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#1258882020-11-27
Liberia: Understanding People's Dependence on Forests
Women working in the forest in Liberia. Here, forestry is the fourth largest contributor to the economy after services, agriculture, and fisheries, mining, and panning.
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#1258892020-11-27
Malawi: Innovation Vital in Addressing Forestry Challenges
Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources, Nancy Tembo, has said addressing forestry challenges requires innovation, resources and efforts from all stakeholders in order to ensure sustainable economic growth and development through proceeds realised from the country's natural resource base.
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#1259032020-11-27
How Balkan botanists saved a threatened oak and are planting thousands more
From saving a monumental old tree to collecting over 20,000 acorns, determined young botanists from Montenegro have high ambitions when it comes to a highly threatened oak subspecies
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#1259092020-11-27
How your chicken is linked to deforestation in Brazil
There are few pleasures these days, so taking a bite of your flame-grilled chicken burger may be the one highlight of the week. Takeaway obviously, if you're in lockdown. Now, we don't want to take that one pleasure away but that piece of chicken could be contributing to deforestation.
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#1258862020-11-26
Aroma of lemongrass oil fills Anchunadu forests
Verdant fields of lemongrass cover the forest areas of Anchunadu where the traditional distilleries fill the air with the refreshing aroma of lemongrass oil.
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#1258872020-11-26
Rare appearance in local forests: White wild boar filmed in southwestern Romania
A rare white wild boar was recently spotted in the forests of Caras-Severin county, in southwestern Romania. A video captured by a wildlife monitoring camera shows the white boar searching for food with other wild boars. Local Wild Caras-Severin Association shared the images on Facebook.
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#1258072020-11-20
Forests support jobs and encourage biodiversity. But they’re under threat
Forests are beautiful, home to a diverse range of wildlife, and play an important role when it comes to looking after the world we live in.
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#1257622020-11-18
Megaprojects risk pushing forests past tipping point – report
Infrastructure megaprojects risk pushing the world’s remaining forests past a “dangerous tipping point” and making climate targets unachievable, a report says.
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#1257252020-11-17
As the pandemic pushes millions towards poverty, forests and trees can safeguard livelihoods
With the coronavirus pandemic driving millions of people into poverty, no stone should go unturned in the search for income opportunities for the most vulnerable That’s why protecting forests and trees—a natural and underrated ally in efforts to reinforce the livelihoods of rural communities ar ...
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#1257342020-11-17
Climate Explained: what would happen if we cut down the Amazon rainforest?
What would happen if we cut down the entire Amazon rainforest? Could it be replaced by an equal amount of reforestation elsewhere? Removing the entire Amazon rainforest would have myriad consequences, with the most obvious ones possibly not the worst.
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#1256612020-11-11
Watch Video: Tigress And Her Cubs Walk Up To Forest Reserve Official Filming Them
A heartwarming video of a tigress with her cubs is winning hearts online. The viral video, shot by the field director of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, shows the tigress out on a walk with her four cubs.
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#1256072020-11-09
To plant or not to plant: weighing methods of forest regeneration
The role of trees in the biological functioning of many natural ecosystems cannot be overstated. A healthy forest can retain water to prevent droughts, provide food for local animals and people, and keep planet-warming carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere.
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#1256182020-11-09
Scientists unravel how and why Amazon trees die
The capacity of the Amazon forest to store carbon in a changing climate will ultimately be determined by how fast trees die - and what kills them. Now, a huge new study has unravelled what factors control tree mortality rates in Amazon forests and helps to explain why tree mortality is increasin ...
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#1255952020-11-06
In Brazil’s Sooretama, a piece of the Amazon thrives in the Atlantic Forest
The forests of the Mata do Tabuleiro region in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo were once listed among Earth’s most biodiverse regions. But much of this richness has been lost due to human occupation, river pollution, and unchecked deforestation.
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#1255552020-11-05
Better health - for people and the planet - grows on trees
Two of humanity's biggest problems - the climate crisis and abysmal eating habits - can partly be solved by one healthy solution: eating more food from trees, specifically tropical ones. While global trends in agriculture and diets are not easily reversed, scientists say that creating incentives ...
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#1255682020-11-05
The biggest trees capture the most carbon: Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests
Older, large-diameter trees have been shown to store disproportionally massive amounts of carbon compared to smaller trees, highlighting their importance in mitigating climate change, according to a new study in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. Researchers examined the aboveground carbon ...
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#1255542020-11-04
The beekeeper protecting Kosovo's forests
Kosovo's Sharr Mountains National Park is a paradise of biodiversity under threat. A local beekeper is working to save it through education.
