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DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR


02/05/2013	Ecosystems in the Greater Mekong: Past trends, current status, possible futures The Greater Mekong subregion in Southeast Asia risks losing more than a third of its remaining forest ...	WWF-Greater Mekong
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21/02/2013	Africa Environment Outlook 3: Our Environment, Our Health Unless Africa’s leaders prioritize environmental and health issues, and prevent the degradation ...	UNEP
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05/11/2012	The Role and Contribution of Montane Forests and Related Ecosystem Services to the Kenyan Economy The montane forests of Kenya, better known as Kenya’s “Water Towers”, produce direct ...	UNEP / UN-REDD Programme / Kenyan Government / Kenya Forest Service
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07/10/2012	Carbon Emissions from Forest Conversion by Kalimantan Oil Palm Plantations Oil palm supplies more than 30% of world vegetable oil production. Plantation expansion is occurring ...	Nature Climate Change (Kimberly M. Carlson, Lisa M. Curran, Gregory P. Asner, Alice McDonald Pittman, Simon N. Trigg & J. Marion Adeney)
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15/06/2012	Assessing the Impact of Climate Change in Borneo This report reveals that the Heart of Borneo (HoB) will face increasing detrimental effects from climate ...	WWF
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21/05/2012	Junking the Jungle: How KFC is Junking the Jungle by Driving Rainforest Destruction in Indonesia Greenpeace International research has revealed that KFC is sourcing paper for its packaging products ...	Greenpeace International
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20/05/2012	Extent and Consequences of Tropical Forest Degradation: Successive Policy Options for Bangladesh This paper is conceived at a time when new paradigms are sought for the development of a framework to ...	Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology (M. G. Kibria, S. A. Rahman, A. Imtiaj and T. Sunderland)
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13/05/2012	Timing of carbon emissions from global forest clearance Land-use change, primarily from conventional agricultural expansion and deforestation, contributes to ...	Nature Climate Change (J. Mason Earles, Sonia Yeh & Kenneth E. Skog)
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01/03/2012	Climate Change and Tropical Biodiversity: A New Focus Considerable efforts are focused on the consequences of climate change for tropical rainforests. However, ...	Trends in Ecology & Evolution (Jedediah Brodie, Eric Post, William F. Laurance)
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17/02/2012	Indonesia's Moratorium on New Forest Concessions: Key Findings and Next Steps This Working Paper analyzes Indonesia’s moratorium on new licenses in primary natural forests and ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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08/02/2012	Don’t Flush Tiger Forests: Toilet Paper, U.S. Supermarkets and the Destruction of Indonesia’s Last Tiger Habitats This report by WWF identifies the 20 biggest U.S. grocery chains that were believed to be the top 20 ...	WWF
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30/01/2012	Forests and Landslides: The Role of Forests and Forestry in the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Lanslides in Asia The number of landslides in Asia is high relative to other regions of the world. Asia has expansive sloping ...	FAO, RECOFTC & UNEP
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19/01/2012	The Amazon Basin in Transition Agricultural expansion and climate variability have become important agents of disturbance in the Amazon ...	Nature (Eric A. Davidson, Alessandro C. de Araújo, Paulo Artaxo, Jennifer K. Balch, I. Foster Brown, Mercedes M. C. Bustamante, Michael T. Coe, Ruth S. DeFries, Michael Keller, Marcos Longo, J. William Munger, Wilfrid Schroeder, Britaldo S. Soares-Filho, Carlos M. Souza & Steven C. Wofsy)
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09/12/2011	Mountain Forests in a Changing World: Realizing Values, Addressing Challenges This report has been produced in the International Year of Forests to draw attention to the many values ...	FAO
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02/11/2011	Human Development Report 2011 - Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All Development progress in the world’s poorest countries could be halted or even reversed by mid-century ...	UNDP
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10/10/2011	The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment United Nations Environment Programme - Synthesis for Policy Makers At the request of the DR Congo Government, UNEP has conducted a comprehensive, two-year environmental ...	UNEP
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07/03/2011	Remotely Sensed Evidence of Tropical Peatland Conversion to Oil Palm Rising global demands for food and biofuels are driving forest clearance in the tropics. Oil-palm expansion ...	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Lian Pin Koh, Jukka Miettinen, Soo Chin Liew & Jaboury Ghazoul)
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20/02/2011	Deforestation Rates in Insular Southeast Asia Between 2000 and 2010 Insular Southeast Asia experienced the highest level of deforestation among all humid tropical regions ...	Global Change Biology (Jukka Miettinen, Chenghua Shi and Soo Chin Liew)
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01/12/2010	Sumatra’s Forests, their Wildlife and the Climate Windows in Time: 1985, 1990, 2000 and 2009 The report's authors note that forests that harboured some of the world’s highest biodiversity ...	WWF-Indonesia
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31/08/2010	Tropical forests were the primary sources of new agricultural land in the 1980s and 1990s Global demand for agricultural products such as food, feed, and fuel is now a major driver of cropland ...	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, US (H. K. Gibbs, A. S. Ruesch, F. Achard, M. K. Clayton, P. Holmgren, N. Ramankutty, and J. A. Foley)
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30/11/2009	Ministry of Finance Green Paper: Economic and Fiscal Policy Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation in Indonesia The Indonesian government published this green paper on climate change prior to the start of the Copenhagen ...	Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia & Australia Indonesia Partnership, Jakarta
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01/10/2009	Deforestation and Climate Change: Not for Felling Carbon stored in forests will stand centre stage at the Copenhagen climate talks in December. A potential ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack & Katharina Umpfenbach)
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24/01/2007	Protecting forests to mitigate global climate change A paper prepared for the Chatham House meeting 'Forest governance and trade: exploring options' ...	Climate Focus (Charlotte Streck)
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR


02/05/2013	New forest loss figures highlight need for green growth in the Greater Mekong The Greater Mekong subregion in Southeast Asia risks losing more than a third of its remaining forest ...	WWF
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02/04/2013	Africa: How to Balance Forests and Food? A few weeks ago the Skoll World Forum hosted an online ...	AlertNet
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01/04/2013	Deforestation to blame for Beijing's pollution Xun Zhou says the smog and dust that now plague Beijing can be traced back to the massive deforestation ...	South China Morning Post
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11/03/2013	Evidence grows of rainforest resilience to global warming The world's tropical forests are less likely to lose biomass, or plant material, this century due ...	Planet Ark
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30/01/2013	Growing palm oil could speed up climate change, study says London - Growing palm oil trees to make biofuels could be accelerating the effects of climate change, ...	Reuters
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24/01/2013	Farmers’ groups blame land-use conversion, deforestation for flooding in Davao Davao City - Farmers’ groups here blamed land-use conversion and deforestation for the cause of ...	MindaNews, Mindanao, Philippines
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31/12/2012	Kedah MB told to stop deforestation Alor Star - Placards, banners and an angry mob of villagers greeted Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan ...	New Straits Times, Malaysia
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31/12/2012	The year in rainforests 2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of ...	Mongabay.com
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26/12/2012	Tobacco farms drive major deforestation in Tanzania Kwihara, Tanzania – Cutting of trees for firewood to cure tobacco over the last few decades has ...	Reuters AlertNet
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17/12/2012	Deforestation wreaks havoc in Guatemala’s Caribbean region Guatemala City - “Many tourists come to this area for bird watching, but the terrible deforestation ...	IPSNews
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06/12/2012	Most illegal logging 'hot spots' located in 'Pablo'-hit provinces — DENR chief About 80 percent of the remaining illegal logging “hot spots” in the country are located ...	GMA News Online, Phillipines
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06/12/2012	Illegal mining, logging blamed for high death toll in Compostela Valley Manila, Philippines — Environment and natural resources officials attributed on Thursday the high ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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06/12/2012	Illegal logging, mining worsened impact of Philippines' killer typhoon According to Filipino officials, rampant illegal logging and mining were likely a part of the cause for ...	Mongabay.com
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26/11/2012	Tanzania: Kazimzumbwi forest conservation needs urgent action The country's natural and cultural heritage has expansive variety of ecosystems containing some ...	Daily News, Tanzania (featured on allAfrica.com)
