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Honduras protest demands international probe into activist's murder
Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)
Around 500 indigenous Lenca people held a protest in Honduras' capital on Wednesday demanding an international probe into the March murder of a widely respected...
European droughts hit British trees the hardest
Jun 15, 2016 (UPI)
Beech trees in the forests of southern England are less resistant to drought than those growing elsewhere in Europe. Scientists determined as much after analyzi...
California's urban trees offer $1 billion in benefits
Jun 14, 2016 (UPI)
California is growing money trees. That's what a quick scan of the latest issue of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening suggests, anyway. According to a study by s...
Yellow Meranti tree in Malaysia is likely the tallest in the tropics
Jun 08, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers believe a Yellow Meranti tree discovered in Malaysia is the tallest in the tropics. The tree stands just more than 293 feet tall, besting the last p...
Guatemalan drug lords burning forests to land planes
Jun 07, 2016 (AFP)
Drug traffickers burning down Guatemalan forest to make clandestine landing strips for planes carrying US-bound cocaine have razed an area twice the size of Man...
Beetles, the axe: double trouble for prized Polish forest
Jun 04, 2016 (AFP)
The roar of a chainsaw and staccato blows of an axe break the silence deep in Poland's majestic Bialowieza forest as loggers swiftly fell a 90-year-old tree. Te...
Survey describes values, challenges of largest shareholder in US forests: Families
Jun 03, 2016 (SPX)
New research by the USDA Forest Service reveals the motivations, management activities, future plans, and challenges faced by the nearly 11 million families, in...
Shock as Honduras national park cleared to halt bugs
Jun 01, 2016 (AFP)
A massive bug infestation and cut-down of pine trees in a national park in Honduras has stunned residents and sparked a warning from experts that a localized sp...
Green legacy of WWI carnage: the riches of Verdun forest
May 28, 2016 (AFP)
The little blue flowers that have grown for a century now in France near the graves of the war dead at Douaumont can easily be mistaken for local forget-me-nots...
Senegal's southern forests may disappear by 2018: ecologist
May 26, 2016 (AFP)
Senegal's heavily forested southern region of Casamance will have no tree cover left by 2018 if illegal logging driven by Chinese demand is not addressed, a Sen...
Parasitic wasps to be released to hunt invading ash borers
May 25, 2016 (UPI)
A unique host-specific parasitic wasp -- known only by its scientific name, Spathius galinae -- has been approved for release to battle the invasive emerald ash...
Bacteria in branches naturally fertilize trees
May 25, 2016 (SPX)
The bacteria in and on our bodies have been shown to be vital for human health, influencing nutrition, obesity and protection from diseases. But science has onl...
Poland starts logging primeval forest despite activist pleas
May 24, 2016 (AFP)
Poland on Tuesday began logging in the ancient Bialowieza forest, which includes some of Europe's last primeval woodland, despite fierce protests from environme...
How do trees go to sleep
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
Most living organisms adapt their behavior to the rhythm of day and night. Plants are no exception: flowers open in the morning, some tree leaves close during t...
Natural regeneration of tropical forests reaps benefits
May 18, 2016 (SPX)
The importance of forest conservation and forest regrowth in climate mitigation and carbon sequestration - capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere - ...
US must step-up forest pest prevention
May 12, 2016 (SPX)
Imported forest pests cause billions of dollars in damages each year, and U.S. property owners and municipalities foot most of the bill. Efforts to prevent new ...
Californian sudden oak death epidemic 'unstoppable'
May 06, 2016 (SPX)
New research shows the sudden oak death epidemic in California cannot now be stopped, but that its tremendous ecological and economic impacts could have been gr...
Amazon rainforest responds quickly to extreme climate events
May 05, 2016 (SPX)
A new study examining carbon exchange in the Amazon rainforest following extremely hot and dry spells reveals tropical ecosystems might be more sensitive to cli...
Model predicts how forests will respond to climate change
May 04, 2016 (SPX)
Drought could render the U.S. Northeast's mixed forests unsustainable after 2050 while Washington's Cascade Mountains may require tropical and subtropical fores...
The unique challenges of conserving forest giants
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
The redwood and sequoia trees in California, the baobab trees in Madagascar, and the rose gum Eucalyptus trees in northeastern Australia are only a few of the s...
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