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#1195492019-01-23
What do trees do when we are not looking?
Getting to the root of the dos, whys and workings of trees can be an obsession for forest researchers. And for my fellow obsessed- pinpoint accuracy is our common ambition. So why is this so hard to do?
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#1268612021-02-03
What Is Deforestation?
Forests cover about 31% of the earth’s total land surface and provide many environmental benefits including the preservation of biodiversity, conservation of soil, and mitigation of climate change.
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#1205672019-03-29
Wee Orange 'Pumpkin' Frogs Have Bones That Glow Through Their Skin
In eastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest, poisonous "pumpkin toadlets" use their vivid colors to warn off predators. But these tiny frogs also broadcast a secret visual signal: They glow bright blue under ultraviolet light.
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#1264952020-12-29
Weak policy oversight could be pushing Brazilian forests closer to a tipping point
Home to more than 60% of the Amazon rainforest, the largest tropical forest in the world, Brazil is beyond rich in biodiversity and life. The country is also rife with deforestation, and violations of environmental laws and Indigenous people’s rights.
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#1296582021-07-23
Water-forest interactions complex but crucial in ecosystem service delivery
Planting trees among the maize and bean crops of her smallholder farm in Kenya has helped Margaret Muchanga to increase yields, improving her family’s food and financial security and offering lessons in agroforestry that she can share with her community and spread the benefits.
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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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#1322342021-12-20
Wales plans £1.8bn green initiative to fight climate change
Three-year package will include a national forest, increased biodiversity and active travel.
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#1321392021-12-10
WWF-Malaysia, Sabah sign deal on forest conservation
The State Government has signed a MoU with WWF-Malaysia to enhance inclusive conservation practices in Sabah focusing on biodiversity conservation and maintaining forest ecosystem integrity through responsible forest governance.
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#1199792019-02-18
Vietnam bolsters tree planting, livelihoods for forest growers
In 2019, Vietnam’s forestry sector will foster the implementation of forest development policies and the building of a production chain, said Vu Xuan Thon, head of the Management Board of Forestry Projects under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
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#1192882019-01-08
Using soundscapes to feel the pulse of tropical forests
How do you measure the changing bio-diversity of tropical forests as logging and land clearances take place around the world? It's expensive to mount field expeditions. So could using microphones to monitor and record the sounds of forests be the answer?
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#1337152022-03-04
Using DNA to uncover the secrets of Liberia's rainforests
A group of conservationists is using environmental DNA to track animals in Liberian forests to help better understand their intricate biodiversity and ensure further protection of these environments.
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#1188462018-11-08
Untouched’ not always best forestry plan
One hundred and ten years ago, a major forest fire swept through Wendell State Forest, resetting the forest ecosystem with new trees of a uniform age. One hundred and ten years later, this 88-acre parcel is cherished by many residents “as a living, wild and natural asset” with towering oaks that ...
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#1288302021-05-25
Unless we assign real economic value to our forests we are lost
Gabon has been climatically and politically one of the most stable places in Africa. This in great part explains the exceptional biodiversity of the country, which has retained much of its cover of lush tropical rain forest over the Pleistocene era – the last 2.5 million years – when other parts ...
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#1283982021-05-05
University Of St Andrews: Chocolate Is Egg-Cellent For The Birds
As many of us enjoy tucking into our Easter Eggs today (Easter Monday 5 April), a study led by the University of St Andrews in collaboration with the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, has shown that ethically sourced chocolate can support wildlife.
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#1344012022-05-12
US forests provide 83 million people with half their water
Forested lands across the U.S. provide 83 million people with at least half of their water, according to a broad new study of surface water sources for more than 5,000 public water systems.
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#1354142022-07-21
UP Forest Department to tap technology to check human-wildlife conflict
The Uttar Pradesh Forest Department will install light and sound-emitting devices in villages adjoining the Dudhwa-Katarniaghat forest buffer zone to prevent wild animals from entering human habitats.
