positive Forests news
Madagascan forests regenerate against expectationsSacred rites protecting "taboo" forest and unofficial land ownership agreements are helping regenerate large areas of tropical forest in southern Madagascar, say researchers. |
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Kenyans Plant Trees To Coax Back FlamingosFive years ago, dead flamingos littered the drying shores of Lake Nakuru in Kenya's scenic Rift Valley. |
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World’s First Tree ReconstructedEarth's oldest known tree stood nearly 30 feet tall and looked like a modern palm, a new reconstruction shows. |
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First Carbon-Scrubbing Forestry Projects CertifiedTwo reforestation projects, intended to improve the immediate ecosystem as well as fight climate change, have received the first certification under comprehensive new standards launched by the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance. |
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Brazil to offer free Internet access to Amazon tribesBrazil's government said it will provide free Internet access to native Indian tribes in the Amazon in an effort to help protect the world's biggest rain forest. |
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Final Harry Potter Book to Be Friendly to EnvironmentThe printing for the final Harry Potter book will not only be the biggest, but also the greenest. |
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Bond issue proposed to save woodlandState environmentalists are excited about what Gov. Phil Bredesen calls "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity;" the chance to preserve almost 200 square miles of forestland on the Upper Cumberland Plateau. |
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Return Of Wolves To Britain Would Be Howling SuccessThe wolf died out in Britain two centuries ago but reintroducing the animal would bring environmental and economic benefits, according to a study released on Wednesday. |
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Brazil nuts’ path to preservationHelp is at hand for the Amazon rainforest and Brazil's poverty-stricken rural people - courtesy of the country's famous native nut. |
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Brazil Maps Out Agricultural Sprawl in the AmazonBrazil's Census Bureau on Thursday published a new map outlining where agricultural boundaries are encroaching on the Amazon rain forest, in a move that will help authorities monitor human activities in the region. |
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Buckets of Blood Readied for Slovenian’s Amazon SwimFew would even dare swim the Amazon river bank to bank but Slovenian Martin Strel plans to swim 3,375 miles down the world's greatest river, defying piranhas, snakes, crocodiles and even sharks. "I've always been swimming for peace and friendship. I decided to dedicate the Amazon swim also to the preservation of the rain forest and clean waters," he said. |
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Eco-Funding Deal Reached for Canadian RainforestInternational environmental groups and Canadian officials said Sunday they have struck a C$120 million ($103 million) deal to help fund environmentally friendly businesses in Canada's Pacific coast rainforest. |
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Acres of Paraguayan wetland savedThousands of acres of environmentally important wetland in South America have been saved from destruction by a British charity. |
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Mystery of World’s Biggest, Yuckiest Flower SolvedScientists have used genetic analysis to solve the long-standing mystery of the lineage of the rafflesia flower, known for its blood-red bloom measuring three feet wide and its nauseating stench of rotting flesh. |
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Environmental news headlines
- Bicycling and Walking Benchmarking Report 2012: Bicycling is on the Rise
- Satellite study reveals critical habitat and corridors for world’s rarest gorilla
- California orders hike in number of super clean cars
- Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Will Eat Your Plastic
- Leatherback sea turtles granted massive protected area along U.S. west coast
- Swedish Cities Close to Building a Bicycle Superhighway
- Indonesia to conserve half of Borneo region
- Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for now
- Levi’s drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in Indonesia
- No rhinos poached in Nepal last year
- Singapore supermarket to stop selling shark fin
- European Carbon Regulation for Airlines Takes Off
- Saving the Amazon: Winning the war on deforestation
- The biggest new species discoveries in 2011
- Southern California whale census yields record number
- Electricity Sparks New Life Into Indonesia’s Coral Reefs
- US rolls out historic mercury limits for power plants
- 100,000 Signatures Overcome Coca-Cola in National Park Bottle-Ban Debate
- Solar’s Best Quarter Ever
- Mexico closes huge rubbish dump
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