Deforestation News

By David Bois | Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:28 PM ET

Waste paper is transformed into a source of heating fuel in Haiti, providing jobs, hope, and relief for the nation's beleaguered forests. Read More

More like this in: Recycling, Poverty, Haiti, Scientific American

By Jill K. Robinson | Fri Nov 6, 2009 9:34 AM ET

How do you fix the hurricane-trampled mangrove forests on a tropical island? Get in a kayak and plant thousands of trees, one at a time. Read More

More like this in: Beaches, Hurricane, Caribbean, Honduras, Coral Reef, Plants, Kayak, Erosion

By David Bois | Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:24 AM ET

Nature reports that Brazil contemplates leaping way above the bar in designing a climate initiative described as a potentially game-changing display of true leadership. Read More

More like this in: Climate change, United Nations, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nature, Amazon, Brazil, Greenhouse Gas, Copenhagen, Denmark, U.N. Climate Change Conference

By David Bois | Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:00 AM ET

US-based Wildlife Conservation Society works with the government of Cambodia in establishing an 1,100 square mile preserve for keeping critters and carbon under safe keeping. Read More

More like this in: Emissions, Conservation, NewsWise, Carbon Offset, Cambodia, Atmosphere, Wildlife Conservation Society, Logging, The Bronx Zoo

By Lisa Jo Rudy | Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:23 PM ET

How do you know your acre of Amazonia is really still standing? Read More

More like this in: Google, Global Warming, NASA, Reuters, Amazon, Brazil, Trees, Rainforest, NewsDaily

By David Jenison | Wed Oct 7, 2009 8:00 AM ET

Free music download equals climate justice petition Read More

More like this in: Climate change, Celebrities, Australia, Planet, Pollution, Greenhouse Gas, Copenhagen, Denmark, Nobel Peace Prize, Kyoto, Global Green

By Marc Hertz | Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:52 PM ET

Another shoe producer takes a stand against sourcing from the Amazon. Read More

More like this in: Nike, Timberland, Brazil, GreenPeace

By Steve Tanner | Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:53 PM ET

If big trees in the middle of a forest are protected from poachers, does anyone notice? A British chain-management technology company hopes so. Read More

More like this in: Technology, Climate change, Trees, Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Fast Company, Bar Codes

By Katherine Gustafson | Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:42 PM ET

The U.N. Carbon Benefits Project measures and monitor carbon stocks so small farmers can get in on the carbon-market billions. Read More

More like this in: China, Kenya, Environment, Nigeria, Niger, Soybeans, Copenhagen Climate Conference

By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:00 AM ET

A Manhattan orthodontist might not be the first person you would expect to lead a humanitarian organization that has helped scores of the most vulnerable citizens of Africa -- but clearly, Dr. Frank Andolino is no ordinary orthodontist. Read More

More like this in: Health, New York, Non-Profit, Business, Africa, AIDS, Unemployment, Kenya, fundraising, Drinking Water, Healthcare