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Razing the Rainforest : In the News
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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Trees are growing faster and could buy time to halt global warming
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 27th April 2009
Plants and trees are growing faster because of rising carbon dioxide levels, potentially buying Earth more time to address global warming, according to scientists.
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‘Green Nobel’ for forest champion
- Source: BBC News
- 19th April 2009
A campaigner who was jailed during his battle to save the rainforest in Gabon has received a top international award.
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Key role of forests ‘may be lost’
- Source: BBC News
- 18th April 2009
Forests' role as massive carbon sinks is "at risk of being lost entirely", top forestry scientists have warned.
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Remote-controlled helicopters in rainforest used to monitor global warming
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 15th April 2009
Remote-controlled helicopters are being used to identify the animals and plants living in some of the world's least accessible rainforests.
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Prince Charles calls for emergency rainforest funding
- Source: The Guardian
- 2nd April 2009
Prince Charles tells world leaders that they must 'strain every sinew' to find ways to halt the destruction of forests across the world
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