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Andy Dorn

Indigenous Rights to Forests Catch More Carbon - Scientific American - 0 views

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  • Andy Dorn on 06 Aug 14
     
    "One of the best current paths to reduce the globe's carbon emissions goes through tropical forests. They serve as a sink to sequester human emissions, but deforestation risks sending those assets up in smoke. A recent report argues that to avoid that outcome, indigenous communities should be involved in forest management."
Andy Dorn

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Changing Climate Change, Changing Climate Change: ... - 0 views

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  • Andy Dorn on 10 Feb 16
     
    "Tackling climate change is a global issue and in the run up to the UN climate change conference in Paris most of the world's countries have put forward proposals to do their bit. In the second of this series Roger Harrabin looks at the solutions to the emissions problem. How can the world meet the need for energy for a growing population without creating dangerous levels of CO2 emissions?"
Andy Dorn

Deforestation emissions | Big Facts - 0 views

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shared by Andy Dorn on 07 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Andy Dorn on 07 Dec 12
     
    "Agriculture is the leading cause of some 75 percent of global deforestation. If rates of deforestation continue as projected, forests will diminish dramatically by 2100."
Andy Dorn

Infographic: deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions « Social Capital Review - 0 views

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  • Andy Dorn on 07 Dec 12
     
    "Because trees help absorb greenhouse gases, forest preservation plays an important role in controlling climate change. When forests are destroyed or degraded that harms our ability to control climate change. The problem is primarily concentrated in tropical developing nations. "
Andy Dorn

Climate change a risk to winter sports | Great Falls Tribune | greatfallstribune.com - 0 views

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shared by Andy Dorn on 09 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Andy Dorn on 09 Dec 12
     
    "Alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing - even ice fishing - could all be in trouble unless winter sports industry leaders take a leadership role in curbing emissions of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming, members of the National Resources Defense Council and Protect Our Winters insist."
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