http://www.21stcenturychallenges.org/challenges/rainforest/focus/ en d.over@rgs.org Copyright 2008 2008-10-14T12:38:28+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/01/forests.brazil http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/01/forests.brazil#When:12:09:40Z Concerns over the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest resurfaced at the weekend after it emerged that deforestation jumped by 64% over the last 12 months, according to official government data 2008-10-03T12:09:40+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/17/forests.endangeredhabitats http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/17/forests.endangeredhabitats#When:12:11:20Z The biggest ever fund set up to battle deforestation was launched today, targeting the vast Congo basin rainforest in central Africa. The fund is intended to provide African governments and people living in the rainforest with a viable alternative to logging, mining, and felling trees for firewood and subsistence farming 2008-10-03T12:11:20+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7538480.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7538480.stm#When:12:11:45Z Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has launched an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest and help combat climate change 2008-10-03T12:11:45+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nature-laid-waste-the-destruction-of-africa-844370.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nature-laid-waste-the-destruction-of-africa-844370.html#When:12:14:28Z The massive scale of environmental devastation across the continent has been fully revealed for the first time in an atlas compiled by UN geographers 2008-10-03T12:14:28+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/03/forests.conservation http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/03/forests.conservation#When:12:15:41Z The forests of Papua New Guinea are being chopped down so quickly that more than half its trees could be lost by 2021, according to a new satellite study of the region 2008-10-03T12:15:41+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7431589.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7431589.stm#When:12:17:35Z High-resolution satellite images have revealed the "rapid deforestation" of Papua New Guinea's biodiversity rich rainforests over the past 30 years 2008-10-03T12:17:35+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/deforestation-the-hidden-cause-of-global-warming-448734.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/deforestation-the-hidden-cause-of-global-warming-448734.html#When:12:18:06Z The accelerating destruction of the rainforests that form a precious cooling band around the Earth's equator, is now being recognised as one of the main causes of climate change 2008-10-03T12:18:06+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/oct/21/climatechange.monarchy http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/oct/21/climatechange.monarchy#When:12:21:11Z Prince Charles launches an organisation which calls for a new green economics that recognises the world's rainforests are worth more alive than dead 2008-10-03T12:21:11+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7662565.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7662565.stm#When:16:21:50Z The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study. It puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2 trillion and $5 trillion. 2008-10-10T16:21:50+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/marina-silva-we-must-slash-emissions-to-prevent-destruction-of-the-rainforest-974431.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/marina-silva-we-must-slash-emissions-to-prevent-destruction-of-the-rainforest-974431.html#When:15:41:01Z Excerpts from speech given by Marina Silva at Razing the Rainforest event, 22 October 2008 2008-10-27T15:41:01+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5068641.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5068641.ece#When:09:50:49Z The Prince of Wales travels to the Harapan rainforest is on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where illegal loggers have cut vast swaths out of the forest over the years. 2008-11-03T09:50:49+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7696197.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7696197.stm#When:11:22:59Z The Living Planet Report, WWF, says that more than three quarters of the world's population lives in countries where consumption levels are outstripping environmental renewal. 2008-11-04T11:22:59+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5150653.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5150653.ece#When:15:39:24Z Faced with a global credit crunch, the governments of the world are coming together to act with urgency. But faced with a far more serious climate crunch, we have yet to show our mettle. 2008-11-14T15:39:24+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/25/friends-earth-forests http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/25/friends-earth-forests#When:12:45:15Z International proposals to protect forests as a way of tackling climate change could displace millions of indigenous people and fail to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, environmentalists warn. 2008-11-25T12:45:15+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7756241.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7756241.stm#When:12:01:50Z The destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has accelerated for the first time in four years, Brazilian officials say. 2008-11-30T12:01:50+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/03/forests-brazil-amazon-carbon-emissions http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/03/forests-brazil-amazon-carbon-emissions#When:12:03:59Z Brazil plans to boost spending and programmes to significantly slow the rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest by 2017, aiming to reduce global warming by slashing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when trees are burned. 2008-12-03T12:03:59+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7783257.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7783257.stm#When:09:03:24Z Hackers have helped logging firms in Brazil evade limits on tree felling, says a Greenpeace report. The hi-tech criminals penetrated a computer system designed to monitor logging in the Brazilian state of Para. 2008-12-16T09:03:24+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/rainforest-razed-so-cattle-can-graze-1521677.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/rainforest-razed-so-cattle-can-graze-1521677.html#When:14:28:43Z Brazil's attempt to double its share of the global market for beef will carry a heavy environmental cost, report warns 2009-02-02T14:28:43+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/4637319/AAAS-Tropical-forests-are-drying-out-because-of-global-warming.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/4637319/AAAS-Tropical-forests-are-drying-out-because-of-global-warming.html#When:10:34:57Z Tropical forests could dry out and become prone to wildfires which could devastate large areas as global warming worsens, scientists have warned. 2009-02-17T10:34:57+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/18/trees-tropics-climate-change http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/18/trees-tropics-climate-change#When:13:47:28Z Trees in the tropics are getting bigger, which means they are soaking up an extra 5bn tonnes of CO2 a year 2009-02-19T13:47:28+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/revenge-of-the-rainforest-1638524.