#forests
BC Govt News: Province tackles climate change by reducing single-use plastics in tree planting https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023FOR0061-001531 #Forests
“Importantly, our results show that logged forest can recover so long as it is not converted to agricultural uses like #palmoil plantation. They also emphasise the need to conserve #biodiversity within undisturbed #forests, so that we can restore it in areas that have already been logged.”
"Romania is home to one of the largest and most important old-growth forests left in the world. Its Carpathian mountain chain, which wraps like a seat belt across the country’s middle and upper shoulder, hosts at least half of Europe’s remaining old growth outside Scandinavia and around 70 percent of the continent’s virgin forest.
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There’s one obvious, notable beneficiary of this situation: Ikea. The company is now the largest individual consumer of wood in the world, its appetite growing by two million trees a year. According to some estimates, it sources up to 10 percent of its wood from the relatively small country of Romania, and has long enjoyed relationships with mills and manufacturers in the region."
#nature #logging #forests #capitalism
https://newrepublic.com/article/165245/ikea-romania-europe-old-growth-forest
'Contrasting sap flow characteristics between #pioneer and late-#successional #tree species in secondary tropical montane #forests of Eastern Himalaya, India'
Halfway through summer sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. August 4, 2019, 8:22 PM. The day is done, but half of Astronomical summer still lies ahead.
#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #trails #lake #lakes #forests #forest #summertime #summer #August #sunset #sunsets #sunsetcaptures #sunsetphotography
“There’s a line by [the poet] WH Auden written 70 years ago. He says: ‘A culture is no better than its woods.’ Well, we have not looked after our woods well. This is part of the broader war on nature.” #forests #conservation #nature #culture
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/29/sycamore-gap-tree-attack-is-part-of-war-on-nature-in-uk-says-poet
EU: A shift in #diets is key for #health & climate change. #Livestock causes more GHG #emissions than the world’s cars & trucks. #Meat production (esp. #beef) drives #climatechange by emitting #methane & converting tropical #forests for feed production: https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/plant-based-diets-improve-health-and-environment-says-top-eu-scientific-advisor
BC Govt News: Remaining fish population protection orders end https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023FOR0060-001520 #Forests
A two-decade-old experiment in the tropical rainforest of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, is beginning to reveal that human-assisted restoration of logged forests can increase the speed of an ecosystem’s recovery.
The researchers also found that planting a diverse suite of seedlings, instead of only one species, led in just one decade to greater biomass and forest complexity.
By Jeremy Hance
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/forest-restoration-can-fare-better-with-human-helping-hand-study-shows/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Forests #Rainforest #Ecosystem
(Stefan voice) This story has everything!
-big ol trees
-promises and broken trust
-local librarian doin their thing
-sports team identifying w Bad News Bears
-elected calling their operation “smelly”
-off-record negotiations
-climate impacts
-fed legislation but uh oh a gov shutdown?
#forests #climateaction #landuse #greenspace #grassroots #forestrestoration #seattle #airport
In Eurasian #boreal #forests, #fires are typically surface fires. This contrast with the American boreal forest where crown fires are dominant.
Here a pine mire burnt in 2008 & one burnt in 2008 + 2023, southern Sweden, #fireUrisk meeting, #RISEfr
BC Govt News: Water restrictions rescinded in Koksilah, Tsolum rivers on Vancouver Island https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023FOR0059-001512 #Forests
While more trees are important for biodiversity: unless coupled with broad energy diversity/efficiency, they are no more than kindle/fuel for future wildfires and release of carbon.
#StitchedInkMedia #Biodiversity #Politics #Trees #Nature #Science #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Renewables #EV #EnergyEfficiency #BillGates #Forests
“If you want to restore this, like, ‘primordial’ forest, don’t you also want to restore our relationship with that forest?” he asked.
“Like — what’s your relationship to a transgenic chestnut?”
#trees #foodways #restoration #forests #reciprocity #ecology
https://grist.org/indigenous/transgenic-american-chestnut-indigenous-rights/
In this short (4 min) episode, I dive deep into my library to discover an old journal that chronicled the horrifying last days of a man moving through the deep woods in #Mississippi long ago.
Some creatures are better left alone.
#horror #horrorhub #sunday #history #truestory #nature #horrorfam #horrorart #audiodrama #podcasts #books #science #introduction #fear #photography #forests
Aha! There you go - #hiking the #NationalForest pathway (Part one of...5?ish).
