Category: News

The Forests’ Social Ecosystem

Do trees communicate and collaborate by means of underground networks of fungi? What kind of information do they exchange? During her childhood, Suzanne Simard often explored Canada’s ancient forests with her siblings, where they built forts, gathered mushrooms and huckleberries, and even tasted handfuls of earth (finding it strangely appealing). Meanwhile, her grandfather and uncles…
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Is Consensus Among Amazon Basin Presidents Attainable for Forest Protection?

Kleber Karipuna, a member of the organizing committee for the OTCA presidential summit, discusses the array of challenges confronting the region, encompassing issues ranging from criminal activities to carbon markets. The preservation of the Amazon rainforest is drawing escalating international attention due to global headlines highlighting climate-related catastrophes. However, the Amazon basin is not only…
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Creating Sustainable Change for Communities and Forests in Asia and the Pacific

The importance of forests for sustaining life is widely recognized. However, it is concerning to witness the ongoing global threats and rapid loss of forests worldwide. The forests in Asia and the Pacific region are home to a rich diversity of birds and wildlife. Despite their significance, these forests have been vulnerable to deforestation and…
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Using Laser Technology to Determine the Age of California’s Redwood Forest, the Tallest Trees on Earth

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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A unique approach: the dog that detects bark beetles

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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Plants are climbing mountains faster than expected in North America

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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Timid beginnings of solutions to preserve tropical forests

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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Paper designed from dead leaves (and it’s happening in Ukraine)

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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Saving an ancient forest one trail mile at a time

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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Satellite imagery shows 11% reduction in Amazon deforestation per year

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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