Destruction of tropical forests that occur in various countries around the world is increasing from year to year and even in two or three decades to come is expected to experience the threat of extinction due to illegal logging (illegal logging), the transfer of land use, excessive forest exploitation, and others. So at the beginning of the 1990s environmental experts from around the world met in Rio de Jenero, Brazil and in essence, to discuss the measures and strategies that must be done to preserve the nature as well as efforts to reduce the rate of rainforest destruction or rescue them.

In Indonesia for example, Indonesia is one country that has the largest mangrove forest in the world reached 25% of the total area of ​​mangrove forests around the world (18 million hectares) is an area of ​​4.5 million hectares, or as much as 3.8% of the total forest area in Indonesia is overall. At least extensive mangrove forests has led to the attention of the Government of Indonesia to the mangrove forest is also very little, compared to forest land. Condition of mangrove forests also suffered damage similar to other state forests in Indonesia (Mangrove Information Center, 2006).
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Climate change threat to the survival of coral reefs of Bali. Prediction will be more frequent occurrence of El Nino phenomenon and the rise in sea surface temperatures due to climate change is alarming, “said Ketut Sudiarta, coral reef expert from the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Warmadewa University. “The coral reefs of Bali has undergone conventional pressures but its future is now more a matter of course no longer the threat of climate change.”

According Sudiarta, bleaching of coral reefs in Bali damage in almost every area of ​​Nusa Penida, Nusa Dua, Amed, Bali Buleleng and the West on a large scale occurred in 1997 and 1998. The worst affected area in West Bali and Amed.

Study of the fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-government (IPCC) United Nations predicts that rising sea surface temperatures between 1 to 3 ° C would result in a wider area of ​​bleaching karang.serta impact on marine ecosystems. Read the rest of this entry »

Global climate change is a disaster that will come! We already know why – the man who continues to use materials derived from fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural gas.

We already know some of the consequences of global warming – the polar ice cap melting, rising ocean temperatures, with a prolonged drought, the spread of deadly disease outbreaks, massive flooding, coral bleaching and large storm waves. We also know who will be affected the most significant – of the coast, the island country, and of the less developed areas such as Southeast Asia. Read the rest of this entry »

The origins can be traced rice cultivation to the valleys of the Yangtze River of China, which some estimates put it at more than 7000 years. During this time, rice has become an integral part of Chinese life and culture. He dictated the lives of millions of farmers in rural areas of China feeds about one billion Chinese citizens each year and is synonymous with Chinese food and culture. And Yunnan, in southwest China, is where much of the rice.

The campaign was genetically engineered rice (GE) is one of the first campaigns of our new team on the Chinese mainland. Campaign Director of Greenpeace remembers Southeast Asia, Sze Pang Cheung, the early days with a smile. “A campaign with a five-day bus tour of Guangzhou,” he says. “Actually it was more like a van or bus, and it was not even ours. We Loan from other environmental NGOs.” Read the rest of this entry »