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Community forestry: Successful conservation in Nepal
photo by Ghintang (source: Flickr Creative Commons) Populations who see the benefit in preserving their own natural resources are better equipped to take care of them. That is the logic behind...
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Global warming encourages tree growth but dries up wetlands, studies show
photo by simplerich (source: Flickr Creative Commons) Longer growing seasons and higher concentrations of CO2 may encourage faster growth rates in trees, according to a 22-year scientific study of...
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Can carbon trading save Indonesia’s forests?
peatland drainage canal – photo by H Dragon (source: Flickr Creative Commons) According to Greenpeace, Indonesia had the fastest rate of deforestation in the world between the years 2000-2005. This...
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Australia: Logged forests more vulnerable to wildfires
photo by Sascha Grant (source: Flickr Creative Commons) A wildfire is currently raging in Western Australia, some 170 miles (275 km) north of the state capital, Perth. Though the area is mostly...
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UN provides some ‘good’ news on world’s forests
Smoke from slash-and-burn deforestation in Indonesia, photo by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory (image source: NASA) Forests are vanishing at an alarming rate in some countries – most notably parts of...
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2-meter-long lizards discovered in Philippines
Sierra Madre mountains, Luzon, Philippines; photo by headlessspider (source: Flickr Creative Commons) Previously unknown to the scientific community, a ‘new’ species of monitor lizard has been...
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Breaking: Agreement on international forest protection reached at Oslo...
photo by timekin (source: Flickr Creative Commons) At a UN climate conference in Oslo, Norway this week, nations agreed on an increase in aid from rich to poor countries to protect the Earth’s forests...
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Forest preservation takes center stage at Commonwealth conference
photo by Paul Morse (source: US govt) Tackling climate change through forest restoration is the theme at this year’s Commonwealth Forestry Conference, currently taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland. 40...
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A change in Brazil’s forestry laws could spell doom for Amazon rainforest
photo by Leonardo F. Freitas (leoffreitas, Flickr Creative Commons) A proposed reevaluation of forestry codes in Brazilian law could have catastrophic consequences for the Amazon rainforest. The issue...
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The battle to save Russia’s forests: Activists and firefighters on the front...
photo credit: Greenpeace Russia’s forests are facing threats from both development and Mother Nature. Forest fires are currently blazing in locations across the country, with the Moscow region being...
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Portugal and Spain battle wildfires
photo by Contando Estrelas (Flickr Creative Commons) Russia isn’t the only part of Europe currently suffering from dangerous and destructive wildfires. 19 fires are burning in the north of Portugal and...
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Heat wave in Turkey and Greece causes wildfires
photo by Lotus R (Flickr CC) Moscow and other parts of Russia recently experienced welcome relief in the form of cool rains after a summer dominated by deadly record temperatures and wildfires. Turkey...
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2,000 attend banned concert for Russian forest preservation
photo by Mikhail Shcherbakov (Vokabre on Flickr CC) Environmental activists have been fighting to save Russia’s Khimki forest from plans to build a federal highway through it. On Sunday a rock concert...
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UK govt backtracks on forest sell-off
photo by Dan Tentler (vissago on Flickr CC) A backlash against the UK government’s plans to privatize vast amounts of national forest has resulted in a softening of language concerning the proposed...
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Hurrah! No mega-dairy or mass forest sell-off for UK
photo by NotinmyCuppa (Flickr CC) Two bits of good eco-news in the UK this week: Despite the fact that these islands are largely going down the tubes as they become more and more a playground for the...
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Poland’s Białowieża forest is Europe’s natural time capsule
photo by author Last fall I had the opportunity to visit Europe’s last remaining primeval forest, the Białowieża forest in northeastern Poland. This is one of the few remaining places on the continent...
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Video: The boreal forests of the Komi Republic
photo by Demeulenaer & Van Ginderdeuren (Wikimedia Commons) The Komi Republic is located west of the Ural Mountains on the Eastern European Plain. Part of the Russian Federation, Komi’s human...
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Ecocide: Indonesia’s palm oil industry
photo by David Gilbert/RAN (Rainforest Action Network, Flickr CC) The coal and palm oil industries have been getting away with ecocide in the forests of Indonesia, threatening the traditional,...
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Ancient forest tales: Forgotten legend of the Place of Magical Power
Source: www.bialowieza-info.eu In the wilderness of the strict nature reserve, in the central part of Białowieża Forest, a stone circle was discovered a few years ago. The trees there, especially oaks,...
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This unique forest is in danger. Sign the petition!
Source: www.sxc.hu This is the last forest in Europe, where you can view and enjoy how it looked eight thousand years ago. Soon, however, this may change due to ongoing, and destructive human...
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