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H.Antoni Carvajal /FSA Report . The rain forest averages about 0,75 people per square mile. Making it one of the most barren habitats on Earth. Despite all the incentives for destroying rainforest,animals,indigenous traditions and last traditional cultures,there are still backward areas of the world that have failed to progress and developed their forest. With your help the “CIVILIZED JUNGLE” and the progress evil might be stopped and the people from the rainforest might be put to their real purpose. TODAY THE PROGRESS IS THE RESULT OF DEFORESTATION. Afroamerindios Channel Music : Anthony Coppins -Siva Pacifica ———————————————————————————————————— La jungla de asfalto no deve cubrir mas selvas , no puede seguir imponiendo su progreso tecnologico a costo de la extinciòn de las ultimas tradiciones indigenas del mundo. PAREMOS con la avanzada inrresponsable del Dios progreso. www.sangredeamerica.org

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Mongabay.com’s weekly review of forest conservation, nature, and environmental stories in the news. By mongabay.com founder Rhett Butler. ============= The top forest news story of the week was the deepening conflict b/w Asia Pulp & Paper, an Indonesia based forestry company, and Greenpeace, an Activist group. On Sunday APP published a report claiming to exonerate it from charges that it illegally cleared rainforest and peatlands in Sumatra. The report was published by ITS Global, a consultancy tied to World Growth International, a lobby group that advocates conversion of natural forests for industrial plantations. World Growth International opposes forest conservation initiatives, including the proposed REDD program, which could compensate developing countries for protecting their forests. Greenpeace issued a response to the report, claiming that some of the charges levied by ITS Global are inaccurate or based on incomplete information. The conflict between Greenpeace and APP emerged after Greenpeace published a report – How Sinar Mas is pulping the planet – in July. The report alleged environmental transgressions by the companies that supply APP. APP has been under pressure from environmental groups for several years now, causing it to lose a number of major clients including Wal-Mart, Office Depot, and Staples. Research Conducted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; the Natural History Museum, London; and IUCN found that 22% of the world’s plant species are threatened <b>…</b>

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We need to start thinking about our limited natural resources and change the way we live! Music- Linkin Park- In the End (Instrumental) Santogold – The Creator Videos- "Carving Up the Congo." YouTube. GreenPeace.org, 07 Jan. 2006. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. www.youtube.com Group, Steering. "The Prince’s Rainforest Project." The Prince’s Rainforests Project. 12 Oct. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. www.rainforestsos.org. Hymn to the Rainforest. Perf. Sarah Brightman. YouTube. 21 Nov. 2008. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. http Pictures- www.charlesyarbrough.com www.birdlife.org weblog.greenpeace.org understory.ran.org weblog.greenpeace.org messersmith.name Information: -Arrandale, Tom. "Disappearing Species." CQ Researcher 17.42 (2007): 985-1008. CQ Researcher. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. library.cqpress.com Compilation of Authors. "Amazon Rainforest." Wikipedia. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. en.wikipedia.org Various Authors."The Amazon: Tread Softly | The Economist." The Economist. 28 Aug. 2008. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. www.economist.com Andario, Paulo. "Our Role in Stopping the Illegal Brazilian Mahogany Trade | Greenpeace USA." GreenPeace.org. 15 Feb. 2005. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. www.greenpeace.org -Billitteri, Thomas J. "Reducing Your Carbon Footprint." CQ Researcher 18.42 (2008): 985-1008. CQ Researcher. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. library.cqpress.com Crittinden, Elizabeth. "Latifundios and Landless." Brazil Land Problems. Jan. 1990. Web. 02 Nov. 2010. www1.american.edu -Cooper, Mary H. "Saving the Forests." CQ Researcher 1 (1991): 681 <b>…</b>

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Mongabay.com’s Rhett Butler reviews the week in forests for Nov 5. = = = = = Dutch to use only certified palm oil by 2015 The Netherlands has committed to only using palm oil certified under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil or RSPO by 2015, providing a boost for the certification standard which aims to improve the social and environmental performance of the world’s most productive oil crop. The pledge makes the Netherlands the first country to commit itself to using only sustainable palm oil. The Netherlands is Europe’s largest trader of palm oil, importing and exporting nearly 2.5 million metric tons in 2007. = = = = = = A new report from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and the Japan Tropical Forest Action Network (JATAN) claims that emissions from Asia Pulp & Paper are 500 times higher than estimated by the paper products company. The report says Asia Pulp & Paper fails to account for conversion of peatlands and forests in its calculations. Factoring land use change, the Rainforest Action Network estimates each ton of Asia Pulp & Paper product generates 16-21 tons of CO2 emissions. Asia Pulp & Paper estimates emissions at 0.03 tons of CO2 per ton of paper. Asia Pulp & Paper reacted strongly to the report, calling it a gross exaggeration. Environmental Resources Management, the company that conducted the carbon footprint analysis for Asia Pulp & Paper, expressed concern over how the paper company has represented the results. = = = = = = Nobel Prize Winner <b>…</b>

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