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Global consumption driving tropical deforestation

Oct 24, 2014 (SPX)

International trade with agricultural and wood products is an increasingly important driver of tropical deforestation. More than a third of recent deforestation...

Mature forests store nitrogen in soil

Oct 24, 2014 (SPX)

Ecologists working in central Pennsylvania forests have found that forest top soils capture and stabilize the powerful fertilizer nitrogen quickly, within days,...

Sean Parker to pay fines and build app for Big Sur wedding damages

Oct 17, 2014 (UPI)

Napster co-founder and former Facebook president Sean Parker has agreed to shell out $2.5 million for his role in turning an environmentally sensitive portion o...

First Detailed Map Of Carbon Stocks In Mexico Forests Unveiled

Oct 17, 2014 (SPX)

The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) and Allianza MREDD+ released the first detailed map of aboveground forest carbon stocks of Mexico available for download. ...

Climate change not responsible for altering forest tree composition

Oct 17, 2014 (SPX)

Change in disturbance regimes -- rather than a change in climate -- is largely responsible for altering the composition of Eastern forests, according to a resea...

Three Cambodian log traders charged over journalist murder

Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)

Three suspected illegal timber traders were charged on Tuesday over the murder of a Cambodian journalist investigating illegal logging, a prosecutor said. Taing...

Cambodian illegal log traders arrested over journalist murder: police

Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)

Three suspected timber traders have been arrested over the murder of a Cambodian journalist investigating illegal logging in the country's forested east, police...

Mangroves Protecting Corals from Climate Change

Oct 11, 2014 (SPX)

Certain types of corals, invertebrates of the sea that have been on Earth for millions of years, appear to have found a way to survive some of their most destru...

Brazil rainforests releasing more carbon dioxide

Oct 10, 2014 (SPX)

Because of the deforestation of tropical rainforests in Brazil, significantly more carbon has been lost than was previously assumed. As scientists of the Hemhol...

Mozambique's Frelimo accused of timber smuggling to fund vote drive

Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)

Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party boosted campaign funds for upcoming elections by smuggling timber to Chinese buyers, a local watchdog has charged. The allegat...

If trees could talk

Sep 30, 2014 (SPX)

Permafrost thaw drives forest loss in Canada, while drought has killed trees in Panama, southern India and Borneo. In the U.S., in Virginia, over-abundant deer ...

Climate program will protect 9 million hectares of Congo forest

Sep 30, 2014 (SPX)

In the midst of the UN Climate Summit His Excellency Minister N'sa Mputu Elima, Minister of Environment, Conservation of Nature and Tourism for the Democratic R...

Time for worldwide fund to save mangroves: UNEP

Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)

World lenders should set up a "Global Mangrove Fund" to protect these hotspots of biodiversity and vital sources of income, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) ...

Philippines 'breaks world tree-planting record'

Sep 27, 2014 (AFP)

Philippine officials said Saturday they had set a new world record for the most trees planted in an hour, with 3.2 million seedlings sown as part of a national ...

Water research tackles growing grassland threat: trees

Sep 26, 2014 (SPX)

Two Kansas State University biologists are studying streams to prevent tallgrass prairies from turning into shrublands and forests. By looking at 25 years of da...

Fall foliage season may be later, but longer on warmer Earth

Sep 23, 2014 (SPX)

The fall foliage season that prompts millions of Americans to undertake jaunts into the countryside each year could come much later and possibly last a little l...

Smithsonian Scientists Discover Tropical Tree Microbiome in Panama

Sep 23, 2014 (SPX)

Human skin and gut microbes influence processes from digestion to disease resistance. Despite the fact that tropical forests are the most biodiverse terrestrial...

Global change: Trees continue to grow at a faster rate

Sep 22, 2014 (SPX)

Trees have been growing significantly faster since the 1960s. The typical development phases of trees and stands have barely changed, but they have accelerated ...

Britain pledges funds in fight against deforestation

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

Britain on Monday promised $234 million to step up the fight against deforestation, tackling a key contributor to climate change on the eve of a UN summit. Brit...

Major palm oil companies to halt deforestation

Sep 21, 2014 (UPI)

Due to mounting pressure from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Rainforest Action Network (RAN), five major palm oil companies have decided to halt de...