Deforestation increases in the Congo rainforest. Deforestation in the Congo Basin.
Click image to enlarge. Deforestation in the Congo Basin has increased sharply since the 1990s, reports an extensive new assessment of forests in the six-nation region. Released by the Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) and members of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, The State of the Forest finds that the region's annual gross deforestation rate doubled from 0.13 percent to 0.26 percent between the 1990s and the 2000-2005 period. Gross degradation caused by logging, fire, and other impacts increased from 0.07 percent to 0.14 percent on an annual basis. Indonesia green news: 70% of Indonesia’s coral reefs damaged; Authorities exploring corruption charges in Tripa. Strangler fig in Java 70% of Indonesia’s coral reefs damaged 70 percent of Indonesia’s coral reefs have some degree of damage found an assessment by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia or LIPI).
Coral reef monitoring carried out in 77 regions across Indonesia found only 30 percent of the archipelago’s coral reefs are in good condition. 37 percent have low levels of damage, while a third are severely damaged. Reef damage is caused by a variety of factors including explosive fishing, mining waste, and bleaching driven by global warming. Authorities exploring corruption charges in Tripa peat swamp case Authorities are looking into possible corruption around the issuing of a oil palm development permit in a contested area of the Tripa peat swamp in Aceh Province on the island of Sumatra. East Aceh residents seize oil palm plantation in land dispute A land dispute between villagers and a palm oil plantation escalated in East Aceh last week. Deforestation: A major threat to the destruction of our planet. Haiti: a long descent to hell. Geography and bad luck are only partly to blame for Haiti's tragedy.
There are, plainly, more propitious places for a country and its capital city to find themselves than straddling the major fault line between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates. Climate change, Deforestation and Corruption Combine to Drown Pakistan. TARBELA RESERVOIR, Pakistan -- "I think, after terrorism, the biggest threat we have is the environmental decay.
" Tariq Yousafzai, a water and environmental engineer with detailed knowledge of his country's water infrastructure, sees evidence of climate change in the flood disaster that inundated one-fifth of his country. But a more immediate concern of his is the massive deforestation that has silted up the waterways and left Pakistan more vulnerable to storms than ever. The scene at this reservoir created by the Tarbela Dam and in areas to its north vividly shows what he's talking about. Nepal deforestation highlights clashing interests. Worst deforestation in three decades! Ramesh Prasad Bhushal KATHMANDU: Money does grow on trees...That’s what a House committee report has surmised after conducting a field study on deforestation and rampant corruption in the forest sector. The parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Means report claims that last year country saw the worst deforestation in 30 years.
Corruption And Deforestation Caused Oaxaca’s Mudslide Disaster. In digging out Tlahuitoltepec residents.
Now, as more rescue crews are gaining access to the municipality, the government has toned down its assessment of the damage. Eleven people are reported missing, with no confirmed deaths. However, rescue crews have still not reached six communities in Tlahuitoltepec. Deforestation, corruption and evictions: the Ogiek of the Mau… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom. The Ogiek indigenous community is a hunter gatherer group who depend on the forest for food, medicine, shelter and preservation of their culture.
They are foresters and conservators of nature, and so live in places where trees, birds and wild animals provide them with psychological comfort. The Ogiek have a population of about 20,000 people throughout Kenya inhabiting mainly the Mau Forest Complex in the Great Rift Valley Province, and Mount Elgon. Approximately 15,000 Ogiek live in the Mau Forest Complex, which they have occupied for at least 150 years. The Mau is divided into 22 areas, with Ogiek inhabiting 12 of these (Marishooni, Nesuit, Saino, Sururu, Kiptungo, Sogoo, Nkaroni, Tinet, Sasimwani, Oltpirik, Nkareta and Olmekenyu). However, in common with most indigenous people, the Ogiek have no title deeds evidencing their propery rights over the land. For more information contact MRG's Press Office in London E: emma.eastwood@mrgmail.org or. Asia: Deforestation Symptomatic of Corrupt Regimes. Chiang Mai, Thailand - When a global anti-graft watchdog surveys the Asian landscape for corruption indicators, the continent's forests depleted by illegal logging invariably enter the picture.
Corruption linked to Borneo deforestation - 15 Jul 09. Government corruption lets illegal deforestation go unchecked in India. Reports said that on Sunday evening many Deodar and Pine trees have been cut down in Compartments No’s 1 to 9 at some places Zila–di-Pani, Butt Pora and Malik Pora etc besides a part of the Green Forest has been set ablaze in Panchrove area of the Chiralla Forest Range.
Indonesia’s Corruption Legacy Clouds a Forest Protection Plan by Rhett Butler. 27 Dec 2010: Analysis by rhett butler.
Is Indonesia’s Program to Stop Deforestation in Meltdown? Back in December, I wrote an article for Mother Jones about Indonesia's efforts to reduce its levels of deforestation and, by extension, its greenhouse gas emissions, which are the third highest in the world, trailing only the U.S. and China.
This endeavor is part of a U.N. scheme called REDD — Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation — that aims to funnel billions of dollars of rich country aid to developing ones, like Indonesia, Guyana, and Brazil, that cut down millions of acres of trees a year due to logging, oil palm and acacia plantations, and biofuels production. In exchange for aid, these countries ween their economies away from forest resource extraction.