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Environment special: Deforestation and forest degredation
Article | May 22, 2012 - 12:04pm

Research based on the FAO’s Global Forest Resource Assessment 2010 calculates that the annual loss of tropical forest cover in the decade to 2010 has been 9.3 million hectares, an area larger than Scotland.

The root cause of deforestation is the failure of the world’s market economy to award any value to the intrinsic environmental assets of the rainforest. This malfunction contrasts with the rocketing prices of timber, paper, furniture, minerals, fossil fuels, meat, cosmetics and biofuels, each of which is linked with forest destruction.

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Ethanol added to long list of olive tree by-products
Article | May 17, 2012 - 2:49pm

It's long been reported that there are many uses of olive oil. As a foodstuff it has a high concentration of monounsaturated fatty acids, which studies show promote "good" cholesterol (HDL) while lowering "bad" cholesterol (LDL), that it is beneficial for hair, soothes ulcers, prevents gallstones, and the list goes on.  However, new research has revealed that the olive tree can be used for yet another thing.

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