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Search results for "deforestation" ...
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The Story of Stuff
The book examines and reports on the often invisible impact of all the stuff in our daily lives: where it comes from, how it is made, how gets to us, and where it goes when we no longer want it.
Tags: stuff; trash; deforestation; mining
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Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests
This book reviews the history of deforestation, the environmental impacts of industrial wood and paper operations and the impact on endangered wildlife species and indigenous peoples. The authors review various solutions to the problems.
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Who's Killing The Great Trees Of Atlanta?
Not long ago Atlanta was truly a "city in a forest," Atlanta Magazine reports. Now all that is changing. "The metro area is losing trees faster than Brazil is losing rainforest." Trees are the first victims of the construction industry. Local governments only support tree preservation when it's politically convenient. "The only way to save trees is to take them out of our peripheral vision and put them in the center of our sight," the magazine says.
Tags: Atlanta; trees; deforestation
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Drug Control or Biowarfare?
"The story unveiled a secret government plan to use Colombia as a testing ground for Fusarium oxysporum, a fungus-based herbicide, as a new biological weapon in the war on drugs; the power and personage behind the effort, and the lack of oversight, monitoring, and informed consent from stakeholders on health and environmental concerns. (The) story detailed how the fungus was initially clandestinely isolated and developed by various government agencies and how the U.S. worked to force the experimental agent on Colombian authorities for use against coca, poppy, and marijuana."
Tags: deforestation; USDA; Peru; fungus; Plan Columbia; Rep. Ben Gilman; mycoherbicide (fungus plant killer); human health; farming; immune system; State Department of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; Monsanto Roundup; United Nations
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Assault on Mount Hood
The increase of visitors to Mount Hood is damaging the national forest. The park is facing such problems as deforestation, endangerment of numerous animal species, pollution and crime.
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No title (id: 13763)
When cotton was king, Alabama got greedy, planting and reaping until the soil was exhausted. Now, fast-dollar pulpwood trees are king in rural Alabama. There are disturbing signs that, once again, Alabama is pushing its luck. The Mobile Register explains the origins and the enormous consequences of this rush for pulp chips and quick profits. (Oct. 27, 1996)
Tags: Reilly Finch Hodges CAR Alabama forest cut short Contest entry Deforestation Wood 81 pgs.
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No title (id: 13219)
Mother Jones explores environmental, economic, and political problems brought to Southeast Asian and Latin American villagers by a booming shrimp industry. Some consequences include deforestation, poverty for small shrimp farmers, violence and protest. (March, April 1996)
Tags: Nixon Rainforest shrimp Seafood Mangrove trees Coastal villages 8 pgs.
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No title (id: 8536)
San Francisco Bay Guardian reports on the efforts of individuals and environmental organizations to fight the logging companies and their deforestation of the Mendocino forest in Northern California, July 29, 1992. *
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No title (id: 8227)
Sacramento (Calif.) Bee series details the destruction of the natural grandeur of the Sierra Madre Mountains by forest deforestation, air pollution, soil erosion, wildlife depletion, and unchecked growth and development, June 9 - 13, 1991.
Tags: CA Knudson Pulitzer
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No title (id: 2360)
Los Angeles Times series focuses on the threat to the world environment of deforestation, looking at the problem from historical, scientific, political and economic perspectives, June 14 - 22, 1987.