Forest
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Protected areas see continued deforestation but at a reduced rate, OSU research shows
A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a "protected…
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Satellites: Forest watchers from space
The use of these elements allows the analysis of forests and other environments to determine their current state and evolution.
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Climate change drives plants to extinction in the Black Forest in Germany, study finds
Due to rising temperatures and longer dry periods, two plant species have already gone extinct over the last 40 years
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Forest fires: a growing threat to the world’s forests
Recent fires in the Amazon, Australia and the United States have highlighted the threat that fire poses
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To protect nature’s benefits, focus on people
A healthy forest holds a treasure trove of benefits for people
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The best activities you can do when visiting a forest
Forests also have high recreational value, which we often do not take into account
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Valdivian forest: a biogeographic island that was saved from the glaciations
Although in the collective imagination the South American jungles are tropical climate environments, a narrow Patagonian strip, located between Argentina…
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Gran Chaco: the second largest forest in the world, in danger
Although the Amazon is on everyone's lips, the South American forest that follows it in size, and that treasures valuable…
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Environment
Indigenous groups can really battle deforestation
A study finally shows how Peruvian forest loss declined after indigenous groups were granted titles to their land.
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Environment
There’s hope in the Amazon
Equally important as reducing carbon emissions is preserving and restoring natural ecosystems such as the Amazon rainforest.
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