New NASA tool tracks the slow destruction of our forests
All over the world, forests are disappearing as they are cut down to help fuel human development–often in places where no one is monitoring. Now a project using NASA satellites can help alert us to when the damage needs to be stopped.NASA researchers at Ames laboratory in California teamed up with the environmental news and watchdog site, Mongabay, to create the tool: the Global Forest Disturbance Alert system.
Palm oil company in Cameroon drops bid for eco-certification of controversial plantation
Herakles Farm, a U.S.-based agricultural developer, will no longer seek eco-certification of its 70,000-hectare oil palm plantation in Cameroon, reports the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The move comes amid criticism from environmental groups that Herakles is converting high conservation value rainforest for the plantation.
Barclays makes £500m betting on food crisis
Outrage as bank revealed to be major speculator while millions face starvation.
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