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#1272682021-02-23
Climate impacts drive east-west divide in forest seed production
Younger, smaller trees that comprise much of North America's eastern forests have increased their seed production under climate change, but older, larger trees that dominate forests in much of the West have been less responsive, a new Duke University-led study finds.
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#1272792021-02-23
Row over UK tree-planting drive: 'We want the right trees in the right place'
The natural bowl in the Northumberland hills studded with dumpy young conifers looks innocuous enough. But the English borders are the scene of an increasingly bitter battle as ambitious government tree-planting targets collide with concerns for rare plants and birds.
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#1270662021-02-15
500+ experts call on world’s nations to not burn forests to make energy
More than 500 scientists and economists implored world leaders last week to stop treating as emissions-free the burning of wood from forests to make energy and heat, and to end subsidies now driving the explosive demand for wood pellets. Both actions, they write, are causing escalating deforesta ...
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#1270672021-02-15
To keep forests intact, we must use them
Forests are my passion. I grew up on forestland in the U.S. South and am a conservationist to the core. But those who assert that trees used for bioenergy simply “release carbon that would otherwise stay locked up in forests” misunderstand science, economics, history and the motivations of priva ...
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#1270682021-02-15
The mysterious existence of a leafless kauri stump, kept alive by its forest neighbours
Plants use their leaves to make food from the sun’s energy and carbon dioxide. With very few exceptions of parasitic plants, no tree is known to grow without green foliage — or to be more precise, no tree can start life without leaves or some sort of green tissue containing chlorophyll.
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#1270392021-02-12
Gurugram: Aravali forest’s avian flock both rich and diverse, shows first survey
The first survey to map the avian wealth of Delhi-NCR’s sole ‘forest’, Mangar bani, has revealed that the Aravali grove isn’t just rich in the number of species it sees or hosts but also especially diverse. The survey found 219 species of birds in a 17.1sqkm area. Mangar bani is also an importan ...
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#1270452021-02-12
Alberta plans massive expansion of Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland area
The Alberta government plans to create the largest contiguous protected boreal forest area in the world by expanding the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland in the northeast part of the province. Under the plan, the wildland area would be expanded by 143,800 hectares, Premier Jason Kenney said Thursday ...
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#1269252021-02-08
Deforestation: A Threat To The Heart Of Borneo
From the air we breathe, the wood we use, to being home to most of the Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity – forests are essential to every living creature. The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) describe forests as the “lifeblood of our economies and our health.”
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#1268812021-02-04
Deforestation is stressing mammals out
Lots of us are feeling pretty anxious about the destruction of the natural world. It turns out, humans aren't the only ones stressing out—by analyzing hormones that accumulate in fur, researchers found that rodents and marsupials living in smaller patches of South America's Atlantic Forest are u ...
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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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#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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#1267782021-02-01
INTERVIEW-From gene sequencing to chocolate, Brazil's Amazon looks for a new development model
Instead of expanding destructive farming and logging, Brazil should "develop" the Amazon region by producing high-value products from its indigenous biodiversity, from nuts and fruits to medicinal plants, a top forest researcher said.
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#1267422021-01-27
Philippine forest trees threatened by deforestation and climate change
The tree species in the Dipterocarpaceae family dominate many tropical forest formations in Southeast Asia (see Figure 1). The Philippines is home to more than 50 dipterocarp tree species, of which 25 cannot be found anywhere else on Earth. About 97% of the Philippines' tropical forest have been ...
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#1266872021-01-26
Ten "golden rules" for reforestation have been set out by scientists as they warned poorly executed tree planting schemes can harm the environment.
Planting trees to reduce carbon emissions can be presented as an "easy answer" to tackling the climate crisis, but it can cause more problems than benefits, experts have said.
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#1266982021-01-26
Oxford 'tiny forests' planted to promote biodiversity
Two "tiny forests" are being planted in Oxford to create wildlife havens and help city-goers connect with nature. About 600 densely planted trees will fill each tennis court-sized plot at Meadow Lane Nature Reserve and Foxwell Drive.
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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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#1266712021-01-19
Forests go into growth 'overdrive' to recover from drought
One in 12 people could face severe drought every year by 2100, according to a recent study. And water stored on two-thirds of the Earth's land surface will shrink as the climate warms. As plant ecologists, we're concerned with what that means for forests—one of the largest carbon sinks and bigge ...
