News: ‘Environment’ Archive
‘A strict Chinese limit on ultra-thin plastic bags significantly reduced bag-related pollution nationwide during the past year. The country avoided the use of 40 billion bags, according to government estimates’
via Worldchanging: Bright Green: China Reports 66 Percent Drop in Plastic Bag Use.
The government has completed a draft of mandatory environmental measures for the increasing number of Chinese companies involved in overseas projects, officials have said.
‘Africa’s forests are disappearing faster than those in other parts of the world because of a lack of land ownership, a report says.’
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed legislation Monday setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness.
‘Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula) mounted a military-style crackdown on deforestation in the Amazon in January — just a month after the government proclaimed that deforestation rates had dropped 59% over the previous three years. The action was prompted by alarming new satellite data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in São José dos Campos, indicating that clear-cutting is once again on the rise.’
via Access : Brazil goes to war against logging : Nature News. (Requires login or payment)