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Global Warming and the Kyoto Protocol
Cutting down and burning forests not only releases carbon dioxide, but also reduces an important carbon storage reservoir, so ... from the original goals, and countries were given the option of planting carbon-absorbing forests to earn pollution credits, in lieu of reducing emissions.10 The European Union and ...
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Old growth Forests and Stored Carbon, New Plans to Burn our Forests For Fuel, RFA Reference Groups
Liberal and Labor are undermining the real alternatives to electricity production, such as wind and solar energy. By passing this legislation, they have ensured that burning forests ...
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FORESTS FOREVER­ Protecting California's Forests
July (5/14/08) Brazil activists fear death squads back (5/13/08) Fire burning in Angeles National Forest (5/13/08) Judge orders EPA to hurry on carbon ... in the cathedral: Logging in Giant Sequoia National Monument Forests Forever goes to Washington Forests Forever coalitions and collaborations Forests Forever press releases Forests Forever in the news email alert archives our biweekly alerts ...
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David Suzuki Foundation: Climate Change : Forests & Sinks
Burning fossil fuels tips this balance. Oil, coal and gas combustion introduce at least 6 ... stored underground, separated from the atmosphere for millions of years. Forests and soils store large amounts of carbon. Living forests absorb carbon dioxide and, through photosynthesis, convert it to biomass. ...
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Climate Action Network Europe / Forests and Climate Change
Deforestation contributes around 25 per cent of global greenhouse emissions through the rotting and burning of vegetation. It also threatens biodiversity by destroying the habitats of plants and animals that live in the forests. Many people who depend on the forests for their ...
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Conservation International - Saving Forests
Give Future for Life Benefits of Giving Events Sojourns Home > Learn > Forests Learn Climate Change Forests Species Communities Land Use Oceans Freshwater Related Links Carbon Calculator Future for ... shelter, and jobs, leading to greater poverty and social instability. In addition, burning and clearing tropical forests emits at least 20 percent of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, ...
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State of the Forests Update August 1, 2006
Indiana instead of cutting and burning them down. Here’s what you can do: 1) Please support Protect ... are proposed for logging and/or burning. For more information about Forest Watch groups contact Karyn Moskowitz. Please act today and get involved! Help protect the forests we all love. Sincerely, Jeanne ...
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Burning desire: with high energy costs as a backdrop, entrepreneurs eye biomass as a market worth...
By: Brian Taylor Whether the practice of burning or distilling garbage, debris or tree trimmings and harnessing the energy can be considered recycling ... part of the evolution of the economies of Europe and North America. Not until after forests were cleared did concentrated efforts to mine coal and drill for petroleum begin to occur ...
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WWF - The Importance of Forests
And if that is not all, a by-product of photosynthesis is oxygen. Thus, the Amazon forests ...
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WWF - Importance of Forests
As life evolved, they started clearing land for agriculture and to set up more and more advanced settlements. An emotional bond? Human beings and forests ...
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