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Roads of destruction: we found vast numbers of illegal ‘ghost roads’ used to crack open pristine rainforest
What harm can a road do? Plenty. Once built, illegal roads let loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers into the jungle, and the felling begins.
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The Park Service Wants to Ban All Rock Climbing in Designated Wilderness
If the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service proposals pass, fixed anchors in wilderness will be considered illegal unless granted special permission
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Philanthropist group buys up large tracts of land in Romania to create ‘European Yellowstone’
Local residents who at first suspected gold or uranium deposits had been found are being won over by the initiative to protect nature and economically develop the areas involved
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Interactive Wildfires Map Tracks the Blazes in the U.S.
Monitor wildfires currently active in the lower 48 states and Alaska with Climate Central’s interactive wildfires map.
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This Week at Interior August 21, 2015
Published on Aug 21, 2015 This Week: Secretary Jewell mourns three U.S. Forest Service firefighters who died fighting a wildland fire near Twisp, Washington; for the first time since 2006 active duty military personnel are being mobilized to fight western wildfires; Interior releases its National Seed Strategy to help landscapes and habitats
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The forests of the world are in serious trouble, scientists report
By threatening the world's forests, humans ultimately harm themselves.
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Baikal on fire - 'it feels like doomsday'
Pristine forests around the world's oldest lake go up in flames.
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Rapid Climate Change Threatens Survival of World's Boreal Forests (and us with them)
You know all those trees burning in the Northwestern United States and Canada? Those are just a small part of the great boreal forests, a/k/a the taiga in Russia, that cover as much as thirty ...
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We’re about to lose four Texases worth of tropical rainforest—and it’s entirely preventable
Saving them would be one of the cheapest ways to prevent global warming.
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The World Lost An Area Of Trees Twice The Size Of Portugal In 2014
Tropical countries saw an "alarming" surge of tree cover loss in 2014, according to a new report.
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One piece of Boreal Forest, intact
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These trees can survive a forest fire
Scientists are investigating how this cypress can help manage wildfires around the world.
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Devastating photos of the world's deforestation
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Take a Dizzying Walk on the Wild Side Along the 'High Line of the Forest'
Soaring 40 feet above the forest floor, the Adirondacks' newest trail is a leaf-peeper's delight.
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The Feds just got sued for letting Nestlé bottle water in California's drought country.
A group of environmental organizations sued the US Forest Service on Tuesday, claiming that it allowed Nestlé to illegally divert millions of gallons of water from California's San Bernadino National Forest to use for Arrowhead brand bottled water while the state struggles through a historic drought.
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Setting a country alight: Indonesia's devastating forest fires are manmade
We are witnessing the worst manmade environmental disaster since the BP gulf oil spill. Huge, out-of-control fires rage through the forests of Indonesia – and the source of many is the practice of deliberately burning the land to clear it for palm oil and paper products. Thousands of fires have been lit to clear land simply because it is 75% cheaper than other methods. By burning down forests companies can get access to the land and can commence...
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How Fire, Once a Friend of Forests, Became a Destroyer
This summer, eye-watering smoke hung over much of the western United States, and flames threatened homes, towns, and even the giant sequoias of Kings Canyon National Park. By mid-November, wildfires had burned 9.8 million acres across the country, and 2015 was on track to become the biggest fire year in at least a decade. Rising temperatures, drought, and dense forests created by decades of fire suppression are contributing to larger, faster-moving wildfires.
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More logging reported in monarch butterflies’ reserve
Monarch butterflies are arriving at their Michoacán and State of México sanctuaries, but they are under threat once again due to reports of illegal logging.
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Study: Half of Amazon Tree Species Could Become Extinct
More than half of the tree species in the Amazon, the world's most diverse forest, could become extinct if not protected from threats ranging from mining to climate-related fires and droughts, according to a study released Nov. 20 by Chicago's Field Museum. Some 36 percent to 57 percent of the Amazon's estimated 15,000 tree species probably qualify as “globally threatened” under International Union for Conservation of Nature criteria, said the study...
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2015 Was The Costliest Wildfire Season Ever
The U.S. Forest Service spent almost $2 billion fighting fires in 2015.
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