Avocado, how hunger for guacamole is causing deforestation in Mexico
The increasing demand for avocado in the United States and Europe is contributing to deforestation in the Mexican state of Michoacán.
Myanmar to ban logging until 2017
The new law aims to stop illegal logging in the country. The measure will safeguard teak for 10 years.
Thailand drops bombs, made of seeds
L’iniziativa è nata con l’obiettivo di ripristinare la copertura forestale del Paese che ha perso quasi metà delle sue foreste.
Colobus Conservation, restoring Kenya’s coasts to protect monkeys
The rare Angolan black and white colobus monkey lives high in the trees and hardly ever comes down to the ground. It is a leaf eater and the forest is essential to its survival. On the southern coast of Kenya, where the coral rag forests which are extremely rich in biodiversity have slowly been disappearing in favour of
Let’s protect the world’s forests to end hunger and poverty, FAO says
Un rapporto della Fao mostra i casi virtuosi di alcuni paesi che sono riusciti a lottare contro la fame salvaguardando al contempo le foreste.
Mexico will plant 18 million trees to fight air pollution
A Citta del Messico è in corso una “riforestazione storica”, come l’ha definita il ministro dell’Ambiente Rafael Pacchiano, per contrastare l’inquinamento atmosferico.
India planted 50 million trees in one day
Nello stato indiano dellʼUttar Pradesh sono stati piantati milioni di alberi in 24 ore nell’ambito di un progetto di riforestazione dell’India e lotta all’inquinamento.
Another environmental activist killed in Honduras. Who was Lesbia Janeth Urquía
Lesbia Janeth Urquía era un membro del Consiglio delle organizzazioni popolari e indigene dell’Honduras (Copinh), di cui faceva parte Berta Cáceres, e lottava contro la costruzione di una diga.
Juma the jaguar, the Olympic mascot, has been shot dead
Juma couldn’t bear being kept in a cage and being subjected to humiliations and deprivation, but this led her to face death. Juma was a female jaguar (Panthera onca), America’s largest feline threatened with extinction mainly because of deforestation, poaching and human-wildlife conflicts. Why Juma was killed Juma was used – chained up – in
Cambodia establishes a new protected area to save endangered wildlife
La Cambogia ha istituito una nuova area protetta di 65mila ettari. La zona è considerata un hotspot importante per molti animali minacciati come l’ibis gigante e il leopardo nebuoloso.