ALERT: Protest Failed World Bank Congo Rainforest Policy and Proposed Ill-Conceived Forest Carbon Payments- October 15, 2007 Given revelations of misconduct in Democratic Republic of Congo's rainforests by the World Bank and UK aid agencies, the World Bank's desire to administer global carbon payments for rainforest protection as a means to address climate change is suspect TAKE ACTION! The World Bank's independent inspection panel has found serious violations of the Bank's own rules as foreign companies were encouraged to destructively log the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) rainforests, endangering the...http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2007/10/alert_protest_failed_world_ban.asp Mining Water to Produce Ethanol Biofuel- October 11, 2007 A whole range of environmental and social woes have emerged from an ill-informed, incautious rush into biofuels. Humanity's knee jerk reaction has been to seek to replace our dependency upon fossil fuels with a dependency upon living biomass; rather than embracing conservation, efficiency and true renewables. Emerging concerns with biofuels have included well-documented destruction of rainforests search, human rights abuses search, and an increase in food prices search as we choose to feed our..http://www.waterconserve.org/blog/2007/10/water_mined_to_produce_ethanol.asp Oil Palm Biofuel Campaign Yielding Results- October 8, 2007 The global campaign to ensure biofuels are not produced at the expense of ancient rainforests appears to be yielding positive results, as these efforts are costing oil palm market share in Europe. Ecological Internet's work has been instrumental to this success, as we were the first environmental organization to raise concerns regarding rainforest destruction and biofuel production search. Our latest efforts highlight murderous biofuel production in Colombia alert. It is nonsensical to grow a...http://www.climateark.org/blog/2007/10/oil_palm_biofuel_campaign_yiel.asp VICTORY: World Bank Found to Have Seriously Violated Own Rules as Sought to Raze Congo's Rainforests- October 5, 2007 A leaked report by the World Bank's independent inspection panel has found the World Bank gravely broke its own rules in regard to rainforest policies and projects pursued since 2002 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The World Bank encouraged foreign companies to destructively log DRC's rainforests, endangering the lives of thousands of Congolese Pygmies; misled Congo's government about the value of their forests, and repeatedly broke their own rules regarding natural habitat and...http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2007/10/world_bank_seriously_violated.asp Wai Wai of Guyanan Amazon Choose Rainforest Conservation Economy- October 5, 2007 Finally some good rainforest news that involves empowering local peoples to benefit from standing ancient rainforests, rather than logging them a bit more carefully. The Wai Wai of Guyana have chosen to benefit from intact, standing rainforests. Their massive region covering some 625,000-hectares (1.54-million-acres) on the northern border of Brazils Par state has been declared Guyana's first Community Owned Conservation Area. With the assistance of Conservation International, the Wai Wai are...http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2007/10/wai_wai_of_guyanan_amazon_choo.asp Open Letter of Concern Regarding RAN's Support for Ancient Forest Logging, and Notification of Impending Campaign- October 4, 2007 October 4, 2007 Mr. Michael Brune Executive Director Rainforest Action Network 221 Pine Street, 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 USA mbruneran.org Re: Open letter of concern regarding RAN's support for ancient forest logging, and notification of impending campaign Dear Mr. Brune, I am writing on behalf of Ecological Internet's global ancient forest protection network to express grave concern with Rainforest Action Network's (RAN) continued support for "sustainable" first time..http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2007/10/open_letter_of_concern_regardi.asp American Lifestyle Is the Problem and to Suggest Otherwise is Delusional- October 4, 2007 We are assured by Florida's Governor Crist that the American lifestyle is not incompatible with the need to address climate change search and reduce fossil fuel consumption. As paraphrased by Reuters, "Americans do not need to pare back their lifestyles to help protect the global environment but may need to use sugar or orange peel to power their energy-guzzling Hummers and Cigarette boats. " It was awfully decent of Mr. Crist, a Republican, to unlike his compatriots, even acknowledge global...http://www.climateark.org/blog/2007/10/american_lifestyle_is_the_prob.asp Australia's Own Issue Dire Climate Warning- October 3, 2007 Australia, already suffering some of the most evident impacts of climate change anywhere search and ravaged by a monumental climate change enhanced drought search, has this week been further buffeted by scientific predictions regarding climate change more more2 news search from its own government scientists that border upon apocalyptic. The first comprehensive climate projections since 2001 from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national...http://www.climateark.org/blog/2007/10/australias_own_issue_dire_clim.asp |