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Judge blocks Montana from logging in grizzly territory

Grizzly population along the Continental Divide was the focus in the legal case brought against logging proposals in the Stillwater State Forest, in northwestern Montana.August 23, 2014, news.msn.com | “Conservation groups on Friday hailed a court decision that blocks Montana from building roads and logging in nearly 37,000 acres of a state forest that serves as core habitat for protected grizzly bears.”

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VICTORY FOR MONTANA’S GRIZZLYS AND THE FOREST
Judge blocks Montana from logging in grizzly territory
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Conservation groups on Friday hailed a court decision that blocks Montana from building roads and logging in nearly 37,000 acres of a state forest that serves as core habitat for…
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Norway puts $1.6B into rainforest conservation

August 19, 2014, news.mongabay.com | “Since 2008 Norway has been the single largest foreign donor to tropical forest conservation, putting more than 10 billion Norwegian Krone, or $1.6 billion, toward programs in several countries under its International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI). But how effective have those funds been in actually protecting forests? A new assessment by the country’s Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) concludes that the program is indeed having an impact despite an inauspicious start.”

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Norway puts $1.6B into rainforest conservation in Brazil, Indonesia +
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Since 2008 Norway has been the single largest foreign donor to tropical forest conservation, putting more than 10 billion…
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Why conservationists need a little hope: saving themselves from becoming the most depressing scientists on the planet

August 19, 2014, news.mongabay.com | “Here’s a challenge: take a conservationist out for a drink and ask them about their work. Nine times out of ten—or possibly more—you’ll walk away feeling frustrated, despondent, and utterly hopeless. You’ll hear about rainforests being chopped down for palm oil or chopsticks; or a just-discovered species that probably just went extinct; or a government that is worse than ambivalent: corrupt; or a shadowy corporation that’s doing some horrific thing to ecosystems and local people just to make greedy shareholders happy.”

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Here’s a great article about why to support the kind of cheerleading that we do at Good News for the Earth —
interviews with top conservation biologists
Why conservationists need a little hope
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the human brain is wired to try harder only when there is reason to believe that those efforts will make a difference. — The Sword of Damocles over our head is not the right image
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Kristi Wrigley says “no” to use of logging road

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Activism by a long-time watershed defender — on the job every day
Kristi Wrigley saying NO to HRC Forester Tom Schultz, Don’t use this old logging road across her property. With 18% slopes, clay soils, the road will contribute sediment in addition to the timber harvest it will lead to. NO, in fact, to the entire McCloud-Shaw THP, nearly 600 acres, in 3 parts: one directly adjacent to Headwaters Reserve, one directly above a dozen or so South Fork residences, and this one that will drain into the main stem just above Elk River Court. It’s got something for everyone!
Photo: Kristi Wrigley saying NO to HRC Forester Tom Schultz, Don't use this old logging road across her property. With 18% slopes, clay soils, the road will contribute sediment in addition to the timber harvest it will lead to. NO, in fact, to the entire McCloud-Shaw THP, nearly 600 acres, in 3 parts: one directly adjacent to Headwaters Reserve, one directly above a dozen or so South Fork residences, and this one that will drain into the main stem just above Elk River Court. It's got something for everyone!
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Food Giant ConAgra* Agrees to Eliminate Suppliers Engaged in Deforestation for Palm Oil

sabah_aerial-300x200August 14, 2014, greencentury.com | “In response to a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century Capital Management, Inc. (Green Century) and the New York State Common Retirement Fund (the Fund), packaged food giant ConAgra Foods has agreed to eliminate any palm oil supplier engaged in deforestation by December 2015. Palm oil production is a leading driver of deforestation– the cause of 20% of greenhouse gas emissions.[i] As one of North America’s largest food manufacturers, ConAgra is estimated to be the fifteenth largest palm oil consumer globally, according to MSCI Analysis.”

