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Fate of primeval forest in balance as Poland plans logging
2016-05-21 07:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: It is the last remaining relic of an ancient forest that stretched for millennia across the lowlands of Europe and Russia, a shadowy, mossy woodland where bison and lynx roam beneath towering oak trees up to 600 years old. Conservationists believe the fate of the Bialowieza Forest, which straddles Poland and Belarus, is more threatened that at any time since the communist era due to a new Polish government plan for extensive logging in parts of the forest. The plan has pitted the government against...
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Massive wildfire rips through Congo rainforest logging to blame?
2016-03-24 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In late January and early March, a huge fire ripped through the forests of the Republic of Congo. Satellite data show it totaled more than 15,000 hectares (150 square kilometers), making the fire one of the largest ever observed in Central Africas rainforests. A research organization says El Nio is largely to blame, but that human activities in the region may also have exacerbated the situation. The Congo Basin occupies much of the middle of the African continent, straddling the equator from Gabon...
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Tasmania forest logging bid dropped
2016-03-20 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The Australian and Tasmanian authorities are abandoning their bid to have logging permitted in the Tasmanian Wilderness, a World Heritage site. The decision comes after a report by the UN cultural agency Unesco said the area "should be off-limits to commercial logging in its entirety". The Tasmanian Wilderness covers about a fifth of the island and is one of the world's last big temperate forests. Conservation groups have welcomed the Unesco report and the logging decision. In 2014 the...
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Pulse Structural Monitoring Launches Next Generation Of INTEGRIpod Subsea Motion And Data Logging Sensor Systems
2016-03-08 05:28:08| oilandgasonline News Articles
Pulse Structural Monitoring, an Acteon company, has launched a third generation INTEGRIpod platform as a new addition to its INTEGRI range of structural monitoring sensor systems.
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VG Offshore International Clinches Complex Mud Logging Cabin Deal
2016-03-04 09:11:00| Offshore Technology
Despite the prevailing tough business environment, VG Offshore International has clinched a deal to supply three units of highly complex and technologically advanced Zone 2 mud-logging cabins for an oil and gas company.
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