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India Plants 50 Million Trees in One Day, Smashing World Record
More than 800,000 volunteers pitched in to help the country fight climate change.
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Inside Quebec’s Great, Multi-Million-Dollar Maple-Syrup Heist
With the value of maple syrup at roughly $1,300 a barrel, it’s time everyone knew about FPAQ, the Canadian group that controls 72 percent of the world’s supply. By Rich Cohen.
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Drought, That is Caused by Climate Change, is Causing Mass Tree Mortality in Forests Worldwide
In an analysis published in the journal Ecology Letters, the authors suggest that forests globally are at risk from the increased severity and frequency of droughts. The results show that trees across the world show a similar response, with death increasing consistently when drought severity increases. Dr Sarah Greenwood, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Stirling’s Faculty of Natural Sciences, explained that they have noticed that the death of trees caused by drought is consistent around the world and across diverse environments.
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Burger King animal feed sourced from deforested lands in Brazil and Bolivia
The hamburger chain Burger King has been buying animal feed produced in soy plantations carved out by the burning of tropical forests in Brazil and Bolivia, according to a new report. Jaguars, giant anteaters and sloths have all been affected by the disappearance of around 700,000 hectares (1,729,738 acres) of forest land between 2011 and 2015. The campaign group Mighty Earth says that evidence gathered from aerial drones, satellite imaging, supply-chain mapping and field research shows a systematic pattern of forest-burning.
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Illegal Pot Farms Are Poisoning California’s Forests
In the gray half-light of dawn, eight figures creep through the dry pine forest near Quincy, California. Seven of them wear camo uniforms bearing the logos of various government agencies: U.S. Forest Service, National Guard, California Fish & Wildlife, Plumas County Sheriff. Most have blackened faces and assault rifles at the ready. An 11-year-old Belgian Malinois named Phebe and her K9 handler lead the way.
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Thailand to increase green areas by 40 percent in next 20 years
Thailand plans to create forests in urban areas to help absorb air pollution and build more green offices. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) Permanent Secretary Wijarn Simachaya said in a seminar on topic of forests in cities and sustainability that the ministry is now pursuing its 20-year plan to increase green areas in the country by 40 percent, compared to 32 percent at present.
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IISc Bangalore scientists are doing seed bombing with drones to plant a forest | FactorDaily
Scientists from IISc Bangalore have hatched a three-year UAV seed-bombing plan, with a goal to turn inaccessible areas into forests.
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China breaks ground on first “Forest City” that fights air pollution
Stefano Boeri Architetti designed the first “Forest City” in China, which is now under construction Liuzhou, Guangxi Province.
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Brazil planning to open up 860,000 acres of the Amazon to logging, mining and farming
The Brazilian environment ministry is proposing the release of 860,000 acres in the National Forest of Jamanxim for agricultural use, mining and logging. The government’s order was a compromise measure after protests from local residents and ecologists who claim that the bill could lead to further deforestation in the Pará area. If approved, the legislation will create a new protection area (APA) close to Novo Progresso. Around 27 percent of the national forest would be converted into an APA, the ministry said.
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Want to protect forests in poor nations? Pay landowners not to cut, study says
As environmentalists debate how best to preserve the world's dwindling forests, a study published on Thursday offered a simple solution: pay land owners in poor countries not to cut down the trees. Deforestation dropped by more than half in Ugandan villages where land owners were paid about $28 per hectare each year if they preserved their trees, according to the study from U.S. researchers published in the journal Science.
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Paying people to preserve forests really seems to work
It's a cost-effective option for carbon management.
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Orange is the new green: How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest
In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture in a Costa Rican national park. Today, that area is covered in lush, vine-laden forest.
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'The last place on Earth': how Sumatra's rainforest is being cleared for palm oil
A palm oil company is continuing to clear forest in a fast-diminishing elephant habitat in Indonesia’s Leuser ecosystem despite being the subject of two reports into illegal deforestation, according to a prominent environmental organisation.
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Alarm as study reveals world’s tropical forests are huge carbon emission source
The world’s tropical forests are so degraded they have become a source rather than a sink of carbon emissions, according to a new study that highlights the urgent need to protect and restore the Amazon and similar regions. Researchers found that forest areas in South America, Africa and Asia – which have until recently played a key role in absorbing greenhouse gases – are now releasing 425 teragrams of carbon annually, which is more than all the traffic in the United States.
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Vikings Razed the Forests. Can Iceland Regrow Them?
The country lost most of its trees long ago. Despite years of replanting, it isn’t making much progress.
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Invisible Forest: Chasing the Illegal Loggers Looting the Amazon
The urgent question: Can government agents finally prove that enough trees come from illegal logging sites in Peru to stop shipments into the US?
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Seriously Metal Photos of Canada’s Tree Planters
Rita Leistner’s latest exhibition captures the intensity of tree planting.
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A third of animals are vanishing as roads spread through forests
The world’s forests are being criss-crossed by roads and clearings, and as a result many backboned animals are becoming less abundant.
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Poland defiant despite two-week warning to stop illegal deforestation or be fined €100,000 a day
he Polish environment minister has claimed Poland is fully compliant with the EU over controversial logging in one of Europe’s last areas of primeval forest after it was threatened with fines of at least €100,000 a day if it refused to end the practice. At a press conference on Tuesday Jan Szyszko, Poland’s environment minister, insisted Poland was in “100 per cent compliance with European Commission recommendations” over management of the Bialowieza Forest.
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Britain's Next Megaproject: A Coast-to-Coast Forest
The plan is for 50 million new trees to repopulate one of the least wooded parts of the country—and offer a natural escape from several cities in the north.
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