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Destruction of the Environment Must
Stop Now!
The World's Forests
· Every
second of the day land the size of 2 football fields is lost forever in The Rain
Forests of the World.
· Rainforests
are home to 50 to 70% of all life forms on Earth. Scientists estimate an average
of 137 species of life forms are driven into extinction every day for a total of
50,000 each year.
· The
destruction of the World's Rainforests displaces and destroys the cultures of
indigenous people who inhabit them. Ways of life that have existed for eons are
totally destroyed, disrupted and up routed. The cultures we are losing are
irreplaceable.
· In
1500 almost 9 million indigenous people inhabited the Brazilian Rainforest. Now
less than 200,000 remain.
· The
Amazon Rainforest is vanishing at 3 times the rate it was in 1994. 20% of the
Amazon Rainforest is already obliterated.
· 80%
of the ancient forests have been destroyed; only 20% of the ancient forests
remain intact
· A
1992 study by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) placed the global rate
of tropical deforestation at 17 million ha. per year. A study by the World
Resources Institute (WRI) suggests that the figure could be as high as 20.4
million ha. per year.
· It
is believed that in many South East Asian countries 'between 45-74% of trees
remaining after logging have been substantially damaged or destroyed.
· Logging
roads are used by landless farmers to gain access to rainforest areas. For this
reason, commercial logging is considered by many to be the biggest single agent
of tropical deforestation.
· The
United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that '1.5 billion of
the 2 billion people worldwide who rely on fuel wood for cooking and heating are
over cutting forests'.
The Rainforests
Almost all tropical forests unprotected
Communicators Help To Record Album With Pink Dolphins
The vicious cycle of rainforest destruction
Drug Trade, Land Grabs Threaten Guatemala Rainforest
Healing Plants Found in Borneo Forest: WWF
Activists: Malaysia Rainforest Threatened
Deforestation in the Amazon
Rainforest Destruction
Rainforest
A Disappearing Act
Indonesian Rainforests
Indonesia - Rainforest Portal
The Causes of Rainforest Destruction
Africa Program - The Woods Hole Research Center
Africa Timber Ban
Conserve Africa Foundation
Oil Exploration and Gold Mining In the Peruvian Rainforest
Save Remote Panama Rainforest from Hydro Dams
Greenpeace Stops Huge Consignment of Amazon Soya Entering Europe
Bolivia plan to nationalize timber worries greens
Fight To Curb Corporate Destruction Of The Amazon
Amazon port in stormy waters U.S. company finds resistance by environmentalists
Diary: The Amazon rainforest
Deforestation
Brazil to Give Amazonian Tribes Internet Access to Fight Deforestation
Local Federal judge Tosses Out New Rules Governing National Forests
Fiery Issue of Land Clearing Back on the Agenda
Speaking for the Trees
Brazil Court Shuts Down U.S. Soy Giant Cargill for Destroying Amazon
New Report Reveals Rapid Deforestation in Ontario as Disposable Products Take
Toll
Government Announces $200 Million to Stop Deforestation in Asia
Alarm Over High Rate of Deforestation in Uganda
Activists Protest Indonesia Deforestation
Deforestation Rate Slowing - UN
The Forest And The Future Of Brazil
Phrae villagers evacuated as reservoir fails; deforestation blamed
Himalayas deforestation could lead to plant, animal loss
Papua New Guinea: Resisting illegal logging
Shippers in Indonesia fight decree on illegal logging
Thai PM blames illegal logging for flood deaths
China Strips Other Asian Forests To Save Its Own
Eating Up the Amazon
Deforestation Figures for Selected Countries
Deforestation and agriculture in Indonesia
Sierra Leone: FBC Authority Says Deforestation Causes Water Shortage
Shrinking forests in Himalayas put tigers in danger
Deforestation fears spur China to tax chopsticks
JORDAN: Environmentalists laud new eco-police, but urge further regulation
Global Warming
Our Water, Our Oceans
Pollution
Corporate Control of Society Must End!
Humanity on the Edge of
Annihilation
A Table of Contents
Why Does Mankind Need to Change?
Jesus and the Apostles on the World
We Have to End Starvation!
The Killing Must Stop!
Worldwide Living Conditions Have To
Improve!
Corporate Control of Society Must End!
Alternative Media Resources
Natural Disasters
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