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20/11/2012	Pakistan has highest deforestation rate: experts Islamabad - The experts have said that investment in restoring or conserving ecological infrastructure ...	The News, Pakistan
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19/11/2012	Two forests near water sources 'under siege' The Kedah government has been urged to explain rampant logging activity at two high-value forests in ...	New Straits Times, Malaysia
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19/11/2012	Deforestation risks turning Somalia to desert Jalelo, Somalia - Hassan Hussein cuts down 40 trees every month to fuel his charcoal business, fully ...	AFP
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18/11/2012	How logs smugglers threaten Tanzania's forests On May 16 this year, Juma Salum Makumbusho from Umwe Kusini village, Rufiji district, Coastal region ...	IPP Media
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16/11/2012	Anyone guarding our forest cover? A seven-month investigation conducted in various parts of the country [Tanzania] has revealed massive ...	IPP Media
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15/11/2012	Mangroves under threat from shrimp farms: U.N. Valuable mangrove forests that protect coastlines, sustain sealife and help slow climate change are being ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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14/11/2012	Armenia replants trees burnt in wartime blockade War and an energy crisis in the early 1990s compelled Armenians to cut down thousands of trees for firewood. ...	Deutsche Welle, Germany
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14/11/2012	Under threat: Deforestation pressure on Congo Basin forests increasing Yaounde - Rainforests in the Congo Basin are being cleared at an alarming rate amid global demand for ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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05/11/2012	Cost of deforestation in Kenya far exceeds gains from forestry and logging, UN joint study finds A landmark study of Kenya’s high-elevation forests shows that the economic cost of deforestation ...	UN News Centre
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01/11/2012	Hurricane Sandy exposes Haiti’s agriculture and environment woes Years of neglect of agriculture and disaster prevention in Haiti, coupled with the government’s ...	Reuters AlertNet
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27/10/2012	Cops aim at illegal logging in W. Sumatra The West Sumatra Police have placed cracking down on illegal logging on the top of their to-do list, ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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23/10/2012	Why illegal logging thrives in Ecija town General Tinio, Nueva Ecija - Efren, a father of four from General Tinio, Nueva Ecija, has been an illegal ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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22/10/2012	U.S. officials to visit Indonesia for palm oil emissions talks The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will visit Indonesia next week, officials said on Friday, in ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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13/10/2012	Soldiers escalate operations vs illegal loggers Iligan City - Attempts to defy President Benigno Aquino’s order to stop logging in natural forests ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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12/10/2012	Forest Guardians DENR has reported that since the start of strict enforcement of the order banning loggers from the vicinity ...	Manila Bulletin, Philippines
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09/10/2012	Mt. Niut Nature Reserve: A plundering target Mount Niut Nature Reserve, a major carbon dioxide absorber and target of illegal logging in West Kalimantan, ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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08/10/2012	Liberia: Farmers attribute climate change to govt concession policies Local farmers across the country are blaming government's policies that allocated large-scale industrial ...	The News, Liberia (posted on allAfrica.com)
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08/10/2012	The hidden destroyer: palm oil demand increases deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions Increasing demand for palm oil is destroying the rainforest and accounts for ‘massive carbon dioxide ...	CosmeticsDesign.com, US
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05/10/2012	Billions of dollars lost each year to illegal logging The joint [UNEP/Interpol] report, called Green ...	Voice of America
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04/10/2012	Calls to halt natural forest exploitation by 2013 Ha Noi - The Tay Nguyen Steering Committee has urged the Government to ban natural forest exploitation ...	Viet Nam News
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02/10/2012	Tree loss may double floods in snowy areas ...	Live Science, US
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01/10/2012	Uganda: Govt bodies to plant trees to curb deforestation Kampala — About 10,000 tree seedlings are set to be planted in each district of Uganda in an effort ...	allAfrica.com
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27/09/2012	Organized crime trade worth over US$30 billion responsible for up to 90% of tropical deforestation Rome - Between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa ...	UNEP News Centre
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26/09/2012	Groups ask Aquino to save Sierra Madre A network of organizations composed of nongovernment and people’s organizations, business, youth, ...	Business Mirror, Philippines
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25/09/2012	Climate change: Senators alarmed by deforestation in the country Islamabad - With flash floods cutting a trail of destruction across some districts of Balochistan and ...	The Express Tribune, Pakistan
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21/09/2012	Deforestation might be drying up Lake Lindu Palu - A park official is calling on the Central Sulawesi administration to pay more attention to the ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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17/09/2012	Lepto links Deforestation has led to an increase in diseases and the destruction of marine life and ecosystems in ...	The Fiji Times Online
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16/09/2012	Stop illegal logging in Basilan, bishop urges govt A Basilan-based bishop appealed to the government this week to look into and stop what he called rampant ...	GMA News Online, Phillipines
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14/09/2012	Not so delicious Apple farming in Shimla has led to an economic boom. But it has also led to deforestation, which is now ...	Livemint and the Wall Street Journal, US
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10/09/2012	Sanctuaries threatened by excavations and deforestation Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC), Department of Forest Conservation (DFC) and Geological Survey ...	The Sunday Leader, Sri Lanka
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08/09/2012	Illegal palm oil firms blamed for razing protected East Kalimantan forests Berau, East Kalimantan. Forestry officials and police in Berau district are investigating the burning ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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06/09/2012	APP establishes deforestation moratorium in Jambi; greens remain skeptical Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has established a moratorium on natural forest conversion in Jambi province ...	Mongabay.com
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05/09/2012	Study: Deforestation reduces rainfall Leeds, England - Deforestation can reduce rainfall with potentially devastating impacts on people living ...	UPI.com
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30/08/2012	How deforestation is affecting Coast region (Part 1) In December 2011, Dar es Salaam city experienced heavy rains resulting in unprecedented floods that devastated ...	Daily News, Tanzania
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30/08/2012	Twin typhoons raise fears in disaster-prone N Korea Twin typhoons renewed fears of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, where poor drainage, widespread ...	The Seattle Times, US
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25/08/2012	Whose timber is it anyway? Karachi, Pakistan - With Pakistan’s last major stands of deodar (cedar) threatened by a ‘timber ...	IPSNews
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20/08/2012	Insight-DNA tests tell trees from the wood; curb illegal logging * Global illegal timber trade worth up to $30 bln -Interpol * DNA tests reveal species, origin of ...	Reuters
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19/08/2012	Deforestation still a problem: PM Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expressed concern yesterday that the problem of deforestation in upstream ...	The Nation, Thailand
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17/08/2012	Landslide deaths much higher than thought: study Landslides killed more than 32,000 people across the world from 2004 to 2010 - up to 10 times more than ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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13/08/2012	Burning forests in Southeast Asia increases mortality rates in the region Clearing forests and other vegetation with fire in Southeast Asia can kill, according to a new study ...	Mongabay.com
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07/08/2012	Deforestation fuels temperature hikes around Mt. Kilimanjaro Moshi, Tanzania - A logging boom has hit Tanzania’s tourist-drawing Kilimanjaro region, reducing ...	Reuters AlertNet
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06/08/2012	Sri Lankan President focuses on preventing deforestation and reconstructing reservoirs in hill country Badulla - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today instructed the relevant authorities to take immediate ...	ColomboPage, Sri Lanka
