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Amazon deforestation slows: Brazil Brasilia (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 
Brazil lost 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) of Amazon jungle in September, but deforestation slowed by a third compared with the same month last year, according to official data released Wednesday. Environment Minister Carlos Minc said the speed at which the vast Amazon rain forest was being stripped was down 32 percent, based on satellite imagery from the government's National ... read moreTimber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages 
Columbia MO (SPX) Nov 04, 2009Frogs are croaking in clear-cut forests, but not exactly in their traditional manner. University of Missouri researchers found that removing all of the trees from a section of the forest had a negative effect on amphibians during their later life cycles, but had some positive effects during amphibians' aquatic larva stages at the beginning of their lives. To lessen the negative effects dur ... more
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Climate deal must take Russian forests into account: Putin
Moscow (AFP) Nov 2, 2009A global warming pact to be agreed next month in Copenhagen must take into account the carbon dioxide absorption potential of Russia's sprawling forests, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "Are we ready to support Denmark's efforts in the post-Kyoto period? We are ready to do this," Putin said at a press conference with visiting Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen. "Bu ... more 36 football fields deforested each minute: WWF 
Buenos Aires (AFP) Oct 22, 2009The equivalent of 36 football fields are being stripped from the world's forests each minute, the environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said in a statement released here on Thursday. The group, presenting its figures during a UN-organized World Forestry Congress held in the Argentine capital, called for "net deforestation of zero" by 2020. Rodney Taylor, in charge of the ... more Global Warming May Spur Increased Growth In Northwest Forests 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 26, 2009Global warming in the next century could cause a significant increase in the productivity of high-elevation forests of the Pacific Northwest, a new study suggests. However, forests at lower elevations - which in recent years have accounted for more than 80 percent of the region's timber harvest - could face a decline in growth. The potential changes, which are based on the projections of ... more Developing nations join West in deforestation fight 
Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2009Six developing countries will join five western nations, including the United States and Britain, to combat climate change by better managing forestry resources, the World Bank said Tuesday. The Forest Investment Program (FIP) will meet for the first time on October 29 in Washington to kickstart the program and discuss the criteria for selecting countries or regions of the world that could ... more |
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Fungus Hints That World's Forests Were Wiped Out In Global Catastrophe
London, UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2009Tiny organisms that covered the planet more than 250 million years ago appear to be a species of ancient fungus that thrived in dead wood, according to new research published in the journal Geology. The researchers behind the study, from Imperial College London and other universities in the UK, USA and The Netherlands, believe that the organisms were able to thrive during this period ... more 'Blue haze' over forested areas dangerous? 
College Station, Texas (UPI) Oct 8, 2009 U.S. scientists say the blue haze often appearing over heavily forested areas around the world might affect weather conditions and cause climate problems. Researchers led by Texas A&M University Professor Renyi Zhang said the haze is formed by natural emissions of chemicals, but human activities can worsen it to the point of its becoming problematic. Zhang, said the blue haze con ... more Australian State Water Policy Risks Plantation Industry 
Adelaide SA (SPX) Oct 09, 2009The South Australian Government must delay new Natural Resources Management legislation to licence forest water use until its economic, social and environmental impact can be assessed and appropriate amendments made, or risk the long term viability of the plantation forest industry, cautioned the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI). Chief executive Allan Hansard said, "It's ... more Climate pact must include forest scheme: WWF
Bangkok (AFP) Sept 29, 2009A leading environmental group on Tuesday urged delegates at UN climate talks in Bangkok to include plans to reward nations for saving their forests in any deal on global warming. WWF International released a survey saying that investors showed "significant support" for a carbon market mechanism, which would address the estimated 20 percent of global carbon emissions due to deforestation. ... more |
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