Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:10:17 +0100 The Pantanal, a stunning biodiversity sanctuary in central-western Brazil, is threatened by intensive farming and deforestation, a leading environmental group warned as the world marked World Wetlands Day on Thursday. (Source: AFP)
Little headway in Durban on deforestation: experts
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:00:12 +0100 The UN's Durban conference on climate change failed to make enough headway in efforts to curb deforestation, experts warned, saying forest preservation plays a central role in the global warming debate. (Source: AFP)
Brazil says Amazon deforestation down to lowest level
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:10:15 +0100 Brazil said Monday that the pace of deforestation in its Amazon region fell to its lowest level since authorities began monitoring the world's largest tropical rainforest. (Source: AFP)
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:50:10 +0100 The world's deforestation rate has accelerated to 6.4 million hectares a year, a new UN survey showed on Wednesday, but Asia showed net gains in forest land-use largely due to extensive planting in China. (Source: AFP)
Nigeria, Indonesia top deforestation list, China lowest
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:00:13 +0100 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Nigeria, Indonesia and North Korea have the world's highest rates of deforestation while China and the United States, the top two greenhouse gas polluters, have the lowest, a global ranking released on Thursday shows. Growing demand for food and biofuels, rising populations, poverty and corruption are driving deforestation in many developing countries, said risk analysis and mapping company Maplecroft, which compiled an index for 180 countries. The company used the latest data from the U.N. ... (Source: Reuters)
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