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MADAGASCAR: Despite odds, coun...

MADAGASCAR: Despite odds, country saves more trees

africa » madagascar
IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Despitea demand for more agricultural land, poverty-stricken Madagascar hasmanaged to reduce deforestation by almost half, environment groups say....
poverty, land, trees, forests, deforestation, environment, biodiversity, erosion
(9 views)
NIGERIA: The desert is fast en...

NIGERIA: The desert is fast encroaching but why?

africa » nigeria » kano
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Experts agree that an estimated 35 percent of land that was cultivatable 50 years ago is now desert in 11 of Nigeria’s northern states, but what they...
desert, deforestation, erosion, global warming
(8 views)
FAO calls on countries to repo...

FAO calls on countries to report on forests

europe » italy » rome
FAO
Sunday, March 16, 2008
2010 global forest assessment to provide input to climate change debateFAO has called upon countries to participate in preparing the next Global...
forest, climate change, assessment, deforestation
(9 views)
GTZ fosters tropical forest co...

GTZ fosters tropical forest conservation in the Congo Basin

africa » congo basin » brazzaville
GTZ
Sunday, December 23, 2007
For the next two years, Germany will coordinate the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, which strives to improve conservation of tropical forests in the...
forest, conservation, rain forest, deforestation
(34 views)
GLOBAL: Out of the woods, for ...

GLOBAL: Out of the woods, for now

asia » indonesia » bali
IRIN
Friday, December 21, 2007
"They can see the trees, but not the forest," groaned a frustrated Slovenian environmental bureaucrat as a debate ran into the small hours of the...
forest, tree, deforestation, climate change
(22 views)
Africa-Europe summit concludes...

Africa-Europe summit concludes with mixed results

europe » portugal » lisbon
Wikinews
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Africa-European Union summit ended yesterday in Portugal with agreement on many global challenges but with differences on other key...
Africa-European Union, summit, deforestation, development, human rights
(28 views)
Greenpeace urges European and ...

Greenpeace urges European and African leaders to act against deforestation and climate change

europe » portugal
Greenpeace
Monday, December 10, 2007
Greenpeace International today urged political leaders from Europe and Africa, attending a joint summit in Lisbon, to play an active role in ending...
deforestation, political leaders, meeting, climate, droughts, floods
(21 views)
CO2 levels rising faster than ...

CO2 levels rising faster than predicted - Greenpeace response

africa
Greenpeace
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Responding to findings by the Global Carbon Project, published in the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” this week, that atmospheric...
science, CO2, climate, crisis, change, deforestation, temperature
(41 views)

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