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Brazil's Atlantic Forest, which has been identified as a critical area of biodiversity and also one of the most endangered forests in the world, will the recipient of these trees.

For the feature story related to this gallery, see «Endangered Forest Elephants, Caught in the Crossfire».

«Decimation of critically endangered forest elephant detailed.»

This is because many endangered forest insects benefit from the open forest areas left behind by storms.

In 1968, Joe and Lucianne Carmichael purchased the site and sought to preserve the 7.66 acres of endangered forest for its great value as wetlands and as a powerful source of creative inspiration and education.

Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when former System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian, surely the world's most famous Armenian - American rock star, sent a message of support for their campaign and promised to donate a song to the cause.One of few significant wooded areas remaining in a country already heavily deforested, the Teghut Forest in northern Armenia is home to many native species, including the Syrian brown bear, the endangered Caucasian gray bear, and the short - toed eagle.

While allowances are issued by the government, offsets are created by green entrepreneurs who proactively save endangered forest or invest in equipment to suck the methane out of dairy barns or restructure rice paddies so they don't get waterlogged.

Most of the projects in the pipeline are «REDD» projects, which work by saving endangered forest (The acronym stands for «reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation»).

Most members of the commission favored a REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) strategy, which would let farmers earn carbon credits by saving endangered forests.

They have been able to secure the protection of over 65 million acres of Endangered Forests by working with legislations and companies.

Its mission is to protect endangered forests, wildlife and human well - being.

In Brazil, the best - known form of PES is REDD — an acronym for programs that conserve endangered forest by harnessing carbon finance to «Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation», but the most advanced programs cover water — often by restoring forests that regulate rivers.

Proponents of the amnesty said that the previous situation was simply unsalvageable, and that CAR creates a mechanism that not only promotes restoration and protection of endangered forest, but also creates a trustworthy data base of properties.

The Rainforest Action Network, for example, in recent years has forged deals with companies such as Home Depot Inc. to quit using wood products from endangered forests in exchange for public endorsements.»

If the fossil fuel industry gets its way, there will be at least four major new fracked gas pipeline projects criss - crossing the Blue Ridge and Appalachian regions of Virginia and West Virginia — endangering our forests and farmlands, the communities living along their routes, and taking us backward in our fight to stop climate change.

Voluntary carbon markets provide a way for companies to reduce their overall emissions by, say, saving endangered forests, or planting trees, or financing the construction of wind farms.

8 June 2015 BONN Germany It's hard to imagine a set of activities more poorly - understood than REDD, which stands for «Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation», and generally involves using carbon finance to save endangered forests.

Since then, indigenous people from Brazil to Kenya have used REDD to save endangered forest by jump - starting sustainable business activities like harvesting acai berries or Brazil nuts, or even just adopting more efficient woodstoves.

That means the companies that manufacture our paper are not allowed to source the paper from endangered forests, and they must replace the trees cut down for paper manufacturing through reforestation activities.

Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when

The SFI condones environmentally harmful practices including large - scale clearcutting and chemical use, logging of old growth and endangered forests, and replacement of forests by ecologically degraded tree plantations.

American Ed Kashi took these magnificent and moving photos in Madagascar, where he went in 2009 to shoot the work of Azafady, a charity working to preserve endangered forests.

Not exact matches

The messages are backed by surveys and studies arguing, for example, that paper made from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-- certified wood actually protects wildlife, flora and «the increasingly endangered North American manufacturing job.»

While celebrating the uniqueness of the endangered tribal cultures of the rain forests, Vargas Llosa would evidently have us recognize something of an «Everyculture» in the Machiguenga.

These include an array of endangered wildlife, such as lowland and mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, drill, bonobos, and forest elephants.

And then for the crumbled chocolate on top, I chopped up 2 squares of Endangered Species Natural Dark Chocolate with Forest Mint (72 % cocoa).

The more companies that drag their feet, the more forests and endangered species are lost.

