Tag: deforestation
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Deforestations Series: Stella McCartney announces sustainable sourcing of viscose
Viscose – Sustainable sourcing. For this year’s Climate Week, Stella McCartney is addressing the issue of deforestation and the impact it has on our planet with its NGO partner Canopy Planet. It may not be the most intuitive link — the one that ties an 800 year-old tree to that stylish creation that is hanging…
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Humans have already used up 2015’s supply of Earth’s resources – analysis
Earth ‘overshoot day’ – the day each year when our demands on the planet outstrip its ability to regenerate – comes six days earlier than 2014, with world’s population currently consuming the equivalent of 1.6 planets a year
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Subsidies to industries that cause deforestation worth 100 times more than aid to prevent it
Brazil and Indonesia paid over $40bn in subsidies to industries that drive rainforest destruction between 2009 and 2012 – compared to $346m in conservation aid they received to protect forests, according to new research
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Plan to put Tasmania’s south-west on tourist map fires up wilderness debate
A draft plan of management for the world heritage-listed area has opened a deep divide between conservationists who claim it is the greatest threat to the region in decades and tourism operators who say the proposed changes are long overdue
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Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate climate, scientist warns
Report says logging and burning of Amazon might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one plaguing São Paulo
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Forests are emerging out from the shadow of fossil fuels in climate debate
Letting people living in forests become nature’s guardian is bringing both development and saving ecosystems