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04/08/2012	Deforestation cause of calamity: Shakya Bhaktapur - Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Keshav Man Shakya has said the growing deforestation ...	The Himalayan Times, Nepal
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03/08/2012	Ancient coral reefs at risk from deforestation and land use practices A team of international scientists, including a researcher from The University of Western Australia, ...	Physorg.com
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01/08/2012	The true picture Malaysian farmers have over the last generation harnessed modern agricultural technology and techniques ...	The Star Online, Malaysia
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31/07/2012	East Africa's forests shrink, especially near parks Forests in East Africa have shrunk over the past years, especially around the fringes of parks, complicating ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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27/07/2012	Stop illegal logging, Robredo warns local officials Manila - Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo has called on ...	PIA (Philippine Information Agency)
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26/07/2012	Illegal loggers still at it in ‘timber corridor’ Clandestine logging camps, log ponds and illegally cut logs have been discovered littering the forests, ...	Manila Standard Today, Philippines
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25/07/2012	Illegal logging the cause of Padang flash floods: mayor Padang Mayor Fauzi Bahar blamed illegal logging for Tuesday's widespread flooding that inundated ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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24/07/2012	Habitat of PHL’s biggest croc in critical condition An aerial survey conducted last week by the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force (AILTF) over the Agusan marshland, ...	Business Mirror, Philippines
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19/07/2012	22 villages in Mt. Province may lose water due to illegal logging Bauko, Mount Province - Residents of this town fear the contamination of the mossy forest at the Palapal ...	Business Mirror, Philippines
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13/07/2012	Environment or profit - palm oil firm tests Indonesia An Indonesian palm oil firm received preliminary approval six years ago for a large plantation in a swampy, ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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12/07/2012	Illegal logging blamed for North Sumatra flooding Uncontrolled illegal logging has been blamed for the flash floods in Pematang Siantar and Tapanuli Tengah, ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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07/07/2012	Profitable palm oil leaves environment poor Even if you've never visited Malaysia or Indonesia, it's likely that you've made contact ...	CNN
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30/06/2012	50 dead, 42 missing in China mudslides Mudslides in China, caused by heavy rain, have killed 50 people and left another 42 missing. ...	Nine News, Australia
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28/06/2012	Hill cutting, tree felling increase risks Indiscriminate deforestation, hill cutting and unplanned human settlements are causing the series of ...	The Daily Star, Bangladesh
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25/06/2012	Rwanda: Deforestation alerts signaled in Eastern Rwanda The Director General of Rwanda Natural Resources Authority has stated that the trend of land degradation, ...	allAfrica.com
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21/06/2012	Deforestation emissions may be a third of prior estimates The carbon emissions from cutting down tropical forests may be about one third of the level previously ...	Bloomberg
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18/06/2012	Alaska's Tongass Forest sparks battle over logging Environmental advocates readied for battle in Congress this week over what they maintain is an erosion ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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17/06/2012	Deforestation reaches alarming stage in BD The deforestation in Bangladesh has reached an alarming stage as the authorities concerned did not implement ...	Financial Express, Bangladesh
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15/06/2012	Climate change and deforestation in the Heart of Borneo could be a deadly combination – new report warns Jakarta, Indonesia - The release of a new report: ‘Assessing the Impact of Climate Change in Borneo’, ...	WWF
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11/06/2012	Amazon a clear-cut price issue for coffee lovers If a tree falls in a forest, will my cup of coffee become more expensive? Coffee crops in the world's ...	The Australian
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04/06/2012	A symbol of the nation, Lebanon’s cedar heavily threatened Beirut - Canada without the maple leaf. The United States without the bald eagle. More than mere symbols, ...	The Daily Star, Lebanon
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04/06/2012	Maharashtra has lost 400 hectares of forest in 2 years Thane - A staggering 400 hectares of forest have been wiped off the map of Maharashtra in two years (2007-2011), ...	The Times of India
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04/06/2012	Bangladesh forests disappearing at “alarming rate”, says expert Bogor, Indonesia - Scientists are sounding the alarm bells in Bangladesh as forest loss reaches 90 percent, ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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22/05/2012	Illegal logging: Big players in cahoots? Covert logging activities under the pretext of a poverty eradication programme appears to be underway ...	Free Malaysia Today
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18/05/2012	How biomass use fuels rapid deforestation According to Bariki Kaali, who is Energy and Environmental Specialist based in Dar es Salaam, Biomass ...	Daily News, Tanzania
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16/05/2012	East Kalimantan is third largest carbon emitter Balikpapan, East Kalimantanv - The fast rate of deforestation in East Kalimantan over the last few years ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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04/05/2012	Forestry, economic development & climate change in Asia: resolving the tension Reducing poverty in developing countries through economic development is often contrary to addressing ...	The Conversation, Australia
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02/05/2012	'Stop charging environmental activists under anti terrorist courts': residents Chitral - For the last three years residents of Ayun Valley in Chitral are in protest against Timber ...	The Dardistan Times, India
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01/05/2012	A grim portrait of palm oil emissions Indonesia ranks right behind the United States and China in the lineup of the world’s top 10 greenhouse ...	The New York Times
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28/04/2012	Peru announces climate change initiative —as illegal logging soars Peru announced April 26 that it will implement its own climate change initiative, in light of the continued ...	World War 4 Report
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25/04/2012	Tanzania: communities to save forests in Zanzibar Zanzibar — Environmentalists in Zanzibar warn that deforestation on the Isles is increasing at ...	allAfrica.com
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24/04/2012	Vietnam's mangroves trees threatened by rising tide of deforestation ...	The Guardian, UK
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23/04/2012	Warning on Indonesia’s disappearing forests Earth Day commemorations in Indonesia were low-key, but those who marked the day were quick to warn of ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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22/04/2012	Deforestation, biodiversity loss top list of major woes Massive deforestation and the need to rehabilitate the country’s degraded forests in the face of ...	Business Mirror, Philippines
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20/04/2012	Three tree species on verge of extinction: expert The country’s most endangered tree species, Terocarpus Tinctorious, Militia Excelsa and Bombax ...	IPP Media
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18/04/2012	Africa gears up for the debilitating effects of climate change as efforts are made to save the continent’s forests Of the debilitating effects of climate change the world over, Africa seems to be the most hit continent. ...	Newstime Africa
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18/04/2012	Tanzania: Kilimanjaro region, too hot for comfort Many of us may agree that not all is well with the temperatures in some parts of the country. ...	allAfrica.com
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13/04/2012	Forest law poses threats Bill poised for approval by lawmakers amid debate. A proposed law to administrate Brazil’s vast ...	LatinAmerican Press
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09/04/2012	Experts warn of massive deforestation in Thailand Environmental activists and forestry experts have called on the Thai government to relocate people living ...	Press TV, Iran
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26/03/2012	Nigeria: Heat wave - Lagos warns against over exposure to sun - as experts decry deforestation of rainforest Lagos — Following the prevalence of heat wave in Lagos State and other parts of the country in ...	allAfrica.com
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26/03/2012	Govt asked to check deforestation Karak - Many precious trees were on the verge of extinction as the illegal deforestation in the Sheenghar ...	The News, Pakistan
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13/03/2012	Climate change could increase fires, logging, and hunting in rainforests The combined impacts of deforestation and climate change will bring a host of new troubles for the world's ...	Mongabay.com
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12/03/2012	Tanzania: Serengeti, Natron ecosystems threatened Loliondo — Ecologies of Serengeti and Lake Natron are under threat due to massive deforestation ...	allAfrica.com
