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Amazon activist warns of 'critical situation' ahead of UN forum
Oct 07, 2024 (AFP)
Later this month, he will take his battle to world leaders at the United Nations, as one of several Indigenous representatives to the COP16 biodiversity confere...
Extensive reforestation can help curb global warming
Oct 04, 2024 (SPX)
The Paris Agreement has set the ambitious goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Achieving this requires both a reduction...
Portugal looks to put new twist on cork industry
Oct 04, 2024 (AFP)
Producers highlight the environmentally friendly properties of cork, which is lightweight, recyclable, waterproof and fire-resistant, to encourage its use in di...
Relief in Brazil, Asia over delay to EU deforestation rules
Oct 03, 2024 (AFP)
Brazil, the United States and other countries had criticized the law -- which aims to prevent the import of products that drive deforestation -- as being too co...
Facing backlash, EU moves to delay deforestation rules
Oct 02, 2024 (AFP)
The move triggered an immediate outcry from environmental groups, which had hailed the unprecedented law as a major breakthrough in the fight to protect nature ...
Researchers develop new method to track forest dieback through satellite imagery
Sep 26, 2024 (SPX)
Monitoring forest health is essential to managing and possibly preventing tree dieback. However, traditional methods, which rely on field surveys, are often tim...
Forests in New England may store more carbon than previously estimated
Sep 26, 2024 (SPX)
"What is most exciting about this study is that it's one of the longest-running experiments to look at two global change pressures instead of just focusing on o...
'Crazy' tree planter greening Sao Paulo concrete jungle
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
The former food industry executive says he was called "crazy" when he started his quest to transform what used to be a hangout for drug users between two busy a...
Environmental groups urge EU 'high risk' label for Sarawak
Sep 24, 2024 (AFP)
The EU's deforestation regulation (EUDR) is due to come into force at the end of the year, although Germany and Brazil have recently joined a string of countrie...
Amazon forest loses area the size of Germany and France, fueling fires
Sep 23, 2024 (AFP)
The world's biggest jungle, spanning nine countries, is crucial to the fight against climate change due to its ability to absorb planet-warming carbon dioxide f...
Satellite-based model maps natural and planted forests worldwide
Sep 16, 2024 (SPX)
Currently, detailed maps differentiating planted and natural forests are insufficient. However, a new study published in the 'Journal of Remote Sensing' on Augu...
Germany joins pushback to EU anti-deforestation law; Brazil urges EU to suspend 'punitive' law
Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)
Berlin urged the European Commission to delay implementation for six months to July 1, 2025, saying a lack of clarity on key aspects of the law meant conditions...
Brazil urges EU to suspend 'punitive' anti-deforestation law
Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)
The EU law, set to take effect at the end of December, will bar a vast range of goods -- from coffee to cocoa, soy, timber, palm oil, cattle, printing paper and...
Mozambique okays Africa's largest mangrove restoration project
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
Gulf-based Blue Forest said it would start work in November, adding it had obtained the licence after around two-and-a-half years of feasibility studies. "We wi...
Activists seek clarity over mining ban in Ecuador forest reserve
Aug 30, 2024 (AFP)
A year ago, residents and environmentalists scored a hard-won victory in a local referendum that banned any new metal extraction in the Choco Andino Biosphere R...
ForINT: A new platform for comprehensive forest intelligence
Aug 27, 2024 (SPX)
"ForINT provides forest managers a tool built on over 10 years of our experience delivering industry-leading results to our customers," said Peter Young, CEO of...
Chinese GF-7 satellite enhances forest height measurement accuracy
Aug 27, 2024 (SPX)
The GF-7 satellite, known for its very high-resolution (VHR) stereoscopic images, captures detailed views of the Earth's surface, including forests. Historicall...
Carbon emissions from forest soils expected to rise with global warming
Aug 26, 2024 (SPX)
"This is not good news because it suggests that, as the world warms, soils are going to give back some of their carbon to the atmosphere," said Reich, who is th...
Company halts Finland logging after deaths of endangered mussels
Aug 26, 2024 (AFP)
A protected species in Finland since 1955 and only found in around 100 streams and rivers across the country, the freshwater pearl mussel can live up to 200 yea...
Experts puzzled as Finland pine trees die off
Aug 23, 2024 (AFP)
Over 1,350 patches of dead pine trees have been reported in southwestern Finland since April, when researchers started collecting observations from the public. ...
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