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March 5, 2002: Our Closest Relatives Are Disappearing
If their populations continue to shrink at recent rates, some species will not survive this decade. This group, according to the World ... by corruption and political instability. Within the past decade, deforestation rates doubled, claiming almost 2 million hectares each year. As deforestation rates doubled, orangutan numbers dropped by half. By 2005, the country ...
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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
Coastal erosion, flooding, pollution (air, water, land), deforestation, saltwater intrusion, and subsidence are some of the ... been polluted, resulting in loss of fisheries resources. Under doubled CO2, climate change is projected to adversely affect several ... erosion of the east coast. Increases in population growth rates in the principal coastal cities of east Africa, ...
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Alternative Policy Study: Alternative Policy Study: Land and Water Resources in Arab African Countries
Contents Introduction Priority Issues Baseline Scenario Environmental Impacts ... the vegetation cover protecting the soil is damaged by deforestation or overgrazing. The exposed fertile topsoil is carried away ... , irrigated lands as a percentage of arable lands almost doubled in Algeria, Libya and Tunisia between 1980 and 1994 ...
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GEO-2000: Introduction - Synthesis - The state of the environment:
a global overview
Deforestation continues at high rates in developing countries, mainly driven by the demand for wood products and the need ... . Low-lying areas, including many small islands, risk inundation. The global marine fish catch almost doubled between 1975 and 1995, and the state of the world's fisheries has now reached ...
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GM Forest Trees – The Ultimate Threat
Also, the demand for timber is not the only cause of deforestation; road-building, dams, cash crops (such as soya in Brazil and ... of paper consumed in the US, despite the fact that literacy rates in the US, Germany and Vietnam are almost identical. Nearly 40% ... have been reported after exposure at normal use levels. It nearly doubled the risk of late spontaneous abortion, and children born to users ...
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Case Study of Indonesia, Summary
LNG, minerals) ... soon as 2000. In the forestry sector, if current deforestation rates continue, an additional 15 million to 32.5 million ... pressures and probably increase the deforestation rate. If demand for wood continues to climb at present rates, a serious timber shortage ...
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Essay on a Sustainable Economy
Input rules: (a) For renewable inputs, harvest rates should not exceed regeneration rates (nondepletion of the source services of natural capital). ... ozone layer, acid rain, soil erosion, the loss of wetlands, deforestation, desertification, the disappearance of millions of plant and animal ... years for an economy growing at that rate to have doubled five times and be (if the world’s resources ...
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Securely sustainable
Husbanding resources The overgrazing, deforestation and inappropriate agricultural practices that cause most degradation result ...
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The Heat is On
In a world with doubled CO2 concentrations harvests in these areas would fall by up ... costs would be extremely significant for some parts of the world. Deforestation and agricultural and industrial processes all affect greenhouse-gas emissions. ... on the Earth in the next few decades, economic growth rates, energy prices, and what policies are adopted to try and ...
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Republic of Congo. Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for ... Amazon. While deforestation rates have slowed since 2004, forest loss is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. This is a look at past, current and potential future drivers of deforestation in ...
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