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07/03/2012	Gambia: CU introduces new initiative to tackle illegal logging and deforestation The Gambian-based NGO, Concern Universal (CU), is to roll out a new programme, aimed at utilising Gambian ...	allAfrica.com
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06/03/2012	Need to save forests in Kilimanjaro region President Jakaya Kikwete has completed a three-day tour of Kilimanjaro region, and among issues he addressed ...	Daily News, Tanzania
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05/03/2012	Cameroon government cracks down on illegal logging Yaounde, Cameroon – The government of Cameroon has intensified a crackdown on illegal loggers in ...	Reuters AlertNet
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04/03/2012	Somalia burns through its charcoal supply A lack of rain in the Somali state of Puntland has put thousands of people at risk of starvation. Environmentalists ...	Horseed Media (Somali diaspora news network)
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03/03/2012	Nicaragua bids to stem deforestation with eco-soldiers Deep inside the verdant and sweltering vegetation of Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast, a specially trained ...	BBC News
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26/02/2012	Thai King blames 'greedy' civil servants for floods Bangkok - Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has expressed concern about deforestation and ...	Today Online, Singapore
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24/02/2012	Cote d'Ivoire: Illicit timber trade exposes the north to drought Abidjan — Environmental groups in Côte d'Ivoire say the illegal logging and sale of ...	allAfrica.com
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21/02/2012	USAID supports new Haiti project for clean cooking solutions Port-au-Prince, Haiti - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is aiming to establish ...	USAID (US Agency for International Development)
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20/02/2012	Logging blamed for Philippine flood deaths Two months after floods in the southern Philippines killed more than 1,000 people, the illegal logging ...	BBC News
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20/02/2012	Logging, mining blamed for recent flood in Jabonga Butuan City - Logging and mining activities around Lake Mainit and its nearby areas were major factors ...	MindaNews, Mindanao, Philippines
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20/02/2012	Paper industry decimating Indonesia's tigers Washington - The survival of Sumatra's tigers, elephants, orangutans, rhinos, as well as indigenous ...	IPSNews
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17/02/2012	The carbon footprint of a shrimp cocktail Vancouver, Canada - In many parts of Latin America and Asia, large swaths of coastal mangrove forests ...	Science Now
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17/02/2012	New study highlights opportunities and challenges for Indonesia forest moratorium Today WRI releases a working ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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13/02/2012	Ignoring forests won’t bring Rio+20’s ‘future we want’ In June 2012 around 40,000 participants are expected to attend one of the most important environmental ...	The Conversation, Australia
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10/02/2012	Lawmakers want probe on massive logging in Lanao Two lawmakers are proposing to investigate local officials, the Department of Environment and Natural ...	Sun Star Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
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09/02/2012	Tropical ecologist: Australia must follow U.S. and EU in banning illegally logged wood Australia should join the widening effort to stamp out illegal logging, according to testimony given ...	Mongabay.com
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09/02/2012	Environment under threat from deforestation Kathmandu - Minister for Environment Hemraj Tated has said that environmental problems have been rising ...	The Himalayan Times, Nepal
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08/02/2012	WWF report links Sumatra deforestation to toilet paper We know how difficult it is to link products to dangerous practices. Eco-friendly companies and individuals ...	Earth Times
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06/02/2012	Flannery in-depth on PNG's logging boom Late last week, Radio Australia revealed new figures which showed forest clearance on controversial land ...	ABC Radio Australia
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04/02/2012	How the Iligan disaster happened The massive flooding that hit Iligan City at the height of Tropical Storm “Sendong” was a ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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01/02/2012	Tanzania: Norwegian envoy upbeat on UN Redd payments in post Kyoto era Payments to communities which conserve their forests to help mitigate effects of global warming will ...	allAfrica.com
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30/01/2012	A drought produced environmental disaster in northern Mexico In many cities, Mexicans are responding to the environmental and hunger crises in Chihuahua's Sierra ...	Mexidata.info, Mexico
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30/01/2012	Tropical deforestation carbon release 'overestimated' The amount of carbon released into the atmosphere by tropical deforestation could be 12% less than estimated, ...	Earth Times
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30/01/2012	Govt blamed for failing to contain deforestation Members of Parliament [Tanzania] have blamed the government for failing to come up with a strategy that ...	IPP Media
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18/01/2012	Rainforest in transition: is the Amazon transforming before our eyes? A review suggests that the Amazon rainforest may be changing, courtesy of human impacts on the region's ...	Scientific American
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15/01/2012	Police seizes P6M worth of illegally cut lumbers in 2011 Tuguegaro City - “Kagubatan,” the strict implementation of anti-illegal logging campaign ...	PIA (Philippine Information Agency)
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13/01/2012	Officials accused of not protecting state forests Passing the buck: A Forestry Bureau official said the state-owned forest was in an Aboriginal reserve ...	Taipei Times, Taiwan
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09/01/2012	Deforestation and destruction of wetlands heats up Kabale Kabale — In the early 1990s Kabale was nicknamed "The Switzerland of Africa" by white ...	allAfrica.com
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06/01/2012	ARMM gov’t prepares illegal logging charges Cotabato City, Philippines - The government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is finalizing ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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03/01/2012	25 trucks of logs seized from 3 Lanao del Sur villages Zamboanga City, Philippines - Soldiers under the Task Force Ranao seized 25 truckloads of logs from three ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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28/12/2011	ARMM governor fires top environment official Manila - The caretaker governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) announced the relief ...	The Gulf Today, UAE
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28/12/2011	Gov’t permits used for illegal logs Zamboanga City - At least three logging companies have been using timber licenses to illegally cut trees ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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26/12/2011	100 people arrested in Chitral, protest rallies against deforestation & timber mafia Chitral, Pakistan: the 2nd day of raids and arrests in the small town of Ayun where some 100 people have ...	Ground Report
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24/12/2011	Political will Manila, Philippines — President Aquino has vowed to display "political will" in finding ...	Manila Bulletin, Philippines
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22/12/2011	Dozens of Indonesians sew mouths shut in deforestation protest Jakarta - A group of Indonesian protesters have sewed their mouths shut in a protest against deforestation ...	Channel 6 News Online, US
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22/12/2011	Lawmaker pushes new mine, forest laws Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat urged Congress to immediately pass the forest conservation and alternative ...	Sun Star Baguio, Philippines
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21/12/2011	Congress urged to pass reforestation laws A lawmaker on Wednesday urged Congress to immediately pass laws on environmental management on Wednesday, ...	Sun Star Manila, Philippines
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20/12/2011	Deforestation, Mekong River's biggest threat The biggest threat the Mekong River's ecological system faces is not the controversial dam-building ...	China.org.cn
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19/12/2011	Death toll in Mindanao floods now 632 Manila, Philippines – Death toll in the recent flooding that hit Mindanao and parts of Visayas ...	PhilStar.com, Philippines
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19/12/2011	Deadly mix for disaster The absence of a flood warning, high tide, darkness and a false sense of security proved disastrous for ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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19/12/2011	Deforestation blamed for 'Sendong' tragedy Cagayan de Oro City - Denuded mountains and forests are being cited as some of the causes behind the ...	ABS-CBN News
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19/12/2011	Shimla's white Christmas a thing of the past (Postcard from Shimla) Shimla [northern India] - Oh, for a white Christmas and New Year! That is now the feeling in Shimla where ...	MSN India
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19/12/2011	Is the Russian Forest Code a warning for Brazil? Brazil, which last week moved to reform its Forest Code, may find lessons in Russia's revision of ...	Mongabay.com
