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A Goal for Copenhagen: Keep the Focus on Enforcement

September 23, 2009

Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
copenhagencountdown, costarica, enforcement, FUNDECOR, governance, nicaragua, rainforest

Few seem willing to address the issue openly, but one of the toughest issues to address when delegates gather in Copenhagen in December for the global conference on climate change will be governance. Many developing nations attending have stressed and...continued

Protecting the Rainforests: Sending out an SOS on behalf of the world's tropical forests

September 21, 2009

Posted by Peter Lehner in Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
climateweek, deforestation, prince'srainforestproject, princecharles, rainforest, REDD

As all eyes turn toward the UN's Climate Week and G20 summit, now is a good time to focus on the international impacts of climate change and the actions we all can take to stop the further deterioration of our...continued

Taking a Break to Plant a Tree

January 28, 2009

Posted by Peter Lehner in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
CATIE, centerfortropicalagricultureinvestigationandeducation, costarica, josejoaquincampos, rainforest, vochysia

TURRIALBA, Costa Rica -- There is a reason they call them rainforests. It was pouring as I put the first tree into the ground here in a new forest that NRDC is planting with the support of our members. The...continued

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