deforest. >> i'll be brief. dave deforest was a high school basketball star, he held a business degree, he held a degree in computing before anyone knew what computing was. this january 3rd he would have celebrated 50 years as a tax driver, almost all of which he spent in the city of san francisco. i was privileged to know dave and through him i was privileged to know other great drivers at luxor who remember him as a kind and generous person who liked to smoke a big cigar. even younger drivers remember him who took the time to teach them the tricks of the trade. he will be affectionately remembered by a lot of people for many years to come. thank you for this opportunity to remember this ciefer. >> with members' consent we will adjourn the meeting in memory of mr. deforest. >> items 11 and 16 beth call for the board to take approval actions within the meaning of chapter 31 of the san francisco administrative code as it was amended by ordinance 161-13. as to each of these items the planning department has issued

how deforestation threatens their survival. and can this player keep his team on top of the english premier league are. anxie anxie anxiety -- andy will be here with that story. >> welcome back, you're watching the al jazeera newshour. two senior members of the turkish government resigned over a high-profile corruption investigation. the economy minister and interior minister described the case as a dirty security. more peacekeepers have been sent to south sudan. the troops have recaptured the strategic town of bor. 24 people have been killed in separate attack on the outskirts of the iraqi capital. both targetting doura in southern baghdad. >> let's return to our top story out of turkey. we are joined by a columnist for imam newspaper. how do you think the resignation will impact the scandal? will itened it? probably not. the debate is intensifying as is the tense situation goes between prime minister and the judiciary and the police force, and two ministers resign after eight days of exchanges of words for puck lick row. and

stopping the deforestation particularly of our of our very very wild areas the rainfall. so why not and and the difference between. soil that is that has been factory farmed heavily chemical ised and soil that is organically farmed that's that's rich in nutrients and apparently rich in carbon what tell us about this. well i think you hit at the you know the organically rich soils the healthy soils sequester more carbon than the ones that have been needed fertile with effect by monoculture and so on but also how we told the soils determines how well they keep that carbon within them so if we fill them frequently and disturb will tend to release. forestation is a well known way to the natural system to sequester carbon and other plant materials as well so as you know there's a big movement to the international level to save the rainforest for example to prevent them from being clear cut for farming or burnt down for farming and ranching. forest those are areas that have been so those are the natural ways to collaborate with nature to do compensate for some of our energy use

unfortunate that we have a particular department the bureau of urban forestry, and approving the rapid deforestation of our community and so that is why we are here today to preserve at least three more significant trees, these are trees that are called significant because of their size, their age, and their proximity to the street and they are in ten feet of a public right-of-way. and i would like to mention the fact that thomas church is the landscape architect. that is or was responsible for the landscape design of the park merced and he is also responsible for the landscape design in the goalen gate park and stanford university and cal berkeley just to name a few places and well reknown architect. i mentioned the fact that there were 2,000 trees at one time. as a matter of fact it is one of the reasons or one of the main reasons we are trying to protect these trees and that they are habitats to while life in our community. we have 50 different species of birds that fly through the community and park merced is considered a major union site by the arbon saturday for bird watching and so that is so

stopping the deforestation particularly of our. very very wild areas the rain forest and what not and and the difference between. soil that is that has been factory farmed heavily chemical ised and soil that is organically farmed that's that's rich in nutrients and apparently rich in carbon what tell us about this. well i think you hit at the you know the organically rich soils the healthy soils sequester more carbon than the ones that have been needed fertile with effect by monoculture and so on but also how we total soils determines how well they keep that carbon within them so if we fill them frequently and disturb them to release or. forestation is a well known way to the natural system to sequester carbon and other plant material is as well so as you know there's a big movement the international level to save the rainforest for example to prevent them from being clear cut for farming or burnt down for farming and ranching to reforest those areas that have been so those are the natural ways to collaborate with nature to do comp

of example, africa, 90% deforestation is a result of cooking.we look at the troubles around indoor air pollution and finding wood, charcoal, and the purchasing of that, in many places, families spend up to 40% of their incomes on buying cooking tools. have you heard from individuals directly, receiving letters or messages? is there a story that has particularly touched you? >> i was in kenya about two months ago and they visited a family that had a cook stove for over a year. they save the family -- the money that they were spending on fuel and they applied it towards their children's education. they were able to send their oldest son to high school. >> i wanted thank you very much for joining us. ron bills, the ceo of envirofit, the cook stove. let's turn to making business success in a different way. nearlyms has drawn 90,000 to over cartoons since it began in 1999. his cynical take on office management has appeared in newspapers across the country. now he is revealing that the key to his success is failure. to fail at everything and big" in b

biologists believe they could disappear in 20 years if deforestation continues. >> biologists say the habitat is being destroyed by mining and road development. >> thousands of gifts will not arrive in time for christmas. the u.p.s. has been overwhelmed by an unexpectedly large number of packages this year. flight delays have added to the delays. workers will sort through items to be delivered possibly by thursday. >> a lot of maps are still rebuilding lives along the eastern seaboard where hurricane sandy devastated coastal communities in new york and new jersey. for many, this is the first christmas back in their homes sips the storm. one community is offering a helping happened this holiday season. >> so many families hit hard are still struggling to make ends meet. last year, christmas time came and went without much celebration. this year, one non-profit organization is determined to change that starting with this storefront. >> all december long, donations have been carried in by the dozens. all this stuff is for a special group of people in need. it may be more than a year afte