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CN Rail celebrates planting of over 70,000 trees in Sackville

2015-10-03 02:40:44| Railroads - Topix.net

Canadian National Railway is partnering with Tree Canada and Community Forests International as part of their corporate commitment to reducing their environmental footprint. Every year across Canada, CN uses the equivalent of 600,000 trees for the replacement of aging railway ties and, as such, CN has undertaken to replant the trees they use across the country along the lines it services.

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Tree planting can harm ecosystems

2015-09-12 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: The world's grassy biomes are key contributors to biodiversity and ecosystem services, and are under immense pressure from conversion to agriculture and tree planting, report Joseph W. Veldman, of Iowa State University, and his colleagues in an article for the October issue of BioScience. The authors argue that forest- and tree-focused environmental policies and conservation initiatives have potentially dire ecological consequences for undervalued ecosystems, such as grasslands, savannas, and open-canopy...

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