Follow EarthBlips on TwitterFarms Lost to Jungles Create Debate on Rain Forest
Published 1/30/2009 by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL at NYT > Environment
With abandoned farms reverting to the forest, scientists are debating the urgency of saving the rain forest. >
(link)
Tags:
Environment
Brazil
Panama
Methane Gas
Related Content
Brazil: "Wake Up, World!" - SOS from the Amazon
ipsnews.net 1/29/2009 — Inter Press Service: A human banner made up of more than 1,000 people, seen and photographed from the air, sent the message "SOS Amazon" to the world, in the first action taken by indigenous people hours before the opening in northern Brazil ...
ipsnews.net 1/29/2009 — Inter Press Service: A human banner made up of more than 1,000 people, seen and photographed from the air, sent the message "SOS Amazon" to the world, in the first action taken by indigenous people hours before the opening in northern Brazil ...
Smarter Use of Nuclear Waste
sciam.com 1/29/2009 — Editor's Note: This story was originally printed in the December 2005 issue of Scientific American magazine. Despite long-standing public concern about the safety of nuclear energy, more and more people are realizing that it may be the most ...
sciam.com 1/29/2009 — Editor's Note: This story was originally printed in the December 2005 issue of Scientific American magazine. Despite long-standing public concern about the safety of nuclear energy, more and more people are realizing that it may be the most ...
EU spending spree brings carbon capture closer to reality
guardian.co.uk 1/29/2009 — The European commission today proposed earmarking €1.25bn to kickstart carbon capture and storage (CCS) at 11 coal-fired plants across Europe, including four in Britain. The four British power stations – the controversial Kingsnorth plant in Kent, ...
guardian.co.uk 1/29/2009 — The European commission today proposed earmarking €1.25bn to kickstart carbon capture and storage (CCS) at 11 coal-fired plants across Europe, including four in Britain. The four British power stations – the controversial Kingsnorth plant in Kent, ...
New Jungles Prompt a Debate on Rain Forests
nytimes.com 1/30/2009 — NEW GROWTH Marta Ortega de Wing once raised pigs in Chilibre, Panama, on land now reverting to nature, a trend dimming the view of primeval forests as sacred.
nytimes.com 1/30/2009 — NEW GROWTH Marta Ortega de Wing once raised pigs in Chilibre, Panama, on land now reverting to nature, a trend dimming the view of primeval forests as sacred.
Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation
news.mongabay.com 1/31/2009 — Nearly 80 percent of land deforested in the Amazon from 1996-2006 is now used for cattle pasture, according to new maps released today in a report by Greenpeace at the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil. The report, Amazon Cattle Footprint: Mato ...
news.mongabay.com 1/31/2009 — Nearly 80 percent of land deforested in the Amazon from 1996-2006 is now used for cattle pasture, according to new maps released today in a report by Greenpeace at the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil. The report, Amazon Cattle Footprint: Mato ...
Detroit Calls Emissions Proposals Too Strict — NYT > Environment 1/27/2009
Automakers said that stricter emissions standards could force them to cut production of more profitable vehicles. >
Automakers said that stricter emissions standards could force them to cut production of more profitable vehicles. >
Emissions Cut Won’t Bring Quick Relief, Scientists Say — NYT > Environment 1/27/2009
Researchers said that hopes that global warming will be slowed once emissions of heat-trapping gases decline are ill-founded, at least with regard to carbon dioxide. >
Researchers said that hopes that global warming will be slowed once emissions of heat-trapping gases decline are ill-founded, at least with regard to carbon dioxide. >
Deal to Cut Sulfur In Heating Oil — NYT > Environment 1/27/2009
Suppliers of home heating oil from Maine to Maryland have agreed to gradually reduce sulfur levels in their oil in an effort to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide. >
Suppliers of home heating oil from Maine to Maryland have agreed to gradually reduce sulfur levels in their oil in an effort to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide. >
In Westchester, Learning to Save the Planet by Starting at Home — NYT > Environment 2/1/2009
Bedford, N.Y., is among a number of smaller communities across the country that have joined cities in trying to reduce their carbon footprints, motivated by concerns over global warming. >
Bedford, N.Y., is among a number of smaller communities across the country that have joined cities in trying to reduce their carbon footprints, motivated by concerns over global warming. >
Basics: GPS for Forest Creatures on the Move — NYT > Environment 2/3/2009
A new system for tracking monkeys in the rain forest could help revolutionize the labor-intensive business of field biology. >
A new system for tracking monkeys in the rain forest could help revolutionize the labor-intensive business of field biology. >