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17/12/2011	Saving the rest of the rainforests Since the 13th round of climate change talks in Bali in 2007, the issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions ...	New Straits Times, Malaysia
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14/12/2011	Forest land transfers, deforestation spiral out of control Lahore - A study commissioned by the Scientific Committee of WWF Pakistan has revealed that a startling ...	Pakistan Today
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10/12/2011	Why the Haiti earthquake may not have been a natural disaster Deforestation and extreme weather may later cause earthquakes, scientists believe. ...	The Independent, UK
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09/12/2011	Loss of mountain forests would unleash serious socio-economic effects – UN The loss of mountain forests sparked by increasing temperatures and population growth would have serious ...	UN News Centre
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08/12/2011	Tajikistan: Energy shortage accelerates deforestation “These hills used to be covered with trees in Soviet times,” says Umedjon Baburforov, gesturing ...	Eurasianet.org
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07/12/2011	Deforestation robbing communities of their income Ssese Islands, Uganda - From a distance, Bugala Island in Lake Victoria is a patchwork of green and brown. ...	IPS News
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04/12/2011	Britain spends £10m to stop deforestation in Brazil Britain is spending £10 million to stop deforestation in Brazil as part of a multi-billion fund ...	The Telegraph, UK
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04/12/2011	Experts: New wave of deforestation threatens Africa’s climate resilience Durban - A new wave of deforestation is sweeping across Africa decimating wildlife and threatening the ...	FAO
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02/12/2011	Deforestation and forest degradation slows in Brazil's Amazon since August Deforestation and forest degradation are down moderately from August through October 2011 relative to ...	Mongabay.com
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02/12/2011	Prawase says floods due to deforestation The catastrophic flooding has shown the country is out of sync in its natural environment and national ...	Bangkok Post, Thailand
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28/11/2011	‘Nigeria loses 400,000 hectares of forest land to deforestation’ After been ranked as the most dubious country in terms of deforestation, the International Institute ...	This Day, Nigeria
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26/11/2011	Ministry on the defensive after scathing deforestation report The government says that a global risk analysis and mapping company has compiled a “misleading” ...	The Jakarta Post
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25/11/2011	Fighting illegal logging from the decking Ever wondered where your outdoor furniture came from? Ever pondered on the story behind your lovely new ...	ABC News, Australia
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22/11/2011	Indonesia green prosperity program gets $600 million from State Dept This weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an agreement with Indonesia's government ...	SustainableBusiness.com
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21/11/2011	Deforestation: Nigeria ranked worst in the world The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has ranked Nigeria as the worst country in ...	This Day, Nigeria
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17/11/2011	Deforestation threatens planet, economies and communities, UN chief warns Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also ...	UN News Centre
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16/11/2011	Deforestation causes cooling, study shows Deforestation, considered by scientists to contribute significantly to global warming, has been shown ...	Physorg.com
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16/11/2011	Can Indonesia grow its economy and keep its forests? President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s commitment to dedicate the last three years his term to delivering ...	Climate Spectator
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14/11/2011	Tanzania timber shortage fuels deforestation Dar es Salaam — Tanzania is suffering from high global prices of forest products because of increased ...	allAfrica.com
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13/11/2011	Putting a stop to deforestation Creditably for it, the Sindh government has taken an important initiative to stop deforestation. ...	Business Recorder, Pakistan
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10/11/2011	'Father of Mangroves' fights for Pakistan's forests Karachi — It was a brutal kidnap that turned him into an eco-warrior, and 27 years later Pakistan's ...	AFP
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02/11/2011	Environmental problems putting global progress at risk – UN report Environmental deterioration threatens to reverse recent progress in human development for the world’s ...	UN News Centre
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24/10/2011	Armenia: Where deforestation is a hidden killer Ask locals, and they’ll tell you that a 19th century mountaintop church in the southeastern region ...	Eurasianet.org
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19/10/2011	Gambia: Stop illegal logging We have constantly been harping on the severity of deforestation in the country, and always advocate ...	allAfrica.com
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18/10/2011	Scarce resources, climate biggest threats to world health The Earth's natural resources like food, water and forests are being depleted at an alarming speed, ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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17/10/2011	Rivers’ death sentence: lumbering, cattle ranching, cash crops Santo Domingo - The situation of its rivers threaten Dominican Republic’s electricity generation, ...	Dominican Today, Dominican Republic
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13/10/2011	As Thailand floods spread, experts blame officials, not rains Bangkok - As some of Thailand’s worst flooding in half a century bears down on Bangkok — ...	The New York Times
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10/10/2011	DR Congo: UN advises prudent use of abundant resources to spur development The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the capacity to become the driving force of Africa’s ...	UN News Centre
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06/10/2011	Deforestation termed a key reason for flood losses Karachi - Deforestation in Sindh was also a reason for the recent flooding in the province, which destroyed ...	The News, Pakistan
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28/09/2011	Investing in forests a win-win for communities, climate - UNEP Conserving key rainforests in Indonesia could generate revenues three times greater than felling them ...	Voxy.co.nz, New Zealand
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28/09/2011	Indonesia’s finances, water supplies and apes set to benefit from UN green plan Conserving key forests in Indonesia could generate billions of dollars in revenue, up to three times ...	UN News Centre
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21/09/2011	In Kalimantan, hard at work reversing the damage to peat forests Sebangau, Central Kalimantan - Deep in the heart of the Sebangau forest lies a 50,000-hectare swath of ...	The Jakarta Globe
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19/09/2011	Converting rainforest to cropland in Africa reduces rainfall Converting West African rainforests into cropland reduces rainforest in adjacent forest areas, reports ...	Mongabay.com
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15/09/2011	Belo Monte dam project draws even more concerns Last month's worldwide protests against the Brazilian government's Belo Monte Dam project may ...	The Huffington Post, US
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09/09/2011	Kenya: Greenbelt sounds alarm over destruction of two Laikipia forests The Green Belt movement has raised the alarm over the wanton destruction of Marmanet and Ol Arabel forests ...	allAfrica.com
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22/08/2011	Deforestation causing landslides, says expert Large-scale deforestation has increased the risk of landslides in mountainous areas, a prominent academic ...	The Myanmar Times
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15/08/2011	Critical source of Dar`s water supply threatened Livelihoods of millions in Dar es Salaam, Coast and Morogoro regions are threatened by illegal tree felling ...	IPP Media
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14/08/2011	Illegal logging: from the rainforest to your dining room Bangkok, Thailand — Is your coffee table stamped “Made in Vietnam”? ...	Global Post, US
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14/08/2011	Indonesia’s forests: Paper trail to destruction Indonesia’s vanishing natural forests and wildlife species are testament to deforestation out of ...	The Scavenger
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05/08/2011	Value on ecosystem services needed to curb Asian deforestation - IPCC chief Bangkok – Deforestation is still occurring at an alarming rate in Asia Pacific countries despite ...	Reuters AlertNet
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30/07/2011	Aurora gov seeks to purge 'slash and burn' Manila, Philippines – The provincial government of Aurora vowed that it will step up efforts against ...	ABS CBN News
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18/07/2011	Burkina Faso suffering from deforestation The West African country is losing 110,550 hectares of forest each year, according to a new study. ...	Al Jazeera
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09/07/2011	KFC, Taco Bell, and the destruction of the rain forests YUM! Brands, which operates 38,000 fast food restaurants in 110 countries (including not only KFC but ...	Blast Magazine
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05/07/2011	European consumerism drives illegal logging Demand for cheap furniture in member states is still driving timber exports from at-threat forest nations, ...	Public Service Europe
