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Deforestation
Those practices or processes that result in the change of forested lands to non-forest uses. This is often cited as one of the major causes of the enhanced greenhouse effect for two reasons: 1) the burning or decomposition of the wood releases carbon dioxide; and 2) trees that once removed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the process of photosynthesis are no longer present and contributing to carbon storage. (source: EPA) Background from Wikipedia Deforestation is conversion of woodland areas to arable land, urban use, logged area or wasteland. Historically, this meant conversion to grassland or to its artificial counterpart, grainfields; however, the Industrial Revolution added urbanization. Generally this removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover has resulted in a degraded environment with reduced biodiversity. In developing countries, massive deforestation is ongoing and is shaping climate and geography. Deforestation (whether deliberate or unintended) is the result of the removal of trees without sufficient reforestation. There are many causes, ranging from extremely slow forest degradation to sudden and catastrophic wildfires. Deforestation can be the result of the deliberate removal of forest cover for agriculture or urban development, or it can be an unintentional consequence of uncontrolled grazing (which can prevent the natural regeneration of young trees). The combined effect of grazing and fires can be a major cause of deforestation in dry areas. In addition to the direct effects brought about by forest removal, indirect effects caused by edge effects and habitat fragmentation can greatly magnify the effects of deforestation. While tropical rainforest deforestation has attracted most attention, tropical dry forests are being lost at a substantially higher rate, primarily as an outcome of slash-and-burn techniques used by shifting cultivators. Montreal Gazette,The program focuses on four basic themes: endangered species, climate change, deforestation and human population growth. The program is more a fact-finding Our forests, our future - 22 Oct 2007 Jakarta Post,If tropical deforestation emissions are accounted for, Indonesia is surpassed only by the United States and China in its contribution to climate change. 2007 Amazon fires among worst ever - 22 Oct 2007 Mongabay.comA surge in soy and cattle prices may be contributing to an increase in deforestation since last year. Last year environmentalists and the Brazilian Uganda: Selling Fresh Air - 22 Oct 2007 AllAfrica.com,However, what I will discuss is how humans cut trees without planning or replanting or knowing the effects of deforestation on the environment. ‘I’ll give you £20 not to cut down that tree…’ - 22 Oct 2007 Environmental Graffiti,As part of the brand new Kyoto Climate Change Treaty – aka The Bali Talks, rainforest countries that avoid deforestation will receive payments from the New World Bank facility would help against forest degrading - 22 Oct 2007 Stabroek News,The facility will provide financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation unlike the Kyoto Protocol which offers credits for Environmental danger to growth - 22 Oct 2007 Economic Times,Growth fuelled by energy-intensive industry, urban crowding, and deforestation has added to atmospheric concentrations of carbon, warming land and ocean and CNN Takes Stock of a `Planet in Peril' - 22 Oct 2007 The Associated PressMeanwhile, deforestation and other environmental assault has left only 10 percent of its original habitat to support all that life, Corwin reports. Earth to PETA - 22 Oct 2007 SalonAccording to the FAO, livestock production is a top cause of the world's many environmental problems: deforestation, acid rain, dead zones in the ocean, Amazon plant diversity still a mystery - 22 Oct 2007 Mongabay.comWhile deforestation poses a great threat to the Amazon’s known and unknown species, Mr. Hopkins states that the issue which worries him most is sudden Africa: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - 22 Oct 2007 AllAfrica.com,The conversion of natural landscapes to farm fields is a major cause of deforestation in Africa. Benesi noted that cassava production in Africa has grown Moving up the food chain - 22 Oct 2007 The Age,They are: animal welfare; misleading marketing; food miles; and products from unsustainable practices or deforestation. As global warming increases, Deforestation on the agenda - Oct 20, 2007 Newstalk ZB,Climate Change Minister David Parker will raise concerns about deforestation when he addresses a preliminary UN conference this week. Prince Charles to launch campaign against climate change - Oct 21, 2007 Times of India,Yes, in a bid to halt mass deforestation, the Prince of Wales will launch an organisation which calls for a new green economics that recognises the world's ENVIRONMENT-ASIA: Deforestation Symptomatic of Corrupt Regimes - Oct 20, 2007 Inter Press Service (subscription),...