Grist | Topics | 91 Results

RESULTS		Results 51 – 75 of 91
Page:1 2 3 4
Headline	Author	Published	Section
Supply Chain of Fools U.S. opposes international plan to curb illegal logging, memo reveals		16 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Supply Chain of Fools U.S. opposes international plan to curb illegal logging, memo reveals The U.S. is working to undermine a British-led effort to curb illegal logging in threatened rainforests, according to a leaked U.S. State Department memo. Indonesian leaders recently declared that they don't have the capacity to control the criminal gangs that are plundering the nation's tropical forests, and they asked we ...
Topics: logging, news, rainforests, United States (all these topics)

The Congo Line Congo Basin loggers work toward responsible forest management		28 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
The Congo Line Congo Basin loggers work toward responsible forest management Several logging companies in southeastern Cameroon have joined an initiative conservationists say could help save the rainforests of the Congo Basin, the second largest area of tropical rainforests in the world. The African logging firms are working toward independent certification as responsible foresters, restricting ...
Topics: Cameroon, logging, news, rainforests, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Nun of the Above Nun slain while campaigning against Amazon destruction		17 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Nun of the Above Nun slain while campaigning against Amazon destruction Through heart-rending tragedy, international attention was focused with unusual intensity this week on rainforest destruction in Brazil. Dorothy Stang, an elderly nun working to slow the devastation of the Amazon by organizing locals against the powerful (and largely illegal) logging and ranching operations bent on expanding the ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, logging, news, rainforests, ranching (all these topics)

African-Do Congo Basin rainforest protected by treaty		07 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
African-Do Congo Basin rainforest protected by treaty The world's second-largest rainforest, spanning 10 countries in the Congo Basin of Africa and disappearing at a rate of some 3.7 million acres a year, is now a wee bit safer. This weekend, leaders of seven central African nations signed a treaty aimed at slowing the widespread illegal logging, poaching, ivory trafficking, and bushmeat trade that are rapidly destro ...
Topics: Africa, land stewardship, rainforests (all these topics)

The God of Small Savings Ex-millionaire surrounded by trees, little else		04 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
The God of Small Savings Ex-millionaire surrounded by trees, little else Former real-estate mogul Xing Yiqian is well-known on the Chinese island of Hainan for his dedicated conservation of the area's dense rainforest. Called the "tree god" by locals, Xing spent his fortune -- once valued at $24 million -- paying individual landowners not to cut down their trees, financing expensive transplants for unwanted ...
Topics: China, land stewardship, rainforests (all these topics)

We've Got Spirit Bear, Yes We Do Photos of B.C.'s renowned -- and threatened -- Great Bear Rainforest	Ian McAllister	29 Oct 2004	Main Dish
The Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia -- home to the legendary white spirit bear, as well as huge grizzlies, rare wolves, countless salmon, and other wildlife galore -- is one of the only remaining pristine regions of temperate rainforest left on earth. Take a virtual tour through this biological hotspot with the Raincoast Conservation Society, which is figh ...
Topics: British Columbia, Canada, rainforests (all these topics)

Bark A'Lounging Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Messing With Amazon Ecology		11 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Bark A'Lounging Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Messing With Amazon Ecology Researchers have discovered that areas of the Amazon rainforest previously considered pristine are in fact undergoing drastic changes, likely due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The discovery was a bit of an accident -- researchers tracked changes in plots of isolated rainforest to use them as "controls" again ...
Topics: Amazon, ozone, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics)

Certifiably Insane? Timber Industry's Sustainable Forestry Initiative Falls Short		23 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: green living, logging, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics)

Citigroup Hug Citigroup Adopts Green-Friendly Policies		22 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Citigroup Hug Citigroup Adopts Green-Friendly Policies After four years of pressure and protests from the Rainforest Action Network, the world's largest financial institution announced today that it will adopt a comprehensive corporate policy stressing eco-friendly investment. Citigroup will carefully assess financing requests for projects that might adversely affect natural habitats and will not finance any l ...
Topics: business, green living, logging, rainforests (all these topics)

