Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

Here is a link to an article "Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit" written by Cutler Cleveland the founding Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth.

http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/the-climate-crisis-breaking-the-fossil-fuel-habit/

Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforests- REDD

Articles

REDD- An Introduction

http://www.redd-monitor.org/redd-an-introduction/

Filling the REDD Basket: Complementary Funding Approaches

http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/TFCI_REDD-Basket.pdf

REDD Funding: The Horror Story that Isn't

http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/article.page.php?page_id=9320&section=news_articles&eod=1

Videos

Protecting Berau's (Kalimatan) Forests

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/asiaandthepacific/indonesia/explore/seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees.xml

UN-REDD Program in Action

http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/videos/player_new.asp?w=320&h=240&f=/newscentre/videos/Redd/2010-8-11_UN-REDD_Programme_in_Action2.flv

A Darker Shade of Green

http://www.carbontradewatch.org/video/a-darker-shade-of-green-new-gjep-gfc-video-on-redd-released.html

Interesting Article: Ecotourism or Eco-Trespassing?

Orang Asli village in Taman Negara, peninsular Malaysia


Long House, Sarawak, Borneo Malaysia


http://www.wildasia.org/main.cfm/RTI/Eco-Trespassing%3F

Visit to village in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsEe0EqnY6g

Fiji, Village Visit

http://tv.kilroy.eu/video/814600/fiji-experience-visiting-a

Solomon Islands, Village Visit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=phtg6eHehKw&NR=1

Solomon Island, Music and Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFbmwD9kaVU

Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforests

Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforests
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/sustainable-use-of-tropical-rainforests

For the first class after spring break please read and prepare to discuss the following articles-

Sustainable Palm Oil: Rainforest Savior or Fig Leaf?
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/sustainable_palm_oil_rainforest_savior_or_fig_leaf/2345/

Will REDD preserve forests or Merely Provide a Fig Leaf?
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/will_redd_preserve_forests_or_merely_provide_a_fig_leaf/2277/

No REDD platform issues wakeup call to funders.
http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/09/22/no-redd-platform-issues-wakeup-call-to-funders/

Videos

Forest Stewardship Council

http://video.answers.com/forest-stewardship-council-certificate-process-part-1-2-416309188

Sustainable Palm Oil - WWF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BRGj0DwYwA

Sustainable Palm Oil- Johnson and Johnson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHhLiXn_DiQ

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

http://wn.com/roundtable_on_sustainable_palm_oil

Expanding the Palm Oil Industry in Malaysia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zqAWkul3E_E

REDD the New Green?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiybUJE2TRo

Exposing REDD: The False Climate Solution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OzB-WBuwgk

Two Conflicting Views of the Harapan Rainforest Project, Sumatra, Indonesia

http://www.redd-monitor.org/2013/03/12/two-contrasting-views-of-the-harapan-rainforest-project-sumatra-indonesia/

Sustainable Use of Tropical Ecosystems- Ecotourism

Sustainable Use of Tropical Ecosystems: Ecotourism

http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/sustainable-uses-of-tropical-ecosystems-ecotourism

15 of the world's best eco lodges- http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/escape/worlds-best-ecolodges-170768?hpt=itr_t1

Wakatobi Resort was ranked as #3 on this list that appeared in CNN last year. Take a look at the list and let me know your favorite.

Interactive Ecotourism Game

http://www.eduweb.com/ecotourism/eco1.html

Is it field trip time?????
 

Recent Time Article about Sabah

Malaysia: At Least 26 Dead as Police Raid Sabah Siege

Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/03/04/malaysia-at-least-26-dead-in-ongoing-sabah-siege/#ixzz2MgUR9tXz

Thoughtful Article on the Sabah Standoff

Sultan Jamalul Kiram III


Here is a link to an interesting article about the conflict in Sabah.  The author, a professor of International Studies at NTU University in Singapore, discusses the issues as they relate to the unique history of the SE Asian region.

 Between a fluid region and a hard state. by Dr. Farish Noor

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/between-a-fluid-region-and-a-hard-state-farish-a.-noor/