biodiversity
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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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Lessons from the Amazon: Searching for a Sustainable Future for Forests and People
The Amazon rainforest hosts some of the richest biodiversity in the world; stores vast amounts of carbon; and regulates the…
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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…
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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…
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Oil palm can be made more biodiversity friendly — experts
BOGOR, Indonesia (11 October, 2013) — If notoriously non-biodiverse oil palm plantations are developed only on degraded land, they will…
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Scientists tap local expertise to deepen knowledge of threatened species
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 September, 2013)_Involving local people in conservation efforts can be a reliable and cost-effective way to identify the…
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Combat poverty while conserving great ape habitats – scientists
BOGOR, Indonesia (2 September 2013) – Biodiversity conservation projects created to save endangered great apes could also play a key…
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Mitigation without adaptation can leave communities vulnerable — study
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 August, 2013) — Understanding the vulnerability of forest-dependent communities is a point of departure for building more…
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Large trees play key role in tropical forest biomass storage – study
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 August, 2013) – A large-scale study has found that a handful of big trees store up to…
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Biodiversity paradigm questioned after flaws found in logging impact research
BOGOR, Indonesia (19 July, 2013) — Studies about the impact of logging on biodiversity in tropical regions should be scrutinized,…
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Can biodiversity and logging coexist in the Congo?
Scientists are working with national authorities and local populations in the Congo Basin to develop multiple-use forest management systems, which…
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Forcing companies to carry out costly biodiversity surveys often backfires: Experts
BOGOR, Indonesia (18 March, 2013)_Forcing timber, mining and plantation companies to carry out costly, time-consuming and for-the-most-part incomplete biodiversity surveys…
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What do people think? Finding optimism in tree plantations
While timber harvested from natural tropical forests is expected to reach “peak production” in the coming decades, the area occupied…
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What do people think? Finding optimism in tree plantations
Püschel-Hoeneisen N and Simonetti JA. 2012. Forested habitat preferences by Chilean citizens: Implications for biodiversity conservation in Pinus radiata plantations.…
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A 4°C warmer world “will be catastrophic” for forest biodiversity: expert
BOGOR, Indonesia (8 January, 2013)_Global temperatures may be climbing at a rate too fast for our forests and its biodiversity…
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