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UC investigating if native forests can be restored (Fuseworks)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
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UC investigating if native forests can be restored University of Canterbury, Fuseworks May 20, 2013, 7:00 am New Zealand has suffered a dramatic decline in native biodiversity which a University of Canterbury (UC) researcher has called the most
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Global calls to save Aceh forest
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 2 days ago
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Rudi Putra, an Acehnese activist who won the 2013 Future for Nature Award, initiated an online petition on Avaaz.org on May 7, demanding the President step in to the plan. As of Saturday evening, the number of people who signed the petition, which is
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WWF delight by moratorium extension
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 5 days ago
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WWF Indonesia's CEO Efransjah appreciated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's policy to improve forest and peatland management in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The most important thing is the
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Tropical trees keep turbines turning
São Paulo :: Brazil | 7 days ago
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IP Rainforests, by their very name, are prime locations for the dams that are usually required to create the force of water needed to generate electric power. Until now the presumption has been that cutting down the trees near a dam actually
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UN highlights role of forests to food security and nutrition
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 days ago
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Forests cover nearly a third of the globe and provide an invaluable variety of social, economic and environmental benefits...Forests are also the source of three-fourths of freshwater, help to regulate the impact of storms and floods and store carbon
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No tourist trouble in TATR: Forest dept
Forest :: VA :: USA | 10 days ago
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Principal secretary (forest) Pravin Pardeshi said only 20 per cent of the reserve having six resident tigers was open to tourists. "The remaining park having 42 tigers is not available for tourism...The reports have raised the hackles of tiger lovers
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Nema warns against clearing forests to expand towns
Nairobi :: Kenya | 11 days ago
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The national environmental watchdog has cautioned a governor to consult before clearing forests for development. The National Environment Management Authority (Nema) told Trans Nzoia governor Patrick Khaemba to first consult before embarking on an
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UC researching some of the most threatened ecosystems in NZ (Fuseworks)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 11 days ago
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UC researching some of the most threatened ecosystems in NZ University of Canterbury, Fuseworks May 10, 2013, 7:00 am The University of Canterbury (UC) is researching parts of north Canterbury and the Mackenzie Basin areas which include some of the
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ESAa€™s gen-next satellite to monitor Earth`s forest
Noida :: India | 12 days ago
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ESA's Earth Observation Programme Board has selected "Biomass" to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission. The innovative satellite aims to 'weigh' the Earth's forests. The Biomass mission concept is set to become the next in a series of satellites
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Desertification affects 400m Chinese
New York City :: NY :: USA | 13 days ago
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Sun Zhagen, deputy chief of the Chinese Forestry Administration, said that climate change, population increase and economic development are main reasons causing the land degradation, making China one of the countries most seriously affected by land
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