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#1354902022-07-27
Midwest forests lost 8,000 years of stored carbon in just 150 years new animated maps track the changes, revealing lessons for climate projects today
“Plant a tree” seems to be the go-to answer to climate change concerns these days. Booking a rental car online recently, I was asked to check a box to plant a tree to offset my car’s anticipated carbon dioxide emissions. In 2020, the governor of my state, Indiana, launched an initiative to plant ...
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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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#1353832022-07-20
How Forest Structure Drives Productivity
Forests make large contributions to Earth’s climate, from releasing water vapor to pulling in carbon dioxide from the air, which mitigates global warming. The arrangement of trees affects how forests use light and water for photosynthesis, and it is known that more complex forests have higher pr ...
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#1353842022-07-20
Namibia loses nearly 20 percent of forest in last 30 years
Namibia has lost nearly 20 percent of its forest area during the past 30 years as a result of unsustainable use of resources, a government official said Wednesday.
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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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#1352902022-07-11
Firefighters attempt to save giant sequoias as Yosemite wildfire grows
A grove containing some of the world’s oldest giant sequoia trees is under threat from a rapidly growing wildfire at California’s Yosemite national park.
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#1352352022-07-06
Rubber used by leading European tire makers linked to forest loss in Africa: Report
Top European tire makers, including France’s Michelin and Germany’s Continental AG, are sourcing rubber from agribusinesses implicated in deforestation and undermining land rights in western and central Africa, a report by the non-profit Global Witness found.
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#1352502022-07-06
New disease strikes Michigan trees. Arborists don't know how to treat it
A mysterious invasive disease has hit a stand of southeast Michigan trees, adding to a long list of threats faced by state forests.
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#1351962022-07-05
Ambulances for plants: Meet India’s ecological emergency service
An ambulance speeds through the streets, but it doesn’t have blue lights or any kind of siren. And instead of medical equipment, it is stocked with gardening tools, fertilizers and ladders.
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#1351972022-07-05
Planting trees for the Planet’s beating heart
Reconnecting rural areas, mountains, plains, urban space – reconstructing woodlands and forests, placing with care the right trees in the right places, creating ‘ecological pathways’ able to recreate the natural beauty of world communities: this is the commitment of the Alberitalia Foundation to ...
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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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#1351172022-06-29
The roots of sustainability: 5 reasons why cities need trees
As most cities and countries continue to report hotter summer days that are breaking 100-year records, indoor cooling can offer only little respite and to the privileged few.
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#1349942022-06-14
Coal mining threatens Ethiopia’s ancient coffee forest
Sitting high in the hills of southwestern Ethiopia, the thick green forest of Yayu is a haven of biodiversity where Nuradin Aliyi, a third-generation wild-coffee farmer, has lived his whole life intertwined with nature.
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#1349322022-06-08
In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees
Deep in a forest in Nigeria's Ebute Ipare village, Egbontoluwa Marigi sized up a tall mahogany tree, methodically cut it down with his axe and machete, and as it fell with a crackling sound, he surveyed the forest for the next tree.
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#1349482022-06-08
End old-growth logging in carbon-rich ‘crown jewel’ of U.S. forests: Study
A recent study of the Tongass National Forest, the largest in the United States, found that it contains 20% of the carbon held in the entire national forest system.
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#1349092022-06-07
Alerce tree in Chile may be the oldest in the world
Chilean environmental scientist Jonathan Barichivich has been making waves in the dendrochronology community of late due to his study and findings regarding an alerce tree in Alerce Costero National Park—he believes the tree may be the oldest in the world.
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#1348492022-06-02
Planting Trees Isn’t Enough. Here’s Why We Need Tiny Man-Made Forests.
In 2019, Ethiopia famously planted 350 million trees. The same year, Turkey planted 11 million of its own. It’s no exaggeration that tree-planting has taken root around the world as a popular fix for the climate crisis through campaigns like the Trillion Trees initiative and Bonn Challenge, but ...
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#1348102022-06-01
Spatial aspects of biodiversity and the homogenization threat to forest ecosystems
A study from the Missouri Ozarks highlights the importance of spatial aspects of biodiversity for healthy functioning of naturally occurring forests.
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#1348132022-06-01
In Jordan, the Middle East’s first Miyawaki-style ‘baby’ forests take root
It’s a quiet day in Omar al-Faisal Park, in the impoverished industrial outskirts of Jordan’s capital, Amman. Sandwiched between the runway of a military airport and residential streets, the park seems unimpressive at first glance, but it shelters a little-known gem.
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#1347932022-05-31
Drastic declines in Neotropical birds in a protected Panamanian forest
Tropical forests harbor around two-thirds of the world’s biodiversity. The Neotropics—comprising Central America, the Caribbean and South America—are home to a third of the world’s known bird species, the highest among all biogeographical realms.
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#1347952022-05-31
Borneo: Forests for a better future
Indonesia has lost nearly a fifth of its forests in just the last 20 years. But the island of Kalimantan, also known as Borneo, is beginning to see signs of change.
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#1347962022-05-31
How illegal logging is threatening Romania's unique virgin forests
Romania is home to Europe's richest forests in terms of biodiversity. But every day they're being diminished - by illegal logging
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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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#1347612022-05-27
New clues about the secretive lives of tree hyraxes
Tree hyraxes are non-descript, mid-sized mammals that wake after dark in the canopies of Tropical African forests. Because they’re a shy nocturnal mammal living high in trees, little has been discovered about their behavior.
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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.