Enjoy the video trek with me.
Caution: Contains alpacas! https://youtu.be/7HZF4AwM1Ro
📣 New Paper:
Remotely sensed tree height and density explain global gliding vertebrate richness
After a night spot lighting for gliders in Australia's amazing tall euc forests we wondered whether glider prefer tall and widely spaced trees and forests in general. Here is the answer :)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ecog.06435
#ecology #eucalyptus #forests #tree #conservation #australia
After nearly 200 years without a confirmed sighting, a rare Brazilian tree species called the Pernambuco holly has been found in northeastern Brazil.
The team located four trees, two male and two female, in a forest fragment near a sugarcane plantation in the metropolitan region of the city of Recife.
by Liz Kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/lost-brazilian-holly-tree-species-found-again-after-nearly-200-years/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Brazil #Plants #EndangeredSpecies #Forests
It’s #WorldGratitudeDay! What are you grateful to have in your life?
I’m grateful for #family and #OldGrowth #redwood #forests to walk in. 🌲💚 #naturephotography #nature
EU deforestation-free rule ‘highly challenging’ for SE Asia smallholders, experts say #EU #Asia #environment #forests #deforestation https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/eu-deforestation-free-rule-highly-challenging-for-se-asia-smallholders-experts-say/
Tell Governor Hochul to protect global rainforests #nature #environment #forests #deforestation #wildlife #HumanRights https://action.foe.org/page/56761/action/1
A new study has found that Earth's resilience has been pushed far beyond the "safe operating space" that keeps the world liveable for most species, including our own. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2023/09/14/earth-science/human-activity-earth-resilience/?utm_content=bufferbfe67&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #environment #earthscience #climatechange #oceans #forests #environment #waste #pollution
BC Govt News: Joint statement on deaths of wildfire fighters during travel home https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023FOR0058-001477 #Forests
Why Healthy #Forests Mean Fewer #Pandemic
COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola—three infectious diseases that spread across national borders since 2002—share one thing in common: They were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests, which are losing more than 100 trees per second due to rampant, unsustainable deforestation. It is also important to note that cutting down trees negatively impacts not only biodiversity and human health but the climate:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/19/why-healthy-forests-mean-fewer-pandemics/
"Replanting logged tropical forests with a diverse mixture of seedlings can help them regrow more quickly than allowing trees to regenerate naturally, a study has shown."
Today's Morning File by @philmoscovitch includes his interview with Donna Crossland and Nance Ackerman about the new documentary, In the Quiet and the Dark. It's about the people trying to save eastern hemlocks from total devastation.
A very good read.
#NovaScotia #Hemlocks #forests #NanceAckerman #DonnaCrossland
New #Forests International Journal on the Biology, Biotechnology, and Management of Afforestation and Reforestation Influence of herbaceous ground cover on forest restoration of eastern US #coal surface #mines
Lots of reforestation papers here!:
https://www.academia.edu/22960576/New_Forests_International_Journal_on_the_Biology_Biotechnology_and_Management_of_Afforestation_and_Reforestation_Influence_of_herbaceous_ground_cover_on_forest_restoration_of_eastern_US_coal_surface_mines?email_work_card=title
Panorama of a forest in Algonquin Provincial Park
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_-_Algonquin_Provincial_Park_2019-09-21.jpg
#AlgonquinPark #AlgonquinProvincialPark #ProvincialPark #Ontario #Canada #Forest #Forests #Fall #Autumn #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Panorama #Nature #NaturePhotography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Photography
For ecologists, tropical #rainforests hold many enigmas.
A single hectare can contain hundreds of #tree #species, far more than in #forests closer to the poles.
Somehow these species coexist in such dizzying abundance that tropical forests can feel like botanical gardens, where every plant is something new.
Because tree seedlings don’t grow as well when close to their parents, more tree species can be packed into high-diversity tropical forests.
#ecology #biology
https://www.quantamagazine.org/species-repulsion-enables-high-biodiversity-in-tropical-trees-20230913/
BC Govt News: Minister’s statement on National Forest Week https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023FOR0057-001470 #Forests
#Forests renew themselves naturally. There has been very little #research into how exactly this happens – until now. Researchers at #ETH Zurich and @WSL_research have set themselves the task of solving this puzzle:
*#Competition between trees is one of the driving forces in the natural regeneration of forests - water scarcity intensifies competition.
