Brazilian Amazon Protected Areas ‘In Flames’ as Land-Grabbers Invade
Ana Ionova – The number of fires has soared. Over the last two months, NASA satellites picked up 3,842 fire alerts in the territory.
Ana Ionova – The number of fires has soared. Over the last two months, NASA satellites picked up 3,842 fire alerts in the territory.
Liz Kimbrough – For insects, such as butterflies and their caterpillars, long expanses of land along roads and utility corridors add a considerable amount of home turf.
Liz Kimbrough – Up in the cool Mexican mountains, billions of monarch butterflies gather together for the winter.
Rhett Butler – Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to rise, according to data from Brazil’s national space research institute INPE.
Eduardo Franco Berton – Spread too thin and threatened with violence, park authorities say they’re powerless to stop the onslaught.
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times Last night’s vice-presidential debate had me thinking quite a bit this morning. Almost all of the topics, in some way or other, had to do with money. Defense – money. Economy – money. Taxes – money. Medicare – money. Health – money. Social Security – money. Employment/unemployment – money. …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times In a recent post on multinaturalism on integrallife.com an Oregon bumper sticker was summoned as a representation of the factitious pluralism of modern society where tree, flower and the grand outdoors are concerned. It stated simply, “Are you an environmentalist or do you work for a living.” In my estimation, there is no better …