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Calcium key to restoring acid rain-damaged forests
Sep 24, 2013 (SPX)
Calcium can do much more than strengthen bones. The mineral is a critical nutrient for healthy tree growth, and new research shows that adding it to the soil he...
Virginia Tech scientists show why traumatized trees don't 'bleed' to death
Sep 24, 2013 (SPX)
Why don't trees "bleed" to death when they are injured? Researchers from Virginia Tech, the Georg-August University of Gottingen, Germany, and the Jackson Labor...
31 percent of timber, mining, agriculture concessions in 12 nations overlap with local land rights
Sep 22, 2013 (SPX)
A new analysis of land-use concessions in emerging market economies (EMEs) in Africa, Asia and Latin America shows that at least one out of every three hectares...
Tropical forest carbon absorption may hinge on an odd couple
Sep 20, 2013 (SPX)
A unique housing arrangement between a specific group of tree species and a carbo-loading bacteria may determine how well tropical forests can absorb carbon dio...
Heavily logged forests still valuable for tropical wildlife
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
New research has found rainforests that have been logged several times continue to hold substantial value for biodiversity and could have a role in conservation...
Mangroves bring wildlife back to Senegal coast
Sep 18, 2013 (AFP)
Crabs scuttle among mangrove roots in a dense riverbank forest in southern Senegal, where a major reforestation project is reviving wildlife and boosting the we...
US slaps high dumping tariffs on Chinese wood products
Sep 17, 2013 (AFP)
The United States on Tuesday slapped high anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese hardwood and decorative plywood products, hitting nearly $750 million worth of imports...
Amazon deforestation due in part to soybean growing
Sep 17, 2013 (AFP)
Fighting deforestation of the Amazon for cattle raising and farming is one of the great rallying cries of the world's conservationists. And, while soybean growi...
Climate Change May Speed Up Forests' Life Cycles
Sep 16, 2013 (SPX)
Many climate studies have predicted that tree species will respond to global warming by migrating via seed dispersal to cooler climates. But a new study of 65 d...
An unprecedented threat to Peru's cloud forests
Sep 16, 2013 (SPX)
Peru's cloud forests are some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. A profusion of tree and plant species as well as one third of Peru's mam...
Uruguay going slow on pulp mill opposed by Argentinaw.lll
Sep 12, 2013 (UPI)
Uruguay, in a major concession to Buenos Aires, said it will go slow on commissioning a second pulp mill on the river it shares with Argentina. Uruguayan Presid...
400-year study finds Northeast forests resilient, changing
Sep 11, 2013 (SPX)
A joint Harvard-Smithsonian study released in the journal PLOS ONE reveals how much -- and how little -- Northeastern forests have changed after centuries of in...
New technique for measuring tree growth cuts down on research time
Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)
Tree growth is measured to understand tree health, fluxes in carbon sequestration, and other forest ecosystem functions. It is one of the most essential and wid...
Red cedar tree study shows that Clean Air Act is reducing pollution, improving forests
Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)
A collaborative project involving a Kansas State University ecologist has shown that the Clean Air Act has helped forest systems recover from decades of sulfur ...
Northeastern US forests transformed by human activity over 400 years
Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)
Forests in the northeastern US have been radically transformed over the last four centuries by human activity, and their relationship with climate factors like ...
Argentina protests Uruguay pulp mill expansion
Sep 05, 2013 (UPI)
Argentina has revived complaints against neighbor Uruguay's plan to expand a eucalyptus pulp mill near the Uruguay river, a waterway the two countries share. Bu...
African desert plantations could help carbon capture
Aug 27, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists believe that planting trees in African coastal deserts could capture carbon dioxide. Additional benefits from planting trees would include reducing h...
To protect Amazon, Colombia enlarges nature reserve
Aug 22, 2013 (AFP)
Colombia on Wednesday more than doubled the size of a huge nature reserve as it fights to protect the Amazon from deforestation. Environment Minister Juan Gabri...
Rising deforestation sparks concern in Brazil Amazon
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is on the rise sharply, sparking alarm over the future of the world's biggest rainforest. Between June and last August, Im...
Brazil Amazon town takes a stand against deforestation
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
When farmer Luiz Martins Neto first moved to Sao Felix do Xingu a quarter of a century ago, the area had virgin forest, gold and a reservation for the local ind...
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