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Issue date: 
15/10/2013

Scottish academics lead rainforest research project

A team from Aberdeen University is to lead a four-year study involving UK and international partners, into the impact of humans on tropical rainforests.

Issue date: 
16 Oct 2013

A new study shows what is wiping out our national forests, and how to find an environmentally friendly way forward

Forest areas in Thailand have been shrinking at an alarming rate. Between 1973 and 2009, 30.9 million rai of land was cleared of trees, according to a study by Khwanchai Duangsathaporn, assistant professor at the Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry at Kasetsart University.

Issue date: 
Tuesday 15 October 2013

Why Ecuador's president is misleading the world on Yasuni-ITT

Issue date: 
October 17, 2013

Plants Help Control Carbon Sink, Keep The Earth From Cooking

According to a new study led by Princeton University, enhanced growth of the Earth’s plants during the 20th century has caused a significant slowdown of the Earth’s transition to being “red-hot.” This study, the first to specify the extent to which plants have prevented

Issue date: 
October 18th, 2013

NZ - Forestry boom for East Coast economy

Forestry is delivering a massive economic benefit to the Gisborne region in New Zealand and, with an expected boom in log exports, by 2020 one in 10 people could earn a living from the sector, according to a new economic study.

Issue date: 
25.07.2013

EC Study "The impact of EU consumption on deforestation"

Introduction

Deforestation is the permanent conversion of forest land into other uses. The main drivers  of worldwide deforestation are agricultural expansion, logging, expansion of urban areas, and natural or human-induced disasters (e.g. wildfire).

Issue date: 
September 10, 2013

Do carbon offsets work? The role of forest management in greenhouse gas mitigation

Author: Fried, Jeremy

Date: 2013

Source: Science Findings 155. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 5 p.

Station ID: SF-PNW-155

Issue date: 
18 September 2013

Heavily logged forests still valuable for tropical wildlife

New research has found rainforests that have been logged several times continue to hold substantial value for biodiversity and could have a role in conservation.

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13 September 2013

Forestry Ministry to review cooperation with foreign agencies

Indonesia will reconsider its cooperation with the World Wild Fund (WWF) and other foreign agencies for their failure to help manage the country`s forests effectively, according to Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan.

Issue date: 
September 16

How tropical forests speed their own recovery

Washington: A new study has revealed that tropical forests speed their own recovery by capturing nitrogen and carbon faster after being logged or cleared for agriculture.

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