Deforestation Update
June 15th, 2011 by Racquel Foran in General
According to National Geographic, areas of forest the size of Panama are lost each year to deforestation. Farmers “slash and burn” acres at a time to plant crops and create grazing areas for livestock; the wood and paper industries cut down untold numbers of trees daily, sometimes illegally clear cutting roadways to b...
June 3rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
Weather and humanitarian efforts are becoming more and more linked. The UN and its aid partners have appealed for $1.9 billion for this year for Sudan...
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