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North Face founder takes up Argentina marsh cause Rincon Del Socorro, Argentina (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 
As a man who starts his day with fencing practice, Douglas Tompkins knows better than most that winning a battle requires a nifty combination of defense and offense. Those are lessons that are serving well this US multi-millionaire who left behind the world of business -- notably co-founding the North Face and Esprit clothing brands -- to focus on saving the environment. His latest ... read moreGrowth Spurt In Tree Rings Prompts Questions 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 18, 2009The researchers studied bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) at three sites in California and Nevada, close to the upper elevation limit of tree growth. The tree-ring record showed wider rings in recent decades, indicating a surge in growth in the second half of the 20th century that was greater than at any time in the last 3,700 years. "We've got a pretty strong pointer that temperature ... more
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Boreal Forests Store More Carbon Than Tropical Forests
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 17, 2009When the world thinks of forests and their value to offset global warming, tropical forests come to mind. A new report shows that the global impact of Canada's boreal forest, which stores nearly twice as much carbon per hectare as tropical forests, has been vastly underestimated. "The Carbon the World Forgot" identifies the boreal forests of North America as not only the cornerstone ... more Kenya starts forest eviction 
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 16, 2009The Kenyan government on Monday began evicting settlers from the Mau forest, the country's main water catchment area, which deforestation has shrunk by a quarter in 20 years, an official told AFP. "The operation commences today. It targets illegal settlers in the southwestern part of the Mau," said Christian Lambrechts, a scientist from the United Nations Environment Programme under ... more Senegal's dream of a 'Green Wall' against the desert 
Labgar, Senegal (AFP) Nov 13, 2009There is little to show for it apart from small acacia shrubs, but Senegal's leader believes in a Great Green Wall that will stem desertification across Africa from coast to coast. The project, launched in 2005, was meant to concern nations from Senegal on the Atlantic Ocean to Djibouti on the Red Sea. But four years later, the Green Wall has barely emerged from the dust, and its support ... more Brazil stems loss of Amazon rainforest 
Brasilia (AFP) Nov 13, 2009Brazil experienced the smallest loss of its sprawling Amazon rainforest over the past year in more than two decades, the government said, attributing the change to its tougher environmental policies. The region, considered the world's "lungs" for its capacity to absorb carbon emissions, still lost 7,000 square kilometers (2,700 square miles) of rainforest between July 2008 and July 2009. ... more |
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Amazon deforestation slows: Brazil
Brasilia (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Brazil 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 ... more Timber 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 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 |
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