*In #mixed forests, there is interaction between the different regeneration strategies of the different #tree species
Interesting preprint:
Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering
"Species richness strengthened the attenuation of hot and of cold macroclimate air temperatures, with the cooling effect being more pronounced"
Coalition For The Poudre River Watershed [Northern Colorado]
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https://www.poudrewatershed.org/ <-- link to their page
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https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/c9eac99fff4e4ef18ebaac101ad9a005/ <-- web map
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“CPRW partners with landowners, government agencies, water utilities, and non-profits to collaboratively address some of the most challenging issues facing our watershed. Together, we identify the biggest problems, use science and expert input to prioritize where our projects will have the most impact and then together, we implement actions on the ground that will protect our rivers, communities, and water supply…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #webmap #watershed #ecosystem #communityengagement #PoudreRiver #Colorado #NoCo #water #hydrology #volunteer #erosion #wildlife #rivers #forests #communityoutreach #wildfire #fire #CameronPeakFire #recovery #mitigation #ecosystemrestoration #ecosystembuilding #waterresources #waterresourcemanagement #watersupply
Join #Elokapina - #ExtinctionRebellion #Finland's Forest Rebellion. Forest Rebellion starts 15.9., and continues to October and November.
From our webpage you'll find info about participation and trainings. Please join. You are needed!
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Forests #CarbonSinks #Biodiversity #Nature
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Clearing the Fog podcast with Dr Margaret Flowers 8/28/23: New #film on how #colonialism and #Capitalism are decimating our #forests https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clearing-the-fog-with-co-hosts-margaret-flowers/id601850426?i=1000626029466 #leftist
When lush deciduous #forests covered the #Arctic
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-lush-deciduous-forests-arctic.html paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023PA004685
"The forests existed due to the conditions in the #Eocene—a combination of a greenhouse #climate and almost twice the level of #CarbonDioxide in the #atmosphere as there is today. However, the same extreme light conditions prevailed in these regions of high latitude—permanent darkness for months on end in winter and a sun that never set in summer"
#Warming trends will likely result in major disturbances of networks of forest #fungi https://phys.org/news/2023-09-trends-result-major-disturbances-networks.html
#ClimateChange–induced stress disrupts #ectomycorrhizal interaction networks at the boreal–temperate ecotone https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2221619120
"composition of ectomycorrhizal #fungal species changes dramatically with climate change. Specifically ... a shift from species common in mature #forests w/ high #biomass #mycelium towards low biomass species found in highly disturbed #ecosystems."
One of the #nativePlants that I have missed for 2 yrs: Polygonatum odoratum, Salomon's seal https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/114612?lg=en
On the Red List with "least concern", it was quite common as a wayside plant in #forests on the foothills of the Northern #Vosges and in #gardens. This plant likes warmth and drier soils and should be adaptable. I observe that it retreats higher and higher up the mountains, in my garden it disappears with the spring heat: it has become too dry. #climatecrisis #drought #biodiversity
Corporations relying on carbon credits to support their green claims now face "robust and credible” proof that the vast majority of such securities aren’t fit for purpose, according to a study. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2023/08/30/resources/junk-offsets-greenwashing-study/?utm_content=buffer4076f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #environment #resources #carbon #emissions #forests
We cling to the myth that forests, especially Canadian forests, are climate change heros, working tirelessly as carbon sinks. They are not. Over the past few decades, through logging practices, and forest fires, they have turned into net greenhouse gas emitters.
A compelling New York Times report.
#Climate #forests
I did some visualizations for a presentation on the topic of forest disturbances and ALS data. Combining two of my favourite R packages, *lidR* and *rayrender*.
Sustainable Waterloo Region Microforest Program is looking for new places to #plant #microforests. "With increasing support, we are on the lookout for land to plant on in Spring and Fall of 2024."
They're specifically looking for: -Min 50msq; Non-developable & unused; Access to a water source; Relatively flat; At least 3m away from roadways; Pref areas that are mown/grown grasses or soil
Extreme El Niño Can "Switch Off" South America’s Forest Carbon Sink
Tropical #forests can help to mellow the impact of #ClimateChange by acting as a #carbon sink, sucking up more carbon from the atmosphere than they pump out. However, new research has suggested that a powerful #ElNiño event managed to "switch off" this ability in the forests in #SouthAmerica, which raises some worrying possibilities for the future.
https://www.iflscience.com/extreme-el-nino-can-switch-off-south-americas-forest-carbon-sink-70537
monitoring tree die-offs:
"Even people who are really knowledgeable and who have a lot of experience out in the field were surprised to see how fast these forests were going down the drain."
