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Forest Labs to Buy Furiex in Deal Worth $1.5B
2014-04-28 14:46:14| Biotech - Topix.net
Forest Laboratories says it will spend as much as $1.5 million to buy Furiex Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a deal that could give the drugmaker one of the broadest product lines for gastrointestinal treatments.
Study Finds Less Green in the Congo Rain Forest
2014-04-23 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Years of drier conditions in the Congo River basin in central Africa appear to be affecting trees in the regions vast rain forests, scientists reported on Wednesday. Writing in the journal Nature, the researchers said that the capacity of the trees to photosynthesize had declined, and suggested that if this trend continues, the long-term result could be changes in the structure and composition of the regions forests, the largest expanse of rain forest in the world after the Amazon. Those potential...
'Little progress' on forest protection plan
2014-04-23 16:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A global programme to reward developing countries for avoiding deforestation has made little headway, officials and conservationists say. The delays are proving particularly frustrating for communities concerned with conserving forests in those nations. Campaigners say that nearly eight years have passed since the programme, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Redd), was announced, but the international projects supposed to implement it are not happening anywhere....
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Deceuninck North America Partners with Vandermeer Forest Products, Inc. ...
2014-04-21 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Clubhouse's Performance Attributes and Aesthetics Lend Themselves to this Region<br /> <br /> MONROE, Ohio – Deceuninck North America, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-quality systems for windows, doors and outdoor living, is pleased to partner with Vandermeer Forest Products, Inc., a regional distributor of high-quality building products in the Pacific Northwest. Deceuninck will work with Vandermeer to offer Clubhouse® PVC Decking to its customers in western Montana, ...This story is related to the following:Materials and Material ProcessingSearch for suppliers of: Decking | PVC
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Climate change and deforestation increasing forest fire risk in Amazon
2014-04-16 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A combination of climate change and deforestation is making the Amazon rainforest increasingly vulnerable to devastating forest fires, a new study has said. The Amazon is one of the most important ecosystems on the planet. It is estimated that about 10% of all known species live in the 5.5 million sq km rainforest. The region is also called the lungs of the Earth, because its trees remove considerable amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, therefore lessening climate change. Despite its...
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