climate care
Tree vapours cool planet
New discoveries show that tree vapours cool the planet, and that protecting old-growth forests would be one of the best ways to counteract global heating.
Fred Hageneder
29 October 2008
FRED HAGENEDER’S GATEWAY TO THE MEANING OF TREES IN CULTURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
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climate care
Global deforestation costs more than the financial crisis
Global deforestation costs far more than the current banking crisis (2008). Yet another sobering calculation exposing the lack of political will.
Fred Hageneder
28 October 2008
climate care
Hope for the Taiga
An international project started in 2005 to raise awareness for the Russian Taiga, including community-based harvesting of sustainable forest products.
Fred Hageneder
29 August 2008
conservation
UK second highest importer of illegal timber
In 2006, the UK was the second highest importer of illegal timber – after Finland which acts as Europe’s hub for illegal timber coming via China and Russia.
Fred Hageneder
28 August 2008
conservation
The global forest situation 2005
Global deforestation continues at an alarming rate. Reforestation with farmed seedlings does not make up for the rich eco systems of old-growth forests.
Fred Hageneder
28 January 2006
conservation
India wins landmark battle vs multinational bio-piracy
Dr Vandana Shiva achieved a landmark victory against the corporate hijacking of indigenous plant knowledge.
Fred Hageneder
28 March 2005
conservation
The Olive Tree brings peace to the West Bank
Every year at harvest time, members of the RHR and other Israeli peace groups help in the Palestinian olive harvest and protect the farmers and the trees.
Fred Hageneder
28 August 2004
conservation
Sacred Site to be recognised term
The return of the oldest method of habitat protection on Earth: to honour and respect a place or an area as “sacred ground” (= untouchable, taboo).
Fred Hageneder
28 September 2003
conservation
Oilfield in Colombia disappears after Indio prayers
After prayers of the U’wa tribe in Colombia an entire oil field disappeared and 100 million US dollars of excavation spendings could not bring it back.
Fred Hageneder
28 May 2002
conservation
Protecting the Rainforest: The U’Wa Defense Project
For the U’wa, an indigenous people in northeastern Colombia, oil is the blood of the Earth, and to extract it is equivalent to committing matricide.
Fred Hageneder
28 November 2001
climate care
Tree vapours cool planet
New discoveries show that tree vapours cool the planet, and that protecting old-growth forests would be one of the best ways to counteract global heating.
Fred Hageneder
29 October 2008
climate care
Global deforestation costs more than the financial crisis
Global deforestation costs far more than the current banking crisis (2008). Yet another sobering calculation exposing the lack of political will.
Fred Hageneder
28 October 2008
climate care
Hope for the Taiga
An international project started in 2005 to raise awareness for the Russian Taiga, including community-based harvesting of sustainable forest products.
Fred Hageneder
29 August 2008
conservation
UK second highest importer of illegal timber
In 2006, the UK was the second highest importer of illegal timber – after Finland which acts as Europe’s hub for illegal timber coming via China and Russia.
Fred Hageneder
28 August 2008
conservation
The global forest situation 2005
Global deforestation continues at an alarming rate. Reforestation with farmed seedlings does not make up for the rich eco systems of old-growth forests.
Fred Hageneder
28 January 2006
conservation
India wins landmark battle vs multinational bio-piracy
Dr Vandana Shiva achieved a landmark victory against the corporate hijacking of indigenous plant knowledge.
Fred Hageneder
28 March 2005
conservation
The Olive Tree brings peace to the West Bank
Every year at harvest time, members of the RHR and other Israeli peace groups help in the Palestinian olive harvest and protect the farmers and the trees.
Fred Hageneder
28 August 2004
conservation
Sacred Site to be recognised term
The return of the oldest method of habitat protection on Earth: to honour and respect a place or an area as “sacred ground” (= untouchable, taboo).
Fred Hageneder
28 September 2003
conservation
Oilfield in Colombia disappears after Indio prayers
After prayers of the U’wa tribe in Colombia an entire oil field disappeared and 100 million US dollars of excavation spendings could not bring it back.
Fred Hageneder
28 May 2002
conservation
Protecting the Rainforest: The U’Wa Defense Project
For the U’wa, an indigenous people in northeastern Colombia, oil is the blood of the Earth, and to extract it is equivalent to committing matricide.
Fred Hageneder
28 November 2001