European Union Donates 38M Euros To Africa's Forests
Brazzaville (AFP) Jan 31, 2006
The European Union (EU) will give 38 million euros (46 million dollars) for forest and ecosystem conservation in Central Africa, officials said on signing an agreement Tuesday in Brazzaville.
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Ecologists Mull Future Of Wetlands In Poor Countries
Saint Lucia, South Africa (AFP) Feb 02, 2006
One of Africa's biggest and most endangered wetland areas is battling to find the fine balance between saving its unique ecosystem and saving its impoverished human inhabitants.
Satellites Show Amazon Parks And Indigenous Lands Stop Forest Clearing
Woods Hole FL (SPX) Jan 26, 2006
Conservation scientists generally agree that many types of protected areas will be needed to protect tropical forests. However, little is known about the comparative performance of inhabited and uninhabited reserves in slowing the most extreme form of forest disturbance: conversion to agriculture.
Deforestation Threatens Brazil's Pantanal Wetland
Pantanal, Brazil (SPX) Jan 11, 2006
Deforestation from increased grazing and agriculture has destroyed 17 percent of the native vegetation in Brazil's Pantanal, considered the world's largest wetland.
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Nobel Laureate Blames East Africa Drought On Deforestation
Nairobi (AFP) Jan 09, 2006
Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai on Monday blamed the drought threatening millions in Kenya with famine on deforestation and urged immediate steps to replace lost trees.
Indonesia Faces More Disasters Unless Government Reforests
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 05, 2006
Landslides and flash floods which may have killed hundreds on the Indonesian island of Java this week will be repeated unless the government reforests denuded areas, activists warned Wednesday.
ESA Presents Space Solution To Montreal Forest Conference
Montreal, Canada (ESA) Dec 06, 2005
As the future of Earth's forests moved up the agenda at the United Nations Climate Change Conference - negotiating a post-Kyoto strategy to combat global warming - ESA and its national collaborators presented delegates with promising results from projects using satellites to identify wide-area forest retreat and expansion.
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Modern Forests Suffer From Century Old Logging Legacy
Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 06, 2005
By the early 20th century, loggers had harvested more than 90 percent of the forests covering the upper Great Lakes region. The legacy of that destruction continues to have a substantial impact on the environment, researchers say.
Tree Species Regulate Themselves In Ecological Communities
Edmonton AB (SPX) Dec 01, 2005
Unspoken rules of existence in tropical rain forests mean no one species will take up too much space and squeeze others out, says new research conducted in part at the University of Alberta that shows how ecological communities regulate themselves.
Tropical Dry Forests Receive International Recognition
Edmonton AB (SPX) Nov 30, 2005
When most people think of tropical forests, rainforests immediately come to mind. But they are not the only kind under threat�the tropical dry forest is in as much danger as its popular cousin yet its grave situation continues to be ignored. The University of Alberta's Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa is hoping to change that.
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Indonesia's Annual Forest Damage At 2.8 Million Hectares: Minister
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 29, 2005
Illegal logging in Indonesia is destroying at least 2.8 million hectares (6.92 million acres) of forests every year, a minister warned in a press report Friday.
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