News articles tagged with 'forest'
Markets drive conservation in Central Africa
— 20 Nov 2011 18:36 | EnvironmentCertification has shown that commercial forestry can co-exist with conservation objectives in the Congo Basin, according to conclusions reached at an international seminar 'Forest management…
Study shows deforestation causes cooling
— 16 Nov 2011 21:25 | EnvironmentDeforestation, considered by scientists to contribute significantly to global warming, has been shown by a Yale-led team to actually cool the local climate in northern latitudes, according…
Mountain pine beetle marching east from Alberta
— 4 Apr 2011 17:40 | BiologyA University of Alberta-led research team has determined that the mountain pine beetle has invaded jack pine forests in Alberta, opening up the possibility for an infestation that could…
Russian boreal forests undergoing vegetation change, study shows
— 29 Mar 2011 16:01 | EnvironmentRussia's boreal forest - the largest continuous expanse of forest in the world, found in the country's cold northern regions - is undergoing an accelerating large-scale shift in vegetation…
Monitoring peccaries in Brazil benefits wildlife, local communities and food security
— 28 Mar 2011 14:22 | EnvironmentVeterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the State Institute of Animal Health (IAGRO) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil have conducted one of the first health assessments…
Water for an integrative climate paradigm
— 14 Mar 2011 20:36 | EnvironmentInternational climate negotiations are deadlocked between the affluent global North and 'developing' South, between political Left and Right, and between believers and deniers. Now,…
Tracking forest threats
— 5 Mar 2011 13:18 | EnvironmentAlerts from an early warning system developed in part by DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could help protect forests across the U.S. from the threats of insects, disease and wildfire…
Climate change causing demise of lodgepole pine in western North America
— 1 Mar 2011 18:48 | EnvironmentLodgepole pine, a hardy tree species that can thrive in cold temperatures and plays a key role in many western ecosystems, is already shrinking in range as a result of climate change…
Bacteria living on old-growth trees
— 24 Feb 2011 20:59 | BiologyA new study by Dr Zoe Lindo, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Biology at McGill University, and Jonathan Whiteley, a doctoral student in the same department, shows that large,…
New bird emphasises the critical need to conserve the remaining dry forests of Madagascar
— 24 Feb 2011 20:53 | BiologyIn a recent issue of the scientific journal Zootaxa, researchers from Madagascar and the United States described a new species of forest-dwelling rail. The new bird was named Mentocrex…