Sentences with phrase «by rampant deforestation»

Yet, every day, they're being destroyed by rampant deforestation — and the wildlife who depend on them are being driven to extinction.

In view of the ongoing destruction caused by rampant deforestation, the introduction of alien species and climate change — to name but a few of the forces we are unleashing on the planet — the idea that we might deny future generations the opportunity to perform a small act of creation through cloning seems woefully short - sighted.

Yet, every day, they're being destroyed by rampant deforestation — and the wildlife who depend on them are being driven to extinction.

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ASOCUCH is one of 17 local NGOs working in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance to arrest Guatemala's rampant deforestation crisis by strengthening community forest management, with the support of USAID.

More than 1,000 rural activists, small farmers, religious workers and others fighting the region's rampant deforestation have been slain in the past 20 years, but only a handful of killers have ever been successfully prosecuted, according to a statement by the Pastoral Land Commission, a Catholic organization that tracks rural violence.

Illegal deforestation takes on many forms around the world, and according to new research released today by Ecosystem Marketplace publisher Forest Trends it is more rampant than previously understood.

These lands were falling victim to rampant deforestation driven by unrestricted charcoal trade.

According to a report released earlier this year by INTERPOL and UNEP, deforestation, civil war, and the rampant bushmeat trade could cause gorillas in the Congo Basin to go extinct in the next 10 - 15 years.