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Thousands flee New Zealand wildfire
Thousands of people have been evacuated from a New Zealand town as firefighters battle a wildfire stoked by winds in the country's South Island. The blaze, which began six days ago near the city of Nelson, is now threatening the town of Wakefield. A state of emergency has been declared and about 3,000 people have fled their homes in the district of Tasman.
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Norway Becomes World’s First Country to Ban Deforestation
Norway has become the first country to ban deforestation. The Norwegian Parliament pledged May 26 that the government’s public procurement policy will be deforestation-free. Any product that contributes to deforestation will not be used in the Scandinavian country. The pledge was recommended by Norwegian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Energy and Environment as part of the Action Plan on Nature Diversity. Rainforest Foundation Norway was the main lobbying power behind this recommendation and has worked for years to bring the pledge to existence.
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US climate policy must protect forests and communities, not the forest industry
The introduction of The Green New Deal resolution and the appointment of a House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, has propelled climate change back into the national policy debate. That’s why today, on the International Day of Forests, hundreds of citizens across the nation are urging members of Congress to stand up and protect America’s forests and to hold the US forest industry accountable for its contribution to climate change.
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Reforestation Drones Drop Seeds Instead of Bombs, Planting 100,000 Trees Per Day Each
The math is simple. Humans are cutting down 15 billion trees a year and replanting only 9 billion, creating an annual net loss of 6 billion trees. Planting trees by hand is time consuming and expensive, making it difficult to keep up with bulldozers clear-cutting over 40 football fields of trees ever minute. We’ve had impressive efforts, such as India planting 66 million trees in a day, but that was a large-scale event, which required organizing millions of volunteers. It would be difficult to recreate something like that on a regular basis.
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Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon
Plans to triple the area of plantations will not meet 1.5 °C climate goals. New natural forests can, argue Simon L. Lewis, Charlotte E. Wheeler and colleagues.
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Tree sleuths are using DNA tests and machine vision to crack timber crimes
Scientists are optimistic that innovative techniques can pinpoint the true origin of timber.
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Sikhs aim to plant million trees as 'gift to the planet'
Sikhs around the world are taking part in a scheme to plant a million new trees as a “gift to the entire planet”. The project aims to reverse environmental decline and help people reconnect with nature as part of celebrations marking 550 years since the birth of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak.
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Regrowing tropical forests recover fast in tree species richness, but slow in species composition
Tropical forests that regrow on abandoned agricultural land contain within a few decennia already most of the species of the original old-growth forest. Within 20 years the species richness is already 80% of that of old-growth forests. Their species composition, however, is totally different. Tree species are different, as well as their abundances, a team of around 80 researchers writes in Science Advances.
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Drones Helping Restore Forests by Seeding 400,000 Plants Per Day
There is no doubt that the mass destruction of trees — deforestation — is increasing day by day and also this process is sacrificing the long-term advantages of live trees only for short-term profit. As per reports from National Geographic, forests may still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land but, they are vanishing at an alarming rate. Also, another report by World Bank states that between 1990 and 2016, the world lost around 502,000 square miles ( 1.3 million square kilometers) of the forest area that is larger than South Africa’s area (1.22 million square kilometers).
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Illegal marijuana growers poison forests—these people fight back
Deep inside Northern California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest, wildlife ecologist Mourad Gabriel is dressed in camouflage, waiting for the raid. He’s accompanied by more than a dozen armed officers with the U.S. Forest Service, local sheriff’s office, and other agencies on a hot August afternoon. Their plan: to seize and dismantle a nearby illegal marijuana grow site, hundreds of which are discovered on California’s national forests each year.
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Alipay’s sustainability commitment has seen 100mn trees planted
Alipay has had millions of trees planted across China as part of a green initiative, it was announced on Earth Day. The ‘Ant Forest’ program within the Alipay app rewards users for making environmentally friendly decisions in their daily lives through a points system which can then be used to plant trees. At present, trees are being planted in areas of China with low vegetation, with the company saying it has planted 100mn trees so far. Ant Forest was first launched in 2016.
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Planned Burns Can Reduce Forests Wildfire Risks
As spring settles in across the United States, western states are already preparing for summer and wildfire season. And although it may seem counter-intuitive, some of the most urgent conversations are about getting more fire onto the landscape. Winter and spring, before conditions become too hot and dry, are common times for conducting planned and controlled burns designed to reduce wildfire hazard. Fire managers intentionally ignite fires within a predetermined area to burn brush, smaller trees and other plant matter.
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Urban trees 'live fast, die young' compared to those in rural forests
Urban trees grow more quickly but die faster than rural trees, resulting in a net loss of street-tree carbon storage over time, according to a study published May 8 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ian Smith of Boston University, US and colleagues. The findings suggest that planting initiatives alone may not be sufficient to maintain or enhance canopy cover and biomass due to the unique demographics of urban ecosystems.
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Ontario tree nursery to destroy millions of trees due to provincial cutbacks
One of the main nurseries for an Ontario tree planting program that's being scrapped by the province said it will likely have to destroy about three million trees because of the cancellation.
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These scientists are setting a forest on fire — and studying it with drones
Data from the blaze in Utah could improve models of how wildfire smoke spreads.
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Satellite data shows Amazon deforestation rising under Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro
BRASILIA (REUTERS) - Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May (2019) to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal loggers encouraged by the easing of environmental protections under President Jair Bolsonaro.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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‘If we don’t burn it, nature will’: Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire
In the face of more intense and frequent wildfires, federal land managers consider adopting burning practices the Southeast has been successfully using for decades. By Maya Miller, Samantha Max.
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Why More Roads in the Congo Basin Could Lead to Increased Deforestation
The construction of logging roads in the region has doubled over the past 15 years, and researchers warn that this increase could have serious environmental ramifications.
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Damages in Natural Forests
Bark beetles do not cause damages in natural forests such as the Bavarian Forest National Park where they are part of the natural dynamic processes that occur in forests. It is the ideal environment for scientists to study the insects and their impact on forests and to draw conclusions for forestry operations.
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Adding 1 billion hectares of forest could help check global warming
Global temperatures could rise 1.5° C above industrial levels by as early as 2030 if current trends continue, but trees could help stem this climate crisis. A new analysis finds that adding nearly 1 billion additional hectares of forest could remove two-thirds of the roughly 300 gigatons of carbon humans have added to the atmosphere since the 1800s.
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