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28/06/2011	Illegal logging blamed for Marilog landslide The illegal cutting of trees in Davao City's upland areas and the over utilization of wood charcoal ...	Sun Star Davao, Philippines
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21/06/2011	Mozambican president warns of danger of deforestation Maputo - Conserving tree cover is a determinant factor in maintaining the regular cycle of rainfall, ...	Bernama, Malaysia
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17/06/2011	Pakistan tops Asia in deforestation UN says rate of deforestation in Pakistan has quickened since 2010 floods. ...	Al Jazeera
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16/06/2011	N.Korea says rain left casualties, destroyed homes Seoul — Floods triggered by torrential rain that hit North Korea last week washed away homes, roads ...	AFP
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13/06/2011	Vice president highlights link between deforestation, poverty Degradation of the environment, particularly deforestation, has increased poverty in some areas of the ...	The Myanmar Times
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07/06/2011	Togo, Nigeria have highest rates of deforestation, study shows Togo, Nigeria and Ghana have the biggest rates of deforestation out of 65 nations, according to a study ...	Bloomberg
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04/06/2011	Rape of Kalimantan's forests continues Bentian Besar, East Kalimantan - At a mine-site near Sangatta in East Kalimantan, a titanic crater yawns ...	The Jakarta Globe
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03/06/2011	UN urges leaders to harness extraordinary benefits of forests Potentially irreversible environmental changes threaten the progress that has brought hundreds of millions ...	UN News Centre
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03/06/2011	Imminent disaster to strike Ghana ...	My Joy Online, Ghana
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31/05/2011	Congo's poor need incentives to save giant forest Simon Kasagana knows his meager livelihood depends on the forest, but like many others eking out a living ...	Reuters
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20/05/2011	Soybean farms destroying Amazon Brasilia - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon jumped almost sixfold in the March-April period, led ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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19/05/2011	Deforestation devours rich ecosystems La Paz, Bolivia - Occupations of land for agriculture over the last four decades in Bolivia, whether ...	IPS News
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19/05/2011	High wood product output doesn’t correlate to higher carbon emissions according to US Forest Service research A study by researchers at the ...	US Department of Agriculture Blog
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18/05/2011	Dr Nkowani attributes high levels of deforestation to poverty Government says the high levels of deforestation are a symptom of the economic challenges the Zambians ...	The Post Online, Zambia
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13/05/2011	Fires burn in Sumatra, drive air pollution in Malaysia More than 100 Indonesian firefighters are battling peatland fires set by oil palm plantation developers ...	Mongabay.com
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29/04/2011	'Cedar mafia' threatens Morocco's cherished wood Ajdir , Morocco — Revered as the "king of the forest" in Morocco, the native cedar tree ...	AFP
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17/04/2011	Deforestation blues: A thousand trees fell in Swat Swat - The once scenic valley of Swat is no longer covered in lush, dense forests. During the three years ...	The Express Tribune, Pakistan
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14/04/2011	Deforestation compromises quality of Ugandan life A recent National Forestry Authority (NFA) report indicates that over 90 percent of the population in ...	Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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11/04/2011	Peruvian presidential election may decide Amazon future The enormous segment of Amazonian rainforest that covers over half of the country has always been an ...	The Cutting Edge News
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09/04/2011	Deforestation – always silent yet devastating Amid news about a massive 9.0 Richter scale earthquake and a powerful tsunami that have hit Japan, there ...	The Jakarta Post
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07/04/2011	Dwindling West African rainforest threatens long-term food security In West Africa, the Guinean Rainforest is rapidly disappearing. A new study says increased production ...	VoA News
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04/04/2011	North, South on high alert: Residents brace for more landslides and storms The National Disaster Warning Centre has warned people in the South to remain on high alert for more ...	Bangkok Post, Thailand
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03/04/2011	Declining mangroves shield against global warming Paris - Mangroves, which have declined by up to half over the last 50 years, are an important bulkhead ...	AFP
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23/03/2011	Climate change caused by deforestation triggers species migration Local climate shifts caused by deforestation and land cover change are causing insects to migrate to ...	Mongabay.com
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18/03/2011	Forests are key for high quality water supply Better forest management needed to maximize water-related benefits from forests By 2025, 1.8 billion ...	FAO Media Centre
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15/03/2011	Ex-forestry director was lying about logjam, says colleague An allegedly 'lying' former Forestry Department official will now have to face the wrath of ...	Free Malaysia Today
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12/03/2011	‘Govt has no intention of converting forest land into revenue land’ Karachi - The Sindh government had no intention whatsoever of converting forest land into revenue, the ...	The News, Pakistan
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11/03/2011	Eight missing in Indonesia flash floods Banda Aceh, Indonesia - At least eight people were missing and thousands had to be evacuated after flash ...	channelnewsasia.com
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10/03/2011	Fight for the Borneo rainforest: Gordon Brown celebrates the role of journalist Clare Rewcastle I have a declaration of interest to make at the outset. Clare Rewcastle is my sister-in-law. She is also ...	The Independent, UK
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07/03/2011	Palm oil plantations equal deforestation Another day and there's another study that undermines the case for biofuels as an eco-friendly source ...	Time
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07/03/2011	Stopping export logging, oil palm expansion in PNG in 2012 would cost $1.8b, says economist Stopping logging for timber export and conversion of forest for oil palm plantations would cost Papua ...	Mongabay.com
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04/03/2011	Brazilian beef - greater impact on the environment than we realise Increased export of Brazilian beef indirectly leads to deforestation in the Amazon. New research from ...	Science Centric
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03/03/2011	Ethiopia: A double standard on land related issues Ethiopia Agriculture Ministry, last month, rejected a petition to reconsider the lease of huge forestry ...	Afrik News
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02/03/2011	Models calculate deforestation's impact on Kilimanjaro The impact that local deforestation might have on the snowcap and glaciers atop Mount Kilimanjaro are ...	Newswise
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02/03/2011	Palm oil business killing orangutans: French filmmaker Kolkata - China, Europe and India are fuelling the high demand for palm oil, in turn leading to the rapid ...	Sify News
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23/02/2011	The battle to save Indonesia's disappearing forests Imagine 400 football fields of trees disappearing during the duration of a soccer match. That was the ...	The Jakarta Globe
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23/02/2011	Malaysia: Conservation and development in tug-of-war Malaysia - A recent report by an international environmental group flagging the alarming rate of deforestation ...	Eco-business.com
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22/02/2011	Denise Hamu: Brazil 'needs to increase' beef and soya productivity Matilda Lee talks exclusively to the head of WWF Brazil about controversial beef and soya production, ...	The Ecologist, UK
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15/02/2011	Central America has highest rate of forest loss in region Guatemala City - Central America has suffered the highest rate of forest loss in Latin America over the ...	IPS News
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14/02/2011	In Peru, hopes for carbon deal wash away with the soil A newly paved highway has sparked a Klondike-style gold rush in Peru's rich rain forest, threatening ...	The Daily Climate
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12/02/2011	Massive deforestation ruining environment Islamabad – According to forest assessment conducted by the Ministry of Environment in 2004, total ...	The Nation, Pakistan
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07/02/2011	Marines needed for log ban! Manila, Philippines – The nationwide ban on the cutting of trees is not too late, even if what ...	Manila Bulletin, Philippines
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07/02/2011	Satellite imagery reveals Malaysian peatland destruction Palm oil production is rapidly leading to the destruction of Malaysia’s sensitive peat swamp forests, ...	ICTSD
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07/02/2011	Climate change complicating malaria fight Deforestation and climate change have intensified the threat of malaria, bringing malaria-carrying mosquitoes ...	The Myanmar Times
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06/02/2011	Aquino firm on log ban Manila - President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino is standing firm on his order imposing a total ...	The Gulf Today
