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All carbon is not born equal
Eric Marx
17th November, 2009
Are we risking serious problems if action to tackle deforestation assumes that a tonne of tree carbon is the same as a tonne of fossil carbon? more...
Palm oil firms letting four-year-olds sign contracts
Ecologist
11th November, 2009
'Chaotic' legislation in Indonesia is allowing palm oil plantation companies looking to produce biofuel to bully local people off their land more...
Brazil pledges emission cuts in 'political gesture' to rich nations
Tom Phillips from the Guardian
10th November, 2009
Brazil will take proposals for voluntary reductions of 38-42 per cent by 2020 to the Copenhagen climate change conference next month, chief of staff says more...
Enshrining legal rights for the planet
Polly Higgins
10th December, 2008
Just as the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago in 1948, we now have a planetary crisis that needs to be addressed with equal urgency. Now is the time to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights. more...
Replanting the Caledonian Forest
Eifion Rees
10th November, 2009
Armed with a spade, work gloves, wellies and waterproofs you can help the Trees for Life project to restore an old growth forest to its ancient glorymore...
If You Love This Planet: A Plan To Save The Earth
Henry Unwin
2nd November
Helen Caldicott outlines the most pressing issues in the world today and provides a basic framework for solutions more...
'Do you want to die?': environmental activists at risk
Tom Levitt
26th October, 2009
Recent abductions and threats against activists trying to prevent logging in South-East Asia are part of a worrying trend of violence against those exposing environmental issues more...
UK to give £50m to forest protection fund
Ecologist
21st October, 2009
Government says funding will support pilot projects to help determine longer term support to fight deforestation more...
Conmen are already selling dodgy forest carbon
Dan Box
16th October, 2009
Fancy some forest carbon, guv'nor? Only one careful owner... Dan Box explains why a cautious approach to deforestation schemes would be wise more...
FSC targeted in New York City protest
Ecologist
25th September, 2009
World's leading forest certification scheme is not doing enough to prevent the sourcing of unsustainable wood, say activists more...
Q & A: Daniel Beltrá, environmental photographer
Laura Sevier
14th September, 2009
The award winning environmental photographer on witnessing rainforests around the world, working for Greenpeace and why photos can help save the world more...
Massive subsidies for biofuels 'disastrous'
Ecologist
17th August, 2009
Small-scale biofuels would reduce carbon emissions and help avert poverty in poorer countries, says Christian Aid reportmore...
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Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent
Eifion Rees
3rd July, 2009
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year more...
Tesco 'trusts' cattle suppliers involved in Amazon deforestation
Ecologist
3rd July, 2009
Despite the lack of traceability in the supply chain, the assurances of cattle producers that they are not involved in the illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is apparently enough for Tesco, a letter to the Guardian reveals more...
Industrial nations must tackle deforestation at Copenhagen, say MPs
Ecologist
30th June, 2009
A Commons environmental audit committee has called for industrialised nations to change their patterns of consumption if alarming rates of global deforestation are to be arrested and reversed more...
Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation
Mark Anslow
1st March 2009
We can all agree on what the problem is, it’s settling on a solution that’s the difficult part. Mark Anslow explores the complicated world of deforestation more...
Cattle ranching biggest driver of Amazon deforestation
Ecologist
27th May, 2009
Cattle ranchers bigger culprits in Amazon deforestation than soy farmers, new NGO study shows more...
The Prince's Rainforest Project says Yes We Can
Damian Tow
7th May, 2009
So what connects Prince Charles and a large green frog? This modern spin on the fable of the frog and the Prince relates to the launch on 5th May of an online video and social networking campaign in support of the Prince’s Rainforest Project (PRP). more...
Tackling soot emissions to combat global warming
Ecologist
9th March, 2009
Forget CO2, say NASA scientists – by tackling soot emissions we could really dent global warming more...
Paper, scissors, headstone
Laura Sevier
18th December, 2008
Our rampant consumption of paper is leading to a meltdown of the world's forests. Mandy Haggith wants us to use less more...
Tree Thieves
Steve Kemper
7th August, 2008
The environmental disaster that put paid to China's intensive logging spawned an illegal trade in timber that risks global erosion. In their rush to feed the dragon, loggers on both sides of the law can't see the trees for the wood, says Steve Kemper more...
Space Race
George Hackford
30th July, 2008
The Brazilian Space Agency and Britain’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory are planning to boldly go into new realms of space-based rainforest protection. more...
Grassroots Protect Rainforest Shoots
George Hackford
22nd July, 2008
The emergence of rainforest saving initiatives which are intent on action and are already proving successful is refreshing to see. more...
Hedge funds for forests?
Mark Anslow
6th June, 2008
Protecting rainforests is now almost as lucrative as cutting them down. Mark Anslow reports on a commodities-centred approach to stopping deforestation more...
Earth Shattering: Ecopoems edited by Neil Astley
David Hawkinns
1st June, 2008
Context is all in a comprehensive new anthology of verse with an environmental bent. These poems make sense of a disappearing world... more...Members
