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Orangutans take the logging road
Feb 04, 2015 (SPX)
A new discovery by a Simon Fraser University doctoral student in the School of Resource and Environmental Management, published in Oryx, demonstrates that orang...
Researchers unlock new way to clone hemlock trees
Feb 04, 2015 (SPX)
For the first time, University of Georgia researchers have successfully cryogenically frozen germplasm from hemlock trees being wiped out across the eastern U.S...
Brazil's Soy Moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
Jan 29, 2015 (SPX)
Today, fewer chicken nuggets can trace their roots to cleared Amazon rain forest. In 2006, following a report from Greenpeace and under pressure from consumers,...
Carbon accumulation by Southeastern forests may slow
Jan 28, 2015 (SPX)
Carbon accumulation levels in the Southeastern U.S. may be slowing due to forest dynamics and land use changes, according to findings of U.S. Forest Service res...
Warming climate may change the composition of northern forests
Jan 23, 2015 (SPX)
Visitors to northern forests in coming decades probably will see a very different set of trees as the climate warms, a new University of Minnesota study shows. ...
Warmer, drier climate altering forests throughout California
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
Historical California vegetation data that more than once dodged the dumpster have now proved their true value, documenting that a changing forest structure see...
China confirms 155 detained in Myanmar for illegal logging
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
Authorities in Myanmar have detained 155 Chinese nationals for illegal logging, China's foreign ministry said Wednesday, denying reports that its citizens had b...
New restoration focus for western dry forests
Jan 15, 2015 (SPX)
Dry forests are low-elevation western forests with tall pines. The study used government records of insect and wildfire damage to compare current threats to dry...
Gold mining devours S.American forest land: study
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
Gold mining has gobbled up some 1,680 square kilometres (650 square miles) of tropical forest in South America in the 13 years to 2013, a research paper said We...
Salvaging the ecosystem after salvage logging
Jan 13, 2015 (SPX)
After a forest fire burns a large swath across timberlands, logging companies often are not far behind. They come in to do what is called salvage logging - salv...
NASA Finds Good News on Forests and Carbon Dioxide
Dec 30, 2014 (SPX)
A new NASA-led study shows that tropical forests may be absorbing far more carbon dioxide than many scientists thought, in response to rising atmospheric levels...
European fire ant impacts forest ecosystems by helping alien plants spread
Dec 29, 2014 (SPX)
An invasive ant species that has become increasingly abundant in eastern North America not only takes over yards and delivers a nasty sting, it's helping the sp...
Muddy forests, shorter winters present challenges for loggers
Dec 26, 2014 (SPX)
Stable, frozen ground has long been recognized a logger's friend, capable of supporting equipment and trucks in marshy or soggy forests. Now, a comprehensive lo...
Ecuador returning German money in environment row
Dec 20, 2014 (AFP)
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said Saturday that Quito would be giving back about $8.5 million donated by Germany last year, in an environmental row. "Go ah...
Clearing rainforests distorts wind and water, packs climate wallop beyond carbon
Dec 19, 2014 (SPX)
A new study presents powerful evidence that clearing trees not only spews carbon into the atmosphere, but also triggers major shifts in rainfall and increased t...
Seeing the forest for the trees
Dec 17, 2014 (SPX)
The largest trees in a forest may command the most attention, but the smallest seedlings and youngest saplings are the ones that are most critical to the compos...
NASA Study Shows 13-year Record of Drying Amazon Caused Vegetation Declines
Dec 15, 2014 (SPX)
A 13-year decline in vegetation in the eastern and southeastern Amazon has been linked to a decade-long rainfall decline in the region, a new NASA-funded study ...
Canadian Christmas tree exports to rise: minister
Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)
Canada's trade minister on Friday predicted a rise in Christmas tree exports this season, amid reported shortages in the United States. America's northern neigh...
Latin America pledges to reforest 20 mn hectares by 2020
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
Seven Latin American countries pledged Sunday to replant nearly 20 million hectares of forest by 2020 amid a UN climate conference in Lima. The deal, dubbed "20...
Logging destabilizes forest soil carbon over time
Dec 03, 2014 (SPX)
Logging doesn't immediately jettison carbon stored in a forest's mineral soils into the atmosphere but triggers a gradual release that may contribute to climate...
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