deforestation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_web/video/9012da680021030/nb/09012da680021266_16x9_nb.ram It seems that the Brazil nut may hold the key not only to economic prosperity but to saving the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation is accelerating but in , farmers...

: Crackdown Not Enough to Stop Amazon Deforestation Mario Osava* RIO DE JANEIRO , Jul 20 (Tierramérica) - Operation Curupira looked like a spectacular triumph in defence of the Amazon forests. It dismantled corruption and fraud network that had helped...

Another tragedy in Aceh: Illegal logging "We heard a big sound and ran away as fast as we could," said Sahbudin, describing how he and his family in Aceh Tenggara managed to escape the ravaging mixture of water, mountain rocks and cut logs that cascaded...

Rainforest loss shocks Brazil John Vidal Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest last year was the second worst ever, figures released by the Brazilian government have shown. Satellite photos and other data showed that ranchers, loggers and especially...

Deforestation in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo: Alberto Cesar/Greenpeace/AP Deforestation in Anapu, northern Brazil. Photo: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty An area of rainforest cleared by soya bean farmers in Novo Progreso, Brazil. Photo: Alberto Cesar/Greenp...

Amazon destruction accelerating By Steve Kingstone BBC News, The Amazon rainforest is being destroyed at near record levels, according to new figures released by the Brazilian government . The environment ministry said 26,000 sq km of forest were chopped...