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World’s richest rainforests gone in five years?
Illegal logging of precious resources
Increased rate of Amazon deforestation
Amazon forest not always a carbon sink
Trees are dying earlier
Most logging to stop in Congo
Review – Forests
Debate – Forestry and climate change
What can one do about forests
Pros and cons of live Christmas trees

 

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June 17, 2010  Cleared Forests Lead To Rise In Malaria In Brazil

March 25, 2010 Global Deforestation Slowed Over Last Decade: U.N.

August 13, 2009 Kenya to Plant 7.6 Billion Trees to Check Deforestation 

April 15, 2009 Cattle, Not Soy, Drives Amazon Deforestation - Report  

February 10, 2009 Amazon Forest May Get Drier, But Survive Warming 

January 23, 2009  Drought, Heat Killing Trees In Western N. America 

September 26, 2008 UN Launches Program to Cut Deforestation Emissions

July 25, 2008  Gourmet Coffee Eats into Panama Forest

July 23, 2008 About 20 pct of EU Timber Illegal or Suspect - Report

June 26, 2008 Brazil Seizes Cattle to Stem Amazon Destruction

June 18, 2008  WWF Urges Portugal to Expand Cork Forests

May 14, 2008 Amazon Defender Quits As Brazil Environment Minister

April 30, 2008      As Food Prices Surge, So Could Amazon Destruction

March 28, 2008 Asia Must Reverse Massive Deforestation Trend: UN

March 19, 2008 Indonesia Plays Down Threat To Forests From Mining

February 20, 2008 Cities Step Up Tree Plantings

January 25, 2008 Brazil Says Amazon Destruction Soars Again

January 21, 2008 Sierra Leone President Vows to Halt Forest Damage

January 18, 2008 Amazon Deforestation Surging Again – Scientist

December 14,2007 Deal to fight deforestation agreed at climate talks

November 30, 2007 EU Forests Expand, Could Aid Climate Goals - Study 

October 18, 2007  Uganda Scraps Controversial Rainforest Plan 

August 13, 2007  Amazon Deforestation Drops Sharply - Brazil Govt 

July 17, 2007   Picking Berries Protects Rain Forests Best - Study  

May 28, 2007   Uganda Scraps Plan to Cut Rainforest for Palm Oil

May 28, 2007  Malaysia Uproots Forest to Build Graveyard

May 4, 2007  Indonesia Deforestation Fastest in World - Greenpeace

April 19, 2007  Tropical Forest Felled for Biofuels, Ecologists Say

April 10, 2007  Deforestation Effects Depend on Location 

March 14, 2007  World's Forests Disappearing But at Slower Rate 

January 31, 2007  Indonesia Wants Countries Paid to Keep Forests

October 30, 2006  World Bank Proposes Carbon Trading to Save Rainforests 

October 21, 2006  Tanzania: Catchment Forest Reserves And Conservation of Water 

May 18, 2006
FEATURE - Bears Thrive in Arctic on New Iron Curtain Route

October 11, 2005
Amazon Rainforest Suffers Worst Drought in Decades

August 26, 2005
Deforestation of Amazon 'halved'

August 26, 2005
Portugal Fires Could Speed Flight from Interior

August 12, 2005
Green Group Raps Jakarta Plan For Borneo Plantation

August 5, 2005
Destruction of forest accidental, says report

August 3, 2005
Judge halts Northwest logging rules

July 29, 2005
'Myth' That Forests Improve Water Flows - Study

July 25, 2005
FEATURE - Peasants Pay With Blood to Save Mexico Forest

July 20, 2005
India Unlikely to Meet 2012 Forest Cover Target

March 16, 2005
Nobel Peace Winner Appeals for Protection of African Forests in Rome

March 11, 2005
Scientists Prove Less Trees, Less Rain

March 08, 2005
WWF Warns that China's Rising Demand for Wood Threatens Other Countries' Forests

February 20, 2005
WWF Hails 'Giant Step' Forward in Amazon Conservation



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