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GENERAL DISCUSSIONS! => The Polling Booth! => Topic started by: Michael Alexander on October 23, 2009, 05:39:00 AM

Poll
Question: Is the Earth Broken?
Option 1: Er! I guess So! votes: 2
Option 2: Don't Be silly, off course not! votes: 0
Option 3: Bring Back the Dinosaurs! votes: 3
Option 4: Well it's not balanced properly due to Paula's weight! votes: 0
Option 5: What the heck are you on about? votes: 4
Title: Is the Earth Broken?
Post by: Michael Alexander on October 23, 2009, 05:39:00 AM
Is the Earth Broken?
Title: Re: Is the Earth Broken?
Post by: Mike Stenson (RIP) on October 23, 2009, 03:15:49 PM
Deforestation: 36 fields/minute
2009-10-23 14:40

Buenos Aires - The equivalent of 36 football fields are being stripped from the world's forests each minute, the environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said in a statement released here on Thursday.

The group, presenting its figures during a UN-organised World Forestry Congress held in the Argentine capital, called for "net deforestation of zero" by 2020.

Rodney Taylor, in charge of the WWF's forestry programme, said the call underlined the "urgency" of confronting deforestation threats "to maintain the planet's health".

The appeal was not a call for deforestation to be stopped completely, but rather that the devastation of forests be compensated with forest renewal initiatives.

According to the WWF, the pace of deforestation "generates around 20% of global emissions of greenhouse gases".
Title: Re: Is the Earth Broken?
Post by: Adriaan Van Rooyen on October 23, 2009, 06:30:59 PM
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Title: Re: Is the Earth Broken?
Post by: toonfandangl on October 23, 2009, 08:52:40 PM




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