The fact that destruction of forests in Indonesia affects the survival of species other than orangutans is not surprising. Destroying an ecosystem has far reaching effects on all flora and fauna that rely upon that ecosystem for life.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070809204625.htm
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Friday, August 3, 2007
Of interest...
It has been awhile since the last posting...apologies to those who regularly check the blog. Here are a few links for you to peruse.
NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest -- 07/15/2007New high resolution images of logging roads in the Congo region of Africa are helping researchers understand the expansion of industrial logging in Central Africa.
Beware biofuel promises. Although, in theory, biofuel sounds as though is could solve some of our oil dependency issues, more and more information is becoming available indicating this is not the case. Additionally, some biofuel admixtures use palm oil (say it isn't so).
Corn ethanol is not the solution to energy independence -- 07/18/2007A new report claims that corn ethanol will not significantly offset U.S. fossil fuel consumption without "unacceptable" environmental and economic consequences.
And, as if gorillas and orangutans don't have enough to contend with in their struggle to survive the onslaught of anthropogenic factors...
Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing -- 07/24/2007At least four critically endangered gorillas have been killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park. National Geographic News reports they were shot "execution-style". Illegal charcoal harvesters are leading suspects in the slaying. Two other gorillas are missing and feared dead.
Coal mining threatens the "Heart of Borneo" -- 07/25/2007Coal mining in Borneo imperils the island's fast-disappearing forests and threatens to undermine the effectiveness of an monumental conservation initiative, according to a report from the The Sunday Times and Parliamentary testimony.
NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest -- 07/15/2007New high resolution images of logging roads in the Congo region of Africa are helping researchers understand the expansion of industrial logging in Central Africa.
Beware biofuel promises. Although, in theory, biofuel sounds as though is could solve some of our oil dependency issues, more and more information is becoming available indicating this is not the case. Additionally, some biofuel admixtures use palm oil (say it isn't so).
Corn ethanol is not the solution to energy independence -- 07/18/2007A new report claims that corn ethanol will not significantly offset U.S. fossil fuel consumption without "unacceptable" environmental and economic consequences.
And, as if gorillas and orangutans don't have enough to contend with in their struggle to survive the onslaught of anthropogenic factors...
Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing -- 07/24/2007At least four critically endangered gorillas have been killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park. National Geographic News reports they were shot "execution-style". Illegal charcoal harvesters are leading suspects in the slaying. Two other gorillas are missing and feared dead.
Coal mining threatens the "Heart of Borneo" -- 07/25/2007Coal mining in Borneo imperils the island's fast-disappearing forests and threatens to undermine the effectiveness of an monumental conservation initiative, according to a report from the The Sunday Times and Parliamentary testimony.
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