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Developed countries plan to hide emissions from logging

Jeremy Hance for mongabay.com While developing countries in the tropics have received a lot of attention for their deforestation emissions (one thinks of Brazil, Indonesia, and Malaysia), emissions from logging—considered forest cover change—in wealthy northern countries has been largely overlooked … Continue reading

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Amazon deforestation ‘record low’

By Gary Duffy for BBC News, Sao Paulo The level of deforestation in the Amazon has dropped by 45% and is the lowest on record since monitoring began 21 years ago, Brazil’s government says. According to the latest annual figures, … Continue reading

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The Dire Fate of Forests in a Warmer World

From Bryan Walsh and TIME | Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2009 In a new study published April 13 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)… It’s the first study to isolate the specific impact of temperature on tree … Continue reading

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