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#1226242019-10-11
‘Witnessing extinction in the flames’ as the Amazon burns for agribusiness
TRIUNFO DO XINGU, Brazil — The rolling hills of the Triunfo do Xingu protected area in northern Brazil are a patchwork of vibrant emerald green and deep burnt orange.
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#1262512020-12-15
‘We are part of the solution and the problem’: Q&A with author Torkjell Leira
In his homeland, Norwegian social geographer Torkjell Leira is known as a leading expert on Brazil. After coming to the country as an exchange student some 30 years ago, he also began directing his studies and work at Brazilian lands and peoples.
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#1281832021-04-22
‘Teeming with biodiversity’: green groups buy Belize forest to protect it ‘in perpetuity’
These logs are historic,” says Elma Kay, standing in Belize Maya Forest, where she has been doing an inventory of felled trees. “These are the last logs that were cut here, for mahogany and other hardwoods, left behind by the previous logging company.”
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#1342212022-04-28
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Pristine rainforests were once again destroyed at a relentless rate in 2021, according to new figures, prompting concerns governments will not meet a Cop26 deal to halt and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade.
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#1220722019-08-30
‘Not a pretty picture’: South China’s forests vanish as tree farms move in
Forests in South China have been increasingly replaced by monoculture ecalyptus plantations grown for wood fiber for the pulp and paper industry. Even forests under official protection haven’t been spared.
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#1297522021-07-28
‘Mangrove forest cover has increased in past 16 years’
As a result of joint efforts of government departments, non-profit organisations and corporations, mangrove forest cover in the Indus Delta has increased from 86,000 hectares in 2005 to over 130,000 hectares in 2021.
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#1326692022-01-20
‘Like witnessing a birth in a morgue’: the volunteers working to save the Joshua trees
The trees are not exactly imposing. Slim and spiny, with limbs that grip small poms of sharp leaves, they look like something a child might dream up. Or maybe Salvador Dalí. Even the name, Joshua tree, sounds kind of awkward.
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#1232062019-12-02
‘Let the forests grow’: protecting old trees key in EU’s fight against climate change
The European Union (EU) has a unique chance to effectively abate the dire consequences of the looming climate emergency on future generations — and to do so it needs to address the problems in its own backyard, a leading climate scientist said on Monday.
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#1186052018-10-19
‘Largest living thing,’ an 80,000-year-old Utah forest, is dying, scientists warn
An ancient forest in Utah considered to be the largest single living thing in the world is dying, according to scientists. The Pando aspen, a gigantic expanse of 40,000 trees that are are all clones with identical compositions, has long been known as the “trembling giant” and covers over 106 acr ...
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#1353852022-07-20
‘In 10 years, we might not have forests’: DRC struggles to halt charcoal trade – a photo essay
Every few seconds a handful of reddish clay is scraped out of a bucket, rolled briskly into a ball, coated in charcoal dust and left in the sun to dry. For the past three years, Nzigire Ntavuna, 39, has been making these balls on the outskirts of Kahuzi-Biega national park, in the rainforest in ...
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#1188052018-11-06
‘Cryptic’ Interactions Drive Biodiversity Decline At Edge of Forest Fragments
The fragmentation of tropical forests weakens the effects of the “natural enemies” of some tree species, reducing their ability to maintain biodiversity, a new study published in Nature Communications found.
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#1273882021-02-26
‘A quiet conservation success story, the likes of which aren’t told enough’
“Honey is money! And to have honey, you must have forest!” Emmanuel Binyuy is shouting to me down a truly terrible connection from his NGO’s office in the far west of Cameroon. He’s raising his voice because the line is bad, but also to make himself heard over a group of kids playing noisily in ...
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#1222282019-09-16
‘A green desert’: Mammals take a hit in Colombia’s oil palm plantations
As oil palm plantations expand across the world, razing swaths of tropical rainforests in their path, fears about their impact on the environment have also grown. In the plantations of Colombia, a new study has found yet another way they are altering global biodiversity: by impacting the diversi ...
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#1233122019-12-06
‘A crisis situation’: Extinctions loom as forests are erased in Mozambique
t’s nighttime on Mount Nallume in central Mozambique and the chirping of frenzied crickets fills the thick forest air. Then, toward midnight, another voice joins the cacophony.
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#1260732020-12-08
[Commentary] An existential crisis in Indian forests
With the growing impacts of climate change, forest denotification and land use changes, one can ask the question: will our forests survive the next fifty years? But it is also pertinent to ask: what kind of forests will survive? With the growing debates on ‘greening’ and ‘re-greening’ of India, ...
