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(Borrowing from a J&B whisky commercial from the 1990s…) Tradition says: “A tree must begin its life from the forest floor”. Tradition says: “A tree shall fo…
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The Amazon in particular has been a major concern for environmentalists. Currently, around 85 percent of the world´s supply of palm oil is produced in Malaysia and Indonesia alone. But as demand rises and plantation land becomes less available in these areas, producers are increasingly looking elsewhere to expand cultivation. The Amazon and other tropical areas around the equator are hot spots for future plantations since oil palm trees need temperatures between 25 and 28 degrees Celsius, regular rainfall and strong sunlight to thrive.
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David Hill: Over four decades of exploration and extraction have caused an environmental and health crisis in indigenous communities
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Due to mercury contamination caused by illegal gold mining, the government of Peru on Monday declared an environmental emergency in nearly a dozen districts within the Amazon rainforest.
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Between 1999 and 2012 alone, mining in the Peruvian Amazon increased by 400 percent, resulting in rampant deforestation and the dumping of an estimated 3,000 tons of mercury into local waterways
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The dream of a railroad across the Amazon —which dates back at least a century— has never materialized, but refuses to die.
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Flexible leg tips allow ants to hold and cut leaves with precision
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Leafcutter ants...just when you thought you had the whole story!
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The Amazon has long been recognized as an important repository of biodiversity and natural resources. Not only for local peoples and indigenous communities, … Read More
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You probably think of spiders as solitary creatures, sitting alone in their webs like a surly miser. But the arachnophobes among you won’t be pleased to learn there’s actually a species of spider that enjoys creeping around with tens of thousands of comrades.
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RT @mongabay: RT @goldmanprize: Was 2015 a good year for rainforests?
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When satellite imagery of the Brazilian rainforest shows lush, dense forests, most of us likely expect that those trees are packed with wildlife. But what if what we are actually seeing is an empty forest?
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Brazil says it has greatly reduced the rate of deforestation. That may be true, critics say, but they argue such figures are misleading because so much of the Amazon has already been degraded.
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About half of the oil exports from the Western Amazon Basin come to California to be processed by refineries and used by consumers in the state. This means that more oil from the Amazon rainforest is used in California than anywhere else in the world.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Hey California friends - this is imporant!
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I distinctly remember the first time I accidentally stabbed my hand on the spine of an Astrocaryum palm, and thinking to myself, “Why on Earth does this plant possess such horrendously vicious spines?!”
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The severity of the 2016 drought over tropical South America was unprecedented." Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/aug/03/study-finds-human-influence-in-the-amazons-third-1-in-100-year-drought-since-2005#_scpsug=crawled_126412_7b4cc230-7834-11e7-ea89-00221934899c
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The future of Earth depends on the future of tropical rainforests.
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New research uses spatially and temporally explicit data to better understand deforestation trends in South America.
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Carbon sequestration is a powerful argument for wide-scale reforestation. But does reforestation with an agenda pose a danger to the future of forest biodiversity?
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if all planned dams go ahead, only three Amazon tributaries will remain free-flowing in the basin.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
A great overview of a serious global issue.
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After the success of the creation of Sierra del Divisor National Park, there is hope that new parks will help conservation efforts in Peru's Amazon region. Yaguas National Park is next on line.
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"The Amazon rainforest plays an important role in the southern hemisphere by transpiring moisture that is transported by clouds to many places that need precipitation," said Jose D. Fuentes, professor of meteorology, Penn State. "However, there's a big gap in our knowledge of the underlying processes that influence the formation of clouds."
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.@mongabay nous éclaire sur ce qui attend les forêts tropicales en 2016 https://t.co/3vvxxpoSCH
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Russell A. Mittermeier, a primatologist who serves as Executive Vice Chair at Conservation International and Chair of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, praises the climate agreement signed in Paris for its inclusion of forests, but notes that...
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The poor management of coffee and cocoa is one of the principal drivers of deforestation in Peru.
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