Tag: deforestation

While the new data still represents a 72 percent drop from 2004 when implementation of combative deforestation measures were put in place, the increased rate in the past 10 years has many worried.

"...our message as scientists is simple: Our planet's future climate is inextricably tied to the future of its forests."

“Other countries should follow Norway's leadership, and adopt similar zero deforestation commitments."

“People don’t know how to have a dialogue any more.” My hope is that the case of 19th-century climatology will remind us what a genuine dialogue looks like.

Ajit Maneshwar Naik, a 57-year-old environmental activist who fought against the construction of new dams on the Kali River in the state of Karnataka in India, was killed last month.

Awareness is the critical ingredient in change, individually and collectively.

That amounts to 40 football fields worth of trees cut every minute of last year in a devastating blow to biodiversity and the global climate.

“The threats to tigers’ survival in Sumatra are critical.”

The study adds weight to the idea that the most effective deforestation enforcement strategy is not to regulate the Amazon’s 400,000 ranchers and farmers, but for government to enter into effective deforestation enforcement partnerships with the slaughterhouses.

“The time to act is very short.”