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Projects developed in Peru's rainforest awarded for reducing deforestation
2015-04-15 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Andina: The award "Environmental Finance Award of the Year 2015" in the category "Sustainable Forestry" has been granted to the climate fund Althelia for the projects developed in the natural protected areas of Peru. Althelia, together with Peru's National Service for Protected Areas (Sernanp) and the Peruvian Association for the Research and Comprehensive Development (AIDER), has carried out works, which aim at preserving landscapes in areas characterized by the high biodiversity. These projects are executed...
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Head London-listed company linked illegal clearing of Peru rainforest
2015-04-07 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The CEO of a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, that aims to become the worlds largest producer of cocoa, is responsible for illegally clearing swathes of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon, according to a report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The website for the Cayman Islands-based company, United Cacao, implies the company could be a force for positive change in the chocolate business, mostly produced in West Africa, stating that it seeks to provide a clear path...
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Amazon rainforest losing capacity fight climate change as trees die
2015-03-20 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to absorb carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as trees are dying, which could have negative implication on climate change across the globe. A study led by the University of Leeds revealed that tree growth in the Amazon rainforest has declined by one-third since the 1980s and that the net uptake of carbon dioxide in the rainforest has dropped by half. For the first time in history, carbon dioxide absorption by the Amazon rainforest has been surpassed...
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Amazon rainforest soaking up less carbon as trees die young
2015-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Amazon rainforest's ability to soak up greenhouse gases from the air has fallen sharply, possibly because climate change and droughts mean more trees are dying, an international team of scientists said on Wednesday. The world's biggest rainforest has soaked up vast amounts of carbon dioxide. Plants use the heat-trapping gas to grow and release it when they rot or burn, but the report said that role in offsetting global warming may be under threat. The study, of 321 plots in parts of the Amazon...
Without its rainforest, the Amazon will turn to desert
2015-03-02 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: It is not - as described in climatological models - the mass circulation of air which drives the hydrological cycle, but the hydrological cycle which drives the mass circulation of air. Imagine being in one of the wettest rainforests in the world with three outstanding physicists concerned with the thorny question as to how is it conceivably possible for the rainfall to be as high, if not higher, thousands of kilometres inland than it is at the coast. Indeed, Leticia, in the Colombian Amazon,...
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