Sentences with phrase «which illegal deforestation»

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He noted that «This is in preparation for our deforestation program in terms of degradation which is as a result of illegal small scale mining.

A new illegal trade «alliance» Yesterday, in an effort to chip away at the illegal timber trade, which is a key driver of deforestation along with agricultural expansion, a coalition of businesses, paper organizations and international groups banded together to form the Forest Legality Alliance.

Commercial agriculture is responsible for more than 70 per cent of tropical deforestation, half of which is illegal, says forests expert Sam Lawson, an independent researcher who has analysed local and government data from around the world (bit.ly / ForestTrends).

Los Katios National Park was placed on the Danger List at the request of Colombia so as to help mobilize international support for the preservation of the property which is threatened by, notably, deforestation in areas inside and around the property due to the illegal extraction of timber.

The first episode, which tries to propel the story by vaulting the viewer back and forth between Texas, Syria and Indonesia (call it the «Game of Thrones» effect), ends with a bit of a cliffhanger in Indonesia, when Ford, after viewing massive illegal deforestation in a supposedly protected national park, intones: «This is unbelievable... I can't wait to see the Minister of Forestry, I can't wait.»

However, there are some ways in which addressing illegal deforestation from commercial agriculture might actually be easier than dealing with illicit timber markets.

Much of Adeso's work is rooted in the notion that people's livelihoods are inextricably linked to natural resources and a healthy environment, which is why its programs have a strong focus on stopping deforestation and the illegal charcoal trade, protecting and regenerating pastoralists» rangeland and promoting food security.

The new code, which will face a final vote in February or March before going to President Dilma Rousseff for approval, would maintain the headline 80 percent figure in the Amazon, but grant amnesty for illegal deforestation through July 2008 on properties up to 400 hectares (1000 acres)(some greens fear worry the deadline may shift in the future).

However, the «smoking gun» which Greenpeace claims links companies to illegal deforestation amounts to no more than an allegation that trade that has been «contaminated» with some beef from farms that had extended into rainforest.

On the land - use front, Brazil reiterated its promise to end illegal deforestation and restore 12 million hectares of forest by 2030 — mostly by continuing to implement its Forest Code, which was overhauled two years ago and amended last year to create incentives for the country's six million private landowners to join the Rural Environmental Registry System (Cadastro Ambiental Rural / «CAR»), which is linked to a satellite monitoring system that tracks land use.