Planting ‘Billions of Trees’ Isn’t Going to Stop Climate Change
Credit to Author: Madeleine Gregory| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 13:14:11 +0000
A popular study claims that reforestation could fix climate change, but is that true?
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Solon sees chance for passage of 2 ‘pivotal’ forest bills in 18th Congress
Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 08:08:38 +0000
A lawmaker has expressed optimism that two bills, which promote forest protection, would finally be passed in the 18th Congress.
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Read moreHunting Is Killing Off 40% of Large Mammals Even in Pristine Forests
Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 20:16:15 +0000
Scientists made “defaunation maps” to show how mammals in an intact habitats still face major pressures from human hunters.
Read more2.5 million trees in path of Baguio building boom
Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 21:48:32 +0000
The country’s summer capital needs to protect 2.5 million trees that have survived the intensified construction boom and expanding urban sprawl which residents fear have overwhelmed the city’s carrying capacity.
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Read moreFire also hits Sagada forest
Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:23:37 +0000
BAGUIO CITY — Forest fires have been razing portions of Sagada in Mountain Province since the first week of February, authorities said.
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Read moreAnother fire strikes forest area in Benguet
Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 08:37:15 +0000
Another fire engulfed a forest area in Itogon, Benguet on Thursday, forcing the Philippine Air Force to dispatch a rescue chopper to help extinguish the blaze.
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Read moreEnvironmentalists firm on keeping forest in summer capital
Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:17:18 +0000
Twenty four types of birds have made their home in a 1.4-hectare forest flanked by a mall, the Supreme Court courthouse and justices’ cottages, and the University of the Philippines Baguio.
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Read moreUS allows Nestle to keep taking water from California forest
LOS ANGELES — United States officials offered Nestle, the maker of Arrowhead bottled water, a three-year permit on Wednesday to keep taking millions of gallons of water from a national forest in Southern California. The permit, however, included new restrictions designed to keep a creek flowing for other uses. Nestle has 60 days to decide whether it will accept the terms.
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Read more27 years after eruption: Reviving forests ravaged by Mt. Pinatubo
The usually quiet Miranda King doesn’t need goading to enumerate what his tribe had lost after Mt. Pinatubo exploded on June 15, 1991, in the 20th century’s second largest volcanic eruption.
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