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#1253752020-05-01
Why Amazon's commitment to working forests matters
The first investment by e-commerce and cloud services powerhouse Amazon’s $100 million Right Now Climate Fund underscores the growing interest in nature-based solutions for carbon removal. But this is not yet-another-tree-planting commitment.
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#1253762020-05-01
Trees For The Future Launches 20 New Projects
Regenerative agroforestry nonprofit Trees for the Future launches 20 new projects across sub-Saharan Africa in their ongoing effort to end hunger, poverty, and deforestation through farmer education and the Forest Garden Approach.
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#1253432020-04-30
Remote cameras are revealing the human impact on rainforest species in Africa
Tropical rainforests are the world’s richest land habitats for biodiversity, harbouring stunning numbers of plant and animal species. The Amazon and the Congo basins, together with Asian rainforests, represent only 6 per cent of earth’s land surface, and yet more than 50 per cent of global biodi ...
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#1253232020-04-29
A new era of forest policymaking
Forests and forest-relevant policies in Europe face a wide array of challenges in a rapidly changing world. Issues such as Brexit, the new European Parliament and European Commission, and the recent European Green Deal proposal are certain to affect policymaking, as are the as-yet unknown impact ...
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#1252642020-04-28
Palm Oil Deforestation: A Threat to Orangutan Populations, Indigenous People and Biodiversity
The California fires in November 2018 were more severe than ever and yet – the amount of forest that was lost in the combined fires makes up only a fraction of Indonesian forest that is burned every year in slash-and-burn practices to clear palm oil plantations.
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#1252042020-04-21
Investing in Amazon Rainforest Conservation: A Foreigner’s Perspective (commentary)
Last December, I flew to Brazil to learn everything I could about Amazon conservation. As a global citizen, I wanted to understand more about deforestation and how I can help. I stayed for two months and met with government officials, NGOs, private sector entrepreneurs, philanthropists and othe ...
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#1251562020-04-17
Massive replant of B.C.'s fire-ravaged forests threatened by fears of spreading COVID-19
The fate of B.C.'s biggest ever reforestation effort is on the line. Thousands of tree planters from across Canada are ready to put more than 300 million seedlings in the ground to replace trees destroyed by wildfires and pine beetle infestations. The project will also increase carbon capture in ...
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#1251122020-04-16
A More Sustainable Philly Starts In … Costa Rican Cloud Forests?
Costa Rican cloud forests may not readily have much in common with Philadelphia, but ongoing research connects these two environments more than you may think.
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#1251132020-04-16
Forest loss could make diseases like COVID-19 more likely, according to study
A new study, by the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University has suggested that deforestation could lead to a rise in the occurrence of diseases like COVID-19.
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#1250742020-04-13
Long-living tropical trees do the heavy carbon lifting
When it comes to storing carbon, an increasingly vital function of rainforests for the health and survival of the planet, all trees are not the same, according to an analysis published in the journal Science.
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#1250752020-04-13
Plant diversity in European forests is declining
In Europe's temperate forests, less common plant species are being replaced by more widespread species. An international team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) has found that this developme ...
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#1250292020-04-08
Tropical forests’ damage spreads catastrophically
Tropical forests are vital in the campaign to limit global heating. Here’s how to blunt them as a force – just put a clearing, or a plantation, a road or a ranch in the pristine wilderness. And then, as absorbers of atmospheric carbon, the trees up to 100 metres deep into the jungle will lose th ...
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#1249932020-04-02
COVID-19 lockdown: Wild animals freely roam Bihar’s forests and fields
Wild animals are freely roaming human settlements in Bihar as people stay inside their homes due to the 21-day nationwide lockdown in the wake of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. A leopard has been spotted roaming in an Indian Air Force base near Patna. Nilgai antelope have bee ...
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#1249942020-04-02
Brazil, a tapir is born in the Atlantic Forest for the first time in over a century
The tapir is an important species, crucial to its ecosystem because so many others depends on it. These strange, funny-looking creatures – the last remaining specimens of the Perissodactyla order – are thus able to literally shape the environment they inhabit.
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#1249952020-04-02
Deforestation linked to emergence of new diseases
The continuing deforestation in the country could put the Philippines at risk from the emergence of new infectious diseases, as it loses one of its main protective barriers from possible outbreaks.
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#1249532020-03-31
Save our forests and protect ourselves
SCIENTISTS from all over the world, including disease ecologists at Ecohealth Alliance who are studying malaria in East Malaysia, warn that human activities in forested areas, such as forest-clearing, road-building, mining, hunting, and logging, cause major disruptions to ecosystems, which then ...