Sales Pitched Forest Service Cancels Timber Sales in Tongass		13 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Sales Pitched Forest Service Cancels Timber Sales in Tongass The U.S. Forest Service plans to cancel 20 timber sales in Alaska's Tongass National Forest -- not because it's dedicated to preserving old growth in the vast rainforest, but because the sales were sure to be money-losers for logging companies. Enviros are feeling vindicated by the development; they say it proves ...
Topics: Alaska, business, logging, politics, rainforests, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

Extract Marks the Spot Development, Tradition on Opposite Sides in South American Energy Battles		10 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Extract Marks the Spot Development, Tradition on Opposite Sides in South American Energy Battles Given its vast reserves of oil and natural gas, the Amazon basin should be heaven for extractive industries. Instead, the people who make their home in the basin are trying to make life hell for energy companies. Over the years, Amazon natives have become both more sophisticated and mo ...
Topics: Brazil, Ecuador, energy, green living, Peru, rainforests, South America (all these topics)

His Park Is Bigger Than His Bite Chile Dedicates New Nature Park on Land Purchased by Rich American		09 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
His Park Is Bigger Than His Bite Chile Dedicates New Nature Park on Land Purchased by Rich American Some 738,000 acres of pristine rainforest in southern Chile will get official billing as a nature sanctuary today, thanks to a deal between U.S. tycoon Doug Tompkins and the Chilean government. Tompkins, cofounder of the sportswear company Esp ...
Topics: Chile, energy, international government agencies, land stewardship, mining and drilling, rainforests, Venezuela (all these topics)

No Silva Lining Once Seen as Ally, Brazilian President Draws Fire From Enviros		21 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
No Silva Lining Once Seen as Ally, Brazilian President Draws Fire From Enviros It's been a roller coaster year for environmentalists in Brazil. Last October, with the election to the presidency of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula, for short), they were elated, because he was seen as one of their own. Now, though, enviros say they have been betrayed on virtually ev ...
Topics: Brazil, dams, energy, GMOs, international government agencies, nuclear power, rainforests (all these topics)

Forest Gumption Scientists Call for Protection of Half of B.C. Rainforest		20 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Forest Gumption Scientists Call for Protection of Half of B.C. Rainforest Almost half of British Columbia's coastal rainforest must be protected in order to maintain the health of its ecosystem, according to a team of independent scientists studying the 42,471-square-mile swath of forest on Canada's western coast. The surprise advice to preserve between 44 and 50 percent of the rainforest is the result of tw ...
Topics: British Columbia, land stewardship, rainforests (all these topics)

Gold Substandard Unlawful Gold Mining Threatens Brazilian Amazon		11 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Gold Substandard Unlawful Gold Mining Threatens Brazilian Amazon Illegal gold mining in the rivers of Brazil's Amazon rainforest is on the upswing and could mean bad news for the environment. Thousands of poor small-scale miners, called garimpeiros, risk their lives to get at traces of gold at the bottom of rivers, sometimes employing equipment as basic as a garden hose for underwater ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, mining and drilling, pollution and waste, rainforests (all these topics)

Say It Ain't Soy Brazil Will Allow Planting of GM Soybeans		29 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Say It Ain't Soy Brazil Will Allow Planting of GM Soybeans In a big blow to opponents of biotechnology, Brazil announced last week that it will allow farmers to plant genetically modified soybeans, ending its role as one of the leading nations opposed to GM crops. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government had previously promised to oppose GM plantings, bu ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, business, deforestation, food and agriculture, GMOs, rainforests (all these topics)

Going Mahogany Wild Illegal Mahogany Logging Endangers Amazon Rainforest in Peru		29 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Going Mahogany Wild Illegal Mahogany Logging Endangers Amazon Rainforest in Peru Illegal logging of mahogany is escalating in Peru, threatening the Amazon rainforest and a number of indigenous groups that live in its remote reaches. The mahogany trade is strictly governed by international rules, and Brazil has cracked down on logging of the sought-after tree, but mahogany ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, commercial and industry organizations, logging, Peru, rainforests (all these topics)