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#1299112021-08-11
Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys have been living carefree lives in the deep forests
A baby monkey on the Baima Snow Mountain has just started its journey to becoming a qualified jungle survivor 3,000 meters above sea level. It was named "Ta Ta" by the forestry staff, who constantly observe and safeguard the growth of the sweet creature. One of Ta Ta's educational adventures w ...
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#1244212020-02-28
Your Environment This Week: Medicinal plants that heal, saving sparrows and Karnataka’s barefoot ecologist
From covering 19.49% of India’s land area in 1987 to 21.6% in 2019, India’s forest sector has had a roller coaster journey. We examine this via the lens of India’s State of Forest Reports.
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#1245502020-03-05
Yes, this is a forest
‘We understand the value of forests beyond the price tag of timber. We recognise that our forests are crucial for wildlife to survive.‘ Tesni Clare made some interesting points in the article ‘This is not a forest’, recently published in The Ecologist, not least about the importance of healthy f ...
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#1210012019-05-09
Yemen’s forests another casualty of war amid fuel crisis
[Sanaa] The four-year conflict in Yemen which has pushed huge swathes of the population close to famine has also left the country with a severe fuel crisis.
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#1291142021-06-07
Yemen's unique 'dragon's blood' island under threat
Centuries-old umbrella-shaped dragon's blood trees line the rugged peaks of Yemen's Socotra—a flagship symbol of the Indian Ocean archipelago's extraordinary biodiversity, but also a bleak warning of environmental crisis.
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#1322292021-12-20
YLE: Leppä’s views on biodiversity regeneration questioned by experts
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Leppä has raised eyebrows among researchers and conservationists by estimating that forest types will adapt and relocate as forests are felled in Finland.
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#1189322018-12-07
World Forum Launches Call for Action on Urban Forests and Green Spaces
2 December 2018: The first World Forum on Urban Forests launched a Call for Action on greener, healthier and happier cities for all. The Forum also issued a challenge to all cities around the globe to adhere to the ‘Tree Cities of the World Programme.’
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#1347052022-05-25
Working to save an urban forest gave me back my confidence
I stood on the street corner — my first Saturday protest at the Fairview forest — filled with dread. Would I be able to handle the two hours on my own? I didn't like being away from home where I knew it was safe; I'd been through too many panic attacks in public spaces over the last 10 years.
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#1319902021-11-30
Wood Wide Web: Scientists to map hotspots of fungal life
A science mission is set to explore one of the final frontiers of untapped knowledge on the planet - the fungal networks in the soil beneath us.
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#1232512019-12-04
Within sight of New York City, an old-growth forest faces storms and sea-level rise
Bounding the southern approach to New York harbor, New Jersey's low, narrow Sandy Hook peninsula is home to an extremely rare forest: a 65-acre patch of eastern holly and red cedar trees, some of which date to the early 1800s. Close to sea level, rooted in nutrient-poor sand and exposed to wind ...
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#1281002021-04-20
With British Columbia’s last old-growth at risk, government falters: Critics
For old-growth forest advocates in British Columbia last year, it sounded like a political turning point. In the race to preserve what’s left of some of the rarest, most ancient tall trees and endangered ecosystems in North America, the provincial government promised action.
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#1302942021-09-07
Wildfires threatening biodiversity in Brazil’s Pantanal region
One year after devastating a huge portion of the ecosystem, wildfires are once again threatening the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands which Brazil shares with Paraguay and Bolivia and where once again animals, including jaguars are being rescued – or fleeing – from the fires.
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#1320102021-12-02
Wildfires of Varying Intensity Can Be Good for Biodiversity
The spate of furious wildfires around the world during the past decade has revealed to ecologists how much biodiversity and “pyrodiversity” go hand in hand.
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#1234762019-12-17
Wildfire's impact on water quality
A wildfire's path of destruction is not limited to things that burn—water is at risk too. When fires jump from forests and grasslands to urban areas, they incinerate household and industrial items such as computers and cars, leaving behind a stew of chemicals and heavy metals.
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#1224502019-10-01
Why the world should care about the future of the Amazon
Two months after visiting Manu National Park in the Peruvian Amazon for Prof. Alex Trillo's tropical terrestrial biology course, a group of Gettysburgians are now in shock.
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#1310972021-10-22
Why the Belowground Ecosystem Matters
Trees get all the credit. But for a forest, the belowground ecosystem—soil, roots, fungi, and microorganisms—is equally important.
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#1191942018-12-27
Why private forests should not be neglected
About 120.6 million hectares or 63 percent of land in Indonesia are designated as state forest areas — 26 percent of which are degraded, according to the Environment and Forestry Ministry.
