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Ancient peoples shaped the Amazon rainforest
Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)
We often think of the Amazon rainforest as a vast expanse of nature untouched by humans. But a new study in Science suggests that's not true - in fact, today's ...
The battle to save Bangkok's 'Green Lung'
Mar 02, 2017 (AFP)
Leaping out from Bangkok's vast concrete sprawl is a kidney-shaped green space, home to hundreds of plant and bird species, and where cars are outnumbered by bi...
Indigenous protest in Honduras marks activist's murder
Mar 01, 2017 (AFP)
About 600 mostly indigenous Hondurans held a protest in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of murdered activist Berta Caceres and f...
Forests to play major role in meeting Paris climate targets
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Forests are set to play a major role in meeting the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement - however, accurately monitoring progress toward the "below 2 C" t...
Forests worldwide threatened by drought
Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)
Forests around the world are at risk of death due to widespread drought, University of Stirling researchers have found. An analysis, published in the journal Ec...
Myanmar makes record seizures of illegal timber
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
Myanmar seized a record amount of illegal timber this financial year as part of a government clampdown to protect the country's rapidly disappearing forests, a ...
Study: The forest is getting farther away, especially in rural America
Feb 22, 2017 (UPI)
Every year the forest gets farther away. According to researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, between 1990 and 2000, the average ...
How much biomass grows in the savannah
Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)
Savannahs form one of the largest habitats in the world, covering around one-fifth of the Earth's land area. They are mainly to be found in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Laissez-faire is not good enough for reforestation
Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)
In order to restore tropical rainforests, it is not enough to simply set up protected areas and leave them to their own devices. In particular, tree species wit...
Why nature restoration takes time
Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)
'Relationships' in the soil become stronger during the process of nature restoration. Although all major groups of soil life are already present in former agric...
Wetlands play vital role in carbon storage, study finds
Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)
Human activity and development are correlated with reduced carbon storage in wetland soils, a new study published in Nature Communications shows. The study, the...
Amazon forest was transformed by ancient people: study
Feb 06, 2017 (AFP)
Long before European settlers arrived in the Americas in 1492, the Amazon rainforest was transformed for thousands of years by indigenous people who carved myst...
Honduras manages to stall pine-munching bugs' march
Feb 04, 2017 (AFP)
Over the past three years, Honduras has lost a quarter of its pine forests to a plague of bark-munching beetles. Now though, after a long campaign that saw sold...
Coastal wetlands excel at storing carbon
Feb 03, 2017 (SPX)
In the global effort to mitigate carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, all options are on the table - including help from nature. Recent research suggests th...
High-tech maps of tropical forest diversity identify new conservation targets
Jan 27, 2017 (SPX)
New remote sensing maps of the forest canopy in Peru test the strength of current forest protections and identify new regions for conservation effort, according...
Trees supplement income for rural farmers in Africa
Jan 24, 2017 (SPX)
Trees may be easy to spot on the plains of Africa but they are often overlooked as a source of income for farmers. A University of Illinois study shows trees on...
Forests 'held their breath' during global warming hiatus, research shows
Jan 24, 2017 (SPX)
Global forest ecosystems, widely considered to act as the lungs of the planet, 'held their breath' during the most recent occurrence of a warming hiatus, new re...
How much drought can a forest take?
Jan 20, 2017 (SPX)
Why do some trees die in a drought and others don't? And how can we predict where trees are most likely to die in future droughts? Scientists from the Universit...
Activists slam giant Indonesian mill for environmental damage
Jan 19, 2017 (AFP)
Green groups said Thursday that one of the world's biggest pulp mills which started production on Indonesia's Sumatra island last month was causing enormous env...
Norway spurs $400mn rainforest fund at Davos
Jan 19, 2017 (AFP)
Norway on Thursday said it will raise $400 million to encourage Brazil's farmers to stop destroying the rainforests, launching a fund also backed by food giants...
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