]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/rainforest-conservation Blog Articles Tagged with 'rainforest-conservation' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/154066?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation A new study finds that shade-grown coffee protects the biodiversity of tree species, as well as those of birds and bats. Published in Current Biology, the study found that native trees in shade-grown coffee plantations aid the overall species' gene f... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/154066?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:24:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/153900?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation As Brazil and the world mourn and memorialize the great Amazon rainforest advocate Chico Mendes [ark], two things have become abundantly clear. First, to speak and organize for Amazonian rainforest ecological sustainability still remains virtually a ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/153900?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:00:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/153233?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation President Morales must be encouraged to live up to his grand rhetoric, and end his government's hurried measures to decimate massive indigenous rainforest protected areas and their biodiversity and climate values, in a manner eerily reminiscent of th... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/153233?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:30:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153447?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Environmentalists attempting to preserve the vanishing Amazon rain forest now confront a stark paradox: Never before have they succeeded in protecting so much of the world's largest tropical forest, yet never before has so much of it simultaneously b... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153447?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153450?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation A deal reached Wednesday in Poznan to include forests in future climate treaties is a positive step but falls short of the progress needed to get the REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) mechanism on track for incorporation in... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153450?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153455?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation A coalition of 26 African countries is calling for the inclusion of carbon credits generated through afforestation, reforestation, agroforestry, reduced soil tillage, and sustainable agricultural practices in future climate agreements.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153455?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153457?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Negotiators at U.N. climate conference have struck a deal to give forest-dependent people a voice in determining the role forest conservation will play future agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reports the Associated Press (AP). The agre... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153457?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153463?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) has released its second edition of its CCB Standard for certifying land-based carbon offset projects.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153463?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153464?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Peru is seeking $200 million in international contributions over the next ten years to cut deforestation to zero, reports BBC News.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153464?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153465?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation As talks for incorporating forest conservation into an international climate treaty stall in Poznan, Poland due to technical debates, France has proposed an aggressive effort to address deforestation and forest degradation through the establishment o... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153465?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/151815?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Ecological Internet's campaign to end ancient forest logging as the keystone response to the climate and biodiversity crises continues to gain both scientific credibility and prominence within the environmental movement. A new atlas from the UN Envir... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/151815?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:51:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-ark/151817?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Ecological Internet's campaign to end ancient forest logging as the keystone response to the climate and biodiversity crises continues to gain both scientific credibility and prominence within the environmental movement. A new atlas from the UN Envir... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-ark/151817?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:51:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153466?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), a forest policy think tank, today released its assessment on the proposed REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) mechanism for slowing climate change.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153466?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153467?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Climate talks in Poland are failing to make progress on a proposed mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, reports a forest policy group from the negotiations.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153467?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153477?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation A new report finds that the World Bank is not doing enough to protect indigenous rights under its mechanism to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153477?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/150738?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation California has joined the battle to fight global warming through rainforest conservation. In an agreement signed yesterday at a climate change conference in Beverly Hills, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged financial assistance and te... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/150738?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/146486?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation PRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE Cursory review of FSC's controversial certifications completely fails to question false premise that primary and old-growth forest logging is ever well-managed , instead calling for better training manuals for ancient fore... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/146486?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:01:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-ark/146487?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation PRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE Cursory review of FSC's controversial certifications completely fails to question false premise that primary and old-growth forest logging is ever well-managed , instead calling for better training manuals for ancient fore... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-ark/146487?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:01:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/144477?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Brunei Shell Petroleum (Shell Oil) and HSBC have donated 500,000 Brunei dollars ($333,000) each to conserve forests on the island of Borneo, reports the Borneo Bulletin.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/144477?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/143948?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Donors meeting this week in Washington D.C. pledged more than $100 million to the World Bank's new initiative for conserving tropical forests. In addition to the $100 million in donations, the World Bank announced that more than forty developing coun... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/143948?rsstype=tag&tag=rainforest-conservation Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400