#trees #forests #climate #ecology #science
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2023/dead-trees-shocking-scientists
Dead #trees around the world are shocking scientists. #Forests once deemed #resilient are suffering surprising die-offs. To predict the fate of the world’s #woods in the face of #climatechange, researchers need to understand how trees die. #dought #ClimateCrisis #insects #weather #heat #water https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2023/dead-trees-shocking-scientists
A new tool in the fight to save the planet?
Many democracies do, in theory, guarantee their citizens the #right to clean #air, #water, #farmland, #forests and other #natural #resources.
The idea of getting #judges to enforce this guarantee in more places is not unreasonable. Governments would merely be held to promises they’ve already made.
The Montana ruling, for instance, rests on an explicit promise in the state’s constitution
(And a 6th-century Roman doctrine.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/01/climate-legal-action-rights-young-people/
Fading forests
The Amazon, the Congo or Australia – it's the same story
"Many ecologists say that the selective logging permitted by the Forest Code is often not sustainable. That’s because the trees that are removed are generally slow-growing species with dense wood, whereas the species that grow back have less-dense wood, so they absorb less carbon in the same space. And few companies follow the requirements for selective logging, such as limiting road construction or the number of trees cut...About 90% of selective logging in the Amazon is estimated as illegal, and therefore doesn’t follow any of these procedures."
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-02599-1/index.html
#forests #logging #roads #degradation #deforestation #CarbonEmissions #climate
A fairy ring of young #redwoods surrounding a larger stump.
#forests #mendocinocoast #california
Major Japanese paper manufacturers are developing a new wood fiber material that could help promote decarbonization and reduce the use of plastics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/08/21/paper-wood-fiber/?utm_content=buffer63f2f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #forests #renewables #tech #carparts
In Syria's north, a spike in illegal logging due to 12 years of conflict along with the effects of climate change have eroded what was once a lush forest to dispersed trees and decimated trunks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/21/world/society/syria-illegal-logging-barren-land/?utm_content=bufferd4655&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #syria #forests #environment #climatechange #poverty
“I don’t believe we have the right to control nature. We work with it from a place of responsibility, respect and reciprocity.
"This means that every time we do something in the forest, we ask, ‘What is in the best interest of animals, plants, soil, water, air and humans?’
"Humans are in that circle, but we are just one of the spokes in the wheel.”
#forestry #forests #wildfires #biodiversity #california #
https://www.rewildingmag.com/learning-how-to-garden-a-forest/
A Paris Agreement for nature?
Sydney will be the host for the first Global N a t u r e P o s i t i v e Summit in early October 2024. It is is concerned with the financialisation of biodiversity ecosystems.
"The “Nature Positive” agenda promotes the financialisation of nature – that there is a monetary value to nature, that this dollar figure could define all that nature means to us, and that we can start trading plots of nature like tokens and feeding into an ecosystem service that only benefits some people, in particular economies."
“The decision makers for all of this would be the exact same industry players and politicians who are destroying nature for profit now. Nature Positive” would be a bag of tricks for them to d i s t r a c t, d e f e r , and o b s c u r e their h a r m for n a t u r e : “destroying your forest is okay, because we’re not destroying someone else’s.” This is not only greenwashing, it is dangerous."
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/57395/what-wrong-nature-positive/
"The Global Biodiversity Framework agreed to by 196 countries at the United Nations biodiversity conference last year was described as the ‘Paris agreement for nature’. It set a target of US$200 billion per year of funding to be spent on nature repair by 2030...The Summit will highlight how clear and consistent rules will enable businesses to invest in and measure projects that repair nature."
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/news/sydney-to-host-worlds-first-global-nature-positive-summit
https://www.themandarin.com.au/228749-nature-repair-policy-will-be-focus-of-major-summit-in-sydney-in-2024/
“Turning the tide like this, from nature destruction to nature repair, will require a mighty global effort, Plibersek said."
#biodiversity #destruction #nature #Sydney #greenwashing #spin #forests #StopLogging #NativeForest #NSW #NaturePositive #EcosystemService #ecosystems #CashCow #extinction #biodiversity #BusinessAsUsual
Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles
"The water that a single tree transpires daily has a cooling effect equivalent to two domestic air conditioners for a day."
