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Mongabay
A new study examining the changes in forest cover along national borders finds that as incomes increase, so does deforestation. The research pulled together economic data from 130 countries and every border on earth. For the first time, economic data proves that, in poorer countries, per capita income gains often come at the cost of forest cover.
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WALB-TV
Crews with the Georgia Forestry Commission and the Georgia Department of Transportation were out working Saturday to clear debris from the storms. The entities have seven debris removal teams in Dougherty, Clay and Turner counties this weekend. Each team is working to get debris out of the roads and right-of-ways.
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Center for International Forestry Research via OneWorld UK
A new report indicates that one third of tropical timber traded globally comes from illegal deforestation. The significant number stems from an increase of timber traded on domestic markets, which are less regulated and strict than international, export-oriented markets. More than 40 renowned scientists from around the world, including scientists from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), produced the authoritative report, which was launched at the Conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP13) in Cancun, Mexico last month.
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Billings Gazette
Federal workers scrambled on Tuesday to interpret how President Donald Trump’s hiring freeze of civilian employees might affect seasonal firefighters and other part-time employees. Trump's order, issued Monday, stated "no vacant positions existing at noon on Jan. 22, may be filled and no new positions may be created, except in limited circumstances."
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The Corvallis Advocate
Forest biomass is a term economists and researchers use to describe what a logger would tell you comes from leftover timber harvest residue, bark, branches and small diameter tree stuff. Researchers from Oregon State used computer models to map out some good ideas in regards to forest biomass operations specific to 65 possible locations in western Oregon. Results were published in the journal Forest Policy and Economics this month.
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The San Diego Union Tribune
Neighborhoods in San Diego, especially those in low-income and urban areas, would get significantly more trees under a five-year "urban forestry" plan the City Council unanimously approved on Tuesday. The proposal aims to help the city meet the goals of its ambitious climate action plan, which calls for increasing the percentage of San Diego covered by trees from 13 percent to 35 percent over the next two decades.
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Center for International Forestry Research
To combat climate change, one can avoid it via mitigation, or cope with it via adaptation. Even though these objectives are two sides of the same coin, their synergies and conflicts tend to be overlooked.
"Because of the way international negotiations and national policies have separated adaptation from mitigation, two different communities of practices have emerged and they don’t talk to each other," says Bruno Locatelli, a scientist working for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and CIRAD, a French research institute specializing in international agricultural and development issues. "This separation also occurs on the ground, as projects developed to fight climate change tend to match donor or policy requirements, which generally focus on either adaptation or mitigation."
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The Gilmer Mirror
A loblolly pine on the T.L.L. Temple Foundation Boggy Slough Conservation Area west of Lufkin, Texas, was recently confirmed by the Texas A&M Forest Service to be the largest of its kind in the state. Located within 200 feet of Cochino Bayou, a prominent waterway, the champion loblolly stands as a symbol of the oldest forest growth in Texas. Due to the presence of an old abandoned tram right-of-way, it is believed that this area was last logged for both hardwood and pine more than 100 years ago. This tree was likely one of the first to regenerate following logging in the late 1800s.
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Biomass Magazine
Besides more growth potential in the industrial market to 2025, the likely expansion of the premium sector post-2020 offers an opportunity for North American producers to soften the impact of predicted demand decline for industrial pellets post-2027.
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Mongabay
Norway is marshalling $400 million to help cut deforestation rates and bolster sustainable small-scale farming. Norway contributed $100 million, and other donors are expected to contribute the balance of the $400 million commitment by 2020. The World Economic Forum figures that the financing will help protect 5 million hectares of peatland and forest.
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