We verified a reforestation project in the highly endangered Atlantic Forest of Brazil as a carbon offset for Jacques Vabre, a coffee brand in France.

Ecological research already carried out in these national parks and surrounding coffee plantations has shown the presence of more than 300 species of birds, (including endemic species, threatened forest specialists and birds of prey e.g. Black Hawk - Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus), 31 mammals species (some of them are endangered species such as the ocelot, cacomistle and Mexican porcupine), 26 reptile species, and 326 tree and bush species.

That they are endangered in many places in Central America, but Belize has the healthiest population of jaguars in the region because Belize has so much intact forest; there is a habitat for them.

Horseback riding on the beach — Winding its way along the border of an endangered pine forest and picturesque Cooper's Castle, the bridle path chosen by Pine Tree stables culminates in a ride along a secluded beach and a dip in the water.

«We'll try to get people into nature with one of the paths into the forest area,» Schimmel said, «and we'll get rid of endangered - plant species and try to install native - species plants and trees, including oaks and maples.»

It is home to several endangered birds and it is one of the largest nesting sites of the black - crowned night heron, said Joseph Nevius, the Cook Forest Preserve District «s chief landscape architect.

The Kane County Forest Preserve District was awarded $ 750,000 to acquire a 67 - acre parcel adjacent to Blackberry Maples Forest Preserve in southern Kane County, home to several species of birds and reptiles on the state's endangered list.

«That case absolutely sparked this and highlighted gaps in the law,» said state Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D - Forest Hills), referring to David Hartshorn, who was charged with criminal sexual act, use of a child in a sexual performance, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly took advantage of young athletes in his home for nearly two years, according to the Queens district attorney.

Each of the three Planet Pixies represents an endangered environment: marsh, ice, and forest.

All those hotels and shops built within the protected areas for the tourists are cutting down on actual forest habitat for the endangered big cats.

Many are found only in Białowieża Forest and are listed as endangered.

What's more, trees and flowering plants in wetter forests not often considered to be at risk of drought are endangered by their profligacy with water.

A unique and diverse fauna of Unionid clams is native to North America; they are every bit as fascinating and endangered as the fashionable animals of the rain forest.

These diseases would endanger the already - threatened wild population if the orang utans were released back into their native forests of Indonesia and Malaysia.

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act by issuing a permit to Montana allowing it to open the Stillwater State Forest to timber harvests in areas that would damage grizzly territory.

Why do you see a person jumping from issue to issue, first passing President Bush's healthy forests legislation, now working with congressman Pombo on a bill to change Endangered Species Act?

But on the front lines of conservation, where people live intimately with primary forests, biodiversity hotspots and endangered species, it is often grinding poverty that drives the destruction.

There have, however, been a few successes in 1994: the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species» efforts to expand its sphere of influence to forests and fisheries, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization attempts to ensure seed banks remain open to all among them.

In 1982, when University of Wisconsin anthropologist Karen Strier saw her first northern muriqui in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, fewer than 1,000 of the critically endangered monkeys remained, scattered across a few remnant patches of fForest, fewer than 1,000 of the critically endangered monkeys remained, scattered across a few remnant patches of forestforest.

The National Park is a globally important hotspot of biodiversity with many rare and endangered species, including orchids, butterflies and birds, some of which are found nowhere else in the world except for the mountain forests of Jamaica.

«Considering that most of the critically endangered orangutan's habitat is disturbed by human activities, understanding the habitat elements required to ensure orangutan survival in degraded forests is key for their long - term survival,» added Marc Ancrenaz of HUTAN / Borneo Futures, a core project partner.

The authors of the present study examined the suitability of forest reserves in Victoria, Australia for conservation of the Critically Endangered Leadbeater's Possum, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri.

Brazil's Atlantic Forest, or Mata Atlantica, is home to 29 critically endangered vertebrates, and holds the world's highest concentration of tree species per acre.