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Astonishing new photos of uncontacted tribe
Posted by uncontacted tribes: None Given on February 1st, 2011
uncontacted tribes: New photos obtained by Survival International show uncontacted Indians in never-seen-before detail. The Indians are living in Brazil, near the Peruvian border, and are featured in the ‘Jungles’ episode of BBC1’s ‘Human Planet’ (Thurs 3 Feb, 8pm, UK only).
The pictures were taken by Brazil’s Indian Affairs Department, which has authorized Survival to use them as part of its campaign to protect their territory. They reveal a thriving, healthy community with baskets full of manioc and papaya fresh...
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Deforestation and Food Prices in Latin America
Posted by iadb: None Given on February 1st, 2011
iadb: Agricultural revenues, employment in Latin American tropical areas likely to decline with deforestation ban
Study says ban unlikely to significantly raise world food prices but highlights need for compensatory policies to fight local poverty
Farmers in Latin America and Caribbean will see billions in lost revenue over the next two decades if a complete ban on deforestation is put in place, highlighting the need for compensatory actions to alleviate poverty in affected rural areas, according...
Study shows rapid deforestation in Malaysia
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 1st, 2011
Associated Press: New satellite imagery shows Malaysia is destroying forests more than three times faster than all of Asia combined, and its carbon-rich peat soils of the Sarawak coast are being stripped even faster, according to a study released Tuesday.
The report commissioned by the Netherlands-based Wetlands International says Malaysia is uprooting an average 2 percent of the rain forest a year on Sarawak, its largest state on the island of Borneo, or nearly 10 percent over the last five years. Most of it is...
Australia evacuates coastal cities in path of cyclone
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 1st, 2011
Reuters: Australia evacuated thousands of people from its northeast coast on Tuesday as a cyclone rivaling Hurricane Katrina bore down on tourism towns and rural communities, with officials saying it could even threaten areas deep inland that were ruined by floods last month.
Mines, rail lines and coal ports were closed in Queensland state as Cyclone Yasi headed toward the coast. Up to a third of Australia's sugar crop was also under threat, officials said.
"This storm is huge and life threatening,"...