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World’s Largest Meat Exporter Says No More Amazon Deforestation Beef
photo: David Morimoto via flickr.
A little bit late to the game, but glad they’ve arrived… The world’s largest exporter of meat products, Brazil’s JBS-Frisboi has pledged to no longer buy cattle raised from areas of the deforested Amazon which were cleared after September 23rd of this year, Read the full story on TreeHugger
Full StoryWin a Trip to Yosemite for National Parks Week
Image via: smif on Flickr.com
Last week was National Parks Week, and with the launch Ken Burn’s new series “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” on PBS, celebrating the great outdoors, it’s time to keep the party going. The Sierra Club wants to give you … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Full StorySuperior Islands: Ontario’s Largest Conservation Project Will Protect 4,700 acres
Credit: TNC/John Andersen
The Wilson Island group spans 4,700 acres in Lake Superior. It’s a place where peregrine falcons and bald eagles nest in high cliffs, and rare plants like Mountain Fir-moss and Northern Woodsia fern are supported by rare coastal wetlands and forests.
Wouldn’t at least some of the eight islands make a great place for summer homes for big city folks? Don’t worry, the islands have just been protected by The Nature Conservancy in the United States and its counterpart in Canada, in the largest conservation project (dollar-wise) that’s ever bee… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Full StoryNasty Fanged Frog Eats Birds, Brawls With Other Frogs
Photo via the WWF
When 163 new species were recently discovered in areas surrounding the Mekong in Southeast Asia, one particular animal caught scientists’ eye. It’s called the Khorat big-mouthed frog–and boasting a set of fangs, a taste for birds, and a bad habit of brawling with other frogs (sometimes even severing each others’ arms and legs), this is one feisty amphibian. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Full StoryChasing Orchids and Fireflies in Central Colorado
After decades of use, Filoha Meadows in central Colorado is being allowed to return to its natural state. Photo by Jennifer Hattam.
A refuge for the Ute Indians and a transit corridor for the marble quarried for the Washington Monument, Filoha Meadows in central Colorado has been used as farmland, an arthritic retreat center, and a movie set. Developers eyed it to build 15,000 square-foot homes, while others envisioned the entire area under the waters of a dam. But people seeking to preserve the meadow as open space were the on… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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