Forests

Tropical forests can help to mellow the impact of climate change by acting as a carbon sink, sucking up more carbon from the atmosphere than they pump out. However, new research has suggested that a powerful El Niño event managed to “switch off” this ability in the forests in South America, which raises some worrying possibilities for the future.  Forests …

Tree City USA Tree Campus High Education and Tree Line USA designations PUBLISHED ON September 4, 2023 The N.C. Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry program has announced that 73 communities, 14 campuses and four utilities have been awarded Tree City USA, Tree Campus Higher Education and Tree Line USA designations for 2022. (Photo by Frames For Your Heart on …

In this edition of the Spotlight we hear from Holmen Iggesund about its ‘renewable and sustainable’ paperboard at ‘the front and centre’ of the future of packaging. Brands that are serious about sustainability need to look for new alternatives to reduce and replace fossil-based materials. Nowhere is this more true than in packaging. With both consumers and governments demanding renewable packaging solutions, premium …

This past June 13, 2023, Presidential Decree 06-2023, “Creating the National Policy to Avoid Deforestation and Degradation of Forests”, was published in La Gaceta, Official Gazette, which is of general application to all entities. State, natural or legal persons, national or foreign, throughout the national territory (the “Forest Policy”). The Forest Policy aims to promote actions that prevent deforestation and …

The valley forest at Chapada de Guimaraes, Brasil, is on the periphery of the Amazon forest and is especially vulnerable to drought. Credit: rainfor.org Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry, according to new research. For a long time, tropical forests have acted as a carbon …

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In a roadside nature preserve in the San Geronimo Valley of West Marin stands a grove of towering, 300-year-old trees that most motorists blow by without noticing. One of only four remaining old-growth redwood forests in Marin County, it has been open to hikers since it became public land 45 years ago, but it has never had a designed network …

FORT COLLINS – When the schedule was released, it looked odd. Out of place.   Now a bye the second week of the season doesn’t appear so bad to Colorado State coach Jay Norvell.   “I do think it helps us as a football team get a chance to practice together and shore up some execution,” he said after Saturday’s …

In early 2023, the Guardian published an article suggesting that more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets are worthless. These credits are essentially a promise to protect forests and can be bought as a way to “offset” emissions elsewhere. Verra, the largest certifier of these offset credits, said the claims were “absolutely incorrect” but the story still shook confidence in …

This fall, 30 people from B.C. interested in forestry will travel to Finland for a week to look at their forest thinning practices. I, for one, will be very interested in what aspects of their industry may be useful for our province. In anticipation of their report I thought it would be interesting to compare the two areas. According to …