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Conservation policies that boost farm yields may ultimately undermine forest protection, argues study

2013-04-17 07:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Rising agricultural profitability due to higher prices, improved crop productivity, and forest conservation itself could make it increasingly difficult for conservation programs tied to payments for ecosystem services to succeed, warns a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The prediction is based on a model that forecasts the potential impact of agricultural intensification on small farmers' behavior in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....

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Forest ecology: Splinters of the Amazon

2013-04-17 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature: Ecologist Thomas Lovejoy tucks his trousers into his socks with a casual warning about chiggers and then hikes off into the Amazon jungle. Shaded by a tall canopy and dense with ferns and underbrush, the old-growth forest looks healthy, but Lovejoy knows better. Three decades ago, the surrounding forest was mowed down and torched as part of a research project, and the effects have spread like a cancer deep into the uncut area. Large trees have perished. The spider monkeys have moved out, as have...

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Escalating cost of forest conservation

2013-04-17 04:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: In the face of unprecedented deforestation and biodiversity loss, policy makers are increasingly using financial incentives to encourage conservation. However, a research team led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) revealed that in the long run, conservation incentives may struggle to compete with future agricultural yields. Their findings were first published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on 15 April 2013. Financial incentives for conservation...

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2013-04-17 00:24:32| PortlandOnline

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Secrets of the forest floor

2013-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Living on Earth: When we think about carbon sinks, we usually picture dense forests packed with big trees. But new research from Sweden suggests that tiny fungi in the soil may deserve a little more credit for slowing global warming. Host Steve Curwood talks mushrooms with ecologist Karina Clemmensen. Transcript CURWOOD: It's Living On Earth, I'm Steve Curwood. If you hear the words "carbon sequestration", you might well think of dense forests filled with mighty trees. But new research reported in Science magazine...

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