New satellite photographs show that the destruction of Brazil's fragile Amazon rainforest has exploded this year, fueling fears that the government's efforts to stop deforestation have been fruitless.
Brazil's DETER real-time monitoring system found that more than 430 square miles of forest, an area a bit smaller than the city of Los Angeles, vanished in the month of April, while about 2,300 square miles, larger than the state of Delaware, were destroyed between last August and April.
The goal of the Dove Self Esteem Fund is to change “the current, narrow definition of beauty.†As much as I agree with this goal, there is a downside. Unilever imports palm oil from Indonesia, where rainforests and tropical peatlands are destroyed.
From his Cessna a mile high, John Carter looks down on the destruction of the world’s greatest ecological jewel.
Throughout the film The Motorcycle Diaries, the young Che enjoys yerba mate as he makes his way across South America. Now you can imbibe in a revolutionary spirit as you sip your own carbon-subtracting yerba mate.
With amphibians facing population crashes around the world, the red-eyed tree frog has become a poster species for rainforest conservation. Watch the life cycle of tree frogs -- from birth, maturity, reproduction, and predation by insects, snakes, and caimans. Stunning, beautiful photos, but not for the weak-hearted!
View an amazing, interactive photo essay featuring pcitures of tree frogs!
