Leaves and Twigs: A Weekly Roundup of the Best Sustainability Stories on the Web

What’s happening in the world of conservation? A rundown of the sustainability stories that caught our attention last week…

• In the US, carbon emissions have fallen to their lowest levels since 1994. [The Guardian]
  

  The Hainan gibbon is the world’s rarest primate. There are only 22 left in the world. [Credit: HANDOUT/Reuters]

• Introducing 35 of the world’s rarest animals. [Buzzfeed]
• More than 1.035 billion people traveled in 2012. [UNWTO]
• Does a sustainable lifestyle cost more? [Greenloons]
• The world’s tallest planted tree discovered in South Africa. [Look Local]
• Cats are responsible for the death of 3.7 billion small birds, and 20.7 billion smaller animals per year. [Huffington Post]
• Bolivia takes steps to boost agriculture and curb surging deforestation. [Mongabay]
• Large portions of Sumatra’s endangered rainforest may be up for mining and logging. [Mongabay]
• Tips for taking eco-friendly wildlife photos on your next trip. [Sustainable Trip]
• “I got it wrong on climate change – it’s far, far worse,” says Nicholas Stern. [The Guardian]
• Meet a tourism entrepreneur welcoming adventure travelers with disabilities. [Sustainable Trip]
• Emissions cuts are too slow to effectively fight climate change, warns a United Nations report. [The Guardian]
• Meet a ten-year-old eco-entrepreneur who has started his own recycling business. [Treehugger]
• Climate change could decimate bamboo in China (and further threaten giant panda populations).  [Discovery News]
• “Is the food industry running on empty when it comes to water?” [The Guardian]