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Old-growth forests may provide buffer against rising temperatures
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
The soaring canopy and dense understory of an old-growth forest could provide a buffer for plants and animals in a warming world, according to a study from Oreg...
Cambodia to add 1 million hectares of protected forest
Apr 30, 2016 (AFP)
Cambodia's prime minister has ordered a million hectares of forest be included in protected zones as the country faces one of the world's fastest deforestation ...
US national forests and grasslands could yield less water in future climate
Apr 27, 2016 (SPX)
A warmer climate may lead to higher growth and productivity on U.S. national forests and grasslands, but university and U.S. Forest Service researchers say this...
Which trees face death in drought
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
Two hundred-twenty-five million trees dead in the southwest in a 2002 drought. Three hundred million trees in Texas in 2011. Twelve million this past year in Ca...
Researchers look at how best to conserve forest giants
Apr 22, 2016 (UPI)
Earth's largest, oldest trees are unique, and thus present a unique set of challenges to conservationists. A new study, published this week in the journal Trend...
Clear-cutting destabilizes carbon in forest soils, Dartmouth study finds
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
Clear-cutting loosens up carbon stored in forest soils, increasing the chances it will return to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and contribute to climate chan...
Activists appeal to EU over Polish logging of primeval forest
Apr 19, 2016 (AFP)
Environmental groups on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the European Commission over Poland's large-scale logging plans in the Bialowieza forest, which includes...
Trees trade carbon among each other
Apr 18, 2016 (SPX)
Forest trees use carbon not only for themselves; they also trade large quantities of it with their neighbours. Botanists from the University of Basel report thi...
Senegal environment ministry delegation arrested by Gambia
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
Gambian police have arrested three workers carrying out an environmental study for the Senegalese government on their shared border, as relations between the tw...
Study: Clear-cutting undermines carbon storage in forest floor
Apr 15, 2016 (UPI)
Trees don't just store carbon in their roots, limbs and leaves, they also facilitate the transfer of carbon from air and water into the soil where it can remain...
Protesters demand justice over death of Honduran activist
Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)
Around 1,000 demonstrators held a protest march in Honduras' capital Thursday demanding justice over the murder of a high-profile indigenous environmental activ...
Greenpeace protests Polish logging of Europe's last primeval forest
Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)
Greenpeace activists Tuesday called on Poland's environment ministry to "save" the Bialowieza forest, Europe's last primeval woodland, by safeguarding it agains...
International network to spy on trees
Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)
A scientist from The Australian National University (ANU) is helping set up an international network to use surveillance camera networks and drone data to spy o...
US experimental forests chosen for US-China climate initiative
Apr 08, 2016 (SPX)
Two U.S. Forest Service experimental forests have been chosen to participate in the U.S,-China Climate Change and Forests Initiative, a program of the U.S.-Chin...
Major new project maps out woodland biodiversity
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
An innovative joint project between the University of Stirling, Forest Research and Natural England is using woodland creation and maps from 1840 to the present...
Massive deforestation found in Brazil's Cerrado
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
Agricultural expansion in Brazil's Cerrado is quickly chewing up rainforests and savannas - even altering the region's water cycle, a new study finds. The study...
Massive deforestation discovered in Brazil's Cerrado region
Apr 01, 2016 (UPI)
A new study shows deforestation, already prevalent in the Amazon, has expanded southward into Brazil's Cerrado, a vast region of tropical savanna. "This is the ...
Desert mangroves are major source of carbon storage
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers found that short, stunted mangroves living along the coastal desert of Baja California store up to five times more carbon below ground than their lu...
Data from 1800s helps forest managers maintain healthy forest ecosystems
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
When seeking clues to how well conservation efforts are working in the present, sometimes scientists look to the past - and there may be no better historical re...
Maximum sentences for killers of Costa Rica environmentalist
Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)
A Costa Rican court on Tuesday sentenced four men to decades in prison for the 2013 murder of an environmentalist and the rape of four Western female volunteers...
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