Will mega-dams destroy the Amazon? Mongabay.com

Will mega-dams destroy the Amazon?

Mongabay.com - ‎22 hours ago‎

150 new dams may destroy connectivity of the Amazon River to the Andes and drive deforestation. More than 150 new dams planned across the Amazon basin could significantly disrupt the ecological connectivity of the Amazon River to the Andes with ...

Students shave heads to raise awareness for deforestation, endangered animals LSU The Reveille

http://www.lsureveille.com/news/students-shave-heads-to-raise-awareness-for-deforestation-endangered-animals-1.2721007

Illegal Logging - Africa losing forests (Earth's lungs) 4x faster than rest of world fintimes

Illegal loggers get rich with impunity, World Bank says

GlobalPost - ‎22 hours ago‎

Deforestation has become a huge problem in Africa, with some reports saying that the continent is loosing forests four times faster than any other part of the world.

Everyone must fight deforestation The Zimbabwe Standard

Everyone must fight deforestation

The Zimbabwe Standard - ‎Mar 18, 2012‎

WITH the end of the rainy season approaching, it is time to take stock of what we, as individuals, have done to help curb deforestation that is threatening to wipe out trees in most parts of the country. Although under serious threat from human ...

Uganda CFM fails to curb illegal logging East African

Uganda CFM fails to curb illegal logging

East African - ‎1 hour ago‎

Due to the loss of 88638 hectares of forest cover annually, the National Forest Authority (NFA) pioneered CFM in 2007 with the hope that the system would reduce deforestation in protected areas. Under the system, local communities were allowed limited ...

Deforestation rates double in the Congo Basin: Report Forests Blog

Deforestation rates double in the Congo Basin: Report

Forests Blog, Center for International Forestry Research (blog) - ‎17 hours ago‎

DOUALA, Cameroon (20 March, 2012)_ Although the level of deforestation in the world's second-largest tropical forest remains relatively low compared to similar regions in Asia and Latin America, the latest satellite-based monitoring data has revealed ...

ANOTHER EXCUSE GONE - VERIFYABILITY: Airborne lasers discover undocumented deforestation in Belize park Mongabay.com

Airborne lasers discover undocumented deforestation in Belize park

Mongabay.com - ‎Mar 19, 2012‎

A NASA funded expedition using airborne lasers to study ancient Mayan ruins has also documented widespread illegal deforestation in the Caracol Archaeological Reserve. The lasers found that forest disturbance was actually 58 percent greater than recent ...

Brazil delays vote on bill regulating deforestation CNN International

Brazil delays vote on bill regulating deforestation

CNN International - ‎Mar 6, 2012‎

Over the past decade, Brazil has cracked down on clear-cutting, especially in the biodiverse Amazon rain forest, reducing the rate of deforestation by 80%. Environmentalists are concerned that some of those gains could be threatened if the new ...

Controversial vote to ease limits on Amazon rainforest deforestationWTVR

Brazil delays Forest Code voteMongabay.com

In Africa's Vanishing Forests, the Benefits of Bamboo New York Times

In Africa's Vanishing Forests, the Benefits of Bamboo

New York Times (blog) - ‎Mar 13, 2012‎

Bamboo may provide a solution to a very serious problem: deforestation. In sub-Saharan Africa, 70 percent of the people cook their meals over wood fires.

Green: Death of the Forests Aljazeera.com

Green: Death of the Forests

Aljazeera.com - ‎Mar 15, 2012‎

A visual essay about the impact of deforestation in Indonesia as seen through the eyes of a dying orangutan. A visual essay about deforestation in Indonesia as experienced by a dying orangutan whose habitat has been destroyed.

Climate change could increase fires, logging, and hunting in rainforests Mongabay.com

Climate change could increase fires, logging, and hunting in rainforests

Mongabay.com - ‎Mar 13, 2012‎

The combined impacts of deforestation and climate change will bring a host of new troubles for the world's tropical rainforests argues a new study in Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

Surging demand for vegetable oil drives rainforest destruction Mongabay.com

Surging demand for vegetable oil drives rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com - ‎Mar 13, 2012‎

Surging demand for vegetable oil has emerged as an important driver of tropical deforestation over the past two decades and is threatening biodiversity, carbon stocks, and other ecosystem functions in some of the world's most critical forest areas, ...

Indigenous communities help prevent deforestation better than conservation Women News Network

Indigenous communities help prevent deforestation better than conservation

Women News Network - ‎Mar 16, 2012‎

Their coordinated care with the land helps prevent deforestation. Image: Ferrari/LPFN (WNN/LPFN) GLOBAL: Two peer-reviewed studies published recently by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the World Bank show that strict ...

Climate change could increase fires, logging, and hunting in rainforests Mongabay.com

Climate change could increase fires, logging, and hunting in rainforests

Mongabay.com - ‎1 hour ago‎

The combined impacts of deforestation and climate change will bring a host of new troubles for the world's tropical rainforests argues a new study in Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

Global warming has chilling effect on forest budgets Real Aspen

Global warming has chilling effect on forest budgets

Real Aspen - ‎Mar 8, 2012‎

By Troy Hooper The warming climate is breeding more beetle-ravaged forest and prolonged fire seasons, US Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testified before a Senate committee on Tuesday, as he fielded questions about the White House's proposed agency ...