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Why Norway is paying a South American country to not cut down its trees
2013-02-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment Health: Its an odd arrangement at first glance: Norway is sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into Guyana, in the hopes that the latter country will slow deforestation and subsequently help stall climate change. Its a recognition that climate change is a global problem that cant be solved by any one country: What happens in Guyana will affect Norway, so Norway might as well invest in climate solutions around the world. Its a partnership that just might work--or, as with so many other climate initiatives,...
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Ecuador: 'Give Me The Money Or I'll Shoot The Trees'
2013-02-07 09:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Ecuador's Yasuni National Park is one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth. But there's a complication: The park sits on top of millions of barrels of oil. This creates a dilemma. Ecuador prides itself on being pro-environment. Its constitution gives nature special rights. But Ecuador is a relatively poor country that could desperately use the money from the oil. In 2007, Ecuador's president proposed a way around the dilemma: Ecuador would promise to leave the forest untouched, if countries...
Forests, Trees and Paul Harvey
2013-02-06 21:57:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Unless you've been under a rock, you've likely seen - or at the very least, heard about - the Dodge Ram advertisement heralding farmers during Sunday night's Super Bowl. It featured a powerful and nostalgic reading of the poem, "So God Made a Farmer," as delivered by Paul Harvey to the 1978 FFA Convention. read more
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Planting Trees Helps Fight Climate Change, but mainly locally
2013-02-05 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Afforestation, planting trees in an area where there have previously been no trees, can reduce the effect of climate change by cooling temperate regions, finds a study in BioMed Central's open access journal Carbon Balance and Management. Afforestation would lead to cooler and wetter summers by the end of this century. Without check climate change is projected to lead to summer droughts and winter floods across Europe. Using REMO, the regional climate model of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology,...
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Millions of trees improve life in Haiti
2013-02-05 11:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Haiti seems to have more than its fair share of environmental disasters, with a massive earthquake and severe hurricanes affecting the country in the last three years alone. International relief efforts are welcomed and effective in the aftermath of these extreme events, but once the television cameras and aid agencies are gone, Haiti continues only slowly to rebuild. Amongst the stories of catastrophe and struggle there are many shining lights, not least is Haitis Smallholder Farmer Alliance...
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