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Croppers pose new threat to Amazon rainforest
Growing threat: palm oil is well placed to grow faster than any other commodity in Brazil Image: Marco Schmidt via Wikimedia Commons By Alex Kirby Analysts in the US say parts of the Brazilian Amazon...
View ArticleMurders turn spotlight on Peru’s forest policies
The killing of tribal leaders trying to defend their Amazon rainforest lands from illegal logging has put Peru’s president under pressure ahead of next month’s UN climate conference. LONDON, 18...
View ArticleDisaster looms if loss of Amazon rainforest continues
Brazilian climate expert proposes five-point “battle plan” in a war against the Amazon deforestation that is having increasingly dire impacts on the regional and global climate. SÃO PAULO, 12 December,...
View ArticleTropical forests may be giving climate extra help
New research indicates that the role of the world’s tropical forests in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may have been underestimated. LONDON, 4 January, 2015 − Scientists in the US say the...
View ArticleGold rush leaves tropical forests poorer than ever
New research shows that parts of South America’s most biologically valuable tropical forests are being damaged by a resurgent gold mining industry. LONDON, 19 January, 2015 − The natural wealth of...
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Growing threat to Amazon’s crucial carbon sink
Massive new study shows that pressures on the Amazon rainforest mean it can no longer be relied on to soak up more CO2 from the atmosphere than it puts out. LONDON, 19 March, 2015 − The Amazon...
View ArticleCut carbon now to avoid climate tipping points
The price to be paid for not cutting emissions of greenhouse gases could mean driving the planet across planetary boundaries, or “tipping points”. LONDON, 3 April, 2015 – An international team of...
View ArticleWoodlands revival adds new piece to carbon cycle puzzle
Growing number of trees on the world’s savanna grasslands helps offset carbon storage concerns caused by depletion of the great rainforests. LONDON, 9 April, 2015 − Despite continuing concern about the...
View ArticleForests can soak up a third of carbon emissions
Report commissioned by Prince Charles’s charity says protecting tropical forests could enable them to absorb billions of tonnes of the Earth’s emissions of carbon. LONDON, 11 April, 2015 − Looking...
View ArticleRainforests are left on edge of destruction
Eminent conservationist says climate change’s major threat to the world’s tropical rainforests comes not from heat, but from drought and uncertain rainfall. LONDON, 23 May, 2015 – Rising temperatures...
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