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04/02/2011	Leading article: Beware the collapse of the planet's lungs The year 2005 was an exceptionally dry one for the Amazon rainforest. Thousands of square kilometres ...	The Independent, UK
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04/02/2011	Philippine president bans logging after deadly floods Philippine President Benigno Aquino has imposed a nationwide moratorium on logging, following floods ...	BBC News
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04/02/2011	Wood producers ask Aquino to reconsider total log ban Manila, Philippines - Wood producers have appealed to President Benigno Aquino to implement "selective" ...	ABS-CBNnews.com
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02/02/2011	Afghans highlight deforestation dangers at start of UN Year of Forests As the United Nations today launches its International Year of Forests, Afghans in the eastern part of ...	ReliefWeb
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01/02/2011	Malaysia destroying its forests three times faster than all Asia combined Malaysia is destroying its forests more than three times faster than all of Asia combined, new satellite ...	The Telegraph, UK
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28/01/2011	Greed and demand doom rainforest Indonesia's timber mafia is making a killing, thanks to the lack of regulation and the insatiable ...	Gulf News
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26/01/2011	Church group to Aquino: Total log ban answer to forest woes Lucena City, Philippines — A Church-backed network of groups protesting the continued cutting of ...	The Inquirer, Phlippines
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26/01/2011	Timber smuggling rife in Kashmir Srinigar, India - Smugglers are using political unrest in the Kashmir region of India to conceal their ...	UPI.com
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25/01/2011	Human error behind Drugchu mudslide tragedy Dharamshala, India - The rampant exploitation of natural resources increased the risk and impact of last ...	TibetCustom
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24/01/2011	Aquino’s log ban plan flawed, say environmentalists Manila — Last weekend, Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III said he was mulling over an executive order ...	Bulatlat, Philippines
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21/01/2011	Tanzania to create forest inventory to help fight climate change Dar es Salaam - Tanzania plans to draw up a comprehensive inventory of its forests to replace outdated ...	Reuters AlertNet
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20/01/2011	War, plague no match for deforestation in driving CO2 buildup Stanford, California — Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes had an impact on the global carbon cycle ...	EurekAlert!
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20/01/2011	Somalia: Charcoal trade booming despite ban Nairobi - Although the export of charcoal has been banned by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government ...	IRIN Africa
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19/01/2011	Denuded forests blamed for La Niña deluge Manila, Philippines — La Niña is not the only culprit for the floods that have devastated ...	The Inquirer, Phlippines
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17/01/2011	Rainfall patterns can't be ignored in climate change debate Rio de Janeiro - In discussions of human activities that affect the climate, there is relatively little ...	IPS News
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16/01/2011	Mayor in Agusan del Sur probed for illegal logging Butuan City, Agusan del Sur, Philippines – A town mayor in Agusan del Sur is being investigated ...	The Inquirer, Phlippines
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15/01/2011	Illegal logging blamed for Northern Negros calamity EB Magalona, Negros Occ. – The local chief executive of EB Magalona town in Negros Occidental has ...	Manila Bulletin, Philippines
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14/01/2011	Aquino mulling total log ban President Benigno S. C. Aquino III is expected to issue an executive order (EO) next week addressing ...	Business World Online, Philippines
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13/01/2011	Haiti's cycle of calamity Reporter William Wheeler talks with Haitians and aid workers about the fear of storms and the disastrous ...	National Geographic News Watch
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13/01/2011	Oil palm plantations replace mangrove forests on Sembilan island Langkat, North Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Hundreds of hectares of mangrove forests on Sembilan island in ...	Antara News, Indonesia
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12/01/2011	Imperilled by the timber mafia In Borneo’s majestic rain forest, trees are being felled to meet western demand for wood products. ...	China Dialogue
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10/01/2011	Business key to saving Indonesia’s forests, says Al Gore Jakarta - Former US vice president and environmental campaigner Al Gore kicked off the International ...	Eco-business.com
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09/01/2011	Government should not tolerate destruction of forest reserves Opanyin Obuabi Mensah, Chief Farmer of Akwapem Susubiri, in the Eastern Region, has urged the Ministry ...	Modern Ghana
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08/01/2011	Kerosene price increase hurting poor households Dar es Salaam - The price of kerosene rose by six per cent effective Wednesday this week as the global ...	The Citizen, Tanzania
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01/01/2011	Tropical storms and deforestation may be underlying cause of Haiti’s earthquake Jan. 12 will mark the one-year anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake. The catastrophic ...	Palm Beach Daily News, Florida
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29/12/2010	Indonesian climate official: palm oil lobbyist is misleading the public Alan Oxley, a lobbyist for industrial forestry companies in the palm oil and pulp and paper sectors, ...	Mongabay.com
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26/12/2010	Rain may disappear from the world's breadbasket Rio de Janeiro - South America still has vast extensions of land available for growing crops to help ...	IPS News
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14/12/2010	New atlas maps future of the environment in Latin America and Caribbean From deforestation in Guatemala to the effects of mining in Colombia, a new atlas produced by the United ...	VAdvert.co.uk, UK
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02/12/2010	Rainforest protection should focus on boosting resilience to climate change Efforts to protect tropical forests under the proposed reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation ...	Mongabay.com
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01/12/2010	Study: REDD could save species from extinction, if well-funded The burgeoning global program REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) could ...	Mongabay.com
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17/11/2010	Nigeria losing 400,000 hectares of forest per year Deforestation rate in Nigeria has reached an alarming rate of 3.5 per cent per year, translating to a ...	Daily Independent, Nigeria
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19/10/2010	Africa: long-term solutions sought for forest loss and energy crisis The sight of men on bicycles carrying firewood and charcoal is a common one throughout Tanzania: It is ...	allAfrica.com
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13/10/2010	Satellites show fragmented rainforests significantly drier than intact forest A new study in Biological Conservation has shown that edge forests and forest patches are more vulnerable ...	Mongabay.com
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08/10/2010	Extreme weather, illegal logging cause rampant floods in Indonesia Jakarta - Indonesia has been hit by rampant floods in recent days, caused by extreme weather and illegal ...	Xinhua, China
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07/10/2010	Environmentalists push for cash incentives to farmers to stop global deforestation Brazil, the World’s largest exporter of beef, cotton, coffee, orange juice soybeans and sugar, ...	WiredPRNews.com
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05/10/2010	A tree falls in Laos Vientiane - With Pakistan suffering from unprecedented deforestation-driven flooding, are once forested, ...	Asia Times
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04/10/2010	Saving tropical forests: value their carbon and improve farming technology In a warming 21st century, tropical forests will be at risk from a variety of threats, especially the ...	Newswise
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23/09/2010	Money can grow on trees: Forests are disappearing because they are undervalued From a helicopter, East Kalimantan, a province in the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, presents ...	The Economist, UK
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23/09/2010	Deforestation a threat to sustainable development There are concerns about the demise of forests in the formerly tropical beautiful green zones of Africa ...	The New Vision, Uganda
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02/09/2010	Pakistan floods and the timber mafia Islamabad, Pakistan - There is a link between deforestation in Pakistan and the massive floods sweeping ...	UPI.com
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02/09/2010	80% of tropical agricultural expansion between 1980-2000 came at expense of forests More than 80 percent of agricultural expansion in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came at the expense ...	Mongabay.com
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17/08/2010	'Timber mafia' made floods worse When the residents of Mian Gujar village in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan went to bed on the night ...	Al Jazeera
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16/08/2010	Climate change expert urges a rethink of forest futures The earth could be in the mists of the single biggest extinction period since the dinosaurs, according ...	Charles Darwin University, Australia
