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Accurately determining the size of California redwoods, which are among the tallest and oldest trees in the world, has long been a challenging endeavor. Traditional methods involved climbing the trees, making rough estimates based on trunk diameter, or resorting to cutting them down. However, these approaches have proven to be unreliable and prone to significant…
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Concerns are rising due to the widespread infestation of bark beetles. One potential solution to safeguard forests could be to use specially trained dogs to track the presence of these pests. Despite being only a few millimeters in size, the bark beetle possesses great destructive potential. It is considered one of the most hazardous pests…
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A new study has uncovered that mountain vegetation is shifting to cooler altitudes to cope with global warming. The adaptation is occurring at a faster rate than previously anticipated, with some areas experiencing a climb of up to 112 meters per decade, spanning from Mexico to Canada. It’s been well-established that flora and fauna can…
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At the One Forest Summit, around twenty countries identified strategies to safeguard tropical forests from destruction. The initial measure primarily emphasized the significance of these vast yet delicate carbon reservoirs. During the inaugural One Forest Summit in Libreville on March 1 and 2, around twenty countries represented by states from major forest basins, such as…
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The Ukrainian company Releaf Paper has devised a process to transform dead leaves collected in parks and public gardens into paper. Despite the war in Ukraine, Releaf Paper stays the course. This young company, founded in 2021 in kyiv, produced more than 100 tons of paper per month in 2022. Paper that is not made…
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How citizens managed to protect an ecosystem that still conceals many mysteries In the heart of British Columbia stands a thousand-year-old forest that still holds many mysteries: the interior rainforest. In the hope of saving this rare ecosystem from logging, citizens have built, plank after plank, a path crisscrossing these green giants. By attracting a…
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The rate of deforestation of equatorial rainforests in the Brazilian part of the Amazon basin has decreased by 11% in a year. This is evidenced by data from the National Institute for Space Research. According to the satellite imagery data he processed, from August 2021 to August 2022, 11,568 sq. km of forest. A year…
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Scientists are concerned about the health of the Pando Forest in Utah, a clonal poplar colony believed to be the largest organism on Earth. Young shoots of trees are eaten by wild deer and grazing cows. Pando Forest, also known as the Trembling Giant, is part of the Fishlake National Forest on the western edge…
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Constantino Aucca Chutas became interested in conservation thirty years ago when he was doing fieldwork as a biology student in Cusco, Peru. At that time, the majestic slopes of the Peruvian Andes that surrounded the city were suffering from illegal logging and farm expansion. “Conservation has become a necessity,” Aukka said recently in an interview…
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Eric de Kermel is sorry for the absence of prayers for nature and the living in most Catholic masses. For him, it is the result of an anthropocentric vision that corresponds neither to the biblical message nor to the encyclicals of Pope Francis. I recently participated in a gathering of Catholics engaged in society. As…
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