published February 8, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: Rights and Resources A new report from the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) has some good news and bad news. The good: recognition of land and resource rights for indigenous populations has been on the rise in recent years, but the bad: that increase stagnated last year, despite new governmental commitments, at least on paper, to support such ...
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published January 30, 2011 and has No Comments
Cluster of mango trees pre-harvest. Photo by Sapiens Solutions via Flickr From bikes and floors to sheets and t-shirts, bamboo is well-known as a popular green choice because as a fast-growing grass, it's a renewable material. Hemp is also considered environmentally smart for a variety of products including its wood. Mango trees are also fast-growing and another
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published December 30, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Wakx / Creative Commons If you follow the problems with palm oil and deforestation in Southeast Asia you've no doubt come across Alan Oxley and his shilling for big timber--for which a group of scientists recently chided him, for massive misrepres... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published December 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: 1080 Films From Wangaari Maathai's Billion Tree campaign to lush permaculture landscapes in Jordan , we've seen how individuals and communities can reverse desertification and bring life back to arid soils. Now a new dramatized documentary brings us the story of Yacouba Sawadogo, an illiterate African farmer whose pioneering techniques have, according to one expert, don... Read ...
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published December 12, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Taunting Panda According to a story on Reuters , trees throughout the Amazon rainforest will be equipped with microchips to gather data in the event they are illegally cut down. Now when a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, we'll still know its story.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published December 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Stephen Messenger Over the past several years, the Brazilian government has been tackling deforestation in the Amazon with vigor, and it seems all their efforts are paying off. In an announcement made today, Brazil confirmed that the rate of forest loss over the last year represents the lowest in over two decades since record-keeping began -- and down ...
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published November 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Peat forest leveled for palm oil in Riau, Indonesia. Photo: Wakx , Flickr, CC It was a trailblazing 'showcase' deal in global climate negotiations: Norway agreed to send $1 billion to Indonesia (most of it coming from Norway) if the nation would put a moratorium on logging its natural forests and peat lands, and replant degraded areas. The deal ...
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published November 5, 2010 and has No Comments
Oil palm fruit, photo: fitri agung / Creative Commons In a big boost for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification standard, the Netherlands has committed to only using sustainable palm oil by the end of 2015--and becomes the first nation to do so. Dutch businesses are Europe's largest imp... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published October 28, 2010 and has No Comments
This one's probably a bit insider-info for most TreeHugger readers, and I admit I'm partially to blame for it, but bear with me because it's if you care about rampant greenwashing and deforestation it's important: A group of prominent scientists has issued an open letter challenging the objectivity of World Growth International , challenging the group's and its leader ...
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published October 11, 2010 and has No Comments
Though the trees were planted some 40 kilometers from here, this photo gives you an overview of the type of terrain involved. At nearly 10,000 feet altitude the region is extremely dry, being in the rain shadow of the Himalaya, relying on snowmelt for most its water. Freak incidents of intense rain can be devastating. Photo: Praveen / Creative ...
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