by faster | Sep 27, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: September 27, 2019 SNIP: The conker tree has been put on the official extinction list. Ravaged by moths and disease, the horse chestnut is now classified as vulnerable to extinction. The tree is among more than 400 native European tree species...
by faster | Feb 20, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Amazon Watch DATE: February 20, 2019 SNIP: Emboldened by the institutional assault upon indigenous rights being waged by the regime of Jair Bolsonaro, rural mafias are organizing an unprecedented wave of land invasions and attacks on native territories and...
by faster | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: EcoWatch DATE: June 22, 2018 SNIP: A farm bill that opponents say would harm endangered species, land conservation efforts, small-scale farmers and food-stamp recipients passed the U.S. House of Representatives 213 to 211, with every House Democrat and 20...
by faster | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: November 30, 2017 SNIP: Decades of unsustainable logging has created an “extinction debt” in Victoria’s central highlands that will trigger an ecosystem-wide collapse within 50 years without urgent intervention from the state government,...
by faster | May 5, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: May 5, 2017 SNIP: The U.S. has consistently underestimated the impact that logging has on accelerating climate change and the role that preserving its forests can play in sucking carbon out of the atmosphere. That’s the...