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/revenge-of-the-rainforest-1638524.html#When:11:26:09Z The Amazon has long been the lungs of the world. But now comes dramatic evidence that we cannot rely on it in the fight against climate change 2009-03-06T11:26:09+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/fate-of-the-rainforest-is-irreversible-1643083.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/fate-of-the-rainforest-is-irreversible-1643083.html#When:12:18:51Z A third of the Amazonian 'carbon sink' is doomed whether or not emissions are cut, Copenhagen conference is told 2009-03-12T12:18:51+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/4976275/Amazon-rainforest-at-risk-of--ecological-catastrophe.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/4976275/Amazon-rainforest-at-risk-of--ecological-catastrophe.html#When:12:19:04Z Climate change could kill the Amazon rainforest even if deforestation and emissions are curbed, scientists at the Met Office fear. 2009-03-12T12:19:04+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/11/amazon-global-warming-trees http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/11/amazon-global-warming-trees#When:12:21:29Z Scientists say 4C rise would kill 85% of the Amazon rainforest. Even modest temperature rise would see 20-40% loss within 100 years 2009-03-12T12:21:29+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5908207.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5908207.ece#When:14:01:45Z Tribal peoples are fighting huge hydro-electric projects that are carving up the island's rainforest 2009-03-16T14:01:45+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7942237.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7942237.stm#When:16:15:07Z World forests face the dual challenge of climate change and the global economic crisis, a key UN report says. 2009-03-16T16:15:07+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7963489.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7963489.stm#When:15:20:37Z Efforts to mitigate climate change could be hampered if nations do not agree to protect the world's forests by the end of the year, warn researchers. 2009-03-26T15:20:37+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5087535/G20-summit-Prince-of-Wales-to-discuss-rainforests-with-leaders.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5087535/G20-summit-Prince-of-Wales-to-discuss-rainforests-with-leaders.html#When:08:30:00Z The Prince of Wales will meet world leaders and the heads of international institutions on Wednesday to discuss solutions to protect the planet's threatened rainforests. 2009-04-01T08:30:00+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/01/rio-slums-walls-deforestation http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/01/rio-slums-walls-deforestation#When:08:33:02Z State government blames expansion of slum areas for sharp loss of Brazilian rainforest over past three years 2009-04-01T08:33:02+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/01/prince-charles-rainforest-funding http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/01/prince-charles-rainforest-funding#When:13:03:43Z Prince Charles tells world leaders that they must 'strain every sinew' to find ways to halt the destruction of forests across the world 2009-04-02T13:03:43+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5149137/Remote-controlled-helicopters-in-rainforest-used-to-monitor-global-warming.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5149137/Remote-controlled-helicopters-in-rainforest-used-to-monitor-global-warming.html#When:08:42:39Z Remote-controlled helicopters are being used to identify the animals and plants living in some of the world's least accessible rainforests. 2009-04-15T08:42:39+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8000936.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8000936.stm#When:07:54:18Z A campaigner who was jailed during his battle to save the rainforest in Gabon has received a top international award. 2009-04-20T07:54:18+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8004517.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8004517.stm#When:08:02:40Z Forests' role as massive carbon sinks is "at risk of being lost entirely", top forestry scientists have warned. 2009-04-20T08:02:40+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/5109251/Trees-are-growing-faster-and-could-buy-time-to-halt-global-warming.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/5109251/Trees-are-growing-faster-and-could-buy-time-to-halt-global-warming.html#When:09:16:33Z Plants and trees are growing faster because of rising carbon dioxide levels, potentially buying Earth more time to address global warming, according to scientists. 2009-04-27T09:16:33+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/how-britons-fuel-destruction-of-the-rainforest-1677096.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/how-britons-fuel-destruction-of-the-rainforest-1677096.html#When:08:46:19Z British consumers are fuelling the rising demand for palm oil, speeding up the destruction of rainforests 2009-05-01T08:46:19+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8066871.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8066871.stm#When:12:29:34Z Africa's forests are disappearing faster than those in other parts of the world because of a lack of land ownership, a report says. 2009-05-26T12:29:34+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/31/cattle-trade-brazil-greenpeace-amazon-deforestation http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/31/cattle-trade-brazil-greenpeace-amazon-deforestation#When:12:35:29Z 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. 2009-06-02T12:35:29+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8083706.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8083706.stm#When:14:58:23Z 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. 2009-06-05T14:58:23+00:00 http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8095833.stm http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8095833.stm#When:09:44:30Z 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. 2009-06-12T09:44:30+00:00 http://www.rainforestsos.org/book?utm_source=2009%2B10+21+prp+newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletterlist http://www.rainforestsos.org/book?utm_source=2009%2B10+21+prp+newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletterlist#When:07:56:12Z 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 2009-10-23T07:56:12+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8358094.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8358094.stm#When:11:17:07Z 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. 2009-11-13T11:17:07+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8473652.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8473652.stm#When:10:15:07Z 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. 2010-01-25T10:15:07+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8586701.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8586701.stm#When:07:33:53Z The world's net rate of forest loss has slowed markedly in the last decade, with less logging in the Amazon and China planting trees on a grand scale. 2010-03-26T07:33:53+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10228989.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10228989.stm#When:08:01:28Z The number of fires destroying Amazon rainforests are increasing, a study from University of Exeter Geography Department has found. A team of scientists said fires in the region could release similar amounts of carbon as deliberate deforestation. 2010-06-07T08:01:28+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2007/dec/13/forests http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2007/dec/13/forests#When:10:36:45Z The Earth was once covered in ancient forests, 80% of which have been either destroyed or degraded, according to conservationists. Half of that has been in the last 30 years. 2010-07-20T10:36:45+00:00