Month: June 2009

Mongabay: A new study finds Amazon deforestation fails to sustain long-term economic growth for rural…

BBC: Cutting down Amazon forest for cattle and soy does not bring long-term economic progress,…

Reuters: New York City could become the grounds for a new kind of urban wind…

Guardian: Chopping down the Amazon rainforest to make way for crops or cattle has no…

redOrbit: Japan announced plans on Wednesday that would scale back its greenhouse gas emissions reduction…

Indian Express: Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Thursday emphasised that India would…

redOrbit: When the climate warmed relatively quickly about 14,700 years ago, seasonal monsoons moved southward,…

Mongabay: Peruvian lawmakers yesterday suspended a controversial decree that contributed to a bloody conflict between…

New York Times: Japan, a major emitter of greenhouse gases and a major player in…

Using the Amazon forest for ranches and plantations creates a short economic “boom” and a…