H. Illegal logging

Deforestation in the Amazon.

Illegal logging has decreased considerably.

Massive logging has destroyed the rain forest.

Illegal logging continues today, with only ineffectual efforts made to stop it.

Deforestation has proceeded to the extent that not many SIDS have much natural forest left.

Thus, deforestation reduces the plants that store CO2.

If we are actually serious about grand promises to keep global temperature rises below 2ºC, we obviously need to find ways of making this cheaper.

One of these is protecting forests, since deforestation accounts for 17 of emissions.

The deforestation, the growth of human populations, needing more land.

Rather, they were used to mobilize militias and to purchase arms. The illegal exploitation of Somali forests has had a tremendous negative environmental impact.

Evidence suggests that legitimate logging companies are often heavily implicated in extensive illegal logging activities.

And finally, there's deforestation, and there's emission of methane from agriculture.

The advance of deforestation had weakened what used to be solid mountains in the region.

Illegal logging had resumed and Government authorities were unable to regulate or curb it.

Not only would further illegal cutting down of forests have negative consequences of a local character but it may have global consequences for the functioning of other ecosystems and the environment in general.

Deforestation has made it harder to find places for open defecation in villages.

Anssi Pekkarinen, leader of the FAO s Forest Monitoring and Assessment Team, says the team is quite confident that deforestation has slowed in the tropics.

Besides feeding the construction and furniture industries, illegal logging is also directly connected to local poverty.

From the 1940s rats destroyed the nests and clearing of the forests led to a severe decline in the population to only 50 individuals in 1962.

In the past few years, logging operations have mainly been carried out for the purposes of thinning forests to ensure proper growth.

Our first campaign was investigating the role of illegal logging in funding the war in Cambodia.

On the other hand, illegal forest related activities continue to be a major threat to sustainable forest management.

Green carbon, which is the deforestation and agricultural emissions, and blue carbon together comprise 25 percent of our emissions.

All of the fires were almost certainly related to deforestation for timber operations and agriculture predominantly oil palm cultivation.

Some of the consequences of palm oil production, including deforestation and habitat destruction, have led to consumer boycotts.

But in practice the results are not always satisfactory the illegal cutting down of trees, broken lifts, and burnt out light streetlights are still problems people encounter on a daily basis.

Deforestation and the burning of peat lands, aside from causing haze, also displaces orangutans in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Extensive deforestation, which has taken place mainly for purposes of agricultural development, will also impact severely on the energy sector.

Excessive logging and the destruction of rainforests have destroyed important natural habitats, and undermined global biodiversity.

Corrupt practices are used to gain access to forests, to cut without permission or to harvest protected species and whole wood is processed and exported illegally, often with false declarations being made at customs controls.

Illegal migration

Our investigation follows the money to expose the crime of illegal deforestation, an activity that risks environmental disaster and is worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Ocean pollution, global warming and deforestation are driving us towards the next great mass extinction and the meat industry is the greatest negative factor in all of these phenomena.

The cause is illegal mining, which, while taking advantage of the forested and inaccessible nature of Amazonia, is destroying rivers and whole hectares of vegetation.

The deforestation is happening as we speak, he says.

This is a smuggling operation.

Selain merupakan penghinaan terhadap hak asasi manusia, deforestasi bersamaan dengan serangan terhadap budaya masyarakat adat adalah ancaman serius pada perlawanan terhadap perjuangan melawan perubahan iklim.

Deforestation and pollution occurs. Aerial spraying of pesticides has had little or no effect on long term production levels, yet has contaminated the soil and the waterways.

J. Illicit trade in hazardous waste

E. Illegal international traffic

Species extinctions are occurring at a rate far greater than the natural cycle, owing largely to habitat destruction caused by human activities such as deforestation and land clearance.

Tree cutting has been the order of the day and recently the area around Mt. Kenya which is less than 20 miles from the farm had a wild fire which was contained after more than 3 days.

Yet deforestation continues. Every year, we lose 14.6 million hectares (56,000 square miles) of forests an area almost four times the area of Switzerland.

We know that human activity is causing serious and complex changes in the global climate, mainly through the effects of burning fossil fuels like oil and gas, and the effects of deforestation.