Sentences with phrase «converting rainforest areas»

Frank Momberg, Fauna and Flora International's Asia - Pacific director for program development, told Reuters» David Fogarty that plantations companies have agreed to forgo converting rainforest areas in West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo in exchange for a share of the revenue generated from the sales of forest carbon credits.

Not exact matches

Whether it's a high - rise hotel located smack - dab in the middle of a bustling downtown city or a secluded residence hidden in a rainforest, converting the roof of a building to a livable area adds value not only to the space but to one's personal experience as well.

Mongabay has a complete list of the 13 protected areas already slated to benefit from the program: US forgives $ 30M in debt to protect rainforests in Sumatra, Indonesia Forest Conservation Tropical Forests Better Left Intact as Carbon Sinks Than Converted to Biofuel Plantations Indigenous Rights Crucial to Reducing Carbon Emissions from Deforestation Sumatra's Remaining Forests Get Government Pledge of Protection

(09/19/2011) Converting West African rainforests into cropland reduces rainforest in adjacent forest areas, reports research published in Geophysical Research Letters.

Environmentalists say the EPA's ruling is actually conservative, noting that a larger area of rainforest and peatland has been converted for oil palm plantations than assumed by the EPA.