by faster | May 19, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: May 19, 2021 SNIP: In the seven years since governments and corporations promised to stop deforestation, the clear cutting of critically important tropical forests has instead increased by more than 50 percent, a new report shows,...
by faster | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: February 26, 2021 SNIP: Parts of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being illegally sold on Facebook, the BBC has discovered. The protected areas include national forests and land reserved for indigenous peoples. Some of the plots listed via...
by faster | Jan 14, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 14, 2021 SNIP: [I]n 2015, the Estonian government allowed what is known as clear-cutting in some parts of the Haanja nature reserve. The practice involves stripping entire areas of mature forest and removing whole tree trunks. This...
by faster | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: WildEarth Guardians DATE: December 10, 2020 SNIP: Today, the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) completed its final actions to fast-track approvals and eliminate public input and review on clearcutting of native forests and shrubs across...
by faster | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian and Live Science DATE: October 28, 2020 SNIP: The Trump administration has announced it will lift protections in Alaska’s Tongass national forest, permitting logging in the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest. Experts call the Tongass the...
