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#1204242019-03-19
Malawi: Learn About the Value of Indigenous Trees--and Plant One!
"This tree grows on one mountain in Malawi and there are hardly any left," says botanist Mark Nicholson, manager of a remarkable 40-hectare forest near Nairobi, Kenya, planted with over 650 species of indigenous trees and shrubs.
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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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#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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#1238382020-01-21
Madagascar launches massive planting drive, eyes 60 million trees
Madagascar has embarked on its most ambitious tree-planting drive yet, aiming to plant 60 million trees in the coming months. The island nation celebrates 60 years of independence this year, and the start of the planting campaign on Jan. 19 marked one year since the inauguration of President And ...
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#1299722021-08-16
Lungs of earth: PM’s forests initiative to help create biggest carbon sinks
Global Joint efforts to restore the ecosystem through sustainable climate change measures are essential to protect the planet earth and improve the livelihood of its inhabitants directly dependent on its green resources.
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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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#1282622021-04-27
Loss of fauna in tropical forests impedes achieving Sustainable Development Goals
The current loss of biological diversity is unprecedented and species extinctions exceed the estimated background rate many times over. Coinciding with increasing human domination and alteration of the natural world, this loss in abundance and diversity is especially pronounced with – but not li ...
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#1232782019-12-05
Looking at tropical forests through new eyes
New University of Arizona-led science is using air-based maps of plant chemistry to improve carbon cycling models in hyperdiverse tropical forests
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#1280692021-04-20
Look: A stunning new mangrove forest in Dubai
1M trees will be planted at Dubai Mangrove Forest to protect endangered species
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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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#1191172018-12-19
Logging of old-growth forests should stop, Victorian environment department says
Logging in old-growth forests in Victoria should cease, according to testimony from the Victorian environment department in a court battle over logging in East Gippsland.
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#1282652021-04-27
Limited value of tree plantations for biodiversity conservation
Plantations are home to significantly less beetles than old-growth forests.Leipzig/Jena/Halle. Tree plantations are supposed to help compensate the loss of pristine forest habitats.
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#1240732020-02-03
Life in dead wood
From which tree species dead wood is needed and under which conditions should it be located in order to promote biodiversity in forests as much as possible? According to Dr. Thorn, very little is known about this question so far. To address this research gap, the Forest Enterprise Ebrach and the ...
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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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#1293192021-06-15
Lessons from Zambia on promoting sustainable wood fuel management
In Zambia, around 90 percent of domestic energy derives from wood fuel in both urban and rural areas. But with demand rising, protecting woodland areas in forest reserves and open lands through more sustainable sourcing is becoming more critical than ever, scientists say.
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#1287082021-05-20
Less forest, more species
Normally, mountain forests are among the most diverse habitats in alpine regions. Yet, as a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute discovered in the Tibetan Plateau, the higher, treeless areas are home to far more species. Their findings, which were just published in the journal Nature Communica ...
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#1223432019-09-24
Leaving more deadwood in forests enhances biodiversity: study
Increasing the amount of dead trees in protected forests boosts populations of species that depend on it for habitat, research review shows.
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#1304402021-09-15
Latin American and Caribbean forests are key to environmental sustainability and global food security
The Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission highlighted the strategic role of regional forests in improving livelihoods, countering climate change and halting biodiversity loss.
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#1207912019-04-17
Largest ever survey of England’s forest wildlife
Forests are an amazing environment to see and hear wildlife,” says wildlife TV presenter Michaela Strachan. “From birds nesting, finding food and hunting in the canopy, to the abundance of insects living on the forest floor. There’s usually way more life living in a forest than is noticeable at ...
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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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#1274102021-03-01
Land use changes are driving Himalayan forest bird loss
Land-use changes in the western Himalayan forests, a global biodiversity hotspot with huge numbers of endemic species, have resulted in a massive decline in forest birds in the region, new research shows.
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#1208112019-04-17
La biodiversité du sol améliore les fonctions forestières
Plus les organismes du sol sont variés, plus une forêt est en mesure de remplir des missions importantes, comme le filtrage de l'eau et de l'air. C'est le résultat d'une étude européenne avec la participation de l'Institut fédéral WSL.
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#1219232019-08-16
Koala extinction in NSW 'possible' if no urgent action, inquiry told
An inquiry into the future of New South Wales' koala population has received hundreds of submissions amid claims extinction of the marsupial is "possible" without urgent action.
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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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#1201092019-02-26
Kenya turns to earth observation technology to monitor forests
Kenya has resorted to the use of earth observation technology in order to enhance monitoring of degraded forests, an official said on Tuesday. Jamleck Ndambiri, project manager at the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), said that earth observation technology will help protect and restore tropical forest ...
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#1223062019-09-20
Just how much of the Amazon is burning?
You've seen it all over the news: Fires in the Amazon and throughout South America have been raging for weeks, sparking dire predictions about climate change, criticism of the Brazilian government over increased deforestation, and a viral moment of social media grief coalescing around the hashta ...
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#1298902021-08-11
Just because a forest is protected, doesn’t mean it won’t get logged
As conservationists lobby governments to protect 30% of the planet’s land, it’s becoming clear there’s no guarantee that “protected” land is safe from chainsaws.
