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Razing the Rainforest : In the News
Copenhagen ‘fails forest people’
- Source: BBC News
22nd January 2010
A multi-billion dollar deal tabled at the Copenhagen climate summit could lead to conflicts in forest-rich nations, a report has warned. The study by the Rights and Resources Initiative said the funds could place "unprecedented pressure" on some areas.
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Amazon deforestation ‘record low’
- Source: BBC News
- 13th November 2009
The rate of deforestation in the Amazon has dropped by 45% and is the lowest on record since monitoring began 21 years ago, Brazil's government says. According to the latest annual figures, just over 7,000 sq km was destroyed between July 2008 and August 2009.
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Rainforest - The Burning Issue launched
- Source: The Prince's Rainforest Project
- 23rd October 2009
The PRP has just released a new online, interactive booklet that describes how rainforests are in the front line in the fight against climate change and explains how a new form of international collaboration could help to reduce tropical deforestation, with many benefits for developed and developiong countries
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‘Boom and bust of deforestation’
- Source: BBC News
- 11th June 2009
Cutting down Amazon forest for cattle and soy does not bring long-term economic progress, researchers say.
A study of 286 Amazon municipalities found that deforestation brought quick benefits that were soon reversed.
Rainforest is worth more standing
- Source: BBC News
- 5th June 2009
A new analysis has shown that payments to reduce carbon emissions from the forests could generate more income than palm oil production on deforested land.
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Amazon rainforests pay the price as demand for beef soars
- Source: The Guardian
- 31st May 2009
A three-year survey by Greenpeace shows that western demand for beef and leather and an increase in cattle ranching is leading to intensified deforestation in the Amazon.
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Deforestation ‘faster in Africa’
- Source: BBC News
- 26th May 2009
Africa's forests are disappearing faster than those in other parts of the world because of a lack of land ownership, a report says.
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How Britons fuel destruction of the rainforest
- Source: The Independent
- 1st May 2009
British consumers are fuelling the rising demand for palm oil, speeding up the destruction of rainforests
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