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Three-way collaboration key to fire control in the Amazon — study
Left to itself, the Amazon forest is too damp to burn, but two severe fire seasons — one in 2005…
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Forging fire resilience on Amazon forest fringes in Peru
Víctor Gutiérrez spots a thick column of smoke rising from an overgrown field outside Pucallpa city in Peru’s Amazon region,…
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Climate prediction tools show role of oceans in Amazon drought
The best place to look for clues about potential drought in the Amazon forests of Peru is on the other…
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Degradation: When is a forest no longer a forest?
As countries ponder incentives to slow the degradation of their tropical forests, a huge, unanswered question looms: What exactly is…
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Biological corridors help plants adapt to climate change — study
As the range of some plant species shifts to higher elevations due to the climate change, biological corridors that connect…
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Combining climate-change adaptation and mitigation: a win-win option
Although rural landscapes can be managed to optimize both climate-change mitigation and adaptation, many climate-oriented development projects fail to take advantage of the…
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Monitoring of carbon-rich wetlands a focus at U.N. climate talks
New guidelines for calculating carbon emissions from wetlands will provide a more accurate picture of buried treasure — a massive…
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Biodiversity “hotspots” more likely to have greater ecosystem co-benefits — study
Areas that are “hotspots” of biodiversity can carry higher value for other important ecosystem services, including carbon storage, water conservation and scenic…
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Forging a path for policymakers amid Mesoamerica climate uncertainty
TURRIALBA, Costa Rica (24 October 2013) — An increasingly warmer, drier climate in Central America and Mexico in the next 20 years…
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Smallholder agroforestry plots may boost tree conservation: Report
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 September, 2013)_When natural forests are threatened by deforestation or climate change, the best hope for the survival…
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