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#1266442021-01-15
Large mammals make soil more fertile in tropical forests
The White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) is a boar-like hoofed mammal found throughout Central and South America. These animals roam the forest in bands of 50 to 100 individuals, eating a wide variety of foods. In Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest, they prefer the fruit of the jussara palm Euterpe e ...
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#1265432021-01-11
Award-winning Thai community continues the fight to save its wetland forest
Srongpol Chantharueang remembers his parents telling him as a boy always to protect the local wetland forest when he grew up. They told him that the ecosystem would be important for his life and that of his community. “I didn’t understand what they meant at the time,” he told Mongabay via a vide ...
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#1265142020-12-30
Geography on the plate: The culinary rediscovery of Colombia’s biodiversity
In a small, sprightly basement office in the neighborhood of Chapinero in Bogotá, navigating the winds of political dysphoria and generalized uncertainty that have characterized the year the world over, a startup is leveraging the excitement of rare foods to create exchange networks that support ...
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#1264862020-12-29
Rural livelihoods at risk in Congo Basin due to erratic rainfall and water flow
Over the past 20 years, people living in the forests of Congo Basin have noticed some significant changes in their natural surroundings, according to scientists. Not only is the area becoming hotter, but there is greater variability in the length and intensity of the rainy season, they report.
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#1264942020-12-29
How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review
Like virtually everything in 2020, COVID-19 defined the year for tropical rainforests. 2020 was supposed to be a make-or-break year for tropical forests. It was the year when global leaders were scheduled to come together to assess the past decade’s progress and set the climate and biodiversity ...
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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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#1264402020-12-23
Droughts, Viruses And Road Networks: Trends That Will Impact Our Forests
Earth’s forests are indispensable for both humans and wildlife: they absorb CO2, provide food for large parts of the world’s population and are home to all sorts of animals.
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#1264412020-12-23
Protecting and restoring Rwanda’s natural forests
Every minute of the day, we breathe in oxygen from the air around us. Without this colourless and odourless gas, humans and much of life on Earth simply wouldn’t exist. That’s just one reason why trees, forests and plant life are so important.
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#1264422020-12-23
Growing a forest and nurturing community spirit Making a difference
It takes weeks to ensure a sapling takes root. Mr N. Sivasothi, a senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Department of Biological Sciences, is well aware of the arduous, time-consuming work needed, having organised mangrove clean-ups for two decades at Kranji Coastal Nat ...
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#1264432020-12-23
A new species of mammal may have been found in Africa's montane forests
Newswise — A research team from the University of Helsinki has discovered a tree hyrax in the Taita Hills, Kenya, which may belong to a species previously unknown to science.The discovery, which was part of a study of the vocalisations of nocturnal animals in the Taita Hills, was published in mi ...
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#1264462020-12-23
Critical temperature threshold spells shorter lives for tropical trees
Tropical trees have shorter life spans than trees in other parts of the world, living, for example, just over half as long as temperate trees. A new analysis suggests that, as the world warms up, tropical trees will live even shorter lives, spelling trouble for global biodiversity and carbon stocks.
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#1264242020-12-22
Droughts, viruses and road networks: Trends that will impact our forests
A new UCPH study assembled an array of experts to highlight major trends that will impact the world’s forests, and the people living around them, in the decade ahead. These trends include drought, viral outbreaks and vast infrastructure expansions across the globe.
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#1264252020-12-22
A Madagascar forest long protected by its remoteness is now threatened by it
The mountainous forests of northern Madagascar are biodiverse beyond measure, containing plant and animal species found nowhere else on the planet. Other forests in Madagascar have been lost in recent centuries and decades, but these have stood the test of time and remained relatively unscathed.
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#1263722020-12-21
Time for some home truths about deforestation
To prevent future pandemics, we must stop deforestation and end the illegal wildlife trade. Do you agree? Of course you do, because what’s not to like? The buck stops with the evil other. The question is, will doing those things solve the problem?
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#1263402020-12-18
Biodiversity may be at risk near Prince George, B.C., says forestry watchdog
An independent investigation into how the province manages some of its oldest forests has found industry practices may be putting biodiversity at risk, according to a statement from the province Thursday. The B.C. Forest Practices Board, an independent industry watchdog, says in the statement th ...
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#1263632020-12-18
Disturb forests, trigger new pandemics — study
The emergence of COVID-19 and other diseases of animal origin such as Ebola, SARS and HIV indicates that disturbing forests can trigger pandemics, say the authors of a new study, highlighting megatrends shaping the future of forests.
