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Tag was last used: Jul 21, 2011

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Posted By: duffers2010 Posted On: Feb 21, 2011	buying products online
We now are able to buy any product from anywhere in the world at a click of a button - but we have no idea of who made the product / where the profit goes and we also have no idea of the environmental costs associated to a product. Its amazing - I wanted to buy a small wooden coffee...... [view]

Posted By: KhalidBahauddin Posted On: Aug 8, 2010	Foreboding of an environmental disaster
HUMAN population growth is the primary threat to the world's environment. Each person requires energy, space and resources to survive, resulting in environmental losses. Our population is rapidly rising beyond the earth's ability to regenerate and sustain us with a reasonable quality of life. We...... [view]

Posted By: suneboy Posted On: May 28, 2009	Tarai forests vanishing fast
Dense forests in the Tarai are gradually depleting, thanks to growing human encroachment. Taking advantage of political instability in the country, hundreds of hectares of forests have been cleared up in Banke and Bardiya districts by the landless people. Submitting its study report, the...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: May 26, 2009	Nothing can be improvised in Haiti
Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) FIVE days ago I read a press report stating that Ban Ki-moon is to appoint Bill Clinton as his special envoy for Haiti. According to the report, Clinton accompanied the secretary general on a two-day official visit to Haiti...... [view]

Posted By: susansharma Posted On: Nov 14, 2007	Tigers and Tribals
<P"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>Tigers and tribals <BR><BR>------------- <BR><BR> Is it possible to rec...... [view]

Posted By: susansharma Posted On: Jul 13, 2007	Copy of message sent by retd IFS officers
<DIV><STRONG>COPY of the message sent 11.7.07</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear all fellow foresters,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>We the retired Fores...... [view]

Posted By: susansharma Posted On: Jul 10, 2007	Comments by Ritwick Dutta, Wildlife Lawyer
<DIV><FONT face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica size=3><B>Re: Draft Fo...... [view]

Posted By: susansharma Posted On: Jul 9, 2007	Abstract of article by Arnab Sen
<P> <TABLE"100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=left colSpan=2><A href="http://www.epw.org.in/epw/uploads/articles/9144.pdf"><B>Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of ...... [view]

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WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)
Submitted By: nallan Website: http://www.panda.org Phone: +41 22 364 91 11 E-mail: dns@wwf.panda.org	Vision: Our planet. It's all we've ever had, and it's pretty much all we've got left. Yet we already consume more than our planet can sustainably provide. And by 2050 we'll need the output of 2 Earths if we're going to...... [view]

The Nature Conservancy
Submitted By: jcolman Website: http://www.nature.org/ Phone: (800) 628-6860 E-mail: member@tnc.org	Vision: The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. We are one of the world's...... [view]

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Extractive Reserves - For a Sustainable Amazon Rainforest

Starter:   sanguin
Date Created:  Feb 11, 2009
Country:  Brazil
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Description: The National Council of Rubber Tappers was founded by Chico Mendes and his friends. Their dream: preserving the Amazon rainforest for future generations and defending the rights of the traditional...
Goals: - preservation of the Amazon\'s biodiversity and ecosystem\r\n- protection of the human rights of the traditional extractive population\r\n- combat climate change\r\n- strengthen extractive production and commercialization

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