China’s trans-Amazon railway stokes forest fears #Amazon #Deforestation
The Amazon rainforest`s importance to the climate cannot quench China`s thirst for minerals and grain and its encroaching development, threatening[…]
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Forest restoration can turn the clock back #Deforestation #Carbon #GlobalWarming
Halting tree-felling and land clearance is not enough to save tropical rainforests without programmes of forest restoration in degraded areas,[…]
Read moreForest restoration gets a cutting edge #Deforestation #Regeneration
Degraded tropical forests throughout the world could be effectively restored by using a simple and inexpensive technique to speed up[…]
Read moreDroughts dry up Amazon’s ‘green lungs’ #Amazon #Drought
Serious tree loss and stunted growth caused by repeated droughts in the Amazon Basin have damaged the rainforest’s vital ability[…]
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