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Partially logged rainforests emitting more carbon than previously thought
May 01, 2015 (SPX)
Global carbon emissions from forests could have been underestimated because calculations have not fully accounted for the dead wood from logging. Living trees t...
Conifer study illustrates twists of evolution
Apr 30, 2015 (SPX)
A new study offers not only a sweeping analysis of how pollination has evolved among conifers but also an illustration of how evolution - far from being a strai...
Romanian forests face 'acute' illegal logging problem
Apr 27, 2015 (AFP)
Romania, which has the largest area of virgin forests in the EU, is also the country most affected by illegal logging in Europe, a major environmental advocacy ...
Forest paradise re-emerges in Philippine capital
Apr 24, 2015 (AFP)
A tropical rainforest has regrown against all odds on the edge of the Philippine capital's biggest open-air dump, and is now a patch of green paradise in a spra...
Amazon rainforest losses impact on climate change
Apr 24, 2015 (SPX)
Human activity has removed more than one-tenth of trees and plants from the Amazon rainforest since the 1960s, a study shows. Widespread removal of trees has co...
Latin America most dangerous region for land activists: report
Apr 21, 2015 (AFP)
Latin America was the most dangerous place for environmental and land activists, accounting for three quarters of all killings last year, according to a report ...
Rainforest protection akin to speed limit control
Apr 17, 2015 (SPX)
The destruction of the Brazilian rainforest has slowed significantly. With around 5000 square kilometers annually, the loss is now about 80% lower than in 2004....
Researchers map seasonal greening in US forests, fields, and urban areas
Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)
Using the assessment tool ForWarn, U.S. Forest Service researchers can monitor the growth and development of vegetation that signals winter's end and the awaken...
Citizen scientists map global forests
Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)
New maps of global forest cover from the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA)'s Geo-Wiki team provide a more accurate view of global fore...
Deforestation is messing with our weather and our food
Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global food production by triggering changes in...
Good luck and the Chinese reverse global forest loss
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
Analysis of 20 years of satellite data has revealed the total amount of vegetation globally has increased by almost 4 billion tonnes of carbon since 2003. This ...
Drought damage leads to widespread forest death
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
The 2000-2003 drought in the American southwest triggered a widespread die-off of forests around the region. A Carnegie-led team of scientists developed a new m...
Mild winters not fueling all pine beetle outbreaks in western US
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
Warming winters have allowed mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the coldest areas of the western United States, but milder winters can't be blamed for the full e...
Western forests decimated by pine beetles not more likely to burn
Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)
Western U.S. forests killed by the mountain pine beetle epidemic are no more at risk to burn than healthy Western forests, according to new findings by the Univ...
Forests for water in eastern Amazonia
Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)
Brazil's 'arc of deforestation' accounted for 85% of all Amazon deforestation from 1996 to 2005. Although deforestation rates have dropped considerably since 20...
Study: Only two intact forests left on Earth
Mar 24, 2015 (UPI)
A new study suggests the world's forests are more fragmented than ever before. Analysis by researchers at North Carolina State University showed that if one wer...
Amazon's carbon uptake declines as trees die faster
Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)
The most extensive land-based study of the Amazon to date reveals it is losing its capacity to absorb carbon from the atmosphere. From a peak of two billion ton...
Conifers' helicoptering seeds are result of long evolutionary experiment
Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)
The whirling, winged seeds of today's conifers are an engineering wonder and, as University of California, Berkeley, scientists show, a result of about 270 mill...
Protected areas in Indonesia ineffective in preventing deforestation
Mar 20, 2015 (SPX)
Establishing protected areas in forests is one way to keep deforestation at bay and safeguard biodiversity. However, a study led by researchers from the Nationa...
Isolated tribe ventures out of threatened Peru forests
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
Dressed in loincloths and speaking an unknown language, the Mashco-Piro, one of the last isolated peoples on Earth, are increasingly venturing out of their fore...
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