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Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs
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18.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: Nation |
| O'BRIEN, Ore.—Jennifer Phillippi's grandparents started producing lumber in this corner of Oregon timber country in 1922, when a man could set |
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Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs
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18.5.2013 |
AP National |
| O'BRIEN, Ore. (AP) -- Jennifer Phillippi's grandparents started producing lumber in this corner of Oregon timber country in 1922, when a man could set up a mill, log the trees within range of a team of horses and move the mill to a new stand when those trees ran out.... |
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Ore. timber country ponders future without logs that sustained economy over last 70 years
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18.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Nation |
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Maps of the rare and unusual
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18.5.2013 |
Earth Times |
| The protection of our fauna and flora is becoming one of the most important tasks of this generation, as more and more become endangered by human greed. Politics is part of the answer but initiatives such as those of the ZSL have a great part to play. |
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World Briefing | Health: Single Yellow Fever Shot Offers Lifetime Protection, W.H.O. Says
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18.5.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Americas |
| World Briefing | Health: Single Yellow Fever Shot Offers Lifetime Protection, W.H.O. Says |
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World Briefing | Asia: Indonesia: A Logging Ban Is Extended
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17.5.2013 |
NY Times: World |
| Indonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rain forests and peatlands, an official said Thursday. |
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Wisconsin wildfire started by logging operations
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17.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Wisconsin wildfire started by logging operations |
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Wisconsin wildfire was accidentally started by logging operations
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17.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| Prosecutors announced Thursday they won't file charges against loggers whose equipment apparently started a massive wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin, concluding there was no criminal intent or negligence. |
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Wisconsin wildfire started by logging operations
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17.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Nation |
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Northwestern Wisconsin wildfire consumes 8,700 acres, destroys dozens of buildings
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16.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| Authorities are investigating whether logging operations may have sparked a massive wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that destroyed dozens of buildings and forced at least 60 people from their homes, state officials said Wednesday. |
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NW Wisconsin Wildfire Consumes 8,700 Acres
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16.5.2013 |
WCCO: Local News |
 Authorities are investigating whether logging operations may have sparked a massive wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that destroyed dozens of buildings and forced at least 60 people from their homes, state officials said Wednesday. |
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Chinese Hydrodam Remains a Concern, Mystery to Locals
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14.5.2013 |
International Rivers Sitewide RSS Feed |
| By:
Say Mony
Date:
Friday, May 10, 2013
Originally published in VOA Khmer
KOH KONG - Villagers in the coastal province of Koh Kong say they are being kept in the dark on a hydroelectric dam planned to be built by a Chinese company in the remote Areng River valley.
Villagers here say they are worried that if the dam is indeed built, it will cause major harm to their livelihoods.
Cambodia has turned to the Chinese for a number of hydropower dams across the country. Supporters say they are needed to power the country’s growth and development, but opponents say they are not worth the environmental costs.
Along the Areng River, in Thmor Bang district, villagers say they are worried.
“So where am I going to move to?” asked Chhorng Dorn, a 71-year-old farmer who lives near the planned site of the dam. “What about my plantations, like coconut trees and other things I’ve been trying to plant so far? I’m already at this age, so I’m very concerned.”
Impact studies say ... |
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Study Finds Loss of Rain Forests Can Deplete Hydropower
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14.5.2013 |
NY Times: Science |
| Study Finds Loss of Rain Forests Can Deplete Hydropower |
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Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vietnam firms' land grabs
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13.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Report claims that families in Laos and Cambodia have been forced off land or are expected to work on rubber plantations
Two Vietnamese firms bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation – the World Bank's private lending arm – are leading a wave of land grabs in Cambodia and Laos, causing widespread evictions, illegal logging and food insecurity, according to a report.
The study, concluding a year-long investigation by the watchdog Global Witness, names two of Vietnam's biggest companies, the privately owned Huang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) and state-owned Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), as the businesses behind the land grabs. It claims they are working with the explicit support of the Cambodian and Laotian governments, who have authorised the land developments.
"We've known for some time that corrupt politicians in Cambodia and Laos are orchestrating the land-grabbing crisis that is doing so much damage in the region," said Megan MacInnes, head of Global Witness's land ... |
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Ore. Coast Range hidden gems: 100-foot waterfalls
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12.5.2013 |
AP Washington |
| FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) -- The Coast Range is not famous for waterfalls.... |
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Indonesia's tropical forests set to benefit from further clearing ban
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11.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expected to sign extended deal to help restore habitat of tigers and orangutans
A ban on the clearing of tropical forests in Indonesia is on the verge of being extended in a historic deal that could protect some of the world's most threatened habitats.
Indonesia is home to about a third of the world's remaining tropical forests, which provide a habitat for endangered species such as the orangutan and Sumatran tiger.
For the past two years the government has imposed a moratorium on felling forests in an effort to halt the deforestation that has laid waste to much of the country's virgin habitat and cleared the way for plantations of palm oil and pulp, paper and timber businesses.
But that moratorium is about to expire, and the termination would leave loggers and plantations free to expand into fresh areas.
Reports from agencies and local press on Friday night suggested the country's president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was about to sign up to an extension of ... |
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Amazon clearance for agriculture is 'economic own goal' for Brazil
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10.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Economic and agricultural gains could slip into reverse due to the loss of forest's environmental services, study shows
Brazil is at risk of scoring an economic own goal if it continues clearing Amazon forest for herding and soya production, according to a new study that has potential implications for global food security.
In recent decades, the conversion of vast tracts of the Amazon into pastures and farm fields has boosted the national economy and played a major role in meeting rising world demand for beef and grain, particularly soyabeans – for which Brazil overtook the US this year as the number one supplier.
But researchers say the economic and agricultural gains are in danger of slipping into reverse because the loss of forest is reducing rainfall, raising temperatures and causing other malign feedbacks on the regional climate.
"The more agriculture expands in the Amazon, the less productive it will become … In this situation, we all lose," warns the paper by Brazilian and US ... |
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Satellite eye on Earth
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9.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Deforestation, fires, flooding and melting ice are among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
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Forest Service to states: Give subsidies back
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3.5.2013 |
AP Top News |
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them.... |
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Impact of deforestation on wildlife in the greater Mekong
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2.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam could be left with little more than 10-20% of their original forest cover by 2030
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