Deforestation faster than thought, tied to beef exports
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Media Coverage
2004
Environmentalist: Popularity of Brazil Beef Hurts Forests
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)-Surging international demand for Brazilian beef is leading to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, environmentalists charged Thursday. Ranchers have been cutting down more of the jungle in order to make space for Brazil’s growing cattle herds, the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry said in a report.
Report: Cattle Farming Biggest Threat to Amazon
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Booming Brazilian beef exports could be the main culprit behind a sharp rise in deforestation of the Amazon jungle as cattle farmers cut deeper into the forests, a leading research institute said on Friday. The report, "Hamburger connection Fuels Amazon Destruction," by the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research was released as environmentalists feared the latest Amazon destruction rates could be the highest ever.
Brazil’s cattle ranchers to blame for shrinking Amazon rainforest
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Booming Brazilian beef exports could be the main culprit behind a sharp rise in deforestation of the Amazon jungle as cattle farmers cut deeper into the forests, a leading research institute said on Friday.
Environmentalist: Popularity of Brazil Beef Hurts Forests
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)-Surging international demand for Brazilian beef is leading to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, environmentalists charged Thursday. Ranchers have been cutting down more of the jungle in order to make space for Brazil’s growing cattle herds, the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry said in a report.
Report: Cattle Farming Biggest Threat to Amazon
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Booming Brazilian beef exports could be the main culprit behind a sharp rise in deforestation of the Amazon jungle as cattle farmers cut deeper into the forests, a leading research institute said on Friday.
Otonomi, Iklim usaha dan Pembangunan Ekonomi di Daerah
Pak Bambang, terkait dengan masalah ini, karena hutan merupakan salah satu sektor yang belum jelas kewenangannya mungkin anda bisa petakan kewenangan yang ada di hutan Indonesia bila ada beberapa hektar hutan di daerah, nah siapa yang berhak untuk mengelola hutan tersebut.
Mengendus Ulah Cukong: Sistem Bolong, Korupsi Berlalu.
BAMBANG Setiono masygul. Sebagai rimbawan, ia geram melihat maraknya penebangan kayu ilegal. Aksi itu kasat mata terjadi di depan mata. Tapi pencoleng hutan tersebut seolah kebal hukum dan tidak tersentuh aparat. Tidak percaya? Sampai saat ini, kata pria berkumis yang bermukim di Bogor itu, belum ada satu pun cukong (capital provider) yang berhasil ditangkap, apalagi diseret ke pengadilan dan dijebloskan di bui.