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Half Of the Amazon Rainforest To Be Lost
2008-07-23 19:13:00 Lonewolf sent me this, I’ve been too busy stomping out brushfires and responding to email — Half the Amazon Rainforest to be Lost by 2030 The report, “Amazon’s Vicious Cycles: Drought and Fire,” concludes that 55 percent of the world’s largest rainforest stands to be severely damaged from agriculture, drought, fire, logging and livestock ranching in ...
Marriott Unveils Green Meetings to Help Save Amazon Rainforest
2008-05-25 23:03:00 Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International has introduced a new green meeting program in which it will donate a portion of group guest room costs to its Amazon rainforest protection...
By: Green Options
Joaquin Phoenix Gets Inked In The Amazon Rainforest
2008-05-05 21:56:00 Joaquin Phoenix has joined the indigenous Yawanawa people of the Brazilian Amazon as part of a new series with MTV Canada called 4REAL. The activist actor, who also is executive producer of the program, hopes to call attention to global social issues and foster cultural awareness and understanding of different societies. I’m not certain, but ...
By: Ecorazzi
Amazon Rainforest Vanishing Faster, Brazil Drafts Emergency Plan
2008-01-26 06:26:00 Not many of us link our soy chai latte or our occasional fast food splurge with Amazon deforestation. However, travel up the Amazon river and you’ll be greeted not by endless lush forest, but...
By: Green Options
Hellish fires
2007-12-06 22:10:00 When I read George Monbiot's book Heat about a year ago, what scared me the most was the prospect of the Amazon forest turning into a massive carbon source. In a warmer world the trees of the Amazon would become dryer and catch fire more easily. With more fires the forest would dry even further and the fires would then become bigger and spread faster. The self perpetuating cycles would eventually lead to hellish fires releasing billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere, increasing temperatures so badly that other large carbon sinks would wake up and be turned to carbon emitting sources. The vicious cycles would thus expand and spin faster and harder, ripping apart the delicate threads of the biosphere. Today a new report was presented by WWF:The Amazon's Vicious Cycles: Drought and Fire in the Greenhouse.
By: Revolving Doors
Fires in the Amazon rainforest
2007-10-06 09:33:00 clipped from news.independent.co.ukVast areas of Brazil and Paraguay and much of Bolivia are choking under thick layers of smoke as fires rage out of control in the Amazon rainforest, forcing the cancellation of flights. Each year at the end of the dry season, in anticipation of the first winter rains, farmers and cattle ranchers throughout South America set fires to "renovate" pasture land. But this age-old cycle has spun out of control as deforestation and climate change have created a tinderbox. There has also been a massive expansion of cattle ranching into forested areas, where fires are then set to clear an area after chainsaws have felled the trees."These fires are the suicide note of mankind," said Hylton Murray Philipson, from the London-based charity Rainforest Concern. "While politicians talk about defining moments, destruction will continue until we begin to attribute real value to the standing forest. We obviously need to eat less beef.Read more about the rainforest fir...
By: Revolving Doors
Amacayacu Vacations in the Amazon rainforest
2007-07-16 09:49:00 To live some days in the Amazon rainforest is no longer synonymous of vigil, insecurity and risk. A natural reservation in Colombia, Amacayacu has from some years ago, a tourist complex willing to offer some stupendous vacations.
Free Sample of Amazon Rainforest Herbal Tea
2007-07-13 01:39:00 http://www.theherbsoflife.com/-
By: Goto Free Stuff
Apr 9, AMAZON RAINFOREST
2007-04-09 16:49:00 One of the most unique and most threatened environments on Earth, Amazon rainforest is world's largest...
Jungle Lodges in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Jungle Lodges in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest. Iquitos, Peru: iquitos, jungle lodges Affordable Private Guides Highest Number of Itinterary Options Friendly English Speaking Staff Helping Conserve the. . . |
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