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Category Archives: Rainforest Destruction
Hear out children speak their voices… it’s their planet we’re borrowing…!
Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki, speaking for ECO, The Environmental Children Organization. We’re a group of 12 and 13 year olds trying to make a difference. Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg, and me. We’ve raised all the money to come … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Matters, Eco Matters, Eco-Responsible, Endangered Species, Energy Conservation, Global Warming, Habitat Destruction, Humanitarian, Illegal Logging, Poverty Eradication & Alleviation, Rainforest Destruction, Responsible Tourism, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Sustainable Development
Tagged Endangered Species, Habitat Destruction, Sustainability
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Fact, Figs, Stats… and Reality
By Dian Hasan | September 18, 2010 A typical 10 square kilometer rainforest patch has 1500 flowering plant species, 750 tree species, 125 mammal species, 400 bird species, 100 reptile species, 60 amphibian species & 150 different butterfly species. ~ … Continue reading
The 10-Steps to Sustainable Hospitality
By Dian Hasan | July 20, 2010 A new century of environmental consciousness is dawning. Under the pressures of explosive human population growth, our planet’s natural communities are shriveling rapidly. They are shrinking on all fronts because of the expansion … Continue reading
Less palm-oil based soaps can save rainforests
By Dian Hasan | April 21, 2009 We all know the value of sustaining an environmental balance. Educating ourselves and others better on the dangers of how we – the planet’s most able, intelligent, resourceful species (or should I say, … Continue reading
Saving Orang Utans ~ connecting all the dots
By Dian Hasan | September 20, 2009 It’s ironic that some of the world’s cuddliest animals that we all universally love and admire, are also its most endangered. Take the Panda, the Chimpanzee and the Orang Utan, for example. While the … Continue reading
Land Use and Density Affect Fires in Indonesia
The name “Indonesia” doesn’t mean “land of fire” — it just seems that way. Biomass burning related to land-clearing for agriculture goes on practically all year, particularly in summer and fall. Fires tend to burn continuously for months because of … Continue reading
Indonesia’s Forest Fire Hazard
Indonesia has been plagued by horrific fires for over 15 years. At some intervals, fires caused such a reduction in air quality that residents living near burn areas were taking in the equivalent of 80 packs of cigarettes a day … Continue reading
Nature captured at its most stunning ~ The Wild Image Project
In a world of high speed technology, it’s easy to lose our connection with nature. But as humans, we’re dependent on the natural world. It’s where we draw our inspiration and many times, our sanity. Travel is often an excellent … Continue reading
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Investigating Indonesia’s Final Forest Frontier
By Dian Hasan | June 9, 2009 A report from the Greenpeace forest campaign team onboard the Esperanza in Papua. The area is rapidly becoming Indonesia’s new battleground for palm oil. Source: Greenpeace Asia
Rainforest Preservation Can Be More Profitable Than Palm Oil Plantations: New Study Shows
By Dian Hasan | June 8, 2009 In the article, report lead author Oscar Venter of the University of Queensland says that oil palm plantations currently threaten some 3.3 million hectares of forest in Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of the island or Borneo). However … Continue reading
Endangered Eden 