces US Meat Firms to Change CourseOZY - Andrew Hirschfeld When Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro turned down aid from France in late August to tackle the wildfires that are scorching the Amazon rainforest, …
Al Jazeeraadded this to Africa EditionIndigenous Peoples Kenya's Mau Forest: Indigenous and wildlife at riskAl Jazeera - Nicolas HaqueBoth the indigenous Ogiek people and hundreds of species of wildlife are threatened by deforestation and drought. A battle is under way for the survival of the largest native forest in East Africa. Since
South China Morning Post Amazon Forest Fires Amazon fires should inspire fast-food chains to reflect on the impact of their products and choice of...South China Morning Post - www.scmp.com Despite their promises, fast-food giants are still purchasing meat linked to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Hong Kong plays an outsize …
Reutersadded this to Top NewsBrazil Brazil's Amazon chief Raoni tapped for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize nominationReuters - by Anthony BoadleBRASILIA (Reuters) - A group of Brazilian anthropologists and environmentalists has put forward Chief Raoni Metuktire of the Kayapó tribe as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of
TIMEadded this to Top StoriesOpinion'It Is Our Very Governments Who Are Killing the Earth.' A Brazilian Indigenous Leader Speaks Out On Deforestation in theTIME - Benki PyãnkoBenki Pyãnko is a community leader from Apiwtxa, an Ashaninka community situated in the Amazonian state of Acre, Brazil. He has led projects to defend his community from deforestation and to defend Ashaninka
Fast Companyadded this to Fast CompanyForests Forests are a big part of the climate solution, but we’re not fixing the problemFast Company - Adele PetersThe state of the world’s forests is now worse than it was when hundreds of governments and companies made a commitment to end deforestation by 2030. Five years ago, hundreds of governments and companies—from
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBiodiversity Save the northern Andes–Amazon biodiversity bridgenature.com - Nicola Clerici In his book Voyage aux regions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent written in the first years of the XIX century, Alexander von Humboldt describes the …
Footwear Newsadded this to Footwear NewsEnvironment How Should Shoe Brands Reckon With Brazilian Leather as the Amazon Burns?Footwear News - Hilary George-Parkin The Amazon is on fire, and the footwear industry can’t afford to ignore the flames. Images of the burning Brazilian forest have swept across social …
Brazil As Amazon Rainforest Burns, Brazil's Environment Minister to Meet UScommondreams.org - Jessica Corbett, staff writer Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's environment minister will reportedly meet with a right-wing American advocacy group that denies the climate …
Climate Who Benefits from False Climate Solutions? | by Karin Nansenproject-syndicate.org - Karin Nansen MONTEVIDEO – In a recent special report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) argues that addressing climate change will require …
Natural Gas L.A. has found a new star: Solargrist.org It’s Friday, September 13, and solar energy just set a record in L.A. Renewables are on the rise, and Los Angeles is hitching its wagon to the star. …
Amazon Rainforest Controversial Tropical Forest Standard Program Divides Scientists, Environmental Groupsscpr.org - AirTalk® Aerial view of deforestation in Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on August 28, …
Brazil The Amazon and You | by Richard N. Haassproject-syndicate.org - Richard N. Haass NEW YORK – Nearly everyone has seen the dramatic images of the Amazon ablaze. Tens of thousands of fires – intentionally started or caused by …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoResearch Educational access digital subscriptions | New Scientistnewscientist.com - institutions.newscientist.com Unrestricted access to newscientist.com using IP address authentication or username and password access. OpenAthens access is also available with an …
IKITOadded this to Travel and OutdoorAmazon Rainforest How Tourism Can Help Save the Amazontravelpulse.com Responsible Travel CEO Justin Francis talks with TravelPulse about the role sustainable tourism plays in protecting the rainforest.
Quartzadded this to QuartzyFloods Destruction of India's Western Ghats causing devastating floodsQuartz - Gayathri D NaikFloods are now an annual nightmare in many parts of southern and western India. Valleys in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala that weren’t considered flood-prone until recently are at risk.
BBC NewsEnvironment World 'losing battle against deforestation'BBC News - Mark KinverA historic global agreement aimed at halting deforestation has failed, according to a report. An assessment of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) says it has failed to deliver on key pledges. at
inhabitatadded this to NewsForests The planet is losing an area of forest cover the size of the UKinhabitat - by Teresa Bergen The rate of world deforestation continues to accelerate, despite governments’ promises to reverse it. Now, the world loses 64 million acres a year of …
GristClimate TIME magazine devoted an entire issue to climate change AGAINgrist.org - Miyo McGinn Every story in this week’s edition of TIME is about the climate crisis — one of only five times the magazine has devoted an entire issue to a single …
bbibekrekhaadded this to Climate The Amazon Is Burning for Soy, but Don't Blame Tofu | PETApeta.org - Zachary Toliver Soybean farmers are suspected of starting numerous fires in the Amazon rainforest to grow more crops—but before you start blaming tofu, take a look …
Forests Earth loses area of forest the size of UK each year with more than 64million acres of trees lostdailymail.co.uk - By James Gant For Mailonline Huge swathes of forests the size of the UK are disappearing around the world each year, a new report has found. Earth lost more than 26million …
The Guardianadded this to EnvironmentEnvironment Deforestation damage goes far beyond the AmazonThe Guardian - Fiona Harvey Environment correspondentThe burning of the Amazon has caused alarm around the world, from the Vatican to the G7, and there are fears that unless the fires are stopped swiftly the forests could reach a point of no return in the
