A year ago, environmental activists criticised Mexico’s national forest policy, saying it was deceptive and insufficient. Now voices are being heard that extol the government’s effort and its goal to plant 280 million trees in 2008 — 30 million more than in 2007.”They are doing some interesting things, with highly qualified people. We should be […]
If past conditions are any indication of future conditions, the Amazon rainforest may survive considerable drying and warming caused by global warming, argue researchers in a paper published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.Examining charcoal and fossil records from across the Amazon basin, Francis E. Mayle and Mitchell J. Power of the University […]
It was 5. 30 pm at Ijim in Boyo Division of the Northwest Province. The hot sun had just quit the stage, giving way to a biting cold.Columns of smoke could be seen meandering into the sky. They seemed to be in a stiff competition of emitting carbondioxide into the atmosphere. As this reporter approached […]
EARTH faces a fiery doom inside the sun unless future generations work out how to change its orbit.New calculations by University of Sussex astronomers predict Earth will not only be burned to a cinder, but will be swallowed up by the sun — in about 7.6 billion years.
Emeritus reader in astronomy Prof Robert Smith and […]
Former national president of the Forestry Association of Nigeria (FAN), Chief James Odebiyi, yesterday in Lagos disclosed that more than 400,000 hectares of Nigeria’s forest were being depleted annually.Odebiyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that of the depleted forest, only 36,000 hectares had been replanted.
“The rate of deforestation across the country today is […]
The forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands could be in trouble under global warming - unless human intervention can help them to keep their cool.Forests trying to scramble higher up the mountain in order to avoid heat and drought in the lowlands could run out of land on which to grow, a University of Melbourne scientist […]
Long-time environmental activist, Prince Charles delivered an impassioned speech yesterday to the European Parliament on global warming and the importance of rainforest conservation in mitigating the crises.In stark terms he warned the Parliament of the grave danger of climate change. “For me, the crux of the problem is - and I only pray I will […]
The state of Ghana’s forest is said to be depleting at a fast rate. The present forest coverage is about one point seventy-seven million acres, instead of the original coverage of eight point sixty-five million acres. This was disclosed by the Assistant forest officer Mustapha Seidu, at the launch of a project dubbed “Alternative Wood […]
Native peoples who depend on the rainforest for survival are being tricked out of their land by corrupt officials so they can grow lucrative biofuel crops, according to environmental groups.Forests that have supported generations of native peoples are being snatched and levelled for palm oil plantations, says Friends of the Earth.
House built on cleared forest […]
Brazil’s Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciales (INPE) again blamed the state of Mato Grosso on Wednesday for 53.7 percent of the destruction of 1,195 square miles of Amazon rainforest.Governor Blario Maggi questioned the data, but INPE meteorologist Carlos Nobre confirmed the accuracy of information supplied by Real Time Deforestation Detection system (DETER).
DETER monitors affected areas […]
