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·29/7/2010 - The global farm, Nature

·20/7/2010 - Multi-tasking, IUCN

·7/7/2010 - Europe bans illegal timber to protect forests, Agence France-Presse

·27/4/2010 - Cochabamba postscript: lessons, reflections, and the road to Cancun, Energy Bulletin

·2/2/2010 - Fury as giant Belo Monte Amazon rainforest dam is approved by Brazil, Times (UK)

·2/2/2010 - Can Army Protect Plundered Forest Reserves?, Inter Press Service

·30/1/2010 - Why we need our wilderness, Telegraph

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·Deforestation in the Amazon 2004

·Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change

·Human Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Forests

·Landsat NASA Pathfinder Humid Tropical Deforestation Project

·Vitae Civilis - Development, Environment and Peace

·Deforestation Mapping Group

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1. Bad Amazon News: Deforestation Up 21% in Rondonia & Fires Intensify           Rank: 75%

Following are two items that relay more bad news for the Amazon. SEJUP reveals that deforestation in Rondonia State has increased by 20.6% during the last two years. The Environmental Defense Fund indicates that based on satellite images, the number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon between July and November increased over 50% between 1996 and 1997. There is persistent and ominous change occurring...
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2. Amazon Deforestation News, Links and Information from Forests...           Rank: 74%

Can Army Protect Plundered Forest Reserves?, Inter Press Service ·30/1/2010 - Why we need our wilderness, Telegraph ·24/1/2010 - INDEPENDENT.CO.UK: Campaign to save tropical forests failed by food giants, Independent (UK) more Amazon Deforestation news Amazon Deforestation Link Results ·Deforestation in the Amazon 2004 ·Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change ·Human Pressure on the...
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3. Amazon Deforestation Up 6 Percent in 2004           Rank: 74%

American state of Massachusetts. The Amazon forest - which sprawls over 1.6 million square miles and covers more than half the country - is a key component of the global environment. The jungle is sometimes called the world's "lung" because its billions of trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Environmentalists were shocked with the new figures, which were announced...
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4. Hamburger Consumption Spurs Amazon Deforestation           Rank: 74%

Denise Hamu, who heads WWF in Brazil. "The government of Brazil needs to urgently respond to this crisis by fulfilling its commitment to triple the area of rainforest under legal protection." The new figures also prompted expressions of concern by the government in Brasilia. "These figures are serious and need to be confronted," said Environment Minister Marina Silva, who stressed that the...
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5. Amazon Deforestation           Rank: 74%

Amazon Deforestation in blog format. Updated regularly. Gone: a look at extinction over the past decade (01/03/2010) No one can say with any certainty how many species went extinct from 2000-2009. Because no one knows if the world's species number 3 million or 30 million, it is impossible to guess how many known species-let alone unknown-may have vanished recently. Species in tropical forests and...
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6. Amazon Deforestation           Rank: 74%

Amazon Deforestation in blog format. Updated regularly. Amazon deforestation rates drop 20% in 2007 (12/08/2007) Deforestation rates in Brazil's Amazon rainforest dropped 20 percent since last year, reported the Brazilian National Institute of Space Research (INPE). Global warming accelerates destruction of the Amazon (12/06/2007) Deforestation and climate change could damage or destroy as much as...
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7. Amazon Deforestation           Rank: 74%

Amazon Deforestation in blog format. Updated regularly. Gone: a look at extinction over the past decade (01/03/2010) No one can say with any certainty how many species went extinct from 2000-2009. Because no one knows if the world's species number 3 million or 30 million, it is impossible to guess how many known species-let alone unknown-may have vanished recently. Species in tropical forests and...
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