Carbon and the fate of the Amazon
This publication shows that carbon prices exceeding US$ 20 per ton of CO2 captured by the natural regeneration of deforested areas in the Amazon would be truly transformative for the region’s landscape.
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Fires rage in Amazon Rainforest
As world leaders meet in Paris to tackle carbon emissions, here in the Amazon we are watching forests burning unchecked, releasing carbon into the atmosphere, destroying sensitive ecosystems and making
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Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation
It has been suggested that carbon starvation, owing to reduced availability of non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs), is an important contributor to tree mortality during drought in tropical rainforests;
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Destruction of Brazil's Amazon forest jumps 16 percent in 2015
The destruction of Brazil's Amazon forest, the world's largest intact rainforest, increased by 16 percent in 2015 from a year ago as the government struggles to enforce legislation and stop illegal clearings.
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Amazon Tree Species Face Major Threats: More Than Half Globally Threatened
More than half of the tree species in the Amazon rainforest may be globally threatened. Scientists have taken a closer look at species of trees and have found that though threatened, they could be protected
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Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species
<p>Estimates of extinction risk for Amazonian plant and animal species are rare and not often incorporated into land-use policy and conservation planning. We overlay spatial distribution models with historical
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Deforestation: Public Shame Reduces Tree Loss
Publicly shaming areas that have high illegal deforestation rates has successfully reduced Amazon forest loss by 26 percent per years, according to a recent study. Areas that exceed deforestation limits
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Norway to complete $1 billion payment to Brazil for protecting Amazon
Norway will make a final $100-million payment to Brazil this year to complete a $1-billion project that rewards a slowdown in forest loss in the Amazon basin, Norway's Environment Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Of trees and men: 422 for every human on earth
How many trees are there on earth? The latest estimate by a group of 38 researches across the world, published two weeks ago in the journal Nature, gives the colossal number of 3.04 trillion (or 3,040
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Satellite images record deforestation for cacao and illegal mining
The Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project publishes recent evidence of deforestation. Satellite images reveal that deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon due to illegal gold mining and cacao plantations
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The Amazon tribe protecting the forest with bows, arrows, GPS and camera traps
With authorities ineffective, the 2,200-strong Ka’apor, in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, are taking on the illegal loggers with technology and direct action With bows, arrows, GPS trackers and camera