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GOOD NEWS FOR THE EARTH…FOOD GIANT ELIMINATES SUPPLIES THAT CUASE DEFORESTATION VIA PALM OIL EXTRACTION
Food Giant ConAgra* Agrees to Eliminate Suppliers Engaged in Deforestation for Palm Oil | Green…
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TRAINING YOUTH IN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

Photo: Engaging youth in the field of natural resource stewardship has been a foundational element of Lomakatsi since our inception in 1995. This summer, Lomakatsi is providing youth from all over southern Oregon with workforce training and employment opportunities in ecosystem restoration. Pictured here, Lomakatsi workforce trainers recently led eight Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) participants in active restoration projects on Forest Service lands in the Tiller Ranger District. Beginning next week, two additional Lomakatsi programs, the Ashland Watershed Youth Training and Employment Program and the Klamath Tribal Youth Training and Employment Program, will provide local youth from the Rogue Valley and tribal youth from the Klamath Basin with hands-on educational experiences this summer designed to inspire exploration and interest in natural resource career paths. Learn more at www.lomakatsi.org/youth-training-employment/ Robert Brothers shared Lomakatsi Restoration Project‘s photo.
TRAINING YOUTH IN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
Engaging youth in the field of natural resource stewardship has been a foundational element of Lomakatsi since our inception in 1995. This summer, Lomakatsi is providing youth from all over southern Oregon with workforce training and employment opportunities in ecosystem restoration. Pictured here, Lomakatsi workforce trainers recently led eight Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) participants in active restoration projects on Forest Service lands in the Tiller Ranger District. Beginning next week, two additional Lomakatsi programs, the Ashland Watershed Youth Training and Employment Program and the Klamath Tribal Youth Training and Employment Program, will provide local youth from the Rogue Valley and tribal youth from the Klamath Basin with hands-on educational experiences this summer designed to inspire exploration and interest in natural resource career paths.

Learn more at www.lomakatsi.org/youth-training-employment/

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Group recovers riverbank reserve

Green fingers: A reforestation team member carrying the native tree seedlings along the Kinabatangan river.

 

June 5, 2014, www.thestar.com.my | “A community-based group has ‘recovered and restored’ an 8ha stretch of riverbank reserve along the Kinabatangan river that was encroached on by an oil palm reserve by planting it with native trees.  The community eco-tourism cooperative known as Kopel took two weeks to uproot some 400 oil palm trees and replace them with 4,600 native trees after the Sabah government gave it the green light to take the land back.”

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Group recovers riverbank reserve – Nation | The Star Online
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KOTA KINABALU: A community-based group has “recovered and restored” an 8ha stretch of riverbank reserve along the Kinabatangan river that was encroached on by an oil palm…

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Thank President Obama for Creating Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument

May 21, 2014, action.nmwild.org | “On May 21, 2014, President Obama created the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument by use of the Antiquities Act. This action will protect nearly 500,000 acres in Dona Ana County, including the Potrillo Mountains, Sierra de las Uvas, Robledos Mountains and the surrounding desert in southern New Mexico as the nation’s newest monument — Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks. The monument preserves important historical, cultural and biological resources.”

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Follow this link to see beautiful pictures of the new Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument!
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Protecting the Amazon for Life

http://www.animalnational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Amazon-Rainforest-Animals.jpgMay 21, 2014, www.worldwildlife.org | “It has taken millions of years for the Amazon to evolve into the most biologically diverse place on Earth. In just a tiny fraction of that amount of time humans have radically changed our natural world, and not for the better. The government of Brazil, working in partnership with WWF and others, envisioned a better way forward, a bold and aggressive move in how large-scale conservation is achieved.”

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“Breaking News: http://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/protecting-the-amazon-for-life?link=btn&utm_campaign=wwf-marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wildwire&utm_content=140521ww
Protecting the Amazon for Life | Stories | WWF
A model for conservation, the Amazon Region Protected Areas ensures 150 acres—three times the size of all US parks combined—of the Amazon are protected for life”
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Connecting forests, saving species: conservation group plans extensive wildlife corridor in Panama


May 16, 2014, news.mongabay.com | “Soon, hard rains will hit the steep hillsides of the Azuero Peninsula in Panama, sluicing soil into the rivers and out to the sea. Centuries of slash and burn agriculture have left fewer trees to stand against the annual deluge of water during the rainy season. The erosion makes it harder for ranchers to grow good pasture for their cattle and food for themselves on the land that’s left behind. But an ambitious plan led by the Azuero Earth Project (AEP), an international nonprofit organization based in New York and Panama, may help reverse that pattern.”

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“Wildlife corridor planned in Panama
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With the cooperation of hundreds of ranchers and researchers, Azuero Earth Project aims to replant a swath of tropical dry forest, connecting the dry tropical forest on the coast to cloud…”
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