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Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015
2015-01-02 18:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: 2014 was a landmark year for tropical rainforests, with dozens of major companies committing to eliminating deforestation from their supply chains, the launch of new platforms for monitoring forests, and sharp drop in clearing in the Brazilian Amazon, among other big developments. Here's a quick look ahead at what might be in store for tropical forests in 2015. 1. Zero deforestation commitments After rapid adoption of zero deforestation policies by producers, traders, and buyers in the palm...
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Clearing tropical rainforests distorts Earth's wind & water systems, packs climate wallop
2014-12-18 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study released today presents powerful evidence that clearing trees not only spews carbon into the atmosphere, but also triggers major shifts in rainfall and increased temperatures worldwide that are just as potent as those caused by current carbon pollution. Further, the study finds that future agricultural productivity across the globe is at risk from deforestation-induced warming and altered rainfall patterns. The report, "Effects of Tropical Deforestation on Climate Change and Agriculture,"...
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Clearing Rainforests Distorts Global Rainfall & Agriculture, Study Says
2014-12-18 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Clearing forests not only releases carbon into the atmosphere, it also triggers worldwide shifts in rainfall and temperatures that are just as potent as those caused by current carbon pollution and that pose great risk to future agricultural productivity, researchers report. Deforestation in South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa may alter growing conditions in agricultural areas as far away as the U.S. Midwest, Europe, and China, the study in Nature Climate Change finds. The researchers calculate...
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Rainforests out of danger thanks to global giants
2014-11-06 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The battle to save the rainforest is finally being won, according to a leading conservationist previously known for his pessimism. The dramatically improved prospects for the rainforests have been triggered by a switch in land use from slash-and-burn subsistence farming to the production of commodities such as soy, palm oil, cattle and wood pulp, according to Rhett Butler, founder of the influential Mongabay.com website that tracks the worlds tropical forests. These commodities industries...
A Conservationist Sees Signs Hope for the World Rainforests
2014-10-30 15:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale 360: In the mid-1990s I visited a magnificent tract of lowland rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Some of my fondest memories are from that forest: hiking under the towering trees, wading in the crystal-clear streams, and delighting in its spectacular wildlife, including hornbills and endangered orangutans. But a few months after my visit, those trees were torn down, and the forest was obliterated. Today that area is an oil palm plantation. The destruction of that forest set me on an odyssey that led...