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#1186972018-10-26
UNESCO experts in Iran weighing Hyrcanian Forest
“The delegation are to visit four provinces of Golestan, Mazandaran, Semnan and Gilan in a span of nine days… to report results of their survey to the IUCN [International Union for Conservation of Nature],” said Mohammad-Hassan Talebian, the deputy director of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts ...
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#1223442019-09-24
UN plans vast urban forests to fight climate change
The United Nations unveiled plans to plant urban forests over an area four times the size of Hong Kong, seeking to make Africa and Asia’s rapidly growing cities greener.
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#1307012021-10-12
UN deforestation scheme under scrutiny after Indonesia debacle
The collapse of a $1-billion deal to curb Indonesian deforestation has highlighted the pitfalls of a UN-backed global initiative, which critics say has been ineffective and trampled on indigenous communities' rights.
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#1351872022-07-04
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says Suriname gives ‘hope and inspiration to the world to
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says Suriname gives “hope and inspiration to the world to save our rain forests.” He made the comment on Saturday as he saw first-hand the commitment of the Surinamese people to protect their natural treasures and ancestral knowledge.
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#1280512021-04-14
UK’s native woodlands reaching crisis point, report warns
The UK’s native woodlands are reaching a crisis point, with just 7% in good condition, according to the first comprehensive assessment of their health.
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#1285742021-05-12
UC Berkeley: As Global Climate Shifts, Forests' Futures May Be Caught In The Wind
Forests' ability to survive and adapt to the disruptions wrought by climate change may depend, in part, on the eddies and swirls of global wind currents, suggests a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
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#1283072021-04-28
Turning the tide on deforestation – challenges and opportunities
With under a decade left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, we face a serious challenge in halting deforestation and restoring landscapes that we have already damaged.
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#1343022022-05-05
Turkey’s forests thrive again after devastating wildfires
Images shared by the General Directorate of Forestry this week show the progress in Turkey’s efforts to replenish areas that fell victim to last year’s forest fires. Barren land has lost its pale hue as saplings planted after the fires rapidly grow.
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#1340492022-04-13
Turkey’s forest losses spike in 2021, a year of country's worst fires
Forest fires, exacerbated by the fallout from climate change, threaten Turkey’s evergreen land. The country saw 226,845 hectares of forests damaged or completely burned between 2012 and 2021, with more than 61% of this loss taking place in 2021 alone.
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#1309742021-10-20
Turkey to plant 4 million trees in burnt forests of Adana, Osmaniye
Turkey had to battle an unprecedented number of wildfires throughout the summer that burned countless forested areas to the ground. As the smoke clears, reforestation efforts are set to get underway to heal the wounds left by the blazes, particularly in the south.
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#1333282022-02-18
Turkey eyes win-win with mastic trees for burned forest areas
Located right across the Greek island of Chios, the Çeşme peninsula of Turkey lags behind the island in terms of its most famous product: mastic, a plant used in the production of chewing gums and as a spice in cuisines of the two neighboring countries.
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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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#1202472019-03-06
Tropical forests naturally regrow quickly, but without species variety
Tropical forests are threatened by high levels of deforestation, mostly driven by agricultural expansion. But, once agricultural fields are abandoned, they tend to naturally regrow, leading researchers to ask whether that process reverses species loss and brings native species back.
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#1245772020-03-09
Tropical forests may be heating Earth by 2035
Climate change so far has meant more vigorous forest growth as greenhouse gases rise. The tropical forests may soon change that.
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#1245472020-03-05
Tropical forests losing their ability to absorb carbon, study finds
Tropical forests are taking up less carbon dioxide from the air, reducing their ability to act as “carbon sinks” and bringing closer the prospect of accelerating climate breakdown.
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#1321402021-12-10
Tropical forests can regenerate in just 20 years without human interference
Study finds natural regrowth yields better results than human plantings and offers hope for climate recovery
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#1189412018-12-07
Tropical forest conservation in the Bolsonaro era (commentary)
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s President-elect, represents a globally significant threat to the world’s biggest tropical forest conservation legacy and the biggest tropical forest.
