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Brazil stems loss of Amazon rainforest

Brazil experienced the smallest loss of its sprawling Amazon rainforest over the past year in more than two decades, the government said, attributing the change to its tougher environmental policies.The region, considered the world's "lungs" for its capacity to absorb carbon emissions, still lost 7,000 square kilometers (2,700 square miles) of rainforest between July 2008 and July 2009.

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Armchair spooks to Google culprits who are destroying rainforests

Environmentalists across the world are to be enlisted as armchair detectives to monitor satellite images of rainforests and report any illegal logging. The images will be frequently updated and anyone with internet access will be able to make instant ...

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Alcoa Partners with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’ Rainforests Project

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it is partnering with The Prince’s Rainforests Project (PRP), an environmental initiative started by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to protect the rainforests and tackle climate change. Alcoa joins with corporate, NGOs and other groups to support Prince Charles’ action to protect rainforests in advance of the international climate change meeting hosted by the United...

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Brazil Reports Smallest Loss Of Amazon Rainforest In Decades

The Brazilian government said it experienced the smallest loss of its sprawling Amazon rainforest over the past year in more than two decades, attributing the change to its tougher environmental policies, AFP reported.

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February Update from SALVEASERRA

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By Roberto Lamego - Director, February 12, 2009 09:54 PM Project report - February, 2009 Dear donors and project friends, First of all I want to thank all generous donors that made " Trees and Education Protect Rainforest in Brazil " project to be classified among the top 5 in bringing in donations as shows a GlobalGiving January made study. Thank you for your confidence in our work and in 2009 we will have more. As you know our objectives are teaching and educating farmers, students, local citizens and communities to preserve and restore the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil with the use of sustainable ... Read Full Story

Blog to Save the Atlantic Forest

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Image via Wikipedia The Atlantic Forest needs your help! It is one of the most endangered forests in the world according to The Nature Conservancy. In the last 100 years it has been reduced to only 7% of the area it once covered - and the deforestation is continuing. SALVEASERRA is a fantastic organisation working to restore the Atlantic Forest by educating farmers about sustainable agro-forestry. Farms in the Rainforest were opened with non-sustainable production methods that led to severe soil, water and landscape degradation which in turn led to increasing rural poverty and migration to the cities. SALVEASERRA have pioneered a unique, two-pronged ... Read Full Story

September Update from SALVEASERRA

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Project 1911 update. September 2008. Things are growing, plants and ideas. By Roberto Lamego - Director, September 17, 2008 05:22 PM Dear donors and Project friends. I am glad to say that the “Trees and Education Protect Rainforest in Brazil” project is running smoothly and that the plants and the ideas are growing steadily. I feel that slowly people are beginning to understand and to be more aware of the gravity of the local environmental and water situation that is taking hundreds of rural families out of their land into the cities and some to misery, poverty and crime. The agroforestry trees in the ... Read Full Story

20 Ways to Save the Rainforest from Your Computer

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Image by The Rainforests are the lungs of the world, they are home to an incredible array of flora and fauna - and they are disappearing at an alarming rate. We all need to do our bit to stop the deforestation and destruction of Rainforest habitat. Fortunately it doesn't have to cost the earth - it can be as simple as changing your shopping habits so your hard earned money doesn't go to Corporations with a poor environmental record - or as involved as heading off to volunteer on the ground. Here's a few ways to do your bit online. Most of them are ... Read Full Story

Scientists Gather in Washington to Discuss Rainforest's Future

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In Washington, scientists gathered to debate the present and future of the world's tropical rainforests. Tropical rainforests around the globe have the greatest concentration of species and the most bio-diversity on our planet. But now large areas of rainforest have been cleared and many species have disappeared or are on their way to extinction. And scientists are discussing the chances for survival and the future of the rainforest. "About 25 percent of the known living species of mammals are considered to be in danger of extinction, most of these in tropical rainforest areas," says Cristian Samper, director of the National Museum of Natural History, ... Read Full Story