Rettet den Regenwald e.V. (Rainforest Rescue)

News:

Environmental group call on World Bank to drop plans for resumed palm oil funding
Launch of “responsible soy” label faces global opposition
New Report Reveals Major Threats to Forests and Communities from Bioenergy
Ecuador: Correa Looks to Reopen Unpopular Mining Project in Junin
Losing the plot: Spread of the biofuel jatropha in India
The Battle for the Xingu
A second hydrocarbon boom threatens the Peruvian Amazon
Open letter by BUND, Nabu, Oro Verde & WWF: Rainforest Rescue undermindes their efforts in favor of FSC-certified industrial logging in primary forests
A surreal argument for biofuels A leaked paper has set out the idea that palm oil plantations can be considered 'forests' – and the EU seems to be buying it
BBC programme about palm oil power station plans in Bristol
EU biofuels significantly harming food production in developing countries
Burn Up the Biosphere and Call It Renewable Energy
Scientists Identify Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park as one of the Most Biodiverse Places on Earth
Moorlands and hills targeted to grow crops for biomass and biofuels; Countryside protection groups warn of damage to wildlife
H1N1: Why did it strike the Mexicans first?
Finnish translation of Regenwald Report Nr.2 / 2009
New Copenhagen Draft Proposals Subsidize Forest Destruction and Land Grabs
The Angry Mermaid Winner is...
Leaders from the Global South protest against WWF International in Geneva
Climate activists blockade biomass plant in Port Talbot
New report: Soy and Agribusiness Expansion in Northwest Argentina - Legalized deforestation and community resistance
Protest against irresponsible soy - Vote against climate subsidy for Monsanto
Lawsuit against copper mine in Ecuador headlines Canadian biggest newspaper Toronto Star
Killing Fields: the Battle to Feed Factory Farms
List of RSPO certificates and applications
Britain cuts down forests to keep ‘green’ power stations burning
New report about biochar in Africa
Palm oil monocultures will never be sustainable
Guardian: The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
UNEP report slams biofuels
Belém Letter: Joint declaration of the seminar “Climate and Forest - REDD and market-based mechanisms as a solution for the Amazon?
PALM OIL PLANTATIONS and ILLEGAL LOGGERS are THE DESTRUCTION TWIN OF ORANGUTANS’ HABITAT
Activists condemn court ruling against peaceful protest against Virgin Atlantic's push for biofuels
Stop the expansion of monoculture tree plantations !
Copenhagen: Get back to basics of avoiding deforestation and degradation
Global Day of Action Against Open-Pit Mining
Plane Stupid and AAA crash Virgin Atlantic 25th birthday party
Rainforest Rescue Now on Facebook!
ALERT UPDATE! Malaysian Govt. Denies Well Documented Oil Palm Development Plans in Brazilian Amazon
Indonesian Orangutan Habitat Wiped Out for Airport and Brothels
Peru army moves into Amazon after tribes blockade rivers and roads
Reports on Agrofuels in Africa
Oil Palm in Your Food: Rainforest's and Climate's Greatest Scourge
Major Victory for Ivory Coast's Rainforests as Oil Palm Successfully Resisted
VICTORY! California Leads in Saying No to Deforestation Biofuels
U.S. Industrial Agriculture and Biofuel/Biomass Campaign
Activists storm Bath energy firm's HQ
Letter of critical opposition to the “Round Table on Responsible Soy”
Briefing Roundtable on Responsible Soy: Can Monoculture Soy be Responsible?
April 2009 Rainforest Destroyer -- Malaysian Oil Palm Threatens Brazilian Amazon

H1N1: Why did it strike the Mexicans first?

14.01.2010