‘’In countries where deforestation is predominant, corruption is very high.’’ What has fuelled such abuse is the political climate that shrouds the forestry That Guy: Amazon forest going down the pan - Oct 20, 2007 New Zealand Herald,Historically, a large portion of deforestation in Brazil can be attributed to land clearing for commercial and speculative interests, misguided government Saving the Earth - one kid at a time - Oct 21, 2007 Fort Worth Star Telegram,Although the book's focus is global warming, it uses the issue as a linchpin to tackle broader environmental themes like deforestation, coral reef Cameroon: ITTO to tackle root cause of deforestation - Oct 10, 2007 AllAfrica.com,..."You cannot combat the rate of deforestation without tackling the root causes such as poverty", he told pressmen at the opening ceremony of the workshop to Greenpeace starts Riau fire-spotting - Oct 19, 2007 Jakarta Post,Greenpeace said the deforestation rate in Riau had reached approximately 160000 hectares per year, with the figure peaking to 200000 hectares between 2004 Deforestation causes severe flooding: Study - Oct 7, 2007 Sify,London: Deforestation is mainly responsible for the increase in the frequency and severity of floods in developing countries, say scientists. The Amazon burns once again - Oct 15, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,For environmentalists the fires are one of the first indications that deforestation is once again on the rise. Over the last two years fears for the future Geetanjali Krishna: Cutting the wedding tree - Oct 19, 2007 Business Standard,Deforestation was a general concern, and a spirited discussion about clean fuels was on. Just then, my phone rang. It was a friend, bugged with her employee Groups propose measures to end Amazon deforestation - Oct 3, 2007 AFPBRASILIA (AFP) — Environmental groups on Wednesday gave the Brazilian government a seven-year plan aimed at putting an end to deforestation in the Amazon 'Planet in Peril' deforestation learning activity - Oct 1, 2007 CNN...(CNN Student News) -- Students will determine the causes and consequences of deforestation and develop plans to reverse this trend. Environmental groups say compensation plan could halt Amazon ... - Oct 3, 2007 International Herald Tribune,Under the proposal, the money would come from within Brazil and abroad and would be used to compensate those who helped halt Amazon deforestation, Deforestation needs to be in next climate pact - Oct 1, 2007 Reuters UK,By Adhityani Arga JAKARTA (Reuters) - Cutting emissions from deforestation will be key to curbing climate change and should be agreed upon in December's Greenpeace activists held by Brazilians freed - Oct 19, 2007 Zee News,On Tuesday, Greenpeace activist Marcelo Marquesini planned to take the tree log throughout Brazil as a symbol of the country`s deforestation. “Zero� Amazon Deforestation Possible by 2015, Brazilian NGOs say - Oct 13, 2007 WorldChangingHalting deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is the objective of nine Brazilian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have drafted an ambitious plan Experts Help Gore Address Climate Change - Oct 18, 2007 The Associated Press...effort — with studies tracking the rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to measuring the impact of deforestation and transportation on the planet. Alarming rise in flash floods and deforestation in Himachal - Oct 14, 2007 myHimachal,PALAMPUR: The forests in Himachal Pradesh not only contribute in maintaining the ecological balance but also play a significant role in the economic Is the Amazon more valuable for carbon offsets than cattle or soy? - Oct 17, 2007 Mongabay.comAfter a steep drop in deforestation rates since 2004, widespread fires in the Brazilian Amazon (September and October 2007) suggest that forest clearing may New York City Is America's Biggest Destroyer of the Amazon Rainforest - Oct 15, 2007 AlterNet,According to former World