75% of exclusive hardwood may be illegally harvested
The tropical wood type ipê is popular for building exclusive wooden decks, and in North America and Europe, the demand for the material has increased sharply.
The tropical wood type ipê is popular for building exclusive wooden decks, and in North America and Europe, the demand for the material has increased sharply.
Environment
Oct 26, 2023
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Researchers have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest evidence yet of early humans building with wood.
Archaeology
Sep 24, 2023
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Australia's most populous state announced Tuesday a logging ban in a forest haven for koalas, aiming to protect the local population from being wiped out.
Ecology
Sep 12, 2023
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On a riverbank in war-ravaged Syria's north, felling has reduced what was once a lush forest to dispersed trees and decimated trunks poking out from dry, crumbly soil.
Ecology
Aug 20, 2023
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The photo said it all. On the back of a logging truck, a tree so large it could barely fit. It was cut down in Tasmania's Florentine Valley, not far from Mount Field, where it had started life as a seedling over a century ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2023
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By the end of the year, Victoria's trouble-plagued native forest industry will end—six years ahead of schedule. The state's iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at last be safe from chainsaws. And there ...
Environment
May 23, 2023
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African countries are estimated to lose US$17 billion each year to illegal logging. High-value timber species are in global demand.
Ecology
Apr 20, 2023
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Ecologist Shane Godshall tromps in waders through two feet of mud in Thompsons Beach marsh on the Delaware Bay in Heislerville, in New Jersey's Cumberland County.
Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2023
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The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped 22% from the previous year, and the number of trees lost from their favored wintering grounds tripled.
Plants & Animals
Mar 22, 2023
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Australia has the world's worst mammal extinction record, with nearly 40 native mammal species lost since European colonization. By contrast, the United States has lost three.
Ecology
Mar 6, 2023
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