<![CDATA[forestry news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Indonesian governors agree to protect Sumatra's endangered forests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-sumatra.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-sumatra.html <![CDATA[Palm oil industry relies on greenwashing to mislead consumers, alleges report]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1007-foe_palmoil.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1007-foe_palmoil.html <![CDATA[Forest conservation can fight climate change and poverty]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-forest_dialog.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-forest_dialog.html <![CDATA[Indigenous people demand greater say in using forests to fight global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-indigenous_redd.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-indigenous_redd.html <![CDATA[Anti-NGO rhetoric in Brazil a response to environmental criticism says environment minister]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-amazon.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-amazon.html <![CDATA[DR Congo to cancel two-thirds of logging contracts due to corruption]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-congo.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-congo.html <![CDATA[Borneo forest people reject oil palm plantation on their land]]> Malaysian Star.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1005-palm_oil.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1005-palm_oil.html <![CDATA['Children of the Amazon' looks at cultural loss of Amazon tribe confronted by deforestation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1005-surui.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1005-surui.html <![CDATA[Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change]]> Bioscience. Shade grown coffee is already lauded for its environmental benefits including supporting high levels of biodiversity and requiring less fertilizers and pesticides.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1003-coffee.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1003-coffee.html <![CDATA[Monoculture tree plantations are "green deserts" not forests, say activists]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0919-plantations_hance.html Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0919-plantations_hance.html <![CDATA[Norway offers $1 billion towards saving the Amazon rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0917-brazil.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0917-brazil.html <![CDATA[Teak wood may be improved by greater genetic diversity]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-fofana_tcs.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-fofana_tcs.html <![CDATA[Loss of wildlife is threatening biodiverse forests in northeastern India]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-aparajita__tcs.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-aparajita__tcs.html <![CDATA[Rainforest conversion to oil palm causes 83% of wildlife to disappear]]> Trends in Ecology and Evolution.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-palm_oil.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-bushmeat.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-bushmeat.html <![CDATA[Regrowing the Amazon rainforest will require help from bats and birds]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-bentos_tcs.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-bentos_tcs.html <![CDATA[Prince Charles says hedge funds could save rainforests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0911-prince_charles.html Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0911-prince_charles.html <![CDATA[Old growth forests are giant carbon sinks, helping offset emissions]]> Nature. The results run counter to claims by the forestry industry that old growth forests are carbon neutral or even net emitters of carbon dioxide.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0911-forests.html Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0911-forests.html <![CDATA[Malaysia pushes Borneo rainforest logging by deposing tribal leaders]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0909-penan.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0909-penan.html <![CDATA[Ghana becomes first country to sign sustainable timber pact with the E.U.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0904-ghana_flegt.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0904-ghana_flegt.html <![CDATA[Independent of climate, forest cover in southern Amazon may fall to 20% by 2016]]> Environmental Conservation. Analyzing high resolution satellite data from 1984 through 2004 for the Alta Floresta region in northern Mato Grosso, Fernanda Michalski, Carlos Peres and Iain Lake of the University of East Anglia found that forest cover declined from from 91.1 percent to 41.7 percent between 1984 and 2004. They note that while the deforestation rate has slowed to around 2 percent per year since peaking at more than 8 percent annually in late 1980s to mid-1990s, renewed expansion of road networks will enable loggers to increasingly exploit remaining forests, leading to degradation and likely eventual conversion for agricultural use. Overall Michalski and colleagues forecast that forest cover in Alta Floresta will fall to 21 percent by 2016, a decline of 77 percent since 1984.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0903-amazon_deforestation.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0903-amazon_deforestation.html <![CDATA[Indian protesters win land rights battle against Peru's President Garcia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0831-peru.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0831-peru.html <![CDATA[Amazon deforestation jumps 69% in 2008]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0831-brazil.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0831-brazil.html <![CDATA[Palm oil producers in Indonesia reject moratorium on forest destruction]]> Jakarta Post.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0828-palm_oil.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0828-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Two large populations of endangered monkeys discovered in Cambodian]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0828-wcs_monkeys.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0828-wcs_monkeys.html <![CDATA[Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable 'urban' society]]> Science. Conducting archeological excavations and aerial imagery across a number of sites in the Upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, a team of researchers led by Michael Heckenberger found evidence of a grid-like pattern of 150-acre towns and smaller villages, connected by complex road networks and arranged around large plazas where public rituals would take place. The authors argue that the discoveries indicate parts of the Amazon supported "urban" societies based around agriculture, forest management, and fish farming.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0828-heckenberger.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0828-heckenberger.html <![CDATA[Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-avoided_deforestation_uk.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-avoided_deforestation_uk.html <![CDATA[China's log imports fall 19% in first half of 2008 due to high prices]]> International Tropical Timber Organization.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-itto.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-itto.html <![CDATA[Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0826-nasa_indonesia.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0826-nasa_indonesia.html <![CDATA[Malaysian logging scandal may delay trade negotiations with the E.U.]]> Tribun Pontianak. An environmental group is using the scandal as the basis for a request for the E.U. to delay timber trade talks with Malaysia.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-sarawak.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-sarawak.html <![CDATA[Malaysia's rainforest logging plan may proceed despite risk to water supplies]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0822-kedah.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0822-kedah.html <![CDATA[Brazil may allow mining on indigenous lands in the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-mining.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-mining.html <![CDATA[Biofuel production in Brazil may not hurt Amazon, food supply]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-brazil.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-brazil.html <![CDATA[In Peru, a showdown between the president and tribes over mining and drilling in the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-peru.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-peru.html <![CDATA[Brazil to establish oil palm plantations on degraded Amazon rainforest lands]]> Folha de S. Paulo.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0820-brazil_palm_oil.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0820-brazil_palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0818-mitchell_interview_gcp.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0818-mitchell_interview_gcp.html <![CDATA[High mineral prices drive rainforest destruction]]> New Scientist.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-mining.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-mining.html <![CDATA[Investors seek profit from conserving rainforest biodiversity]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-malua_new_forests.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-malua_new_forests.html <![CDATA[Google Earth now reveals damage caused by the paper industry]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0812-pulpwatch.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0812-pulpwatch.html <![CDATA["Turtle carbon" could help protect rainforests and save endangered sea turtles]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0811-turtle_carbon.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0811-turtle_carbon.html <![CDATA[Oil development could destroy the most biodiverse part of the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0812-oil_amazon.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0812-oil_amazon.html <![CDATA[Long-term memory may help elephants adapt to climate change]]> Biology Letters.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0811-elephants_wcs.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0811-elephants_wcs.html <![CDATA[7 steps to solve the global biodiversity crisis]]> PNAS, Stanford biologists Paul R. Ehrlich and Robert M. Pringle suggest seven steps to help improve the outlook for the multitude of species that share our planet.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0811-ehrlich.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0811-ehrlich.html <![CDATA[Woolworths drops contract with APP, activist group remains wary]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0810-hance_woolworths.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0810-hance_woolworths.html <![CDATA[1.2 million ha of Congo rainforest certified for sustainable forestry]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-congo.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-congo.html <![CDATA[Australia's forests contain three times the expected carbon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-australia_carbon.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-australia_carbon.html <![CDATA[Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0805-tree_pr.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0805-tree_pr.html <![CDATA[Reduced impact logging can save 160 m tons of carbon emissions per year]]> PLoS.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-carbon_logging.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-carbon_logging.html <![CDATA[Private equity firm to sell biodiversity offsets from rainforest conservation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-malua_new_forests.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-malua_new_forests.html <![CDATA[Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-hance_tree_deforestation.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-hance_tree_deforestation.html