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Tree Power Could Protect Forests From Fires
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a company, Voltree, that literally taps into the tiny electrical current that is carried in trees, and have designed a way to use it as a power... Peru creates Environment Police Force
Peru will create an environment task force to safeguard forests and monitor the Amazons rivers. There will be about 3,000 officers that will be called The Environment Police.There is 373,000 sq km of Amazon... Plants in Forest Emit Aspirin Chemical to Deal with Stress
In a new study released today, it has been found that plants respond by producing an amount of a chemical form of aspirin. The study was conducted by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR),... Brazil : Zero Deforestation in Seven Years
Brazil has presented an ambicious plan to reduce to zero the deforestation by 2015. Deforestation level has been decreasing in Brazil for the last three years. There is a light on the end of the tunnel!! ... Universities go green by eliminating cafeteria trays
Universities across the US are starting to ban cafeteria trays. I found this piece quite interesting, but I’m torn if a ban will actually make a difference. It seems like the banning of trays... New plans to protect native tigers and elephants in Sumatra
There will be new measures put in place to conserve the numbers of tigers and elephants on the island of Sumatra.The Tesso Nilo National Park will be doubled in size, and is an important area of forest for both the... Mass tree collapse mystery in Nepal
3000 trees are estimated to have mysteriously collapsed at a forest in mid-western Nepal. For no apparent reason, all of them just fell down in the time stretch of 10 minutes as reported by eyewitnesses. The locals...Environment: Solar plants in deserts could yield water and crops
Well, this sounds incredible; combining sun and seawater to make deserts yield food:" The Sahara forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert. Photograph: Exploration Architecture Vast...China's Yunnan Stone Forest
"Known locally as Shilin, this region of karst formation covers 400 square kilometers that includes big and small stone forests making it the most important attraction of the entire province."Could the Wild Wielangta be the first Australian forest to generate carbon of...
Help the Wild Wielangta find ways to keep its old growth, high conservation value forest in the ground by applying pressure to the Australian (Federal) and Tasmanian (State) governments to recognise the role... Rare British species get their own wood to thrive in
There are at least 45 rare or protected species of British wildlife that will benefit from their own woodland area at what will be known as the Sunday Times Wood in Hertfordshire. One of the species that will benefit... Food vs Fuel problem - solution on the way?
A british company believes that new technology based around a detritus-loving bug that is in almost every compost heap will help solve the bio-fuel versus food production problem. This would be a real breakthrough... China's green dream - the Olympic Forest Park
One of the biggest efforts the Chinese did in the past years is the creation of the Olympic Forest Park. Great result. See the videos9 Firefighters in California Helicopter Crash Are Presumed Dead
"Nine firefighters were missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crashed this week while ferrying them to one of the blazes still raging in northern California. The nine were believed to have been consumed by the flames that erupted after the Sikorsky S-61 fell out of... Primates 'at risk of extinction'
A new report says that about half of the world's primates are facing extinction, saying that the destruction of rainforests is the biggest threat to primate species."Some 300 of the 634 different types of ape and...
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