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#1228282019-11-01
Italian forum calls for biodiversity to fight climate change
Boosting biodiversity and improving sustainable forest management were two crucial steps to fight climate change in the long term, Italy's second National Forum on Bioeconomy of Forests urged on Thursday.
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#1220182019-08-27
It takes a community to map a forest
Noar Natolo and Scovia Bulyaba are carpet weavers and members of the Nagoje community living in Mabira Forest, in Uganda.
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#1276362021-03-09
Is this the end of forests as we've known them?
Trees lost to drought and wildfires are not returning. Climate change is taking a toll on the world’s forests - and radically changing the environment before our eyes
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#1286372021-05-14
Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?
People have been planting trees to restock forests for a very long time. In the 16th century, for instance, wealthy landowners in Britain and Europe established tree plantations to supply timber for shipbuilding. In the 13th century, Portugal’s King Afonso III had a pine forest planted, known as ...
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#1212962019-06-13
Is REDD ready for its closeup? Reports vary
Earlier this year, it was announced that Indonesia would receive the first installment of a total $1 billion in funds pledged by Norway to preserve the Southeast Asian nation’s tropical forests.
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#1292922021-06-14
Irrigation dams threaten Thailand’s tiger forests, say conservationists
A plan to construct seven dams in one of mainland Southeast Asia’s last intact forest systems could cause widespread habitat loss and sever important wildlife corridors, activists warn.
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#1188292018-11-07
Invisible plant-enemy interactions drive diversity in forest fragments
Very few tropical forests around the world enjoy uninterrupted contiguity. Most are divided into uneven, small fragments, cut off from each other, their boundaries marked by roads or farms. But as forests get fragmented, the diversity of plants within them shifts, changing with distance from the ...
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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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#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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#1316672021-11-15
Introduction to Forest-climate Action
Climate change is having widespread negative impacts on 1.3 billion people dependent on forests for their livelihoods and wellbeing. Many of the 720 million people globally who will be pushed into extreme poverty through climate change by 2050, for example, are forest-dependent.
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#1197672019-02-05
Into a new jungle: How do forests regenerate?
Forests are not only home to important species of animals and birds, but also store a lot of carbon in trees, which would have otherwise escaped into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and warmed the planet.
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#1322252021-12-20
Interweaving ecosystems in Indonesia
Indonesia — The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is working with local communities in Indonesia’s Kalimantan forests to protect biodiversity and generate sustainable livelihoods.
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#1280132021-04-12
Interview: Why vanilla may be key to protecting our forests
Maureen is a biologist and has spent many years studying the way that chemicals in the environment can impact our hormones, but when Maureen was volunteering in Madagascar her outlook suddenly changed.
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#1204482019-03-21
International Day of Forests: From Asia's mangroves to Amazon rainforest, take this quiz to check y
By 2030, the world population is expected to climb to 8.5 billion, making forests more important than ever. Every year, 21 March is celebrated as International Day of Forests in order to raise awareness on the importance of all types of forests.
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#1204322019-03-19
International Day of Forests to be marked today
The national celebration of the International Day of Forests this year will be commemorated by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) here today.
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#1210942019-05-20
Intensive silviculture accelerates Atlantic rainforest biodiversity regeneration
An experiment conducted in Brazil in an area of Atlantic Rainforest suggests that intensive silviculture, including the use of herbicide and substantial amounts of fertilizer, is a more effective approach to promoting the regeneration of tropical forest and biomass gain than the traditional meth ...
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#1291862021-06-10
Inside the battle to save Canada’s ancient, old-growth forests
Vancouver Island, Canada – A colossal battle to save the last temperate rainforest on Vancouver Island, Canada is under way, as police and forest protectors are engaged in a cat-and-mouse chase through hundreds of kilometres of thick woods.
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#1219482019-08-20
Insect-eating bird population drops in heavily extracted Himalayan oak forests
Long-term rural extraction of biomass in oak-dominated Himalayan forests disturbs the forest structure.
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#1202342019-03-06
Insect food webs
The decline in biodiversity and the associated loss of plant species are greatly affecting our ecosystems. Thus far, this has been shown by studies in the so-called grassland, i.e. in areas that are not covered by buildings or are dominated by woody vegetation.
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#1235602019-12-20
Innovative peatland restoration efforts key to mitigating climate change
Indonesia is home to an extensive area of tropical peatlands, which are carbon-rich ecosystems that are critical for supporting biodiversity and the livelihoods of local forest-dependent communities. Between 30 and 40 percent of global carbon is locked in peatlands, although they cover only arou ...
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#1196322019-01-28
Inequality promotes deforestation in Latin America
Tropical deforestation is a major contributor to climate change and loss of local and global ecosystem functions. Latin America accounts for a large share of remaining tropical forests, but also features deforestation rates well above the world average.
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#1320982021-12-08
Indonesia's biodiesel drive is leading to deforestation
Indonesia pledged at the recent COP26 climate summit that its greenhouse gas emissions would peak by 2030 and then start to fall. It's also said that it will end deforestation by that same date. But to reduce emissions from its transport sector, it's relying on using more biofuels - production o ...
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#1198762019-02-11
Indigenous hardwood trees communicate climate resilience
When issues of forest conservation, adaptation, regeneration and restoration are discussed, rarely do we hear about the significance of indigenous hardwood trees’ role in the climate resilience matrix. Is it because they take long to grow or they are just brushed aside as not suitable enough to ...