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#1262872020-12-16
How gorillas stole a Ugandan forest from humans, bloomed it as it bloomed them
In the shadows of giant trees, deep within the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, nature is at its rawest. The maze of green trees, dark and humid undergrowth shrouded in a smoky haze, makes its name ‘impenetrable forest' very apt.
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#1262452020-12-15
Restore UK woodland by letting trees plant themselves, says report
Allowing trees and woodland to regenerate through the natural dispersal of seeds should become the default way to restore Britain’s forest cover, according to a new report.
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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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#1262522020-12-15
A forest in Sumatra disappears for farms and roads. So do its elephants
Jumar is no stranger to the presence of elephants. Having lived and farmed in the village of Pematang Pudu village in Bengkalis district, in Indonesia’s Riau province, for more than 20 years, he’s seen elephants wandering through his village and fields of sweet potato. And he has never become up ...
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#1262682020-12-15
Malawi to Plant 60 Million Trees During 2020/21 National Forestry Season
Government has pledged to plant 60 million seedlings during the 2020/21 National Forestry Season. The exercise will be achieved through each constituency, villages and household, according to the Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources, Nancy Tembo.
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#1262712020-12-15
Give Bees and other Pollinators a Fighting Chance: Protect the Forest!
As more and more forests around the world get decimated to plant monocrops, bees and other pollinators not only lose habitat but also enter a fight for survival against the increased use of pesticides and other agrichemicals, without the help of plant biodiversity that normally provides them wit ...
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#1262172020-12-14
Photos show a treasure trove of species discovered in a misty cloud forest
They could hear the frogs everywhere. But they couldn't see them. Amid heavy rains in March 2017, 17 scientists trudged deep into the cloud forests in Bolivia's Zongo Valley to scour the mountains for life.
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#1262182020-12-14
Kenya: Act Now to Save Our Forests, Lakes in the Rift Valley
The Rift Valley lakes are submerging their environs, killing lives and livelihoods and there is a rising concern that the worst is yet to pass. There would be several reasons for this, as scholars have hypothesised. The tectonic movement conjecture is one of them.
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#1262212020-12-14
Costa Rica will Recieve $60 million for the Protection of Forests
Costa Rica will receive $ 60 million from the World Bank over the next five years, in recognition of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and for the protection of forests. The World Bank revealed today during an event in Brussels that Costa Rica would be among the countries that will recei ...
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#1261952020-12-11
Oh My Gaur! Living alongside the Indian bison that’s moving out of forests
It’s not uncommon in India to see cattle grazing in farms and backyards, ruminating by the road, or even causing a minor inconvenience to vehicles. Replace cattle with herds of gaur (Indian bison) and you are likely to be in Coonoor, one of the taluks in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.
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#1261992020-12-11
Environmentalist suggests ways to preserve Saudi Arabia’s forests
In an interview with Arab News on Thursday, Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sogair, a founding member of the Environmental Green Horizons Society — a group of Saudi-based environmentalists — suggested eight proposals that the group hopes will reduce deforestation in the Kingdom.
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#1260632020-12-08
Extent of forest plant biodiversity change in response to forest management depends on habitat fertility
An extensive study carried out collaboratively by the University of Helsinki and Natural Resources Institute Finland demonstrates that the plant community of a forest stand can thoroughly change after regeneration cutting, even when the number of species remains more or less unchanged.
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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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#1260072020-12-03
Reforesting the Earth, one transaction at a time
What if you could plant trees just by paying your bills? In the Philippines, a mobile payment platform is helping users play their part in reforesting one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, home to over 20,000 endemic species – yet under increasing pressure from human activity.
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#1259172020-12-01
Socio-Economic Linkages between Sustainable Land Management, Climate Change & Biodiversity in Liberia
Liberia faces numerous environmental challenges including land degradation, fragmentation, deforestation, soil erosion, and pollution. The dependence on forestry presents a unique environmental risk as Liberia’s forest is part of the West African Hotspot.
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#1259202020-12-01
Global mega-trends impact forest communities, scientists find
Forests and the livelihoods they provide through ecosystem services are increasingly impacted by infrastructure development and other global trends that undermine efforts to achieve sustainability goals, according to a new study by international experts.
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#1259362020-12-01
Amazon deforestation tops 11,000 sq km in Brazil, reaching 12-year high
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon topped 11,000 square kilometers for the first time since 2008 reports the Brazilian government.