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Incentives as effective as penalties for slowing Amazon deforestation
Jun 30, 2014 (SPX)
The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has declined. An international team of scientists, including one from Virginia Tech, reviewed published resear...
New study shows Indonesia's disastrous deforestation
Jun 29, 2014 (AFP)
Satellite images have found that Indonesia's ancient forests, a cradle of biodiversity and a buffer against climate change, have shrunk much faster than thought...
Conifers may give way to a more broad-leafed forest in the next century
Jun 25, 2014 (SPX)
Over the next 100 years, Minnesota's iconic boreal forest and deep snow may change into a deciduous forest with winters warm enough for some precipitation to fa...
Australian greens hail Tasmanian Wilderness decision
Jun 24, 2014 (AFP)
Environment groups Tuesday hailed a UNESCO decision to reject a bid to revoke World Heritage status for parts of the Tasmanian Wilderness as "a strong rebuke" t...
UNESCO says all of Tasmanian forest to stay protected
Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)
The UN's cultural body on Monday rejected a controversial Australian attempt to revoke World Heritage status for parts of the Tasmanian Wilderness, which would ...
Discovery of a bud-break gene could lead to trees adapted for a changing climate
Jun 23, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have confirmed the function of a gene that controls the awakening of trees from winter dormancy, a critical factor in their ability to adjust to envi...
Saving trees in tropics could cut emissions by one-fifth
Jun 16, 2014 (SPX)
Reducing deforestation in the tropics would significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere - by as much as one-fifth - research show...
Australian natural wonders under UNESCO spotlight
Jun 15, 2014 (AFP)
Australia is home to some of the most pristine environment on Earth, but two of its most high-profile protected areas face threats to their status as World Heri...
Forest loss starves fish
Jun 13, 2014 (SPX)
Debris from forests that washes into freshwater lakes supplements the diets of microscopic zooplankton and the fish that feed off them - creating larger and str...
For forests, an earlier spring than ever
Jun 13, 2014 (SPX)
Every spring, as the weather warms, trees in forests up and down the east coast explode in a bright green display of life as leaves fill their branches, and eve...
Environmental 'one-two punch' imperils Amazonian forests
Jun 12, 2014 (SPX)
One of the world's longest-running ecological studies has revealed that Amazonian forests are being altered by multiple environmental threats - creating even gr...
Land quality and deforestation rate in Brazil
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
In the last decade, Brazil's skyrocketing agricultural production worried some observers who were concerned about the loss of forestland. Land-use policies appe...
Brazil leads the world in reducing carbon emissions
Jun 09, 2014 (SPX)
As the world turns its attention to Brazil with the opening of the World Cup this month, many people around the globe know the country's soccer fame, but few re...
Study Revises Theory on Growth and Carbon Storage in Mature Trees
Jun 04, 2014 (SPX)
As forests age, their ability to grow decreases, a new study by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists and colleagues has determined. Since most U.S. for...
Half of world's forest species at risk: UN
Jun 03, 2014 (AFP)
Half of the world's forest species are at risk from climate change and farming, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as it called for "urgent action" to manage...
Koala shows it's cool to be a tree hugger
Jun 03, 2014 (AFP)
Australia's cuddly koala rarely drinks water and doesn't have any sweat glands, long leaving scientists to wonder how it cools off in a heatwave. On Wednesday, ...
Philippine rebels free kidnapped forest workers
Jun 02, 2014 (AFP)
Communist rebels waging a long-running insurgency in the Philippines freed Monday a group of forestry surveyors they had seized on suspicion of being government...
Six Philippine forest workers kidnapped: military
Jun 01, 2014 (AFP)
Gunmen have kidnapped six forestry surveyors in the violence-stricken southern Philippines, the military said Sunday, the latest in a number of attacks against ...
Vines choke a forest's ability to capture carbon
May 28, 2014 (SPX)
Tropical forests are a sometimes-underappreciated asset in the battle against climate change. They cover seven percent of land surface yet hold more than 30 per...
Canadian forestry firm sues over environmental audit
May 20, 2014 (AFP)
Canada's largest forest products company is suing over an audit that criticized the company's logging practices for violating environmental standards, according...
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