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#1268162021-02-02
Why keeping one mature street tree is far better for humans and nature than planting lots of new ones
Thanks to Victorian street planners, many British streets were designed to be full of big trees and, with 84% of the population living in urban areas, most people are more likely to encounter trees in the streets than they are in forests.
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#1321092021-12-09
Why has illegal logging increased in the Greater Mekong?
Recognizing the impact of the timber trade on natural forests, governments in the Greater Mekong region have come up with laws to regulate logging and timber exports.
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#1188042018-11-06
Why forests are the best 'technology' to stop climate change
The warning from the world's top climate scientists that carbon dioxide (CO2) will need to be removed from the atmosphere to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is both a due and dire recognition of the great task in front of us. What must not be forgotten, however, is the hope that our ...
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#1266992021-01-26
Why forest-based carbon trading is poised to go mainstream
Ten years after it dropped off the sustainability radar, forest-based carbon trading is finally poised to get off the ground for real.
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#1222002019-09-12
Why are our rainforests burning?
Rainforests don't burn, or do they?At the moment, many of us in Australia are seeing reports of the Queensland wildfires burning down rainforests.
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#1206632019-04-05
Why We Can’t See The Forest For The Trees: Lack Of Diversity
Though people from all walks of life visit our national forests, those who manage, care and study for them aren’t as diverse. An overwhelming 95 percent of foresters and conservation scientists are white, according to the Census Bureau.
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#1241772020-02-14
Why Paraguay Can Be a “Beacon State” for Forest Management
Imagine a forest that covered half of your entire country. A biodiverse forest which supports thousands of species from giant anteaters to armadillos to jaguars. A forest that is home to one the world’s last uncontacted tribes.1
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#1280112021-04-12
Why India and Nepal's forest fires are worrying scientists
The lush-green mountains in the background usually make the famous Nainital lake in Uttarakhand state of northern India more picturesque. But for several weeks now haze from forest fires has hidden the mountains, and the lake's beauty has visibly shrunk.
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#1207972019-04-17
Why Green Pledges Will Not Create the Natural Forests We Need
Experts agree: Reforesting our planet is one of the great ecological challenges of the 21st century. It is essential to meeting climate targets, the only route to heading off the extinction crisis, and almost certainly the best way of maintaining the planet’s rainfall. It could also boost the li ...
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#1282932021-04-27
Why Experts are Saying It’s a ‘Make or Break’ Moment for Forests
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated deforestation pressures and heightened the urgency of action to support sustainable forest management. The pandemic has the brought the importance of forests to global well-being into sharp focus. Pictured here forest in the Dominican Republic
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#1286842021-05-17
Why Ecologists Are Haunted by the Rapid Growth of Ghost Forests
For years, Emily Ury traversed North Carolina’s coastal roads, studying patches of skeletal trees slain by rising seas that scientists call "ghost forests." Killed by intruding saltwater along the Atlantic Coast, they are previews of the dire fate other forests face worldwide.
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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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#1203432019-03-13
When forests are not forests at all, can fire be used to better manage them?
In the last week of February, Bandipur Tiger Reserve lost over 60 square kilometres of forest to a massive fire, despite the best efforts of hundreds of people who tried to put it out. The incident was widely covered in the news, with sensational pictures of supposedly charred animals, grabbing ...
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#1305262021-09-22
When a tree falls in the forest, you can still hear the birdsong
On a cold and humid morning in March, two bird surveyors stood in the dim forests of Kenaboi State Park in Malaysia, straining their ears for birdsong. From where they stood, they saw towering rainforest trees and thick undergrowth beside abandoned logging trails.
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#1196212019-01-28
What's got four legs and costs Sweden a billion kronor a year?
Sweden's forestry agency has warned that more trees of several varieties are needed across the country – to avoid the damage caused to pine forests by hungry elk.
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#1221902019-09-12
What would happen if all the world's trees disappeared?
In Mad Max: Fury Road, Charlize Theron’s Furiosa strives to return to “the Green Place” – a tree-filled oasis in the otherwise lifeless wasteland that the Earth has become. When Furiosa arrives at the sacred spot, however, she finds only skeletal trunks and sprawling dunes. She screams in anguis ...
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#1209352019-05-03
What the world can learn from West Africa’s unheard
Burkina Faso - In the forested parklands in northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso lie diverse mosaics of cultivated fields mixed with useful trees, fallows, remnant woodlands and forest reserves.
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#1329502022-02-04
What does lightning actually do to a tree?
The huge storms many Australians have experienced recently have damaged or toppled old trees which had withstood the vagaries of our weather for the past century or more.