http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on deforestation and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/news/ We should heed researchers' findings that ceasing deforestation in the Amazon could boost its climate change resilience, says Andrew Mitchell.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/amazon-trees-worth-more-alive-than-dead.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationFri, 08 May 2009 01:34:53 GMTSafeguarding and replanting forests are key to reducing flooding and protecting wood supplies, says Lester R. Brown.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/we-must-protect-our-forests.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationFri, 24 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMTDeveloping countries have been funded to take part in the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation scheme.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/countries-funded-to-plan-forest-protection.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationThu, 16 Apr 2009 03:03:30 GMTForests are valuable assets, and reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) should be prioritised, says Virgilio M. Viana.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/waving-the-redd-flag.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationThu, 16 Apr 2009 01:55:56 GMTA study shows that areas for environmental protection significantly reduce fires in the Brazilian Amazon.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/amazon-reserves-effective-against-forest-fires.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:39:41 GMTChina's profitable rubber industry is a boon for some rural communities, but the environmental costs could be much higher.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/chinese-rubber-rush-leads-to-ecological-credit-cru.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationThu, 22 Jan 2009 03:43:15 GMTTropical forests that grow back following deforestation are unexpectedly rich in plant and animal life that can help conservation efforts.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/-comeback-forests-rich-in-biodiversity-say-scienti.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationMon, 19 Jan 2009 02:16:04 GMTThe discovery of a variety of Anopheles mosquito - a malaria vector - in Panama has led to calls for intensifying malaria prevention.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/powerful-malaria-vector-found-in-panama.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationWed, 05 Nov 2008 04:55:12 GMTA study shows how rising oil and gas demand is leading to major exploration in the Western Amazon, threatening the forest and indigenous people.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/western-amazon-in-danger-from-oil-and-gas-demand.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationTue, 26 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMTMangroves are of great economic value to the Mexican fishing industry and should be protected, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/mexican-mangroves-vital-for-fishing-industry-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationFri, 25 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMTTraining tree fellers in forest management can cut tree damage and carbon emissions from degradation, argue Francis E. Putz and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/training-tree-fellers-helps-cut-carbon-emissions.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationTue, 22 Jul 2008 03:48:12 GMTBrazil is set to launch a satellite, carrying a British-made high-tech camera, in 2011 for various applications including environmental observation.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/brazil-harnesses-space-tech-to-monitor-deforestati.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationTue, 22 Jul 2008 12:56:21 GMTResearchers have called for more planning and better collaboration to make two of China's environmental programmes more sustainable.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/china-s-forestry-projects-should-be-more-sustainab.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationFri, 18 Jul 2008 04:12:55 GMTProtected conservation areas attract human settlement rather than drive people away, which could threaten biodiversity, finds a study.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/conservation-areas-attracting-human-settlement-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationThu, 10 Jul 2008 02:57:11 GMTAccording to the UN, destruction of mangroves in Myanmar contributed heavily to the damaged caused by cyclone Nargis last week.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/un-mangrove-loss-intensified-myanmar-cyclone-damag.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationThu, 15 May 2008 03:02:05 GMTAn inadequate response to early warnings and destruction of mangrove forests worsened the devastation of cyclone Nargis, say experts.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/ignored-warnings-worsened-myanmar-cyclone-disaster.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationFri, 09 May 2008 05:00:05 GMTCarefully designed reward schemes for reducing deforestation could prove lucrative for tropical forest conservation, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/reducing-deforestation-lucrative-for-forest-nation.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationFri, 18 Apr 2008 03:06:12 GMTTwo environmental organisations have struck an investment deal that will help conservation and research in Guyana's rainforests.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/forest-investment-deal-boosts-guyana-conservation.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationTue, 08 Apr 2008 11:00:00 GMTA round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/south-asia-news-in-brief-1-15-march-2008.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationThu, 20 Mar 2008 03:58:03 GMTThe UN supports forest protection in the next climate agreement, but questions on how to tackle deforestation are still being debated.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/deforestation/managing-world-s-tropical-forest-spurs-debate.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_deforestationFri, 14 Mar 2008 03:28:20 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/