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#1249542020-03-31
Camera traps completed one of the most thorough surveys of African rainforest yet
Tropical rainforests are the world's richest land habitats for biodiversity, harbouring stunning numbers of plant and animal species. The Amazon and the Congo basins, together with Asian rainforests, represent only 6% of Earth's land surface, and yet more than 50% of global biodiversity can be f ...
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#1249552020-03-31
Happy 60th Birthday to Madagascar! World’s Most Biodiverse Island Gets Gift of 60 Million Trees
To celebrate its 60th birthday, the nation of Madagascar held its largest ever tree-planting ceremony, with a million seedlings going into the ground in just a few hours after the speeches concluded. The country is preparing to plant a million trees for each year of its six decade history.
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#1249232020-03-27
Nestlé achieves key milestones in helping end deforestation and restoring forests in cocoa
Nestlé has today reported significant progress in its efforts to help end deforestation and restore forests in its cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. The company has published its Cocoa & Forests Initiative report (pdf, 17Mb), highlighting key milestones achieved.
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#1248952020-03-26
New framework will help decide which trees are best in the fight against air pollution
A study from the University of Surrey has provided a comprehensive guide on which tree species are best for combatting air pollution that originates from our roads—along with suggestions for how to plant these green barriers to get the best results.
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#1248432020-03-25
Invest in the vital biodiversity – plant trees
Today, one million animals and plant species are threatened with extinction and everyday species are lost to never come back. It is both a sad and scary thought, but did you know that biodiversity is a prerequisite for human survival?
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#1248692020-03-25
Forest and farm producers are critical agents for a healthy planet - GhaFFaP
The Leadership of the Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers (GhaFFaP) has acknowledged the central role of the forest in ensuring sustainable biodiversity for all forms of lives on the planet.
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#1248702020-03-25
How forests provide value to everyday life in Kenya
Forests are extremely valuable. They provide us with the air we breathe, the water we drink and food we eat. But because they offer all this for free, we take them for granted.
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#1247692020-03-20
Forgotten Forests
Let’s start at the beginning – or, at least the beginning according to what evidence we have. The world’s first trees are believed to be the Archaeopteris, fern-like trees that grew into 10-meter-high forests across the terrestrial Earth some 360 million years ago during the Late Devonian Period.
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#1247962020-03-20
For my birthday, all I want is a healthy forest
When I think of the forest, I remember playing in it. We would build huts of sticks and moss, and vehicles from bamboo trees. Getting lost in the forest was a real adventure. We used to turn the forest into a navigation game. We could get a sense of orientation without a compass or a GPS.
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#1247972020-03-20
Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change, indigenous leaders warn
The same forest destruction that accelerates climate change can also encourage the emergence of diseases such as the coronavirus, indigenous peoples' leaders said March 13 as they criticized Cargill and other multinational companies for replacing forests with soy, palm and cattle plantations.
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#1247982020-03-20
Group Urges Forestry Commission To Protect Water Bodies, Forests
An environmental civil society group has called on Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, the Chief Executive Forestry Commission, to protect Ghana’s forests and waters for use by the present and future generations in order to save Mother Earth from ecological devastation and the debilitating effects of clim ...
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#1247992020-03-20
Lungs of Earth now speeding to destruction
Big ecosystems, including reefs, more vulnerable to climate change, study says. The Amazon rainforest is often referred to as the lungs of the Earth. But this vast lifeline that pumps oxygen into the atmosphere could cease functioning within the next 50 years, according to a new study.
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#1248002020-03-20
The Fight for Our Future Depends on Forests
The health and future of our forests is inextricably tied to our own. While, too often, we view the value of forests through the lens corporate revenue, this International Day of Forests on March 21st, it’s worth remembering their true worth.
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#1248012020-03-20
Five (or six) solutions for saving the world’s forests and restoring landscapes
We’ve heard a lot about ambitious tree planting initiatives in recent months. Laudable as these may be – and we offer congratulations and celebrate the community-minded impetus behind them – we need a lot more than tree planting to restore degraded landscapes and to save the world’s forests.
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#1247412020-03-18
How the Heavy Rains of Hurricane Maria Shattered the Forests of Puerto Rico
Wind may have been pointed as the main culprit for the knocked down trees in all the attacks of hurricanes. However, a new survey was recently released of the damage in the Puerto Rican forests following the back-to-back hurricanes back in 2017. This particular survey highlighted the power of a ...
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#1246482020-03-12
The planet’s largest ecosystems could ‘unravel fast’
Thanks to their sheer size giant ecosystems like the Amazon’s rainforests are relatively impervious to environmental stresses compared to smaller ones. Or so we tend to think.
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#1246272020-03-11
Having Your Oil Palm and Forests, Too
Brazil – You might not believe this from reading the news, but the oil palm industry isn’t necessarily synonymous with environmental destruction.At least, not everywhere.