Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 7, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba By Michael Casey b Ali Indonesia the Impact of climate change plus deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60 per cent of the Amazon Forest by 2030, making it impossible to keep global temperatures from reaching catastrophic Levels an environmental group said thursday. Several recent studies have suggested similar findings but scientists say the size and complexity of the Amazon leaves Many questions about the rain forests future open to debate. Brazils environment ministry did not respond this week to a request for comment. The importance of the Amazon Forest for the globes climate cannot be underplayed said Daniel Nepstad author of a new report by the world wide fund for nature released at the in climate change conference in Bali. Its not Only essential for Cooling the worlds temperature but also such a Large source of fresh water that it May be enough to influence some of the great Ocean currents and on top of that its a massive store of Carbon. Sprawling Over 4.15 million Square Kilometres the Amazon covers nearly 60 per cent of Brazil. Largely unexplored it contains one fifth of the worlds fresh water and about 30 per cent of the worlds Plant and animal species Many still undiscovered. Large swaths of Forest like the Amazon Are also valuable Carbon sinks or absorbers of Carbon dioxide. Deforestation pours Carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and at the same time kills off Carbon absorbing vegetation. The Whf said logging livestock expansion and worsening drought Are projected to Rise in the coming years and could result in the Clearing of 55 per cent of the rain Forest. If rainfall declines by 10 per cent in the Amazon As predicted an additional four per cent could be wiped out. Scientists say if global temperatures Rise More than 3.6 degrees fahrenheit 2 degrees celsius above preindustrial Levels the risks to the environment and to people will be enormous. It is essentially the tipping Point for catastrophic floods and droughts rising sea Levels and heat wave deaths and diseases. It will be very difficult to keep the temperatures at 3.6 degrees if we dont conserve the Amazon said Nepstad who is also a senior scientist at the Woods Hole research Center in Massachusetts. According to the Whf deforestation in the Amazon could result in some 56 billion to 97 billion tonnes of Carbon dioxide being released into the environment by 2030, representing As much As two years of global Carbon emissions. Earl Saxon a climate change expert with the world conservation Union said the report was consistent with All the Best science on the Issue and recognizes there Are opportunities the delegation in Bali can take to protect the Amazon Basin. However Milton Nogueira a brazilian government consultant on climate change who is also part of his country is Bali delegation said such predictions on the amazons future should be taken lightly Given its size and complexity. It is such a big Complex system that no one can predict what will happen he said. It is like you Are looking at a Blond and Blue eyed boy and saying he will be an olympic Champion. We can still Stop the destruction of the Amazon but we need the support of the Rich countries said Karen Suas Suna a climate change analyst with Whf Brazil. Our Success in protecting the Amazon depends on How fast Rich countries reduce their climate damaging emissions to slow Down global warming. Associated press climate change Winnipeg free press Friday december 7, 2007 a9 Winnipeg repress. Com a better experience. 880 Nairn ave., Winnipeg 204.667.1578 1750 Ellice ave., Winnipeg 204.989.9900 2930 32nd ave. 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At risk Are 103 first nations in British Columbia that depend on forests and affected lakes or Rivers Dave Porter said in an interview As he prepared to deliver a speech at the gathering of More than 180 countries. Porter Hopes to Shine a global spotlight on the Scourge and what he says is of Tawas failure to act. We Are in the midst of one of the worst environmental disasters that this country has Ever experienced. He says the Mountain Pine Beetle infestation rivals the notorious deforestation of South americans Amazon rain Forest. This is on that scale. Its a crisis situation and theress not a crisis approach to the management of this Issue. About 10 million hectares of Lodgepole Pine the b. C. Interiors most prolific commercial species have been killed or damaged. The affected land mass of often tinder Deadwood is bigger than new Brunswick. The b. C. Government describes it As a catastrophic natural disaster. And its moving East. Insects the size of Rice grains kill Pine Trees when they Lay eggs under the bark. Hatching larvae then devour layers beneath the bark cutting off the Trees nutrient Supply. Winter cold snaps lasting several Days at 40 c Are needed to keep the naturally existing beetles in Check. But such seasonal Mercury plunges Are fewer and farther Between. Beetles also carry a fungus that dehydrated Pines and limits their natural defences against such invasions. Porter is attending the Bali conference on behalf of the b. C. First nations leadership Council representing chiefs throughout the province. The Federal government has committed $ 200 million to slow the Pine Beetle sweep far Short of the $ 1 billion the conservatives promised. The Canadian press Amazon Forest faces Uncertain future losing vast areas of the Amazon Forest from climate change would make it impossible to keep global temperatures from reaching catastrophic Levels. 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