http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on forestry and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/news/ Essential field trials of GM trees are being hindered by anti-GM activists working through the Convention on Biological Diversity, say Steven H. Strauss and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/gm-tree-research-blocked-by-impossible-recommendat.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryThu, 18 Jun 2009 01:33:07 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/forestry/we-must-protect-our-forests.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryFri, 24 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMTA community forestry project in Haryana state has won the world's first afforestation clean development mechanism certificate.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/indian-small-scale-forestry-project-wins-cdm-certi.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryThu, 23 Apr 2009 03:42:03 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/forestry/countries-funded-to-plan-forest-protection.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryThu, 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/forestry/waving-the-redd-flag.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryThu, 16 Apr 2009 01:55:56 GMTThe Amazon rainforest is surprisingly sensitive to drought, researchers have found, which could threaten its role as a carbon sink.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/drought-threatens-amazon-carbon-sink.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryMon, 09 Mar 2009 04:00:45 GMTResearchers have demonstrated for the first time that African forests are absorbing a substantial amount of extra carbon.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/african-forests-prove-valuable-carbon-sink.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryWed, 25 Feb 2009 02:53:24 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/forestry/chinese-rubber-rush-leads-to-ecological-credit-cru.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryThu, 22 Jan 2009 03:43:15 GMTShade-grown coffee farms are rich in native tree species and are important corridors of genetic diversity linking forests, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/traditional-coffee-farms-improve-tree-biodiversity.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryMon, 19 Jan 2009 04:51:13 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/forestry/-comeback-forests-rich-in-biodiversity-say-scienti.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryMon, 19 Jan 2009 02:16:04 GMTCoastal forests such as mangroves cannot protect against a tsunami on their own, and other factors should be considered, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/mangroves-do-not-protect-against-tsunamis-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryWed, 14 Jan 2009 03:53:16 GMTGrowing forests might be easy but getting developing-country forests onto the carbon market is proving more difficult.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/growing-money-on-trees-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryTue, 13 Jan 2009 03:22:36 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/forestry/western-amazon-in-danger-from-oil-and-gas-demand.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryTue, 26 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMTPhilippine researchers say the government is planting mangroves in unsuitable areas, leading to early death for the seedlings.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/philippine-mangrove-planting-strategy-needs-urgent.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryThu, 24 Jul 2008 04:02:49 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/forestry/training-tree-fellers-helps-cut-carbon-emissions.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryTue, 22 Jul 2008 03:48:12 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/forestry/china-s-forestry-projects-should-be-more-sustainab.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryFri, 18 Jul 2008 04:12:55 GMTPreparations are rife for Africa's 'Great Green Wall', a measure to prevent desertification, three years after it was first proposed.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/african-wall-of-trees-gets-underway.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryMon, 07 Jul 2008 05:34:32 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/forestry/south-asia-news-in-brief-1-15-march-2008.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryThu, 20 Mar 2008 03:58:03 GMTChanges in tropical forests cannot be explained by global environmental changes alone, researchers have found.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/tropical-forest-changes-explained-by-multiple-fact.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryWed, 19 Mar 2008 05:26:41 GMTUsing China's 'idle land' — often home to diverse species — to produce biofuels could post a threat to biodiversity, warn experts.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/forestry/chinese-biofuel-could-endanger-biodiversity-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_forestryTue, 18 Mar 2008 02:20:56 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/