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12:47 pm in accessories, clothing, conservation, fashion, Fashion & Beauty, forestry, Take Action, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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Sure, a pair of flip flops won't really save all rainforests, but dropping $18,000 to own them, with the proceeds going to protect 100,000 square feet of endangered rain forest land certainly can't hurt. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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2:50 pm in beaches, Business & Politics, camping, conservation, forestry, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
The United States is home to 6,624 state parks and has an annual attendance of over 700 million. Yet state parks are being threatened by budget cuts and economic downturn. Here's a list of all state parks set to get the axe. Does your favorite make the cut?
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3:15 pm in conservation, forestry, nature reserves, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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Yosemite is one of the most beautiful places on the planet and millions of people flock there every year to take in the sights. Well, they would if it weren't for the blasted trees. Those stupid bushy things are blocking the views, so the park is looking at just chopping the trouble-makers down. Um... say what?...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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5:06 am in Culture & Celebrity, designers, forestry, nature reserves, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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This new map of London isn't your normal one. No streets or tourist sites, just the parks and open spaces where bits of Mother Nature can still be found.
In the middle of one of the world's largest cities there are still ponds, woods, marshes and hilly peaks that show the triumph of nature over urban life.
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11:40 am in Business & Politics, deforestation, forestry, greenwashing, indonesia, world wildlife fund by TreeHugger
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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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2:00 pm in agriculture, Business & Politics, china, food production, forestry, Science & Technology by TreeHugger
Fast Company has a very interesting article about how China's demand for cheap pork for the growing middle-class is having a devastating affect on Brazil's rainforest.
"In the latest installment of the Butterfly Effect: The Chinese middle class is eating more and more meat, and Beijing wants to keep prices low. That means finding a way to feed all those pigs with grain imported from land cut from the Brazilian rainforest, leading to conflict within the BRICs."
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10:58 am in california, conservation, forestry, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
General Sherman in California's Sequoia National Park is still No. 1 on the Big Tree list. Photo by Rafał Próchniak/CC.
Size matters. Big trees are signs that "progress" hasn't paved over everything. The latest, 2011 National Register of Big Trees contains more than 750 champs in 46 U.S. states. There's actually a sport known as Big Tree Hunting. Fortunately, it's done to document big trees, rather than cut them down. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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10:36 am in agriculture, conservation, farming, forestry, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
The Guardian has a must-read piece on how encroachment by farmers into Guatemala's rainforests has trebled in the last five years, bringing the much-needed canopy tumbling down. The article details what threats face the forest, and it comes less than a month after another Guardian piece detailing how Guatemalan drug barons are accused of destroying the rainforest as well. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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8:00 am in Business & Politics, cities, dams, forestry, turkey, urban planning by TreeHugger
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Are the foxes watching the hen house in Turkey? That seems to be the feeling among many environmentalists and urban planners, who greeted with skepticism the announcement Wednesday of the new Turkish government cabinet following elections in mid-June. The figures selected to head up top-level forestry and environment ministries are veterans of state agencies much-criticized for their aggressive dam-b...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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9:42 am in Business & Politics, energy, forestry, pollution by TreeHugger
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As if there aren't enough problems with fracking already: a U.S. Forest Service researcher has found that wastewater from fracking in a West Virginia forest wipe...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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