Posted on 30 April 2009 by takecover08
In the Tree Garden of Kilravock Castle is what looks like a giant octopus, says Steven McKenzie, a reporter for the BBC News website.
Called a layering beech, its limbs snake out from a sturdy trunk and bend to the ground where they have taken root before twisting skywards.
More than 300-years-old, it is classed as “extremely [...]
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Posted on 27 April 2009 by takecover08
Forests’ role as massive carbon sinks is “at risk of being lost entirely”, the BBC’s Mark Kinver has reported top forestry scientists as warning.
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) says forests are under increasing degrees of stress as a result of climate change.
Forests could release vast amounts of carbon if temperatures rise 2.5C [...]
Filed under: biodiversity, carbon, climate change, climate negotiations, conservation, deforestation, natural disasters, research, sequestration | Tagged: adaptability, bbc news, biomes, carbon, climate, climate change, copenhagen climate summit, ecology, forests, global forests assessment, global warming, greenhouse gases, iufro, mark kinver, research, science, sequestration, unff, united nations | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 20 April 2009 by takecover08
People in Japan have long celebrated the arrival of the cherry blossom with picnics under the trees and this year is no exception, as the BBC’s Roland Buerk reports.
However, he goes on to add that the worst economic crisis since World War II has taken the shine off the festivities.
The winter was long, cold, grey [...]
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Posted on 18 March 2009 by takecover08
World forests face the dual challenge of climate change and the global economic crisis, a key UN report says.
On the BBC News website, environment reporter Mark Kinver said it suggested that although the economic slowdown might reduce deforestation rates in the short term, it was also likely to lead to other problems.
One concern, would be [...]
Filed under: climate change, deforestation, forestry sector, illegal logging, research, tree stats | Tagged: bbc news, climate change, deforestation, ecology, fao, forests, mark kinver, redd, reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation, rome, state of the world's forests report, un, woodlands, world forest week | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 2 March 2009 by takecover08
Naturalists in south-eastern England say they have been astounded by the large number of ancient trees that have been found preserved in the peat soil of the Fens, the BBC News website reports.
Conservationists in Cambridgeshire say dozens of the “bog oaks” – which can be up to 40ft (12m) long – have been [...]
Filed under: conservation, research | Tagged: ancicent wood, bbc news, bog oaks, cambridgeshire, fens, fossil wood, fossils, great fen project, haddenham conservation society, ice age, peatlands | 1 Comment »
Posted on 29 January 2009 by takecover08
A ban on the use of charcoal in Chad is making life hard for people already struggling with high food prices, reports BBC News reporter Celeste Hicks.
Families are being forced to burn furniture, cow dung, rubbish and roots of plants in order to cook.
Since the clampdown was announced – officially in order to help the [...]
Filed under: conservation, deforestation, desertification, illegal logging, security | Tagged: ban, bbc news, chad, charcoal, climate change, cooking, demonstrations, desertification, environment, policy, protests, rally, tree felling, unrest, wood stove | Leave a Comment »
