Posts Tagged ‘deforestation’

• Watch: Indiscriminate logging in Latvia is fueled by Britain’s markets

  Al Jazeera English takes a closer look at the forests in Latvia which are being cut down at an unsustainable rate in one of their recent episodes of People & Power. “The Baltic nation of Latvia is blessed with some …

• Rainforests and deforestation

  Inside the Rainforest – Cape Tribulation – Queensland – Australia. Photo: Rob Inh00d. Tropical rainforests have the largest biodiversity of all ecosystems on Earth. The soil is rather poor, but it sustains a great variety of plants. It is estimated …

• The cyclone Nargis in Burma “is a sign of things to come”

  According to a newly released study from the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the deforestation in Burma have exposed coastal communities and worsen the effects of the cyclone. Jan Heino, the Assistant Director General of …

• Dove beauty products causes forest destruction, species extinction and climate change

  Greenpeace is going after Unilever, the makers of Dove beauty products. According to Greenpeace Unilever “are causing forest destruction, species extinction and climate change.”

• Spain aims high, wants to plant 500 million trees

  We all know that politicians try to flatter everyone to vote for them. They promise and they promise but it’s not every time that their promises come to reality. Cause in the end they have usually promised too much than …