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SHOCKING NEW GLOBAL-WARMING DATA / TIPPING-POINT REACHED ! = PERMAFROST MELTING IN ARCTIC !

SHOCKING NEW NASA DATA / NEW PREDICTION = "3 TO 5 YEARS NO ICE IN ARCTIC" THE... more

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THE TRUTH ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING... THE REALLY~ INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Global warming... is much worse that you think. PLEASE SELECT: "WATCH FULL... more

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What Ever Happened to the Amazon Rain Forest?

We used to hear so much about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, but lately not... more

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Rainforest treaty 'fatally flawed'

This is just plain crazy. How can they let this happen? Excerpt: "Under... more

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Dairy farmers urged to stop using palm oil by-product

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Government admits palm kernel animal feed contributes to rainforest destruction |

Tauranga, New Zealand — John Key’s Government today admitted that production of... more

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UN and Kenya launch an appeal to save Mau » water.org

FACT: More than 3,500,000 people die every year from water-related diseases. FACT:... more

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The Prince's Rainforests Project |

Background Tropical rainforests absorb nearly a fifth of all man-made CO2 emissions... more

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The Bad Side of "green" fuel.

How the demand for "green" biofuel is destroying rainforests.

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Palm oil, healthy rainforests, and your kitchen |

Palm oil (aka palmitate, palm kernel oil, and palm fruit oil) is hard on our... more

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Oil giants destroy rainforests to make palm oil diesel for motorists

Fuel companies are accelerating the destruction of rainforest by secretly adding palm... more

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"Green"... her last moments

Winner of Best Documentary Short in the Durango Independent Film Festival this month,... more

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Kimberly-Clark Breaks Under Greenpeace's Kleercut Campaign, Goes Sustainable

Greenpeace has had quite a bit of coverage of late on TreeHugger with their latest... more

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The Most Poisonous Animal on Earth

Not everything beautiful is harmless.

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Indigenous peoples protect the rainforest with hi-tech tools

Illegal logging is a threat to the rainforests of Peru. But the indigenous communities are using both ancient knowledge and modern technology to protect biodiversity and stop further destruction.

The lush green of the rain forest offers rich natural resources which the Ashaninka Indians have lived on for centuries. At the Yoreka Atame school of primeval forestry in Brazil, young indigenous and non-indigenous people have been learning how to make use of them in a sustainable way.

Since 2007, the school has taught more than 2,000 participants skills like the cultivating fruit trees, keeping bees, and erecting dams in creeks and lakes to enhance spawning grounds for fish.

"That's how we Ashaninka Indians here in the border region between Brazil and Peru want to pass on our traditional knowledge," said Moises Piyako. He cofounded the Yoreka Atame school together with his brother Benki in 2007.

Political problems between Brazil and its neighbor Peru make life complicated for the indigenous people in the border region.

"We are suffering from Peruvian logging companies, and now the Peruvian government also wants to dig for oil along the border," said Moises Piyako.

Illegal timber-fellers from Peru are increasingly encroaching on the rainforest on both sides of the border.

The land and its resources belong to the Ashaninka, according to the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention 169 adopted by the International Labour Organisation, ILO. It recognizes the rights of ownership of the peoples over the lands which they traditionally occupy. But Peru has been trying to circumnavigate international law by granting mining concessions for areas that are owned by indigenous peoples.

"In the process, Peruvian timber companies even illegally enter Brazilian territory," said Ashaninka spokesman Benki Piyako. "Illegal logging is putting our whole region and its biodiversity at risk." (more at link)

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So, to protect their land, they use GPS technology, vlogging, monitoring, satellite photos to show the deforestation, etc. They even sell CO2 certificates.Illegal logging is a threat to the rainforests of Peru. But the indigenous communities... more

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Forest Forever..?

Tropicana's new promo.. Saving the rainforest! Each 12-oz bottle, with the cool earth... more

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Chevron: ‘We’re not paying’ $27b fine for Ecuador rain forest contamination

U.S. oil company Chevron said Monday that it expects to lose a case which charges the... more

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Oil or Trees?: Germany Takes Lead in Saving Ecuador's Rainforest

Oil companies are salivating over the supply of black gold beneath Ecuador's rainforest.

The South American country is pledging to keep the oil in the ground -- if the international community provides compensation. Now Germany has taken a leading role in raising the necessary cash.

There are many attributes which make the Yasuni National Park special: IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE PLACES ON THE PLANET, it is home to indigenous tribes which hunt and gather in its remote interior, and there's a unique breed of small bat. But the national park also has a geographic curse: It sits atop Ecuador's largest known oil reserve, thought to contain hundreds of millions of barrels.

And this potential fortune threatens its very future. In response, Ecuador has come up with an unusual plan to safeguard the UNESCO biosphere Reserve. The cash-strapped South American country has pledged to leave the oil in the ground forever -- something unheard of among oil nations -- if the international community compensates for some of the lost income.

The scheme, which was first mooted by Ecuadorian President Raphael Correa more than a year ago, got off to a slow start. By the end of the year the country extended its self-imposed deadline, in a last ditch bid to rally international support.

Meanwhile, international oil giants were queuing to exploit the supply of black gold.

But now, all of a sudden, the ball seems to be rolling. Following a two-day visit by the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Fander Falconí to Berlin, Germany had positioned itself at "the forefront of the initative," the Ministry for Economic Cooperation said.

He stressed that Ecuador's idea had caught Berlin's imagination: "It offers a new approach to rainforests and, from the perspective of development politics, it is very promising," Bethe said. "Combining climate protection and fighting poverty will play a growing role in the future."

Ecuador estimates that by leaving the oil untouched, some 410 MILLION TONS of CO2 will be averted. Oil is Ecuador's most important export, generating around a third of its income. With the value of the untapped supply under the Yasuni National Park estimated at some $6 billion, the country argues it has little option but to approach international donors, hat in hand.

Environmentalists welcomed the plan as a way to save Ecuador's rainforest from destruction. Preventing forests from disappearing is a vital element in the fight against climate change as they absorb huge quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere.

Still, doubts lingered about the Ecuador model.

Tobias Riedl from Greenpeace Germany's Forest Campaign warned that the scheme was far from perfect. "It is a double-edged sword. While we welcome moves to save this unique environment, the fact is that ALL RAINFORESTS NEED TO BE SAVED, regardless of whether they lie on valuable natural resources or not.

Greenpeace estimates that €30 billion are needed to secure the future of the rainforests worldwide. And with 80 percent of all ancient forests (including rainforests) worldwide already gone, the clock is ticking. And Ecuador knows it.Oil companies are salivating over the supply of black gold beneath Ecuador's... more