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Study: Selective Logging Could Help Mitigate Ecological Impact
Despite pressure from governments and environmental groups, illegal logging and deforestation are facts of life in many developing countries around the world. However, according to a study led by University of Florida professor Jack Putz, selective logging could potentially address these issues.
Tagged Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Logging
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Cambodian Environmentalist Murdered
A prominent environmental activist was murdered in Cambodia and that nation’s military police have closed the investigation. According to police, there will be no further investigation into the shooting death of Chut Wutty because the officer who shot him then took his own life.
Tagged Crime, Environmentalism, Human Rights
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The Persecution of Environmentalists
Environmentalists risk harassment, torture and even death, simply for standing up for the Earth. Reports of injustice perpetrated against environmentalists may sound like medieval tales of brutality, but these horror stories are taking place today in countries all around the world.
Environmental Problems and Activists Struggling Against Abuse
Some members of NGOs and their leaders are persecuted or even killed for their environmental work. The Jesuit nun Dorothy Stang she was killed at Brazilian Amazon rainforest defending the indigenous peoples rights. Unfortunately the list of abuses is long.
Tagged Amazon, Crime, Environment, Environmentalism
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Another Amazon Environmentalist Killed (Video)
In 2011 Brazilian police reported that yet another Amazon environmental campaigner had been killed. Adelino Ramos was known for openly denouncing those who illegally cut the rainforest. His is just the latest in a long line of murders of such environmental activists. How many will have to die before we do what is right in defense of our Earth?
Tagged Amazon, Crime, Environment, Environmentalism
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Environmentalists Murderdered for Protecting the Amazon
Brazilian environmentalists Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife were killed in an ambush in an Amazonian nature reserve in 2011. These murders are but two examples of many around the world.
Tagged Amazon, Crime, Environment, Environmentalism
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Murder of Two Environmentalists in the Amazon
Two rainforest activists were gunned down in May 2011. Activists claim that the murders are linked to the ongoing battle that pits environmentalists and small farmers seeking to protect the Amazonian rainforest, against landowners who want to expand their crops and cattle ranching there.
Tagged Amazon, Crime, Environment
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Goldman Environmental Prize Winners for 2012
The Goldman Environmental Foundation has announced the six recipients of the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize. Now in its 23rd year, the Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded annually to grassroots environmental heroes from each of the world’s six inhabited continental regions (Africa, Asia, Europe, Island Nations, North America, and South America).
Tagged Awards, Community, Environment
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