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European forests close to 'carbon saturation point'
2013-08-18 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Forests from Spain to Sweden are getting older, packed with trees less good at soaking up the emissions blamed for rising world temperatures, mounting sea levels and increasing numbers of heatwaves and floods, experts said. Trees are being threatened by more fires, storms and insect attacks, said the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Some parts of the continent have also started cutting down some forests, it added. That all meant Europe should no longer assume its forests...
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European forests near 'carbon saturation point'
2013-08-18 18:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: European forests are showing signs of reaching a saturation point as carbon sinks, a study has suggested. Since 2005, the amount of atmospheric CO2 absorbed by the continent's trees has been slowing, researchers reported. Writing in Nature Climate Change, they said this was a result of a declining volume of trees, deforestation and the impact of natural disturbances. Carbon sinks play a key role in the global carbon cycle and are promoted as a way to offset rising emissions. Many of Europe's...
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Global warming: Forests cant win for losing
2013-08-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit County: Even if trees aren`t directly killed by drought, the ongoing stress of dry conditions can lead to more tree mortality in the aftermath of forest fires and prescribed burns. The findings come from a new study that took a close look at varied forest types around the west, including in Colorado`s Rocky Mountain National Park. Most of the data was compiled in areas where agencies conducted prescribed fires between 1984 and 2005. The researchers looked at more than 7,000 individual conifers. They...
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World Bank aids Laos' forests with $31 million-grant
2013-08-12 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoSeed: The World Bank has signed a grant agreement of $31.83 million to aid the Government of Lao People's Democratic Republic's sustainable forest management project. The $31.83 million grant agreement is for Laos' Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management Project, which aims to achieve in the expansion of areas under approved Participatory Sustainable Forest Management plans, as well as development and piloting of a landscape approach to forest management, is in support of REDD+ to further...
Could China lead the race to save tropical forests?
2013-08-11 22:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
China Dialogue: The world's tropical forests -- the planet's lungs -- are in rapid decline. Over the past 60 years over 60% of them have disappeared, while two-thirds of those that remain are fragmented. Demolition is driven, in large part, by logging, much of it illegal, which in turn paves the way for clear-cutting for plantations and agriculture. Deforestation is driven by international consumer demand not just for timber, but for everything from soy and rubber to palm oil and other supposedly climate-friendly...
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