WGRI-5 meeting kicked off in Montreal, Canada

Today the WGRI-5 meeting kicked off in Montreal, Canada. WGRI stands for Working Group on the Review of the Implementation of the CBD and is one of the most important bodies of the CBD. For the first time in the history of the process, a small GYBN youth delegation with members from India, Brazil, Canada and Germany is present at the meeting to follow the negotiations. 

New Species of Tapir discovered in Brazil and Colombia

In what will likely be considered one of the biggest (literally) zoological discoveries of the Twenty-First Century, scientists today announced they have discovered a new species of tapir in Brazil and Colombia.
Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1216-hance-new-tapir-kabomani.html?fbfnpg#X6bz6Ov8bF8HPvMd.99

Brazil confirms Amazon deforestation increase

Data released by the Brazilian government Friday confirms an increase in Amazon forest loss. Brazil's National Space Research Institute, INPE, updated data from its near-real-time deforestation tracking system, known as DETER. The system showed a near five-fold increase in forest loss during May 2013 relative to a year earlier, from 99 square kilometers to 465 sq km. 59 percent of the clearing occurred in Mato Grosso, a state in the Southern Amazon where large-scale farms and cattle ranching drive most deforestation. Pará accounted for 29 percent of deforestation.

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Source:  Copyright 2013, Mongabay
Date:  July 6, 2013 Byline:  Rhett Butler
Image: Michael Leveille 

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