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I was traveling to Teenpiple, a village in Panchkhal, valley of Nepal, and it takes a good two-and-a-half hours to get there from the capital city of Kathmandu.
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A Brazilian tribe faces extinction as its territory is being illegally deforested.
A report obtained by charity Survival International found that the nomadic Awá tribe live in three of the five most deforested areas in the Amazon.
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There used to be a dirt bicycle trail in River Rouge Park. While there still is, it turns into a newly paved stone road.
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Europe’s demand for cheap meat is dramatically changing the landscape of the Amazon.
Rainforest around Santarém has been replaced with fields over the last five years thanks to the advent of soya farming in the area.
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Half of UK consumers have no idea that the paper and wood products they are buying may be contributing to the destruction of the world’s forests. But two-thirds believe authorities should commit to buying sustainable wood and paper products.
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Trafalgar Square, London, has been taken over by a ghost forest. Artist Angela Palmer intends to inspire and provoke debate about the future of the world's rainforests with her installation of rainforest tree stumps from Western Africa.
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While some Italian environmentalists are worrying about the expanding of Sahara Desert, evidences show some areas of the desert have been experiencing a green recovery.
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The practice of using fire to clear forests and destroy organic soil increases substantially in dry years, releasing huge amounts of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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"What belongs to everybody belongs to nobody -- and everybody eventually destroys it." Apply this wisdom to the environment. Although many people think the environment is "priceless", an environment without price will be over-exploited.
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Developing countries must not be given a free ride as far as funds for reforestation are concerned. Before demanding or expecting funds from the developed nations, these countries must first assure the world that these funds would not be misused.
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Brazil's Congress approves controversial changes to the country's forest code which environmentalists say will spur Amazon deforestation.
Brazil's Congress delays a final vote on controversial changes to the country's forest code which environmentalists say will spur Amazon deforestation.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed some of the articles in the controversial forest code, which environmentalists say could speed up deforestation.
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Forest on Awá land is being illegally cleared by settlers, Brazil.
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