Hidden Borneo Orangutans Provide Population Bump of 5-7 Percent
A team of conservationists have uncovered a hidden population of around 200 of the world's rarest Bornean orangutans in Malaysian Borneo. The Sarawak government has pledged protection.
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Turkmenistan Begins Planting 3 Million Trees to Transform Desert Nation
A decree recently signed by the Turkmen President ordered government ministries to plant 3 million trees in 2013 with the aim of transforming the desert Central Asian nation into a blooming garden. Radio Free Europe reports that 465,000 public-sector employees, including those working at schools and universities in the country, took shovels in hand on March 10 and spent the day planting 755,000 trees.
Effective Phone Alerts Help Uganda Nab Forest Criminals
A forest monitoring system that uses text messaging on mobile phones has helped the Ugandan government to intercept six cartels involved in forest crimes, within just four months of its launch.
Harley-Davidson Mobilizes Bikers to Plant 50 Million Trees
Dedicated to the goal of preserving the open road for future generations of riders, Harley-Davidson is mobilizing its riders worldwide to help plant 50 million trees by 2025. The initiative, called Renew the Ride and announced last week, is the latest global mission and call to action for Harley riders.
Rarest of Tiny Birds Adapt to Thrive in Surprising New Habitat
With its natural habitat mostly gone, one of North America's rarest songbirds has found a surprising workaround: It's thriving in the industrial pine plantations of the southeastern United States, reports Nat Geo.
KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut Commit to Deforestation-free Palm Oil
The company that owns fast-food restaurants KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut joined the trend toward sustainability by announcing on Friday it plans to refrain from using palm oil obtained through deforestation.
Ex-NASA Engineer to Plant One Billion Trees a Year Using Drones
A start-up plans to help solve the world's climate problems by using drones to plant forests of seedlings – a billion trees a year.
KFC to Stop Using Palm Oil - Healthier Food, Less Deforestation
KFC restaurants in the UK and Ireland will stop using palm oil to fry its chicken beginning this month and reap a double benefit by reducing climate change and heart disease.
3M Vows Not to Source From Deforested Areas, Ignore Human Rights
3M announced this week a new sourcing policy that ensures all the virgin wood fiber going into its paper-based products and packaging comes from sources that protect forests and respect human rights.
Endangered Woodpeckers Protected by Paper Company
Endangered Woodpeckers Protected, Red-Cockaded Protection Plan
Africa's Last Eden Spared by Logging Company
A Congo Republic rain forest full of rare animals and trees, one of the most pristine left in Africa, will be protected from all logging thanks to the voluntary actions of a timber company to forfeit its harvesting rights.
How to Build a Rainforest in Just Eight Years (WATCH)
Nicholas Locke has turned his Brazilian livestock pastures back into rainforest–full of birds, reptiles, mammals and insects–and only 2 hours from Rio.
Help Save a Rainforest the Size of Wales
An area the size of Wales' is frequently used to measure the rate of forest destruction. Welsh-born comedian Dan Mitchell is bringing people together to help protect an area of rainforest at least this size and is assembling Welsh tribes from all over the country to do it.
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