From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

Strict regulations control how many trees can be cut down. But for the farmers to earn enough money, they need to find ways harvesting more common species and this should help produce the selling of more precious varieties of trees.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

Dr. Tim Synott of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) emphasizes the importance of maintaining and managing the forests in the world. The FSC provides an independent, global guarantee that timber comes from forests where sustainable extraction doesn’t threaten wildlife or indigenous people.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

According to the 1996 IUCN list of threatened animals, there were over 5,200 vertebrates and invertebrates species that could be pushed into oblivion in the wild. The director general of the World Wildlife Fund International says that we can lose important animal species that are important for t...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

In 1965 wolves were given official protection, today there only 60 individuals living in the wild in Sweden. This means that the chance to see wolves in the wild is very rare.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

It’s quite challenging to make the general public concerned about endangered insect species and that's what the WWF in United Kingdom is trying to do. There is huge decrease of the bumblebee, which endangers many products and crops in the world.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

WWF has set a global target that key regions of the earth’s surface should be protected to safeguard the diversity of ecosystems and the species living in these ecosystems. One of the endangered species in the world is: the Partula snail.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

The Talking Parrot is an established resident here, for many they act as mascots and are part of the folklore of the Chaco. Demand for them means that every year thousands are caught and smuggled out of the region and then sold abroad. It’s an important source of income for some of the indigenou...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

How well is Canada managing its forests? Find out what Canadians think about this subject.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

The primitive landscape of the Gran Chaco was mostly parkland with hardwoods and grasslands. Slash and burn agricultural methods had kept the vegetation fairly stable until European colonization paved the way for extensive cattle ranching and overgrazing.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

John Werring of the Sierra Legal Defense Fund in Canada says that Canada is destroying its forests. He says that it’s not just the forest companies who are destroying the forests, but also the governments allowing these companies to clear cut the forests.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

Logging companies in Canada are claiming to have done their bit for business friendly forest conservation. But environmental groups don’t agree with this.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM

The impact of the amount of trackers to Lukla is devastating for the Sherpa people and for the environment.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Oct 06 2010 1:02 PM

Today, in Episode #1260, Bill investigates Calculated Columns in the PowerPivot grid using DAX. Also, tips to Format your data for a more visually aesthetic result using PowerPivot and Excel 2010 … from Bill Jelen a.k.a."MrExcel".

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Oct 05 2010 12:48 PM

Learn more about the history of the coal miners in Wales and how the mining industry affected the lives of the coal miners.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Sep 26 2010 12:52 PM

The government of Brazil started the Amazon policy and requested a number of ministries to work together. But some ministries didn’t want to subordinate their plans for building roads and dams under environmental restrictions.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Sep 26 2010 12:52 PM

The building of infrastructure is not itself good or bad, but what sometimes transforms it into an action fatal to social, economic and environmental interest of the Amazonia, is when it’s done without a strategic vision of the importance of preserving natural resources.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Sep 26 2010 12:52 PM

The current plans for building new infrastructure in the Amazonia area are not taking massive deforestation into account.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Sep 26 2010 12:52 PM

Concerned about the annual migration of the butterflies in the area of Michoacan, the government decided declared the area as a special reserve for butterflies. But the locals had no advanced notice about this. Alternare was to make sure that the communities interests were equal to the conservat...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Sep 26 2010 12:52 PM

One of India’s greatest challenge is to provide energy to million villagers in Andhra Pradesh. But an indigenous tree assists in meeting this challenge, the honge tree

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Sep 26 2010 12:52 PM

Of Cuba’s population, 95% is connected to the national electricity grid, but it's not economic to link up the remaining 5%, being small communities far from Cuba's main infrastructure. But now Cuba has started making solar panels, bringing vital benefits to the most remote areas.