When forests start leaking carbon
JAKARTA, Dec 9
The Malaysian Insider,
Tue Dec 08 17:29:25 PST 2009
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When forests leak carbon
JAKARTA - FROM the air, the Kampar Peninsula in Indonesia is a stretch of dense scrub and trees that goes on mile after mile, interrupted occasionally only by canals and creeks. Here lies o...
Straits Times,
Tue Dec 08 14:19:41 PST 2009
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Deal On Forests Likely, But
Source: IPS As debate ratchets up ahead of working out a climate change deal, a Dutch study says emissions from deforestation and land degradation are far lower than has been assumed. Will ...
AlertNet,
Tue Dec 08 06:24:09 PST 2009
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USAID Signs Agreement with U.S. Forest Service and Russian Federal Forest Agency t...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 / Standard Newswire / -- Under the framework of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Forest Serv...
Christian News Wire,
Tue Dec 08 07:11:24 PST 2009
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8 nations map 1.2 bil. yen project to save tropical forests
TOKYO
Boulder Weekly,
Mon Dec 07 08:50:17 PST 2009
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Funds for forests
RESERVE, N.M. #8212; A federal program that began as a safety net for Pacific Northwest logging communities hard-hit by battles over the spotted owl in the 1990s has morphed into a sprawlin...
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel,
Tue Dec 08 07:10:29 PST 2009
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Q&A: Redd
The BBC's James Painter explains the point of the UN programme to tackle climate change by preserving forests.
BBC News,
Tue Dec 08 10:42:20 PST 2009
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Climate, history affect logging recovery
HOUGHTON, Mich., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said they have determined climate and restoration efforts can affect how forests recover from logging.
UPI,
Tue Dec 08 12:28:32 PST 2009
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Bills would push more national forest thinning
Bills to open more of the backcountry in national forests to fire-prevention thinning projects and to promote woodburning heating systems in public buildings have been introduced in the U.S...
Seattle Times,
Tue Dec 08 18:39:51 PST 2009
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Bills Would Push More National Forest Thinning
Bills to open more of the backcountry in national forests to fire-prevention thinning projects and to promote woodburning heating systems in public buildings have been introduced in the U.S...
CBS4 Denver,
Tue Dec 08 17:45:48 PST 2009
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Federal forests could fight climate change
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- America's public forests could be enlisted in the battle against global warming and climate change to the benefit of taxpayers, experts say.
UPI,
Sat Dec 05 13:44:29 PST 2009
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Walden, Schrader, Baird offer forest management bill
A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Republican Greg Walden and Democrat Kurt Schrader offer legislation they say will restore health to sickly national forests while boosting the local e...
The Oregonian,
Tue Dec 08 16:50:35 PST 2009
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Bills would push more national forest thinning
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Bills to open more of the backcountry in national forests to fire-prevention thinning projects and to promote woodburning heating systems in public buildings have been i...
Vail Daily,
Tue Dec 08 18:22:05 PST 2009
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Burning our forests is the best way to save them
Here's the prescription for our catastrophically burned forests: Burn them again ... and again.
Arizona Daily Star,
Sat Dec 05 23:20:25 PST 2009
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State Web Site To Track Snow Conditions Across Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. -- As the weather outside gets frightful, there's a fresh Web site available for those Wisconsin residents who say, "Let it snow." Want to know ski conditions across the state...
WISC-TV Madison,
Tue Dec 08 13:46:25 PST 2009
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Forest management rules gain approval
The Pinelands Commission has approved new rules aimed at encouraging specific practices that can be used to sustain and improve the overall health of Pinelands forests.
Tri-Town News,
Tue Dec 08 15:42:46 PST 2009
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Salvaging simplified
A more efficient permit approval process will allow small-scale salvagers to log dead and dying trees sooner, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced Nov. 30.
The North Island Gazette,
Tue Dec 08 17:16:54 PST 2009
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The future of forests
BURNT WOODS
Ashland Daily Tidings,
Mon Dec 07 11:48:21 PST 2009
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High hopes for forests may be shattered in Copenhagen
Talk that an agreement to address deforestation will be the silver lining at Copenhagen hangs under a cloud as climate change negotiations open today.
Global Witness,
Mon Dec 07 09:05:10 PST 2009
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