FORESTS
Tropical rainforest clearance threatens global crops
Dec 22, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
When deforestation occurs in South America, Southeast Asia and Africa, the effects on crop production will be felt in areas as far away as the US Midwest, Europe and China, according to a new study published in Nature
Ed Davey versus America
Nov 26, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
50,000 Americans have petitioned Ed Davey to end the UK’s programme for wood pellet power generation
Global trade is key driver of deforestation
Nov 18, 2014
Written by
Chris Fitch
The ever-growing international trade in beef, soy, palm oil and wood products has been found as one of the key drivers of worldwide deforestation
Peru quantifies carbon stocks
Oct 01, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
A map detailing carbon stocks across Peru has been launched after a collaboration between the Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO), the Peruvian Ministry of Environment and Wake Forest University
Forest fires partly responsible for Greenland melts
Jul 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Large-scale surface melting of Greenland ice in 1889 and 2012 caused by combination of rising temperatures and Northern Hemisphere forest fire ash, not warming alone
US fires getting bigger and more frequent
Jul 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Over the past 30 years, wildfires across the western USA have been getting bigger and more frequent, according to new research
Fruits of the forest
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Henry Wismayer
Once a hotbed of political unrest, southern Kyrgyzstan is now home to an innovative ecotourism initiative based around its walnut forests
Defenders of the forest
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Rod Harbison
Threats to Cambodia’s remote Cardamom forests, which offer a last refuge to numerous endangered species, have led to the formation of an unusual alliance
Africa's carbon potential mapped
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
An international team of scientists has developed a map that identifies the areas in tropical Africa where carbon-stocking projects would provide the greatest benefits
Calcium key to restoring forests damaged by acid rain
Nov 01, 2013
Written by
Olivia Edward
Adding calcium to the soil can help to reverse the decades-long decline of forests damaged by acid rain, according to a paper published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters
Looking differently
Oct 01, 2013
Written by
Geordie Torr
Rainforest conservation has long focused on pristine jungle and indigenous communities. Geordie Torr visits a new project in Manu, Peru, that’s instead investigating the importance of degraded forest and immigrant communities
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