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New England losing forest cover -- scholars call for accelerated conservation

New England forests are at a turning point. A new study released today by the Harvard Forest reports that, following almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining in all six New England states. The ...

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created May 19, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Uganda forests rapidly disappearing: study

Uganda has lost nearly a third of its forest cover since 1990 due to expanding farmlands, a rapidly growing human population and increased urbanisation, a government report said on Friday.

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created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4




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Warning of unrest, new study shows millions risk losing lands in Africa

New studies released in London today suggest that the frenzied sell-off of forests and other prime lands to buyers hungry for the developing world's natural resources risk sparking widespread civil unrest—unless national ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Harnessing the Earth, the atom and the leaf

With the world’s energy needs growing rapidly, can zero-carbon energy options be scaled up enough to make a significant difference? How much of a dent can these alternatives make in the world’s to ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sustainability of Pennsylvania forests challenged

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report on the sustainability of forests in the United States indicates that Pennsylvania forests have declined slightly in the last decade and face a number of threats, according to ...

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created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

AgriLife Research 'genetically fingerprinting' E. coli from watersheds

The Lampasas and Leon Rivers watersheds have been listed as impaired by the state due to high counts of E. coli and other bacteria taken in the late 1990s, but from whom, what and where the contamination originates is unclear, s ...

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New studies suggest lack of meaningful land rights threaten Indonesian forests

New research released today at a high-level forestry conference in Indonesia—opened by Vice President Boediono—suggests that Asia’s largest forest nation is paying a high price for failing to give local communities ...

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created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 12

Research suggests 'conservation through cultivation' may save ginseng

(PhysOrg.com) -- American ginseng has been collected from Pennsylvania forestlands for more than 250 years, but Penn State researcher Eric Burkhart was astonished by how little was known about the industry ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New NASA map reveals patterns of tropical forest carbon storage

A NASA-led research team has used a variety of NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical forests. The data are ...

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created May 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Reforesting rural lands in China pays big dividends, researchers say

An innovative program to encourage sustainable farming in rural China has helped restore eroded forestland while producing economic gains for many farmers, according to a new study by Stanford University researchers.

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created May 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Low fertilizer use drives deforestation in West Africa, imperils REDD implementation says new study

Low-input farming for cocoa, cassava and oil palm has resulted in widespread deforestation and degredation of West Africa's tropical forest area, according to a new study by researchers at the International Institute for ...

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created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Bad news/good news: Land-use change in the era of globalization

A central challenge facing the planet is how to preserve forests while providing enough food to feed the world's population. It's really a "bad news/good news" story, says Eric Lambin, professor of environmental Earth system ...

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created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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