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Logging may increase fire risk
Jan 06, 2006 |
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Researchers say logging after forest fires may hinder forest regeneration and increase fire risk.
Research synthesis shines light on several management options after fires in diverse ecosystems
Mar 20, 2009 |
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No single decision-support system exists for selecting alternatives for postfire management. That thesis is what a recently released report on management after fire hinges upon. The publication, Effects of Timber Harvest ...
Reducing roads could boost bear population
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Alberta's scant grizzly bear population could grow by up to five per cent a year if fewer logging roads are built in the animals' habitat, according to University of Alberta researchers.
Turtle nesting threatened by logging practices in Gabon, Smithsonian warns
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Mar 14, 2008 |
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Endangered sea turtles are victims of sloppy logging practices in the west central African country Gabon, according to a study led by William Laurance, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The study ...
Probing Question: Can logging be done sustainably?
Apr 03, 2008 |
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In an era of ever-increasing environmental awareness, few industries receive more scrutiny than logging. For decades, environmental groups have claimed that commercial logging practices result in devastating consequences, ...
Measuring nectar from eucalypts
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Jul 31, 2007 |
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The effect of logging on canopy nectar production in tall forest trees has for the first time been investigated by NSW DPI researchers, with funding from the Honeybee Program of the Rural Industries Research and Development ...
New technology needed to monitor rain forest 'tsunami'
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Human impact on tropical forest ecosystems has reached a "tsunami" stage, say scientists, and will require a new generation of sophisticated remote-sensing technology to monitor the changes. Speaking at a January 12, 2009 ...
Rain forest protection works in Peru
Aug 09, 2007 |
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A new regional study shows that land-use policies in Peru have been key to tempering rain forest degradation and destruction in that country. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology ...
New study sheds light on long-term effects of logging after wildfire
Apr 09, 2007 |
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A new study on the effects of timber harvest following wildfire shows that the potential for a recently burned forest to reburn can be high with or without logging. Recently published in the journal, Forest Ecology and Management, ...
What sustainability really means to rural decision-makers
Sep 22, 2009 |
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From book titles to real estate developments, it's easier to find things claiming to be sustainable than it is to define it.
Obama moves to curb road-building in forests
May 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Obama administration is ordering a one-year moratorium on most road-building and other development on about 50 million acres of remote national forests.
Scientists study impacts of industrial logging in Central Africa
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 08, 2007 |
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Though the dense humid forests of Central Africa have been regarded as among the most pristine on Earth, the expansion of industrial logging and the accompanying proliferation of road density are threatening ...
Beetle dung helps forests recover from fire
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Nov 29, 2007 |
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Armed with a pair of tweezers and a handful of beetle droppings, University of Alberta forestry graduate Tyler Cobb has discovered why the bug-sized dung is so important to areas ravaged by fire.
Carbon-offsetting and conservation can both be winners in rainforest
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Logged rainforests can support as much plant, animal and insect life as virgin forest within 15 years if properly managed, research at the University of Leeds has found.
Professors as Science to withhold report
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Oregon State University's College of Forestry professors have asked Science to withhold a study that says logging hurts forest regeneration.
