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News archives

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

U.N. forest plan could threaten species-scientists
A United Nations plan to protect the world's tropical forests to fight climate change could threaten more animals and plants with extinction, scientists said on Monday.... Continued...

Oceans May Trap more Carbon than Forests
Marine ecosystems including seagrass meadows, mangroves and salt marshes have a much greater capacity to trap carbon than land carbon sinks such as forests, according to a report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The organization believes ocean ecosystems are essential ... Continued...

Boreal forests store carbon, need help: Canada study
The world needs to do more to protect boreal forests and peatlands, which store more carbon than any other ecosystem and help mitigate the effects of climate change, a Canadian report issued Thursday said.... Continued...

Family Forests Alliance Outlines National Strategy

Partners, supporters and organizers of the FSC Family Forests Alliance met in Flat Rock, North Carolina from November 4-6, 2009 to analyze developments in U.S. family forest certification and to deliberate plans for expanding and coordinating national efforts to provide improved access to FSC cer... Continued...

Xcel Energy to convert coal plant in Ashland to biomass (Wis.)
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on Friday unanimously approved Xcel's application to convert the last remaining coal-fired unit at its Bay Front Power Plant to biomass gasification technology... Continued...

How a tiny beetle can take down a mighty ash
Ash trees fluffy with corn-yellow leaves arch over picnic tables tucked next to a downtown Syracuse office building. In good weather, they shade snackers and smokers.... Continued...

The future of pollution monitoring: reading the tree leaves? (Canada)
Riding his bike to work at Western Washington University, in Bellingham, geophysicist Bernie Housen used to wonder how unhealthy it was to be breathing in all those exhaust fumes.... Continued...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Carbon accounting must not neglect emissions from bioenergy production and use
Carbon accounting used in the Kyoto Protocol and other climate legislation currently neglects CO2 emissions from the production of biofuels, a loophole that could drive large-scale destruction of tropical forests and exacerbate global warming, warned researchers writing last week in the journal Scie... Continued...

Land Managers Expect the Benefits of Forest Certification to Increase

A recent survey of FSC certified forestry operations found that most believe the financial benefits of certification with stay the same or increase over the next five years.

Conducted by the FSC Family Forests Alliance, the research invited feedback from FSC Forest Management (FM) Certi... Continued...

Roads are the biggest threat to tropical rainforests
Roads, the most visible symbols of progress, are the biggest threat to the world's tropical rainforests, says a new study.... Continued...

Canada sets aside its boreal forest as giant carbon vault
By banning logging, mining and oil drilling in an area twice the size of California, Canada is ensuring its boreal forests continue to soak up carbon... Continued...

Pine beetle impact aggravated by climate change
In conifer forests stretching from northern Canada to the Mexican border, a native insect is causing more damage than the environment can handle.... Continued...