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Welcome to Forest Friends Ireland
| we are for ... | | ⊕ Trees | ⊕ Rainforests | ⊕ Animals | ⊕ Earth Healing | | | ⊕ People | ⊕ Wilderness | ⊕ Parks | | | | ⊕ Cultural Diversity | ⊕ Indigenous Peoples | | | | | ⊕ Biodiversity | ⊕ Fair Trade | | | | | ⊕ Agenda 21 | | | | |
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| Organic Farms-Better |
| Studies: 09/02/10, 15:14:33 by jonathan |
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Commercial Organic Farms Have Better Fruit and Soil, Lower Environmental Impact, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2010) — Side-by-side comparisons of organic and conventional strawberry farms and their fruit found the organic farms produced more ...
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| Peru: Amazon indigenous create new political party |
| Events: 09/02/10, 15:08:36 by jonathan |
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Peru: Amazon indigenous create new political party
Saturday, August 28, 2010
By Kiraz Janicke
Alberto Pizango, June 11. The new party was created by indigenous people but it will ‘attempt to embrace all the citizens of Peru who ...
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| WEEKEND ANTI-WAR PROTEST/DUBLIN |
| Events: 09/01/10, 14:27:48 by jonathan |
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IRISH ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT
Press Release - August 31st
NOTICE OF PRESS CONFERENCE & PHOTO OP
TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF WEEKEND ANTI-WAR PROTEST AGAINST TONY BLAIR.
Press Conference: Thursday Sept 2nd 11am, UNITE ...
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| 'true colours' of biochar advocates" |
| Newsletter Download: 08/30/10, 17:08:53 by jonathan |
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Press Release - for immediate release. "Nature Communications article shows 'true colours' of biochar advocates"
Biofuelwatch
Press Release - for immediate release - 30th August 2010
Nature Communications article ...
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| Organic can feed the world |
| World Issues: 08/29/10, 15:09:18 by jonathan |
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Organic can feed the world
by Maria Rodale
(September 2010) — You probably buy organic food because you believe it’s better for your health and the environment but you also may have heard criticism that “organic cannot feed the ...
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| Indians/Brazil protect ancestral lands |
| Events: 08/28/10, 14:28:54 by jonathan |
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Indians urge Brazil’s next President to protect ancestral land
Indians representing many of Brazil’s 233 tribes have demanded that the country’s next President map out their ancestral land which has been taken from them for industrial projects, ...
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| Serengeti highway protests growing worldwide |
| Projects: 08/28/10, 14:20:22 by jonathan |
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Serengeti highway protests growing worldwide
25/08/2010 11:47:28
The proposed highway would cut the Serengeti in half.
Wildlife Conservation Society & Zoological Society of London oppose Serengeti highway
August 2010. Wildlife ...
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| Madagascar’s Pierced Heart |
| World Issues: 08/26/10, 15:24:19 by jonathan |
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Madagascar’s Pierced Heart
The island’s geographic isolation created a wonderland of biological richness. Now population pressures and political turmoil speed the plunder of its rosewood, minerals, and gems.
By Robert Draper
Photograph by ...
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| India's crusading green minister - Jairam Ramesh: |
| Events: 08/25/10, 15:57:34 by jonathan |
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Well done Jairam Ramesh: India's crusading green minister - Naresh Kadyan
In a significant decision that may affect the future of similar projects in the country, the Centre on Tuesday struck down the multi-crore Vedanta mining project in Orissa ...
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| Home Solar Made Cheaper and Easier |
| Projects: 08/21/10, 13:22:41 by jonathan |
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Home Solar Made Cheaper and Easier
posted by Jake Richardson Aug 20, 2010 2:03 pm
Homeowners looking to switch to solar power can skip the expensive installation and instead use their existing electrical outlet. The home solar kit is ...
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| GMO Crops - World’s People Reject |
| World Issues: 08/18/10, 14:57:41 by jonathan |
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Mounting Opposition to GMO Crops: The World’s People Reject Genetic Pollution of Food and the Environment
by Rady Ananda
Global Research, August 17, 2010
French citizens destroy trial vineyard
Early Sunday morning, French police stood ...
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| AUSTRALIA- SAVING FORESTS!!!!!!!!!! |
| Projects: 08/17/10, 01:18:09 by jonathan |
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Win for forests in Supreme Court
In a landmark decision today, the Supreme Court has found that the government has a responsibility to look for and protect endangered wildlife before logging in the contentious Brown Mountain forests of East ...
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| Forest Friends Plant Trees :) |
Forest Friends plant trees during Ireland's National Tree Week at Killester College on March 11th 2010. The photography students of the college, (the Killlester 'paparazzi'),descended on John Haughton. You can
view their wonderful video on flickr.
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| WORLD FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE CONFRENCE 2012 |
Read the full conference programme here.
Rainforest Friends Ghana,
RAFFS/G, Forest Friends Ireland
and Forest Friends Ghana
in association with governmental
and non-governmental
organisations are organising
a World Forest and
Climate Change Conference
in Ghana in 2012.
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| Ireland's Green Desertification |
This documentary is by Naoise Reynolds and features John Haughton - founder of Forest Friends Ireland - speaking on the damage caused large-scale monoculture
tree plantations. You can
view the video on YouTube via this link.
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