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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

rainforests

Children at the Bi'ne B elementary school near Deir el-Asad in northern Israel crowd around an iguana, November 28, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
December 10, 2022, 9:29 am
From K-12 and beyond, Israeli children learn they can help the rainforests to heal
Education program based on study and action engages students by having them campaign for one of three endangered ‘biodiversity hotspots’ — and helping to save the winner
By Sue Surkes
Steven Donziger, in 2018. (video screenshot)
April 27, 2022, 11:53 am
Free after 993 days of detention, US lawyer vows to continue fighting Chevron
Steven Donziger says it’s time to force the oil giant to pay a court-ordered $9.5 billion for rainforest oil pollution. Chevron: The judgement was ‘fraudulent’
By Sue Surkes
Highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil, November 25, 2019. (Leo Correa/AP)
November 2, 2021, 7:41 am
COP26 leaders to pledge 2030 target for end to deforestation
UK Prime Minister Johnson to warn forests are essential for survival, but campaigners want action sooner to save the planet’s lungs
By Jitendra Joshi and Patrick Galey
A critically endangered yellow-tailed woolly monkey living in the El Toro forest of the Peruvian Amazon is now protected, thanks to a purchase of land by TIME. (Courtesy TIME)
June 5, 2020, 2:03 pm
Israeli’s crowdfunding effort seeks to save forests by buying a piece of them
Uri Shanas provides a platform for those wanting to help the environment, letting them vote on which parcel of threatened land should be purchased for preservation
By Sue Surkes
In this photo released by Brazil Ministry of Defense, a C-130 Hercules aircraft dumps water to fight fires burning in the Amazon rainforest, in Brazil on August 24, 2019. (Brazil Ministry of Defense via AP)
August 25, 2019, 4:36 pm
Pope, urging prayers, says Amazon forest vital for Earth
French president says world leaders nearing agreement on how to help battle blazes and repair damage, though it’s unclear whether Brazil will accept offer
By AP
Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin speaking recently with indigenous leaders of the Tumucumaque region in northern Brazil. (Courtesy)
August 2, 2019, 9:57 am
Ethnobotanist says life mission to save indigenous culture is native to Judaism
Harvard-educated Mark Plotkin does a literal take on tikkun olam by fighting deforestation and working to preserve untouched societies in the heart of the Amazon rainforest
By Rich Tenorio
Greenpeace activists rappel down the walls of the Jerusalem's Old City, during a protest on April 1, 2019, to hang a banner saying 'Bolsonaro Stop Amazon Destruction' during the visit of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Israel (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 1, 2019, 4:38 pm
Greenpeace activists rappel down Old City walls in protest against Bolsanaro
Members of environmental protection group hang banner opposite Brazilian president’s hotel urging him to stop destruction of Amazon rainforest
By ToI Staff
Frans Krajcberg moved into a tree house in the Brazilian countryside in 1972. (Screenshot from Instagram via JTA)
November 16, 2017, 11:54 pm
Frans Krajcberg, Jewish sculptor and environmentalist, dies at 96
Holocaust survivor who became protector of Brazil’s forests said his work was inspired by the anti-Semitism he experienced in Europe
By JTA
Rabbi David Rosen speaks during the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative in Oslo, Norway, June 19, 2017. (Lise Aserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)
June 19, 2017, 9:03 pm
Rabbis, priests, imams say protecting rainforests no joke
Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist representatives meet in Norway with indigenous people affected by deforestation
By AFP
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