Put It in Park Megapark Will Protect Vast Stretch of Pristine Amazon Rainforest		16 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Put It in Park Megapark Will Protect Vast Stretch of Pristine Amazon Rainforest Brazil has announced the creation of a new "conservation corridor" that will link 12 separate protected areas in the Amazon rainforest to create a 25 million-acre megapark. It will be the world's largest protected stretch of tropical rainforest, encompassing about 70 percent of Brazil's northern state of Amapa, which scie ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, national parks, rainforests (all these topics)

Peruvian Gold Peruvian Natural Gas Project Denied Funding		29 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Peruvian Gold Peruvian Natural Gas Project Denied Funding In a blow for two Texas energy companies, a huge Peruvian natural-gas project was denied funding yesterday because of concerns about the likely impact on a marine preserve, a rainforest, and indigenous people in the Amazon Basin. In a 2-to-1 vote, the U.S. Export-Import ...
Topics: Amazon, commercial and industry organizations, mining and drilling, Peru, politics, rainforests, water bodies and marine life (all these topics)

Welcome to the Ex-jungle		27 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Welcome to the Ex-jungle The rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest jumped 40 percent in 2002, with 9,840 square miles of forest lost, according to figures released this week by Brazil's Environment Ministry. That loss -- the highest since 1995 -- prompted alarm among environmentalists and pledges by the Brazilian government to implement emergency measures to protect t ...
Topics: Brazil, deforestation, logging, mining and drilling, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics)

The Mahogany and the Ecstasy		09 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
The Mahogany and the Ecstasy Brazil clamped down on the logging of mahogany in the Amazon Rainforest last week, putting in place new rules that require loggers to present plans showing how harvesting will be done sustainably. Brazil produces about half of the world's supply of mahogany, a highly prized -- and highly endangered -- wood sought for the making of furniture and instruments. The move by the Brazilian ...
Topics: Brazil, deforestation, logging, rainforests (all these topics)

Double Trouble		27 May 2003	Daily Grist
Double Trouble The number of animal species in Brazil known to be endangered has nearly doubled since 1989, reaching 398, according to a three-year study conducted by the Brazilian government and released last week. Tropical wolves, rare parrots, and exotic frogs and turtles are among the many threatened creatures. The comprehensive survey of animal and plant life in the country found that natural habitats were i ...
Topics: Brazil, population, rainforests, wildlife (all these topics)

Can You Odigha It? Nigerian activist Odigha Odigha fights to halt illegal logging	Michelle Nijhuis	14 Apr 2003	Main Dish
In southeastern Nigeria, private logging companies are felling the country's last remaining rainforests. These hardwood forests shelter the highest diversity of primates in the world and some 20 percent of the planet's butterfly species. Odigha Odigha. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. Odigha Odigha grew up in and around these forests, in the Ijagham community of Cross River State. ...
Topics: deforestation, grassroots activism, interview, logging, Nigeria, rainforests (all these topics)

Thank God		13 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Thank God Environmentalism is getting a big boost from religious communities that increasingly see protecting the Earth as central to their theology, according to the Worldwatch Institute. In its annual "State of the World" report released late last week, Worldwatch found that religious organizations from all corners of the globe are urging their congregations to sav ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, green living, Indonesia, rainforests, Sierra Club, wildlife (all these topics)

Rebel Without a Forest		09 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Rebel Without a Forest The state of Chiapas, in southeastern Mexico, is home to the last remaining stands of rainforest in the nation -- and also to almost half a million impoverished people, many of them living on the brink of starvation. In the past, the forest has been ravaged by monied interests, such as foreign companies looking to cut down the region's mahogany and cedar trees; now, the region's ...
Topics: Mexico, politics, population, rainforests, wildlife (all these topics)

Page:1 2 3 4		Results 51 – 75 of 91

Stories About: rainforests