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deforestation

What If We Create a Better World For Nothing?

by monkchips on January 7, 2010 · 15 comments

in Carbon emissions, deforestation, desert, ecology

One of my goals in 2010 is to help move the sustainability debate beyond Global Warming. Global Warming or Climate Change is still arguable – while other environmental impacts and issues are not. Its surely time for sustainability advocates to reframe our narrative – and get beyond the Global Warming debate. We [...]

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Greenpeace score big wins against illegal deforestation in Brazil

by Tom Raftery on July 7, 2009 · 4 comments

in deforestation

Photo credit leoffreitas
GreenPeace released a damning report last month called Slaughtering the Amazon in which it detailed how the Brazilian cattle sector is the largest driver of deforestation in the world.
In this shocking exposé Greenpeace detailed how:

Cattle are responsible for about 80% of all deforestation’ in the Amazon region. In recent years, on average [...]

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