Did you know that the carbon emissions caused by deforestation are greater than those caused by the entire global transportation sector?

The Nature Conservancy wants to equip you with facts like this so you can start thinking about the solutions that nature holds for slowing carbon emissions and dealing with the effects of climate change.

In fact, last week, the Nature Conservancy launched a web-based campaign that aims to inspire a movement to respond—and offer solutions— to the threat of climate change.

The campaign, called “Planet Change,” educates site visitors about:

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The Greenpeace report — Slaughtering the Amazon — that reveals how supply chains for a number of footwear companies intersect with the deforestation in the Amazon Biome  has left a lasting impact on a few companies .

It was Nike first that issued an order to its suppliers that it will not use the leather coming from the cattle raised in Amazon Biome. Nike ordered its suppliers to create a leather tracking system by July1,2010. Following in the footsteps of Nike, it is Timberland that has vowed to clean up its leather supply chain ensuring that it will not contribute to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in any manner.

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Illegally logged trees amount to one-third of all forest area that is cleared in Malaysia each year according to the World Wildlife Fund. An insanely large amount of lush green forest area is being simply destroyed.

That is exactly the reason why the Malaysian government is doing all it can to ensure that illegal logging is stopped with immediate effect. Operation Eye in the Sky allows the government authorities of Malaysia to constantly monitor forest area using direct satellite images.

Darus Ahmad, deputy director-general with the Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency confirmed that the program has been in place since last October and for now it covers only the western peninsular part of Malaysia. The country has lost more than 13% of its forest area in the 90s alone and with the national economy heavily dependant on its timber industry, there’s an urgent economic and ecological need to protect its forests.

One can only hope that the program meant to save the planet’s rich forest resources won’t just stop at this, but extends to other regions of the world that are still home to lush green tropical forests. [via Physorg]

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