News tagged with national forestry

Small-scale gold mining impacts river algae in French Guiana

Small-scale gold mining in French Guiana is having long-term effects on diatoms, small single-celled algae, by eliminating the species that are most vulnerable to water turbidity. The findings come from research ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Richer parasite diversity leads to healthier frogs: study

Increases in the diversity of parasites that attack amphibians cause a decrease in the infection success rate of virulent parasites, including one that causes malformed limbs and premature death, says a new University of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study unravels origin of devastating kiwifruit bacterium

An international research team led by Virginia Tech Associate Professor Boris Vinatzer and Giorgio Balestra of the University of Tuscia in Italy has used the latest DNA sequencing technology to trace a devastating ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biodiversity could be casualty of Myanmar openness

(AP) -- As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney's pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Myanmar. Across the border, Thailand's last five pairs are guarded around ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Agroforestry is not rocket science but it might save DPR Korea

There is more going on in DPR Korea than rocket science: local people in collaboration with natural resources scientists are taking control of their food supply through agroforestry. This is according to a report published ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Oil palm surging source of greenhouse gas emissions

Continued expansion of industrial-scale oil palm plantations on the island of Borneo will become a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 unless strong forest and peatland protections are enacted and enforced, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7

Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia

(AP) -- Coral gardens that were among Asia's most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by fishermen who use explosives or ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

A study points to the importance of seeking new pine varieties resistant to climate change

The radiata pine is the tree species par excellence in the Basque Country's forests. Like other types of pine, the lack of water is one of the factors having the greatest effect on its survival and productivity. Until now, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rapid climate change threatens Asia's Rice Bowl

As Asia's monsoon season begins, leading climate specialists and agricultural scientists warned today that rapid climate change and its potential to intensify droughts and floods could threaten Asia's rice production and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rescuing endangered wild orchids from a man-made flood

You may have heard stories about emergency rescues of plants or animals from habitats facing imminent destruction. This is one of those stories, except that the scope of the rescue is unprecedented and the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Loss of predators in Northern Hemisphere affecting ecosystem health

A survey done on the loss in the Northern Hemisphere of large predators, particularly wolves, concludes that current populations of moose, deer, and other large herbivores far exceed their historic levels ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 8


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