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2008
BBC NEWS | Americas | Brazil government 'worst logger'
by karlcow
green warThe environment minister said he would create an environmental police force with 3,000 armed officers to help combat deforestation.
NASA - A Perfect Storm
by karlcow
A 2005 paper by Jianguo Liu and Jared Diamond described the increased incidence of dust storms in China. From AD 300 to 1949, China experienced a dust storm on average every 31 years. After 1990, a dust storm occurred almost every year. The authors attributed the increase in such storms partly to deforestation and changes in water usage.
2005
BBC NEWS | Americas | Amazon 'stealth' logging revealed
by karlcow
Scientists from Brazil and the US say new research suggests deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has been underestimated by at least 60%.
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2004
New York Times: Peace Prize Goes to Environmentalist in Kenya
by tsalon
The winner founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 to organize poor women to plant millions of trees to combat deforestation and to replenish the source of fuel for cooking fires in villages.
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