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China demand fuels illegal logging: report
Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)
The preservation of the world's forests "is in China's hands", a top environmental campaign group said Thursday, accusing the biggest wood importer and consumer...
Drained wetlands give off same amount of greenhouse gases as industry
Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)
Drained wetlands in Sweden account for the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as Swedish industry. This is shown by a summary of research from the Universi...
Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)
Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon has slowed for a fourth consecutive year to its lowest rate since authorities began monitoring the world's largest rainforest, ...
Island row dulls China land grab fears in Japan
Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)
A spat over disputed islands has put a damper on Chinese sales of Japanese products from cars to cosmetics, but there is relief in one market at a fall-off of f...
Maple syrup, moose, and the local impacts of climate change
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
In the northern hardwood forest, climate change is poised to reduce the viability of the maple syrup industry, spread wildlife diseases and tree pests, and chan...
Dry leaves make for juicy science
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
A research team consisting of a University of Arizona graduate student, about 40 middle school students and a UA research lab has undertaken the first systemati...
Preserve the services of mangroves - Earth's invaluable coastal forests
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
Experts are urging policy makers to preserve mangroves and their essential services to nature and humanity alike, saying their replacement with shrimp farms and...
Massive deforestation risks turning Somalia into desert
Nov 19, 2012 (AFP)
Hassan Hussein cuts down 40 trees every month to fuel his charcoal business, fully aware of the impact his action has on the environment. But for the livestock ...
Myanmar's forests at risk
Nov 19, 2012 (UPI)
As Myanmar opens to foreign investment and development, the country's forests face increasing challenges, experts say. The Myanmar government announced in Octob...
Texas A and M scientist taking infrared laser look at forests
Nov 15, 2012 (SPX)
The old adage "you can't see the forest for the trees" might mean more to Dr. Sorin Popescu than most people. Popescu, a Texas A and M University associate prof...
Forest fertilization can increase production, decrease carbon emissions
Nov 15, 2012 (SPX)
Fertilizing one's lawn is considered a necessary practice, as is with most agricultural crops. But how many people know about fertilizing a commercial forest, a...
Mountain meadows dwindling in the Pacific Northwest
Nov 07, 2012 (SPX)
Some high mountain meadows in the Pacific Northwest are declining rapidly due to climate change, a study suggests, as reduced snowpacks, longer growing seasons ...
New three-fingered frog discovered in southern Brazil
Nov 02, 2012 (AFP)
On a trek across this Atlantic rainforest reserve in southern Brazil, biologist Michel Garey recalled how on his birthday in 2007 he chanced upon what turned ou...
Inspiration from Mother Nature leads to improved wood
Nov 01, 2012 (SPX)
Using the legendary properties of heartwood from the black locust tree as their inspiration, scientists have discovered a way to improve the performance of soft...
Action needed to prevent more devastating tree diseases entering the UK
Nov 01, 2012 (SPX)
The UK Government has recently imposed a ban on importing foreign ash trees in order to prevent the spread of the disease Chalara, which kills the trees and has...
Brazil's Indians appeal for help to stop eviction
Oct 25, 2012 (AFP)
The Guarani-Kaiowa Indians of central Brazil are desperately urging authorities to demarcate their ancestral lands to stop plans to evict them in a dispute with...
Sting forces venue switch in Philippines tree row
Oct 20, 2012 (AFP)
Rock superstar Sting has forced organisers to move his planned one-night show in the Philippines to another Manila venue amid a spat over pine trees involving t...
Ozone Affects Forest Watersheds
Oct 19, 2012 (SPX)
U.S. Forest Service and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) scientists have found that rising levels of ozone, a greenhouse gas, may amplify the impacts of hig...
US sets dumping probe on Chinese plywood
Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)
The United States launched Thursday a probe of Chinese imports of hardwood and decorative plywood suspected of being sold at below-cost in the US market. The Co...
Brazil president makes final changes to forestry law
Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vetoed nine articles of a new forestry code approved by Congress that environmentalists said would lead to further defore...
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