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Palm Oil Company Ordered to Pay $30 Million for Illegal Rainforest Destruction
2014-01-16 15:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: An Indonesian court issued a big blow to a palm oil company for illegally destroying forest land in Sumatras protected Leuser Ecosystem, which provides critical habitat for orangutans and other endangered species. In whats being called a groundbreaking verdict, the court found palm oil company PT Kallista Alam guilty of illegally burning large areas of the Tripa peat forest in the province of Aceh and ordered it to pay roughly $30 million in fines. An estimated $20 million was allocated for...
Rainforest raiders foil guardians of the Amazon
2014-01-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Alex Lacerda and Paulo Maués drive a silver pickup to an outdoor sawmill near the edge of the Amazon rainforest. Carrying 12-gauge shotguns, they step out and approach a shack, knock and enter cautiously. They are agents for Brazil's environmental police. A stocky man identifies himself as Joo Pereira, owner. The agents ask him for two documents: an operating license for the sawmill and a certificate of origin for the lumber stacked outside. "I have the license," Pereira says. "My accountant...
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Rainforest news review 2013
2013-12-27 00:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: 2013 was full of major developments in efforts to understand and protect the world's tropical rainforests. The following is a review of some of the major tropical forest-related news stories for the year. As a review, this post will not cover everything that transpired during 2013 in the world of tropical forests. Please feel free to highlight anything this post missed via the comments section at the bottom. Also please note that this review focuses only on tropical forests. Check out these...
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Alimak Elevators Enable Servicing of Power Lines over the Amazon River Deep in the Rainforest
2013-12-20 01:00:00| Power Technology
Two Alimak rack and pinion elevators were installed on transmission towers along the Amazon River. With each tower as tall as the Eiffel tower, the Alimak elevators provide access for critical servicing and maintenance.
Panama rainforest tribes settle dispute over UN REDD scheme
2013-12-15 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Panamas government has resolved a bitter dispute over the alleged violation of indigenous peoples human rights, reviving a forest preservation scheme that was forcibly suspended earlier this year. The country`s US$5.8 million scheme to protect its forests can now resume, safeguarding one of the nation`s most valuable assets, which have steadily declined over the century. In 2010, Panama`s rainforests covered approximately 45% of the country, or 3,364,591 hectares, down from 70% cover in 1947....
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