Posted on 11 March 2009 by takecover08
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to 291 square miles (754 square kilometres) between November 2008 and January 2009, reports Mongabay.com.
This was a drop of 70% when compared to the same period 12 months earlier, said Brazil’s Environment Minister Carlos Minc.
A decrease in forest clearing had been expected.
Economic turmoil, which has reduced the availability of [...]
Filed under: carbon, climate change, conservation, deforestation, illegal logging, tropical timber | Tagged: biodiversity, Brazil, climate change, conservation, deforestation, economic downturn, environment, forests, global warming, mongabay.com, monitoring, rainforest, recession, tropical timber | 1 Comment »
Posted on 10 March 2009 by takecover08
An Indonesian district in West Java, Garut, has started a unique program to support reforestation.
Mongabay.com reports that any couple planning to get married must give 10 trees to local authorities for reforestation efforts before the marriage will be legally sanctioned.
But it’s not just married couples that must support reforestation. Couples filing for divorce must [...]
Filed under: tree planting, twiglet | Tagged: biodiversity, deforestation, divorce, ecology, environment, forest, gurat, indonesia, marriage, newly weds, planting, reforestation, trees, west java | 1 Comment »
Posted on 19 February 2009 by takecover08
Deforestation has increased by 55% during the past year in Vietnam’s Dak Nong province, reports the Vietnam News Agency.
A report in Mongabay.com said that at least 440 hectares (1,100 acres) of tropical forest were illegally logged in the central highland province, and protected areas were also being targeted.
Forest officials attribute the increase to high commodity, [...]
Filed under: biodiversity, conservation, deforestation, tree stats, tropical timber | Tagged: biodiversity, dak nong, deforestation, environment, industrial plantations, mongabay.com, old growth, replanting, vietnam, vietnam news agency | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 13 February 2009 by takecover08
Norway will provide financial support for Guyana’s ambitious plan to conserve its rainforests, reports Mongabay.com.
During a meeting in Oslo, Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg signedan agreement to establish a partnership to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
It is also understood that the leaders will also push for the [...]
Filed under: biodiversity, carbon, certification, climate change, climate negotiations, sequestration | Tagged: Amazon, biodiversity, Brazil, carbon emissions, climate change, deforestation, environment, global warming, greenhouse gases, guyana, habitat loss, mongabay.com, norway, redd, south america, tropical forests, unfccc | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 11 February 2009 by takecover08
Amazonian forests may be less vulnerable to dying off from global warming than feared because many projections underestimate rainfall, Reuters reports.
A study by UK researchers suggested that Brazil and other nations in the region would also have to act to help avert any irreversible drying of the eastern Amazon, the region most at risk from [...]
Filed under: climate change, conservation, deforestation, forest fires, natural disasters, water | Tagged: Amazon, biodiversity, Brazil, climate change, climate modelling, deforestation, eastern amazon, environment, forest fires, global warming, new species, oxford university, pnas, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, rainfall, rainnforest, savannah, trees, wildfires | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 10 February 2009 by takecover08
More than £1m is to be spent over the next three years on saving Scotland’s red squirrels and protecting routes into their northern strongholds, the BBC News website reports.
The number or reds has been in decline since the arrival of the grey squirrel from North America in the 19th Century.
Greys compete with reds for food [...]
Filed under: animals, biodiversity, natural disasters | Tagged: conservation, disease, biodiversity, scotland, forestry commission scotland, red squirrel, habtiat loss, grey squirrel, scottish wildlife trust, scottish national heritage, squirrel pox | 3 Comments »
Posted on 4 February 2009 by takecover08
The social and environmental value of woodlands and forests in the UK is estimated to be in the region of £1bn, states a postnote from the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
Once, most of the UK was covered in woodland but the cover was gradually depleted as the demand for timber, fuel and agriculture [...]
Filed under: research | Tagged: agriculture, ancient woodlands, biodiversity, broadleaved, conifers, economics, ecosystem services, environment, european union, forestry commission, forests, international forestry agreement, parliament science and technology, research, semi-natural woodlands, social, timber, trees, uk government, uk trees and forests | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 28 January 2009 by takecover08
The Democratic Republic of Congo government has cancelled nearly 60% of timber contracts in the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, the BBC News website reports.
It follows a six-month review of 156 logging deals aimed at stamping out corruption in the sector and enforcing legal and environmental standards.
At the end of the World Bank-backed process, government ministers [...]
Filed under: conservation, deforestation, illegal logging | Tagged: bbc, bbc news website, biodiversity, dr congo, environment, greenpeace, illegal logging, logging, rainforest, world bank | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 19 January 2009 by takecover08
The Forestry Commission and Natural England have joined forces with more than 100 organisations, representing woodland owners, forestry businesses, conservation and local communities to create a new five-year action plan for trees and woodlands in England.
A press release from the Forestry Commission said that the ultimate goal of the new partnership was to deliver a [...]
Filed under: biodiversity, climate change | Tagged: biodiversity, defra, england, environment, forestry commission, forests, natural england, strategy, trees, uk, woodland, woods | 1 Comment »
Posted on 10 January 2009 by takecover08
At the turn of the 20th Century in France, many flowering trees, such as hawthorn and whitebeam, were protected by law.
This was because the authorities knew that birds, which relied on the energy-rich autumnal fruits, would lay seige to springtime insects, which would otherwise damage crops.
Natural approach that delivered a safe, simple and cheap [...]
Filed under: twiglet | Tagged: berries, biodiversity, biological control, birds, ecology, food chain, france, hawthorn, insects, pests, tree protection, whitebeam | 1 Comment »
