Tag: deforestation
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Schwarzenegger’s Financial Ties to Palm Oil and Deforestation Reveal Hypocrisy of Role in ‘Years of Living Dangerously’
On the eve of the premiere of James Cameron’s Years of Living Dangerously, a Showtime documentary on the human impacts of climate change and forest loss, investigations by Global Witness and Friends of the Earth reveal that executive producer and co-star of the show—Arnold Schwarzenegger—has significant financial links to companies causing tropical deforestation and climate…
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4 Tips for Companies to Avoid Illegal Logging That Leads to Deforestation
Illegal logging drives deforestation in many countries, robbing national governments and local communities of valuable income and contributing to global biodiversity loss and climate change. Experts estimate that up to 10 percent—or about $7 billion—of the global wood supply is sourced illegally—meaning that the wood was harvested in violation of national laws or international agreements to…
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Palm Oil Company Ordered to Pay $30 Million for Illegal Rainforest Destruction
By Alicia Graef An Indonesian court issued a big blow to a palm oil company for illegally destroying forest land in Sumatra’s protected Leuser Ecosystem, which provides critical habitat for orangutans and other endangered species. In what’s being called a groundbreaking verdict, the court found palm oil company PT Kallista Alam guilty of illegally burning large areas of the Tripa peat…
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Amazon Deforestation Increases 28 Percent in One Year
By Daniela Montalto Last week, the Brazilian government released annual figures for deforestation in the Amazon and the news is not good. A total of 5,843 square kilometres are estimated lost between August 2012 and July 2013, an increase in deforestation of 28 percent compared to the previous year. [caption id="attachment_312504" align="alignnone" width="500"] Last year’s…
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Carbon Offsets Could Create Loophole for Industry to Pollute as Usual
The denuded clearing is on a tract of private forestland owned by timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries that is close to being approved as a sort of carbon bank under California’s new cap-and-trade scheme. It will soon grow into a plantation …