Bank economist Sir Nicholas Stern, author of the Stern Report on the economics of climate change, halting deforestation is the Activists Trapped by Loggers - Oct 18, 2007 Greenpeace International,Deforestation is responsible for three quarters of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions, and makes the country the fourth largest climate polluter in the world INTERVIEW-World Bank carbon fund to pay for protecting forests - Oct 11, 2007 ReutersChassard said the new facility would provide financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. The facility has already attracted Siege of Amazon Greenpeace activists ends - Oct 17, 2007 ReutersBut satellite images of some regions since July show deforestation is on the rise again as high commodity prices lead farmers to expand into the forest, Ransoming the Rainforests - Oct 19, 2007 Plenty Magazine,The rise of debt-relief diplomacy is a commendable attempt to slow tropical deforestation, which accounts for almost a quarter of global greenhouse-gas ENVIRONMENT-LATAM: Ethical Development to Cool Off the Planet - Oct 18, 2007 Inter Press Service (subscription),Most scientists believe that an increase in "greenhouse gases" caused by human activities like the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation is leading to Seven years to end Amazon deforestation - Brazilian NGOs show how - Oct 5, 2007 Media Newswire (press release),Nine non-governmental organisations, including Greenpeace, ( 1 ) today launched a proposal for a national agreement to end Amazon deforestation ( 2 ) at an Deforestation and double standards - Oct 5, 2007 Bretton Woods Project,Given that land use changes and deforestation account annually for one fifth of greenhouse gas emissions, there is broad consensus on the need to tackle Voluntary isolation - Oct 18, 2007 Latin America Press,...are 15 different indigenous groups living in voluntary isolation in the Peruvian jungle that are under threat from oil exploitation and deforestation. Activists crash biofuel party 1 [morning] - Oct 18, 2007 Indymedia UK,Rughani added, “when you add in elements of deforestation or land-use change, you are looking at massive further emissions due to the release of carbon Guyana urges Commonwealth to influence UN climate summit - Oct 16, 2007 AFP..."We must square up to this reality and recognize that the way to stop deforestation is to ensure that there is an economically viable alternative," Jagdeo UN warns of Asian forestry challenges - Oct 16, 2007 Bangkok Post,Concerns of how deforestation effects other regions of the world is another issue for the conference. "How countries manage their forests is increasingly Beef Myths: Meat-Based Diets Are The Leading Cause Of Deforestation - Oct 2, 2007 CattleNetwork.com,Claim: Meat-based diets are the leading cause of deforestation. An acre of US trees disappears every 8 seconds. Fact: If this statement were true, High street giants slammed over tissue sourcing - Oct 19, 2007 Green Consumer Guide,A new ‘league table’ of tissue retailing published this week reveals the high street influence in global deforestation, with Boots and Somerfield coming in CNN raises alarm about a Planet in Peril - Oct 19, 2007 ChronicleHerald.ca,Other segments in Planet in Peril cover climate change, deforestation and over-population, but Cooper doesn’t have to tell all these stories by himself. New money is last hope in battle to save rainforests - Oct 13, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,It was encouraged by the World Bank, which saw deforestation as a route to economic stability. However, in seven weeks, world leaders will start work in the A Little Deforestation Makes a Big Flood - Sep 28, 2007 Daily GreenAN INTERNATIONAL team of scientists, including experts from Singapore, has proven for the first time that deforestation increases the risk of flood Greenpeace Activists Trapped By Loggers in the Amazon Efforts to ... - Oct 17, 2007 Common Dreams (press release),Deforestation accounts for one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Brazil’s rates of deforestation, mainly from the Amazon, account for three-quarters World Bank unveils new forest carbon funding scheme - Oct 16, 2007 Timber Trades Journal (subscription),The World Bank has unveiled a new carbon finance initiative designed to help the world's poorest countries reduce deforestation and fight climate change. News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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