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Congo Seeks $2.6 Billion To Replant Its Forests

1:10 pm in deforestation, republic of congo, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

congo deforestation image image: Google Earth Brazil and Indonesia get most of the public attention when it comes to deforestation, but the issue is also huge in parts of Africa. Now the Republic of the Congo (not to be confused with its much larger neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo) wants to do something about that and hopes to raise $2.6 billion to replant parts of the second large forest in the world over the next 10 years....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is WWF Selling Out Endangered Forests to Corporations?

11:40 am in Business & Politics, deforestation, forestry, greenwashing, indonesia, world wildlife fund by TreeHugger

WWF logging photo Image: Screenshot via Pandering to the Loggers The World Wide Fund for Nature established the Global Forest and Trade Network 20 years ago to increase and ensure sustainability in the global timber trade. But it's doing almost the opposite—allowing the same habitat-destroying practices to continue but, even worse, endorsing them with their trusted panda logo—according to a new report by Global Witness. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Supermarkets Are Shaping Brazil’s Savannah (Infographic)

10:21 am in Business & Politics, deforestation, ecology, food production, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

Soya and the Cerrado image Image via Rori Cross Brown We all know about Brazil's rainforests and how rapidly they're disappearing to serve every need from toilet paper to feed for pigs. However, we don't necessarily know much about Brazil's Cerrado Savannah, which is under just as much pressure as supermarkets strive for stocked shelves. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cargill Sets Sustainable Goals for Palm Oil, But Are They Too Little, Too Late?

3:22 pm in Business & Politics, carbon emissions, corporate responsibility, deforestation, indonesia by TreeHugger

palm oil photo Image: Marufish via flickr Agribusiness giant Cargill has announced plans to offer only sustainably-certified palm oil by 2015 for certain countries, including the U.S., and by 2020 worldwide. On the surface, that sounds like a positive step forward, but on closer look, it seems like just another empty PR move. The earlier goal does not include palm kernel oil—which is produced from the same trees as palm oil and is nearly ubiquitous on food and cosmetic labels on supermark...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Forests Soak Up Tons Of Fossil Fuel Emissions, But Deforestation Releases Even More Than Thought

12:38 pm in carbon emissions, deforestation, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

forest in ghana photo photo: Damien HR/Creative Commons Another study showing us how valuable forests are (among their myriad other values) for soaking up carbon emissions: According to the new research in Science the world's forests absorb 1.1 billion tons of carbon each year, equal to 13% of all the emissions from burning fossil fuels....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Vietnam Era Weapon Being Used to Clear the Amazon

4:45 pm in amazonia, brazil, Business & Politics, deforestation by TreeHugger

agent orange photo Photo: Wikipedia Commons Agent Orange is one of the most devastating weapons of modern warfare, a chemical which killed or injured an estimated 400,000 people during the Vietnam War -- and now it's being used against the Amazon rainforest. According to officials, ranchers in Brazil have begun spraying the highly toxic herbicide over patches of forest as a covert method to illegally clear foliage, more difficult to detect that chainsaws and tractors. In recent weeks, an aerial survey detected some 440 acres of rainforest ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Profit for Good: Carbon Credits Bring Clean Water to Rural Kenya

2:32 pm in africa, Business & Politics, carbon emissions, carbon offsets, deforestation, drinking water, kenya by TreeHugger

LifeStraw Family demo photo Photo: Rachel Cernansky I spent part of last month walking from home to home in Kagamega, Kenya, a mostly-rural region known for one of the last remaining tracts of the Congolese forest belt. It is not dissimilar to so much of the developing world, however, in its lack of access to clean water, which is available to about 15 percent of homes in rural areas, according to Francis Odhiambo, Provincial Public Health Officer for the region. I was in Kakamega with the Carbon for Water campaign, run by Vestergaard Frandsen, the company behind the LifeStraw water filter and o...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Donald Trump’s Scottish Golf Course Becomes Mini-Golf

4:55 am in Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, Culture & Celebrity, deforestation, tourism, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

golf trump photo Photo: you've been trumped The Donald is having a bad month. First his presidential campaign flopped and now his Scottish golf course development has too. For environmentalists in Scotland who had opposed the development, there is a silver lining to the recession cloud: Trump has conceded that it is just too expensive to go ahead with the controversial plan to build a hotel and luxury villa development along with his golf course on the Scottish coast. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Overwhelming Majority of Brazilians Want Strong Forest Protections

9:41 am in agriculture, brazil, Business & Politics, deforestation by TreeHugger

amazon deforestation photo photo: Neil Palmer, International Center for Tropical Agriculture/Creative Commons As battles both political and literal over deforestation in Brazil continue, with six activists killed in the past month, WWF has some hopeful stats about how Brazilians feel about forest protection. According to a new poll about 80% of Brazilians oppose amendm...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mapping Central Park and All its Trees

5:01 am in Business & Politics, conservation, deforestation, designers, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

map central photo Photo: centralparknature Calling all New Yorkers. If you love trees and Central Park (and who wouldn't?) have we got a deal for you. Called "Central Park Entire: The Definitive Illustrated Folding Map", it's a map that shows all 19,933 trees in the Park. Now there's a summer project: visit as many as you can on the park's 341 hectares. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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