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05/08/2010	Global tropical forests threatened by 2100 Palo Alto, CA — By 2100 only 18% to 45% of the plants and animals making up ecosystems in global, ...	Carnegie Institute for Science, Washington DC, US
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30/07/2010	Indonesian Sinar Mas-linked firms wrecked forest: report Greenpeace said on Thursday it had fresh evidence that palm oil firms linked to Indonesian agribusiness ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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23/07/2010	Environment degradation portends water crisis The country is on the verge of experiencing a water crisis due to the continued destruction of the environment ...	The Jakarta Post
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07/07/2010	Verdant Borneo losing out heavily to deforestation Bau: Deforestation and oil palm plantations are the biggest culprits behind climate warming in Borneo, ...	Free Malaysia Today
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28/06/2010	Tackling deforestation must be key focus in fight against climate change While the global community is fighting wars on many fronts, the Commonwealth Secretary-General has said ...	allAfrica.com
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27/06/2010	Forestry Law reforms augur more disasters Rio de Janeiro - While the Brazilian authorities tally the death toll and the economic losses caused ...	IPS News
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22/06/2010	Searching for solutions to global warming in Africa Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - What would the wealthy nations of the West (and their rising rivals in the ...	The New York Observer
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06/06/2010	Nigeria: FG seeks global support for forestry development Nigeria has underscored the need for the industrial nations to support the developing nations to fast ...	allAfrica
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05/06/2010	Adding firepower to the fight for our forests The deal between Norway and Indonesia to save Indonesian forests is a game-changer in more ways than ...	Today Online, Singapore
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04/06/2010	Burning need for REDD rethink? The UN REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) scheme looks like a promising, and ...	Environmental Research Web
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03/06/2010	Amazon up in smoke, even when deforestation slows Brazilian farmers are setting more fires in parts of the Amazon where deforestation has slowed, according ...	Reuters
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03/06/2010	Palm oil’s promotion as diesel alternative draws fire London — Ubiquitous in products from cookies to cosmetics, and increasingly in European fuel tanks, ...	The New York Times
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12/05/2010	TZ forests to disappear in 10 decades Tanzania’s entire forest cover will disappear in about 10 to 16 decades if the current high level ...	The Citizen, Tanzania
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20/04/2010	For U.S. forests, REDD begins at home By losing forest, the United States also loses one of its best defenses against climate change. ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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02/02/2010	Misused and abused Today is World Wetlands Day but there is little to cheer about as these habitats continue to dwindle. ...	The Star Online, Malaysia
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31/01/2010	Leave peat swamps alone, UK expert advises Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei must continue protecting its peatlands, as research has shown that a significant ...	BruDirect, Brunei
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27/01/2010	Hasan urges forest officials to come out of all ill reputes State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud Monday urged the forest officials to put their ...	The Financial Express, Bangladesh
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26/01/2010	Greenpeace presents ‘World Cup of Forest Destruction’ to SBY Jakarta, Indonesia — Greenpeace activists today presented the ‘World Cup of Forest Destruction’ ...	InfoShop News
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26/01/2010	Haiti's few trees at risk as survivors flee to rural areas Port-au-Prince, Haiti - The number of people leaving Haiti's earthquake-ravaged cities for rural ...	Environment News Service
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25/01/2010	Kashmir plans logging crackdown to slow deforestation Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir - Yousaf Butt, a timber worker in the Neelum Valley at the Line ...	Environment News Service
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21/01/2010	Greenwash award exposes Brazilian company Brazilian cattle-ranching company named and shamed for destroying the land of an uncontacted tribe. ...	The Ecologist
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20/01/2010	After the earthquake: Haiti's deforestation needs attention As Haiti is rebuilt after the earthquake, attention should be paid to its environmental problems, especially ...	The Christian Science Monitor
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15/01/2010	Kenya water resource faces danger Nairobi - Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai has warned that if Kenyans are not insistent in protecting forests, ...	Capital FM Kenya
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21/12/2009	Africa: Accra Caucus flay Redd deal Accra — The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change says the deal reached on Reduced Emissions ...	allAfrica.com
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16/12/2009	Madagascar: illegal logging exacerbates climate change Fast paced illegal logging in Madagascar is causing environmental damage and contributing to climate ...	allAfrica.com
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12/12/2009	Once-abundant Chakoria forest 'now gone' Chakoria - The second largest mangrove forest in Bangladesh, the 'Chakoria Sundarbans' in the ...	bdnews24.com, Bangladesh
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09/12/2009	Deforestation linked to drought Scientists looking at climate change have found a link between deforestation and drought. ...	Wales Online, UK
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07/12/2009	Copenhagen glimmer (update) It may come as a surprise but Indonesia - once one of the world’s great environmental vandals - ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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01/12/2009	Riau seeking compensation from advanced countries Jakarta - While Greenpeace recently put Riau's forests in the international spotlight, Riau authorities ...	Bernama, Malaysia
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30/10/2009	Eyeing flood waters, Argentine ranchers move cattle Diamante, Argentina - Argentine ranchers aided by soldiers were rushing on Friday to move nearly 1 million ...	Reuters
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26/10/2009	Illegal logging responsible for loss of 10 million hectares in Indonesia Lush tropical rainforest once covered almost all of Indonesia's 17,000 islands between the Indian ...	The Independent, UK
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21/10/2009	Canadian forestry leader urges ambitious global action to end deforestation Buenos Aires - Avrim Lazar, President and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and ...	Newswire, Canada
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16/10/2009	Second International Timber Trade Federation Day – timber trade demands level playing field Geneva - World Leaders of the timber trade industry gathered in Geneva on the 8 and 9 October for the ...	The Forest Trust
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15/10/2009	Climate change could threaten national security The effects of climate change could threaten national security as thousands of outermost and small islands ...	The Jakarta Post
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14/09/2009	Social causes of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest Understanding the web of social groups involved in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is key to containing ...	Mongabay.com
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10/08/2009	New species discovered in Eastern Himalayas face uncertainty The fragile ecosystems of the Eastern Himalayas have been proven to harbor incredible biological diversity ...	EcoWorldly
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29/05/2009	Amazon activist to bring climate change warning to Britain An activist from the Yanomami people in the Amazon is to visit the Houses of Parliament to tell MPs that ...	Ekklesia, UK
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24/04/2009	Fires fuelling global warming: study Carbon emissions from deforestation fires have a significant impact on global warming, according to an ...	ABC Science, Australia
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08/12/2008	Peru seeks $200 million to save its rainforests Peru is seeking $200 million in international contributions over the next ten years to cut deforestation ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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EVENTS

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Monday 13th May 2013	International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition Worldwide, nearly a billion people go hungry every day. With the world population projected to exceed ...
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Wednesday 23rd May 2012	Rainbow water: rainfall, the water cycle, forests and trees This discussion on forest climate policies beyond carbon, is being hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre ...
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Monday 28th June 2010	18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference The theme of the Conference, which will take place from 28 June to 2 July, is "Restoring the Commonwealth's ...
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LINKS

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