]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/reforestation Blog Articles Tagged with 'reforestation' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/154066?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation A new study finds that shade-grown coffee protects the biodiversity of tree species, as well as those of birds and bats. Published in Current Biology, the study found that native trees in shade-grown coffee plantations aid the overall species' gene f... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/154066?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:24:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153432?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Recovery of forests following the collapse of human populations in the Americas after the arrival of Europeans may have driven the period of global cooling from 1500-1750 known as the Little Ice Age, report researchers speaking at the annual meeting ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153432?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:28:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153447?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Environmentalists attempting to preserve the vanishing Amazon rain forest now confront a stark paradox: Never before have they succeeded in protecting so much of the world's largest tropical forest, yet never before has so much of it simultaneously b... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153447?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153450?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation A deal reached Wednesday in Poznan to include forests in future climate treaties is a positive step but falls short of the progress needed to get the REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) mechanism on track for incorporation in... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153450?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153453?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation While the world meets in Poznan, Poland to discuss actions related to global warming, the small Republic of Macedonia has already achieved an impressive goal. On November 19th, thousands of Macedonians took part in planting trees in a massive refores... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153453?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153455?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation A coalition of 26 African countries is calling for the inclusion of carbon credits generated through afforestation, reforestation, agroforestry, reduced soil tillage, and sustainable agricultural practices in future climate agreements.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153455?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153457?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Negotiators at U.N. climate conference have struck a deal to give forest-dependent people a voice in determining the role forest conservation will play future agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reports the Associated Press (AP). The agre... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153457?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153471?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation As currently practiced, logging is responsible for large-scale destruction of tropical forests. Logging roads cut deep into pristine rainforests, opening up once remote areas to colonization, subsistence and industrial agriculture, wildlife exploita... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/153471?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149706?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation By Guest authorThis is a guest post by Gary Gardner and Michael Renner, senior researchers with the Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C. ----- When leaders of the 20 largest economies gather i... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149706?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:49:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/148971?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation By Gary Gardner and Michael Renner, Senior Researchers When leaders of the 20 largest economies gather in Washington this week, a centerpiece of their deliberations should be a Global Green Deal that capitalizes on the current economic crisis to buil... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/148971?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:06:18 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/147981?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation This could be paradise. Mother Earth lies brown and soft under my feet, golden light shines through the leaves. Leaning against an old cork oak, I look into a little valley; the air is shimmering in the heat of a summer afternoon. The branches above ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/147981?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:57:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146205?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Photo courtesy of LA Streets BlogThree billion pounds is more carbon dioxide than many countries produce in an entire year and thanks to 400,000 individual contributors and 1,000 business partners, that's how much the non-profit Carbonfund.org is o... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146205?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:21:55 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/145936?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Planting trees as a way to offset carbon emissions is a bit controversial, since a lot more has to happen to change the plight of Arctic ice than putting trees in the ground. However, reforestation is an absolute must so planting trees is pretty cool... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/145936?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:40:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/143914?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation By Sharon Astyk I'm going to pretend that instead of a silly article diagnosing a pretend disease in the New York Times, I was given a chance to speak on the op-ed pages of the Times. Ignoring, for a moment, how unlikely that is, here's what I would... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/143914?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:51:26 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/142036?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Brazilian researchers are closer to developing a way to establish large-scale mahogany plantations, reports the ITTO in its bi-monthly update. Scientists at the Federal Rural University of Amazonia (UFRA) have found that planting a matrix of mahogany... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/142036?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/137078?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation The Brazilian government will release a goal to cut net deforestation to zero by 2015, as a part of a draft climate change action plan, as reported by the BBC. The plan aims to have more trees planted in Brazil than are lost by 2015 (a no net fore... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/137078?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:25:18 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/137632?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation The Brazilian government will release a goal to cut net deforestation to zero by 2015, as a part of a draft climate change action plan, as reported by the BBC. The plan aims to have more trees planted in Brazil than are lost by 2015 (a no net fore... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/137632?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:25:18 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/136308?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation EcoSecurities and ClimateBiz have just released their survey on carbon offsetting. For those who are members on our sister site CleanTech.Org, we are proud to have supported this project. Thank you to those of you who participated in this survey.The ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/136308?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:29:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/135715?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation This article was written by Mara Hvistendahl in October 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. Western China is turning into a massive dust bowl. Desertification now affects fully one-third of the world's... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/135715?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:25:37 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/134913?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation By Thomas DobbsThe federal Farm Bill that was passed and signed into law in June contains a little noted provision directing the USDA to establish a framework that would facilitate participation of farmers and landowners in emerging environmental ser... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/134913?rsstype=tag&tag=reforestation Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:35:02 -0400