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Greenpeace score big wins against illegal deforestation in Brazil
greenmonk.net - 7/22/2009
Greenpeace score big wins against illegal deforestation in Brazil
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Cattle are responsible for about 80% of all deforestation’ in the Amazon region. In recent years, on average one hectare of Amazon rainforest has been lost to cattle ranchers every 18 seconds. Analysis by Greenpeace of 2006–2007 satellite data and forest clearance permits reveals that more than ...
Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others
pogue.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/17/2009
Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others
— pogue.blogs.nytimes.com — Amazon removed purchased e-books from Kindles when a publisher had second thoughts about online distribution.... (more) Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others

Comments vote down TreeHugger found this 7/17/2009found this
Will Wal-Mart Banning Deforestation Beef from the Amazon Paradoxically Increase Deforestation?
treehugger.com - 7/22/2009
Will Wal-Mart Banning Deforestation Beef from the Amazon Paradoxically Increase Deforestation?
— treehugger.com — photo: Leonardo Pallotta via flickr Hopefully you've gotten the message that expansion of beef cattle pastures are... responsible for the majority of new deforestation in the Amazon . And hopefully have heard the good news that Brazil's largest ... (more) Will Wal-Mart Banning Deforestation Beef from the Amazon ...

Comments vote down the green skeptic™ found this 7/22/2009found this
Where's the Beef: Will Banning Amazon Beef Doom the Rainfrorest?
greenskeptic.blogspot.com - 7/22/2009
Where's the Beef: Will Banning Amazon Beef Doom the Rainfrorest?
— greenskeptic.blogspot.com — Veteran conservationist David Cleary knows what's critical for protecting the Amazon: beef. Cleary, the director of conservation... strategies in South America for The Nature Conservancy, lived in the Amazon for over a decade and he knows that "the ... (more) Where's the Beef: Will Banning Amazon Beef Doom the ...

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Where's the Beef: Will Banning Amazon Beef Doom the Rainfrorest?
the green skeptic™ — ... them to stop deforesting." The trick, Cleary argues is "getting beef markets to work in a way that brings deforestation down, instead of simply switching the markets and consumers that drive it." Read more at Cool Green Science (Image: Smoke from burning tropical forest in Para state, Brazil. Credit: leoffreitas through a Creative Commons license.) Related articles by Zemanta Greenpeace score big wins against illegal deforestation in Brazil (greenmonk.net) Will ...

Where's the Beef: Will Banning Amazon Beef Doom the Rainfrorest?
The Energy Collective — ... them to stop deforesting." The trick, Cleary argues is "getting beef markets to work in a way that brings deforestation down, instead of simply switching the markets and consumers that drive it." Read more at Cool Green Science (Image: Smoke from burning tropical forest in Para state, Brazil. Credit: leoffreitas through a Creative Commons license.) Related articles by Zemanta Greenpeace score big wins against illegal deforestation in Brazil ...

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