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Working wood locally in Congo basin poses challenge

Oct 27, 2013 (AFP)

Countries of Africa's Congo Basin would like to grow richer by making and selling products from their abundant supply of timber, but experts see a path strewn w...

Gum leaves rich in lil' gold nuggets

Oct 25, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists from CSIRO made the discovery and have published their findings in the journal Nature Communications. "The eucalypt acts as a hydraulic pump - its ro...

Risk of Amazon rainforest dieback is higher than IPCC projects

Oct 24, 2013 (SPX)

A new study suggests the southern portion of the Amazon rainforest is at a much higher risk of dieback due to stronger seasonal drying than projections made by ...

Economic Assessment of Mountain Pine Beetle Timber Salvage

Oct 23, 2013 (SPX)

A recently published study by U.S. Forest Service researchers evaluates potential revenues from harvesting standing timber killed by mountain pine beetle in the...

Without plants, Earth would cook under billions of tons of additional carbon

Oct 22, 2013 (SPX)

Enhanced growth of Earth's leafy greens during the 20th century has significantly slowed the planet's transition to being red-hot, according to the first study ...

Field Museum scientists estimate 16,000 tree species in the Amazon

Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers, taxonomists, and students from The Field Museum and 88 other institutions around the world have provided new answers to two simple but long-standin...

Climate change creates complicated consequences for North America's forests

Oct 18, 2013 (SPX)

Climate change affects forests across North America - in some cases permitting insect outbreaks, plant diseases, wildfires and other problems -- but Dartmouth r...

A few tree species dominate Amazon

Oct 18, 2013 (AFP)

The world's largest tropical forest actually contains a lot of the same kinds of trees, according to research on the Amazon published this week in the US journa...

Massive spruce beetle outbreak in Colorado tied to drought

Oct 16, 2013 (SPX)

A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates drought high in the northern Colorado mountains is the primary trigger of a massive spruce beetle outbreak ...

Forests most likely to continue shrinking

Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)

Forest cover around the world will continue a slow shrinking before stabilizing at a lower level, according to a new study from the University of Guelph. Resear...

Historic trends predict future global reforestation unlikely

Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)

Feeding a growing global population while also slowing or reversing global deforestation may only be possible if agricultural yields rise and/or per capita food...

Alarming suicide rates among Brazil's Guarani Indians

Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)

Survival International, a non-profit which champions the rights of indigenous people around the world, on Wednesday highlighted alarming suicide rates among Bra...

Death of a spruce tree

Oct 09, 2013 (SPX)

Examining a long-lived forest, researchers have found that Black Spruce trees, which dominate the northern forests of North America, succumb about five years af...

Argentina taking Uruguay to world court over pulp mill, again

Oct 04, 2013 (UPI)

Argentina is taking Uruguay to the International Court of Justice at The Hague over its claim a border pulp mill affects its "environmental sovereignty." In Apr...

ForWarn follows rapidly changing forest conditions

Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)

U.S. Forest Service and partner scientists are keeping a watchful eye on forest health. As fall colors replace the lush greenness of spring and summer, research...

Wildlife face 'Armageddon' as forests shrink

Oct 02, 2013 (SPX)

Species living in rainforest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than was previously thought, says an international team of scientists. In a study s...

Indonesia, EU seal pact to stop illegal timber exports

Sep 30, 2013 (AFP)

Indonesia, Asia's leading exporter of timber to Europe, on Monday signed a long-awaited pact with the European Union to fight the trade in illegal timber, a dri...

Seeing the forest and the trees

Sep 30, 2013 (SPX)

Ever wonder what plants do when you're not around? How about an entire forest or grassland? Not even the most dedicated plant researcher can be continuously pre...

Uphill for the trees of the world

Sep 27, 2013 (SPX)

Human civilisation has had an impact on the world, and it continues to have an even greater impact. One of these is that the forests have been cleared and espec...

Tropical forests 'fix' themselves

Sep 24, 2013 (SPX)

Tropical forests speed their own recovery, capturing nitrogen and carbon faster after being logged or cleared for agriculture. Researchers working at the Smiths...