Following up from our earlier post discussing the debate over “secondary” tropical forests, we note that Dr. William Laurance, a scientist for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, has provided an informative summary of the debate over at The Green Room, an environmental news series on the BBC News website. Contrasting the varying views on the [...]
Archive for the ‘Environmental News’ Category
30 Jan
New Forests, New Challenges, New Opportunites
Without a doubt, tropical rain-forest destruction must be curbed. But is a new forest better than no forest at all? That’s one of the questions addressed in an interesting article by Elisabeth Rosenthal of the New York Times. In discussing the varying viewpoints regarding the new jungles popping up in areas of previously cleared tropical [...]
14 Aug
Reforestation a Priority at Accra Climate Change Talks 2008
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change has made forest preservation, forest management, and reforestation a priority at the Accra climate change talks later this month. According to the UNFCCC web site: Under the process of the Bali Action Plan, discussions in 2008 and 2009 will focus on policy approaches and positive incentives to [...]
14 Aug
Accra Climate Change Talks 2008
United Nations climate change negotiations will take place from August 21-27, 2008, in Accra, Ghana. More info on the UNFCCC web page, here.
18 May
Climate models confirm the benefit of tropical reforestation
A recent scientific study conducted by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory stresses the importance of choosing the appropriate geographic region for planting carbon-offset forests. In particular, the study confirms that planting more trees in tropical rainforests could help slow global warming worldwide. The lead author of the research project, Dr. Govindasamy Bala, stated that “this is the first comprehensive [...]
