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Cherry Sirisomboonwong

Best Green Hotels: The Cambridge - 0 views

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    this is one of the environmentally friendly hotels. it descibes how it is and what is in the hotel.
Emmy D

WWF - Brazil forest law again under fire - 0 views

  • Brazil forest law again under fire
  • Brazil’s most important environmental legislation
  • chopping block again
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  • economic growth
  • enacted in 1934
  • Brazil’s Forest Law (also known as the Forest Code)
  • how much a landowner can deforest
    • Emmy D
       
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Daniel Johnson

Rainforest Destruction - 0 views

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    Large Dams In India and South America, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests have been destroyed by the building of hydro-electric dams. It was the dominant view that new dams had to be built or otherwise these countries would suffer an energy crisis. However, a recent study by the World Bank in Brazil has shown that 'sufficient generating capacity already exists to satisfy the expected rise in demand for power over the medium term, provided that the energy is used more efficiently' (WRM). The construction of dams not only destroys the forest but often uproots tens of thousands of people, destroying both their land and their culture. The rates of waterborne diseases increase rapidly. Downstream ecosystems are damaged by dams which trap silt, holding back valuable nutrients. Reduced silt leads to coastal erosion. The sheer weight of water in dams has in Chile, Zimbabwe, and Greece led to earthquakes. The irrigation and industrial projects powered by dams lead to further environmental damage. Irrigation leads to salination of soils and industry leads to pollution. Solutions: Aid organisations like the World Bank have traditionally favoured spectacular large-scale irrigation and hydro-electric projects. In all cases when such projects are proposed, there has been massive opposition from local people. Reform of the World Bank and other such organisations, and support for campaigns against large-scale dams is needed.
Cherry Sirisomboonwong

Rainforest Ecotourism - 1 views

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    This website shows how both the government and the local people are helping to reserve the rainforest through eco tourism
Cherry Sirisomboonwong

"Green" Hotels Association - 0 views

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    This is another green hotel, it also answer questions and why should hotels be green and gives me a good arguement.
Cherry Sirisomboonwong

Best Green Hotels - Search Results - 0 views

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    this is most of the hotels in thailand that are eco friendly. you can click into it to see.
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