News About Trees and Forests 12-MAY-08 en-us Brasilia (AFP) May 8, 2008 - Brazil on Thursday launched an ambitious sustainable development plan for the Amazon that aims to lay down a new model for the vast jungle area balancing economic and environmental priorities, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.]]> ]]> Singapore (AFP) May 6, 2008 - The destruction of mangrove forests that served as a buffer from the sea is partly to blame for the massive death toll from a cyclone in Myanmar, the head of the ASEAN regional bloc said Tuesday.]]> Jakarta (AFP) May 2, 2008 - Environment group Greenpeace on Friday welcomed Unilever's backing of a moratorium on palm oil deforestation in Indonesia, saying the move will help save forests in the sprawling archipelago.]]> Hanoi (AFP) April 27, 2008 - Asia's rainforests are being rapidly destroyed, a trend accelerated by surging timber demand in booming China and India, and record food, energy and commodity prices, forest experts warn.]]> ]]> Moscow (AFP) April 23, 2008 - Russian fire services were on Wednesday battling blazes across Siberia blamed on an exceptionally mild winter and illegal logging.]]> Dalarna, Sweden (SPX) Apr 18, 2008 - The world's oldest recorded tree is a 9,550 year old spruce in the Dalarna province of Sweden. The spruce tree has shown to be a tenacious survivor that has endured by growing between erect trees and smaller bushes in pace with the dramatic climate changes over time. For many years the spruce tree has been regarded as a relative newcomer in the Swedish mountain region.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Apr 15, 2008 - As well as cutting our fossil fuel emissions, planting new forests, or managing existing forests or agricultural land more effectively can capitalise on nature's ability to act as a carbon sink. Research published online in the open access journal Carbon Balance and Management shows that although planting trees alone is unlikely to solve our climate problems, large-scale plantations could have a significant effect in the longer term.]]> ]]> Jakarta (AFP) April 11, 2008 - Three Indonesian police officers have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in illegal logging on Borneo island, the national police chief said Friday.]]> Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Apr 11, 2008 - The issues we are facing in Rural Australia are broad and range from the small to the large in scale and complexity. It may be appropriate to zero in on one big idea and look at it¿s various pieces - Namely water and land degradation and how rural Australia responds to its greatest challenge ever.]]> Paris (AFP) April 7, 2008 - Global carbon markets could generate billions of dollars each year for developing countries that tackle tropical deforestation, a major source of global warming, according to a new study.]]> SOLAR  ENERGY  SOLUTIONS

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]]> ]]> Brasilia (AFP) April 6, 2008 - Brazil's government is to pay residents of the Amazon money and credits for their "eco-services" in helping to preserve the vast forested area sometimes called the "lungs of the Earth" for its role its converting carbon dioxide.]]> Kano (AFP) March 27, 2008 - Nigeria will lose all of its remaining forests in the next 12 years if the rate of deforestation remains unchecked, an environmental expert warned Thursday.]]> Skopje (AFP) March 12, 2008 - Macedonians took a day off work on Wednesday to plant more than two million trees throughout the country in a bid to revive its forests after fires ravaged an estimated 35,000 hectares (87,000 acres) last summer.]]> Advertise in Terra Daily and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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