[ad_1] By Dave Marston Goats are particularly good at one thing: Eating. Unlike a horse or cow that leaves noxious weeds behind, goats eat the whole menu of pesky weeds,…
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Cocoa, mangoes and pigs: catalyzing green finance in Ghana – CIFOR Forests News
[ad_1] Mango farmer Abraham Akorner in his Eastern Ghana orchard. Photo by Dyah Puspitaloka/CIFOR-ICRAF In Eastern Ghana, mango farmer Abraham Akornor – head of the 50-strong Klo Mango Association –…
Opinion: As our forests burn, oil companies are doubling down on their old business models – The Globe and Mail
[ad_1] Images are unavailable offline. The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above a lakefront home, in West Kelowna, B.C., on Aug. 18. DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press John Vaillant’s…
Why are helicopters shooting flames at burning forests in Canada?
[ad_1] Numerous social media users are misleadingly claiming firefighters are actually escalating the more than 400 wildfires raging in British Columbia, after sharing a viral video of a helicopter spraying…
‘Justice for our lost forests’: Shut out of the courts, Sarawak’s Indigenous tribes take to the stand at mock tribunal to air grievances
[ad_1] In 1990, two leaders from the Indigenous Penan community in Sarawak travelled the world seeking international support to stop unscrupulous logging in the Malaysian state’s biodiverse tropical rainforests. 33 years…
20,000 Canadian ordered to evacuate city due to wildfires
[ad_1] More than 200 wildfires have already burned a widespread area of the Northwest Territories. There were 1,067 active wildfires burning across Canada as of Wednesday. Air evacuations were to…
Does the EU want to ban mushroom picking in Poland?
[ad_1] A member of Poland’s ruling party is claiming the EU is trying to ban the “basic freedom” of mushroom picking in the country. Is this another election stunt or…
Amazon summit agrees roadmap – but without concrete pledges
[ad_1] Speaking to reporters after Wednesday’s meeting, Brazil’s President Lula da Silva said developed nations must make good on their pledges to provide monetary support for forest protection. Brazil’s Amazon…