News
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New images of 'ghost forest' art10 Oct 09 | Science & Environmentart installation planned for Trafalgar Square show the vast scale of a project designed to highlight deforestation. The artist's impressions were released as nine of the tropical tree stumps set to form the heart of the exhibit have been loaded on board a ship in Ghana.
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Q&A: The Copenhagen climate summit28 Sep 09 | Science & EnvironmentDeforestation and processes that release other greenhouse gases such as methane also contribute. Although the initial impact is a rise in average temperatures around the world - "global...
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Africa's burning charcoal problem25 Sep 09 | Africa
To the west of Nairobi, Cheryl Mvula of the Tribal Voice consultancy has introduced the extraordinary Cow Dung Fuel Initiative to counter deforestation in the Mara Triangle of Kenya's Masai Mara. Here dung is mixed with waste paper and water, fashioned into briquettes and sundried for use.
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Amazon farmer on changing economy09 Sep 09American farmer John Weaver Davis Jr is adapting to the deforestation of the Amazon by growing a fibre-rich plant known as curaua.
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Climate targets 'will kill coral'02 Sep 09 | Science & EnvironmentReducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation). There's evidence that current levels of CO2 are already causing damage to reefs Alex Rogers, Institute of Zoology Its roots lie in the calculation that forest loss accounts for about 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, and that...
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Indian land 'seriously degraded'12 Aug 09 | South AsiaAccess to clean water will present big problems in future It blames deforestation, over grazing, forest fires and the indiscriminate use of agro-chemicals. The report also warns of a potential water crisis in the country, pointing out that in the past, a combination of rainfall and surface...
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Deforestation 'critical' climate issue03 Aug 09Energy and Climate Change minister, Ed Miliband, says reducing deforestation will be "absolutely critical"
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Brazil raids illegal loggers27 Jun 09Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc took part in the raids and explained the government's new strategy to stop deforestation. Leana Hosea reports.
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Stars campaign for the environment05 May 09The Prince is joined by his sons, along with the Dalai Lama, Daniel Craig and others to raise environmental awareness of the dangers of deforestation. June Kelly reports.
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Rainforest film brings out stars05 May 09An array of celebrities have joined Prince Charles and an animated frog in a film highlighting the dangers of deforestation. Film courtesy of the Prince's Rainforest Project's Rainforest SOS campaign Prince's Rainforest SOS Campaign...
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Blogs
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No more Mr Rice Guy: British farmers sell up to15 Jun 09 | Shanta Barley - Climate Change: The Blog of Bloom
...most of it in South America and sub-Saharan Africa, with an unknown but probably considerable part coming from deforestation'. So, farming out Britain's farms may not be such a boon for biodiversity after all. ...
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British is best for barbecue charcoal03 Jun 09 | Shanta Barley - Climate Change: The Blog of Bloom
There is another way to keep the home fires burning without encouraging deforestation (which as any Prince Charles fan will know, is one of the leading factors behind climate change):...
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All steaks to be rare in Ghent, starting today14 May 09 | Shanta Barley - Climate Change: The Blog of Bloom
And soya fritters are no planetary panacea either: soya farming is one of the main causes of tropical deforestation, which currently produces a fifth of global carbon dioxide emissions. Either way, the good-natured citizens of Ghent appear to be taking the shift in dietary regime in their stride.
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Prince Charles logs on to save rainforests on07 May 09 | Shanta Barley - Climate Change: The Blog of Bloom
0 generation, but he's just posted a video on YouTube about the impact of deforestation on climate change, featuring himself, a computer-generated frog and a slew of celebrities. "Every...
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Meet Daisy the cow – global climate’s enemy number02 Feb 07 | Newsnight - Talk about Newsnight
Add in the carbon from deforestation and land degradation and the figure is far, far higher. Most deforested land is used for pasture and the UN reckons the carbon released in the process takes the carbon cost of livestock up to the equivalent of 2.7...
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