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#1240562020-02-03
Tropical Peatlands ‘Haemorrhage’ Fossil Carbon
Deforestation is causing carbon dioxide to leak from tropical forests far faster than anyone had suspected, says a team of scientists who have studied the process in south-east Asia.
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#1279062021-04-06
Tropical Carbon and Water Observed from Above
Satellite observations of carbon balance and water fluxes are changing the role of tropical forests in local and global climate. A recent article in Reviews of Geophysics focuses on satellite-derived information on terrestrial carbon, and water storage and fluxes, with specific reference tropica ...
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#1237592020-01-16
Trees struggle when forests become too small
As forest areas shrink and become fragmented, many tree species face problems. They often rely on animals that can no longer disperse their seeds effectively.
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#1321362021-12-10
Trees in the wetlands emit more methane than researchers thought
Historically the thick green of the Amazon has been our planet’s largest carbon sink, though this tipping point has also been breached earlier this year. But a new wave of research over the last few years, including a new study published recently in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Societ ...
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#1326102022-01-19
Trees bear fruit in winter thanks to charity for birds in Turkey
Reviving what they call an Ottoman tradition, crews from a municipality in eastern Turkey adorn the dried branches of trees amid a harsh winter with fruit for birds who cannot find food easily during the bad weather.
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#1190842018-12-18
Trees are worth billions to Australia's economy — but how we value them is changing
How much is a tree worth? In economic terms, your answer depends on how you value them.Forestry exports contribute $3 billion to Australia's economy; its manufacturing, sales and service income make up around $24 billion per year.
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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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#1321002021-12-08
Tree-planting goals miss the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds
Ambitious plans by India, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines to restore tens of millions of hectares of degraded land by 2030 could be derailed by a lack of good-quality and genetically diverse native seeds, according to a new study.
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#1218832019-08-13
Tree-damaging pests pose ‘devastating’ threat to 40% of US forests
About 450 overseas pests have been introduced to US forests, a climate crisis resource, due to international trade and travel
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#1286912021-05-17
Tree species diversity is no protection against bark beetle infestation
Ecologist from Freiburg investigates pest infestation in forests with mixed and monoculture tree stands. Their findings are published in Journal of Ecology.
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#1347602022-05-27
Tree may be the world's oldest, dating to 3,400 years before the birth of Christ
In the lush green forest of the Alerce Costero national park in southern Chile, one majestic tree that towers over the rest could give what's currently recognized as the world's oldest tree a run for its money.
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#1199272019-02-14
Tree love this Valentine’s Day
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Forests News asked staff at Center for International Forestry Research Center (CIFOR) about their true love. Here’s what they had to say:
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#1221262019-09-06
Tree cover is not enough for sustainable development, a global map of forests naturalness is also required
Global forest status assessments are biased toward tree cover and do not properly consider ecological properties of forest ecosystems.
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#1289962021-06-02
Tree choices important for addressing climate change
Tree species in Africa’s upland mountain rainforests can adapt both photosynthesis and leaf metabolism to warming. But the ability to do so varies from species to species, according to studies from a new doctoral dissertation.
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#1233992019-12-11
Tree cavities for wild honeybees
The forests in Europe provide habitat for around 80,000 colonies of wild honeybees. That is why more attention should be paid to preserving the nesting sites for these threatened insects, according to researchers.
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#1278942021-04-05
Tobago wildlife park boosts food security with 'fruiting forest'
Before covid19, vendors in Tobago would often donate fruits and vegetables to help feed the animals at the Corbin Local Wildlife Park in Mason Hall.
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#1193782019-01-15
To save the rainforest, we need to work with the palm oil industry
Lots of academics worry that focusing too much on the real-world impact of research threatens pure, curiosity-driven science. But really the two go hand in hand, especially when it comes to solving the complex question of how we achieve sustainability despite increasing human pressures on our pl ...