Sentences with phrase «of rain forest destruction»

«70,000 unfarmed hectares in the Niari region,» > translation > another huge area of rain forest destruction and wild habitat destruction for a bit of oil.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Global warming, the ozone hole, overpopulation, starvation and malnutrition, war, unemployment, the destruction of species and the rain forests, pollution of water and air, pesticide and herbicide poisoning, errors in genetic engineering, erosion of topsoil, overfishing, anarchy and crime, the possibility of a nuclear mishap, chemical warfare or all - out nuclear war: together, or in some cases singly, these dangers threaten to «catch us unexpectedly, like a trap.»

We have, for example, already taken some measures to deal with one of the probable causes of the growing holes in the ozone layer, and to reverse the destruction of European forests by acid rain.

They are slowly being decimated by the destruction of the rain forests.

The palm fruit oil we source is not linked to the destruction of old growth rain forests, the release of greenhouse gases, the displacement of native people, or the extinction of orangutans or Sumatran tigers (which only live in Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia).

Projects like these involve the construction of roads, which are gateways for expanded rain forest destruction.

Animal agriculture has a huge environmental and climate impact, and is one of many contributors to the destruction of the Amazon rain forest that must be addressed.

Animal agriculture is responsible for up to 91 % of Amazon destruction, and one to two acres of rain forest are cleared every minute for grazing and growing feed for livestock.

Rather, it's the first - hand look at the Canadian Arctic, the disappearing glaciers of Greenland, the sunny day street flooding in Miami, the destruction of Indonesian Rain Forest to capitalize on the palm oil market, and the eroding coral reefs.

For example, when students visit the rain forest, they might see a puppet show, listen to a native healer, eat dishes prepared from bananas, or walk on logs to simulate the destruction of the rain forest.

Real teachers are solely responsible for the destruction of the rain forest.

The concerns range from global warming to toxins in our waters to the destruction of the rain forests to the disappearance of animal species, and much more.

In Gallery 3 is a video projection, Serpentine Lattice (1993), narrated by Helen and Newton Harrison, centers around the century - long lumber destruction of the Pacific Coast Rain Forest, often referred to as the Serpentine Lattice.

On the same island as this conference, wholesale destruction of rain forest for palm oil biodiesel production continues unabated.

Since that era, when rain forest destruction achieved something close to the visibility of global warming today, the World Bank and its sister institutions, including the International Finance Corporation, have been talking the sustainability talk.

The U.S. had been on a tear at home and across the world planting trees and working to limit destruction of rain forest.

Harm down to nature by the destruction of tropical rain forests to grow biofuel crops and to the thousands if not millions of birds and bats killed by Wind Turbines.

In addition to climate changes and animal extinction, we are threatening the culture of native peoples that live within the rain forests with continued rain forest destruction.

«we are threatening the culture of native peoples that live within the rain forests with contined rain forest destruction»

A computer illustration created by the wildlife activist group WWF - Indonesia using Google Earth provides a tour of Sumatran rain forest areas at risk of destruction by logging companies and palm oil producers.

The destruction of natural ecosystems — whether rain forest in the tropics or grasslands in South America — not only releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere when they are burned and plowed, but also deprives the planet of natural sponges to absorb carbon emissions.

Besides costing the global economy trillions of dollars, the threat of AGW has been used to justify everything from biofuels (which have led to the destruction of rain forests and increases in food prices, especially damaging to the world's poor) to the blighting of countryside with wind farms and solar panels (which have wreaked havoc with economies including Spain's).

Wind farms disturb natural habitats; tidal barriers form other barriers to natural flows of marine life; mass biofuel farming in areas such as the Amazon could accelerate the destruction of the rain forest.

The project increases regional awareness of the destruction of tropical rain forests.

EU policies promoting a market for biofuels triggered the destruction of Indonesian rain forests in favor of palm plantations.