"Forests moderate local climate by keeping their local environments cool. They do this partly by shading the land, but also by releasing moisture from their leaves. This process, called transpiration, requires energy, which is extracted from the surrounding air, thus cooling it. A single tree can transpire hundreds of liters of water in a day. Each hundred liters has a cooling effect equivalent to two domestic air conditioners for a day..."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-deforestation-affecting-global-water-cycles-climate-change
#Forests #deforestation #logging #Australia #NSW #BellingenLogging #GNKP #trees #biodiversity #climate #Droughts #bushfires #risks
Minister told that beef producers aren’t a deforestation risk
"The Wilderness Society found that beef production was linked to 66 per cent of land clearing in Queensland in 2019-20 in areas where 342 federally listed threatened species were known or likely to live."
"The European Parliament has imposed tough environmental rules on imports that focus on stopping land clearing and forest loss in the countries that supply it with agricultural goods."
“Australia is one of the world’s deforestation hot spots,” Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek
"Australia is a signatory to the Glasgow leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and is committed to halting forest loss by 2030."
How the Glasgow Declaration on Forests can help keep alive the 1.5 °C target
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2200519119
#trade #trust #EU #Australia #savannah #forests #thinning #deforestation #logging #biodiversity #climate #meat #beef #WordGames #denial
‘Worthless’ forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change
https://theconversation.com/worthless-forest-carbon-offsets-risk-exacerbating-climate-change-211862
#deforestation #logging #forests #offsets #greenwashing #climate #biodiversity
NEW TRAIL GUIDE: Mount Donyan (東眼山)
This beautiful trail in Taoyuan’s Fuxing District takes you up to the summit of Mount Dongyan via some incredibly pretty forest footpaths.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4hxcmyea
🧭 A little under 4km.
🕒 2½ to 3½ hours. I spent a little over three hours on this trail, but stopped quite a lot to enjoy the quiet.
🚶♀️3/10 difficulty level for regular Taiwan hiker. Some elevation gain, but getting to the park will be the biggest hurdle for most people.
🚶♀️4-5/10 difficulty level for a new Taiwan hiker. For elevation gain, uneven (sometimes slippery surfaces), and the challenge of making your way to the park.
⛰ Almost 300 metres.
💦 I was fine with just 0.5L on a cool autumn day. There’s a hot and cold water dispenser at the starting/ending point of the trail, so it’s easy to top up is if you run out.
☀️ This walk is shaded more or less from start to finish.
☎️ Mobile coverage here is pretty clear the whole way.
🥰 As well being able to tick one of the Xiao Bai Yue off of your list, this is a lovely walk in its own right. Even if you don’t get to enjoy the view at the top, the forest scenery is top-class.
🧣It’s worth noting that due to its elevation, the weather in the park is generally quite a bit cooler than the weather in the cities. Check the local forecast before you go and plan accordingly.
📄 No permit required, but there is an entry fee to visit the park.
🚌This route is accessible by public transport. (Details included in the full blog.)
#Taiwan #Hiking #nature #forests #Travel #ForestBathing #台灣 #walking
#News: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study finds #palmoil will cause 2.5 million hectares loss of #Indian #forests by 2030. Also that oil palm does not store as much #carbon as forests, which raises concerns about #climatechange #Boycottpalmoil
https://www.bizzbuzz.news/eco-buzz/more-oil-palm-planting-in-ne-will-destroy-the-region-mps-tell-pm-1242200
Tropical forests could become so hot that some kinds of leaves will no longer be able to conduct photosynthesis, study
“If we adopt a do-nothing response to climate change and tropical forest air temperatures increase by greater than 4C, there could be massive leaf death, possible tree mortality and species turnover across all tropical forests."
"At least 50% of global CO2 exchange occurs through forest canopies, which act as key regulators of our climate."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/23/tropical-forest-face-massive-leaf-death-global-heating-unable-conduct-photosynthesis-study
#FossilFuels #climate #heatwaves #forests #TropicalForest #biodiversity
The result of massive #fire seasons over the past few decades is that #Canada’s #forests now release extreme amounts of #CO2.
What used to be important carbon sinks are now carbon sources and part of a dangerous #feedback loop.
