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Why you should care about Sumatra's rainforest

2013-09-13 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNN: Traveling just below the equator, deep in the Sumatran jungle of Indonesia for CNN's new "Expedition: Sumatra" series, my team and I were on assignment to capture the story of a region at a critical crossroads, where rainforests that provide habitat to some of the most rare and endangered species in the world are being destroyed at an alarming rate by pulp and paper and palm oil industries as well as wildlife poachers. As our time in Sumatra drew to a close, I knew our biggest challenge still...

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Indigenous people of Honduras granted one million hectares rainforest

2013-09-12 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: One-hundred and fifty years after a treaty with England granted the Miskito people rights over their land--a treaty which was never fully respected--the government of Honduras has officially handed over nearly a million hectares (970,000 hectares) of tropical forest along the Caribbean Coast to the indigenous people. The Miskito are found along the eastern coast of both Honduras and Nicaragua and number around 200,000. "This is an unprecedented and historic moment for our peoples," said Norvin...

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GeoDeo Expands with Rainforest Variation

2013-09-11 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News

Vegetable-based deodorants are big in mass market.

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Amazon rainforest tribe sells REDD+ credits to Brazilian cosmetics giant

2013-09-11 00:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The Paiter-Suruí, a rainforest tribe that in June became the first indigenous group to generate REDD+ credits under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), has now closed their first deal. As reported by Ecosystem Marketplace, Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura Cosméticos has purchased 120,000 tons of carbon offsets from the the Surui Forest Carbon Project in Rondônia, Brazil. The deal is significant because it represents a major commitment to the Surui's forest conservation initiative, which aims to...

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