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• Fragmented Tropical Forests Store Less Biomass and Carbon Dioxide

  
  The X-Journals — Authority: 142
  Conserving continuous forests is important for mitigation of climate change.
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• Bushmaster Pit Viper, Steer Clear Of This Venomous Creature

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  By Ranjan BhaduriDec. 09, (THAINDIAN NEWS) There are a number of venomous snakes in the world but few comes close to the menacing nature of Bushmaster Pit Viper. It has a large body and has severely toxic venom that can prove fatal to any animal. Its head has a triangular shape which indicates its deadly [...]
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• Video: rare footage of the sun bear, the worlds smallest, making a nest in the canopy

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  Sun bear expert, Siew Te Wong, has captured rare footage of the worlds smallest bear making a nest high in the canopy. The sun bear in the video is a radio-collared individual that Wong is keeping tabs on in Borneo.
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• Eco-label for rainforest products could boost sustainability

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  Tropical forests around the world continue to fall, largely the result of logging and conversion to agriculture. But new hope for forests has emerged under a scheme that would reward countries for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and degradation. Some variations of the concept, which is known as ...
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• How tree communities respond to distance to edges and canopy openness

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  Tropical forests frequently experience the opening and closing of canopy gaps as part of their natural dynamics. When an edge is created, and the area outside the boundary is a disturbed or unnatural system, forests can be seriously affected even at some distance from the fragmented edge, since sunlight and wind ...
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• From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Stakes at Copenhagen

  
  Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy — Authority: 475
  For much of the latter half of the 20th century, the world was locked in a cold war. Two superpowers amassed nuclear arsenals capable of destroying the world many times over.The world took sides and watched as the superpowers stared one another down, fingers poised over red buttons that could only lead to mutually ...
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• Luxury Architecture Design Resort in Mandarin by Gilberto Borja

  
  Architectures Design - Residential Architecture, Modern Architecture, Building Architecture — Authority: 129
  Luxury Architecture Design Resort Riviera Maya in Mandarin is set amidst 36 acres of tropical forests, with calm water views over the Caribbean Sea, lagoons or our sacred freshwater lake. Relax touring the nearby ancient Mayan ruins or in glorious spa, the soul of resort. Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya, Mexico is a ...
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• Copenhagen talks must include forest dwellers, says scientist

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, December 4 (ANI): A scientist has determined that forest dwellers must be included in the design of the upcoming forest deal at Copenhagen in order to avoid a humanitarian crisis.According to Dr Simon Lewis from the University of Leeds, UK, at least 50 percent of the carbon credit payments to be agreed at ...
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• Some birds prefer mates with good voices rather than looks

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): Looks can be deceiving when it comes to finding the right mate. But certain bird species have figured out that a voice can help them make the right decision, say researchers.A study, conducted by Andrew DeWoody, a Purdue University associate professor of forestry and natural resources, ...
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• Paper provider for fashion gurus drops APP due to deforestation across Indonesia

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  One by one, the fashion industrys biggest companies are leaving Asian Pulp and Paper (APP)—and deforestation in Indonesia—behind. The newest defector is PAK 2000, a packaging company for fashion products. After a sustained campaign by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and fashion companies buying from PAK 2000, ...
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• Meeting Tam in Borneo: our last chance to save Asias two horned rhino

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  Nothing can really prepare a person for coming face-to-face with what may be the last of a species. I had known for a week that I would be fortunate enough to meet Tam. Id heard stories of his gentle demeanor, discussed his current situation with experts, and read everything I could find about this surprising ...
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• Transmitters implanted in orangutans for tracking after release into the wild

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  For the first time transmitters have been implanted in orangutans to track their daily movements. The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) has implanted transmitters into three orangutans that have been released back into the wild from Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of ...
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• Deforestation emissions should be shared between producer and consumer, argues study

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  Under the Kyoto Protocol the nation that produces carbon emission takes responsibility for them, but what about when the country is producing carbon-intensive goods for consumer demand beyond its borders? For example while China is now the worlds highest carbon emitter, 50 percent of its growth over the last year was ...
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• Oil palm workers still below poverty line, despite Ministers statements

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  On October 19th, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok told parliament that oil palm harvesters and rubber tappers are living above Malaysias national poverty line, according to a story in the Malaysian Insider . But now representatives of the workers are saying Dompok lied.
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• Pygmy hippo shot and killed in…Australia

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  Hunters going after pigs in Australias Northwest Territories got a big surprise when they shot an animal they mistook for a pig, only to find out it was a pygmy hippopotamus, reports the Northwest Territory News.
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• New climate treaty could save some species, but increase risk to others

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, November 17 (ANI): Scientists believe that plans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction, but inadvertently increase the risk to others.A team of eleven of the world’s top tropical forest ...
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• Can tropical forests save the world? (Comment-Countdown to Copenhagen)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  By Nalin SrivastavaExpectations about a new global climate deal have reached a fever pitch with only a few weeks to go before the start of the 15th annual United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen to finalise a global climate pact beyond 2012, when the first term of the Kyoto Protocol will expire. Kyoto ...
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• Coastal habitats may sequester 50 times more carbon than tropical forests by area

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  Highly endangered coastal habitats are incredibly effective in sequestering carbon and locking it away in soil, according to a new paper in a report by the IUCN. The paper attests that coastal habitats—such as mangroves, sea grasses, and salt marhses—sequester as much as 50 times the amount of carbon in their soil ...
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• DNA uncovers nearly extinct Siamese crocodiles in captivity

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  The Critically Endangered Siamese crocodile, once believed to be extinct in the wild, received some uplifting news this week. DNA testing of 69 rescued crocodiles at Phnom Tama Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) in Cambodia found 35 purebred Siamese crocodiles.
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• New report: boreal forests contain more carbon than tropical forest per hectare

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  A new report states that boreal forests store nearly twice as much carbon as tropical forests per hectare: a fact which researchers say should make the conservation of boreal forests as important as tropical in climate change negotiations. The report from the Canadian Boreal Initiative and the Boreal Songbird ...
  4 weeks ago

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