#ClimateChange #wildfire #CarbonDioxide
🔗 https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/08/21/analysis/our-forests-have-reached-tipping-point
Made a little map / infographic thingy about Scotland's forest parks.
Made with a little #QGIS and a whole lot of #Inkscape
#maps #infographic #scotland #forests #cartography #mapmaking
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40 years ago today: The highlight of my day occurred when I brilliantly attempted to cross a bog bridge at full speed in the rain. Bog bridges are wooden walkways built across muddy areas to prevent heavy hiker traffic from tearing up fragile wetlands. This one was constructed of split tree trunks with the flat side up.
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#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Massachusetts #nature #forests #mountains #AppalachianTrail #adventure #trails #hikingtrails
Insect-eating bats prefer cocoa farms that retain large, old-growth trees that mimic the natural forest conditions.
New research found higher abundance and diversity of bats on farms with 65% or greater shade cover — still common on cocoa farms in places like Cameroon, but rare in major cocoa-producing areas of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.
by Sean Mowbray
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/study-tall-trees-and-shade-boost-bat-diversity-on-africas-cocoa-farms/
@JulianOliver Yeah. Fossil fuels have allowed us to destroy our #forests and #ecosystems while delaying the consequences. Non-fossil-powered civilisations would have long since fallen. There are so many historical examples.
The importance of our forests and soils.
“In the face of the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity collapse, we need forests that are resilient and diverse. Soil organisms are critical allies in this endeavour.”
#Forests #Soils #Canada #ClimateChange #Environment
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40 years ago today: The southern portion of the Taconic Mountain Range is basically two parallel chains separated by a high central valley. The Appalachian Trail follows the eastern fork. In Connecticut, this consists of a high, wooded plateau called Mount Riga, with the rocky crag of Lions Head rising from its southernmost tip.
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#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Connecticut #nature #forests #mountains #AppalachianTrail #adventure #trails
America’s forests, excluding Alaska, will start releasing more carbon than they store by 2070, a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture states. Science Alert tells us how planting new forests could help, and why that won't be so easy. https://flip.it/bs.E_K
#Science #ClimateChange #Forests #Trees
Humans need healthy #forests
Supporting natural #ecosystems is an important tool in the arsenal of strategies we will need to combat #ClimateChange. But land ecosystems will never be able to absorb the quantity of carbon released by fossil fuel burning. Rather than be lulled into false complacency by tree planting schemes, we need to cut off emissions at their source and search for additional strategies to remove the carbon that has already accumulated in the atmosphere.
The #Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da #Silva, has told developed countries to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to protecting the world’s remaining tropical #forests, as major rainforest nations demanded hundreds of #billions of dollars of climate financing and a greater role in how those resources are spent.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/09/lula-brazil-amazon-rainforests-money
According to a draft contract seen by Mongabay, Liberia may sign away the rights to nearly 10% of its total land mass to a United Arab Emirates-based firm for carbon offset development.
The firm is owned by Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, the youngest member of Dubai’s royal family and an investor in energy projects across Africa and the Middle East.
By Ashoka Mukpo
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/massive-carbon-offset-deal-with-dubai-based-firm-draws-fire-in-liberia/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Carbon #ClimateChange #Forests
Dark days ahead for #India's #forests and natural areas as the Central Government moves ahead with amending the Forest #Conservation Act by brazenly weakening its provisions. This will spur enormous damage and destruction and leave vast tracts with no protection. #MastIndia #MastodonIndia
https://www.science.org/content/article/everyone-aghast-india-s-move-weaken-forest-protections-outrages-conservationists
Cameroon’s government is again planning to open a portion of Ebo Forest to logging, despite its status as a refuge for numerous endangered species including gorillas and chimpanzees.
A local leader of the Indigenous Banen community, who have a claim to the territory they were expelled from in the 1950s and 60s, says most Munen are opposed to the move.
By Leocadia Bongben
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/cameroon-government-again-opens-way-for-logging-in-ebo-forest/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #Forests #Gorillas
My @GFZ colleague @benjaminbrede is also now on Mastodon! Follow him if you're interested in #RemoteSensing of #Forests.
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40 years ago today: There were some great viewpoints along the trail, but at the cost of some memorably nasty rocks. The descent from Bake Oven Knob into the adjacent gap, where Bake Oven Knob Shelter was located, crossed an old slide covered with loose stones whose sliding days were obviously not yet over.
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