Tag: Forestry

By Jon Donnison Australia has been battling unseasonably bad bushfires for weeks. The flames have destroyed hundreds of homes – and have also intensified a political debate about whether there is a link with global warming.

By Jeremy Coles Male and female flowers advertise different “rewards” by giving off different scents, scientists have said. Mated female epicephala moths prefer the smell of male flowers, suggesting male flower scent triggers pollen collecting behaviour.

By Rebecca Morelle Money might not grow on trees, but scientists have confirmed that gold is found in the leaves of some plants.

From: Robin Blackstone, ENN Community Gardens bring people together, builds relationships, improves quality of life and activates communities through its bounty, exercise, therapy, education, family budget augmentation, social interaction and neighborhood beautification.

Large numbers of children in Britain are missing out on the natural world, a study from the RSPB suggests.

Apa Sherpa’s battle and struggles in the Himalayas- to raise awareness about Climate Change in the mountain communities and the successful completion of the historic Great Himalaya Trai-Climate Smart Celebrity Trek (15 Jan-22 April 2012).

The felling of diseased trees across an area the size of around 300 football pitches is taking place at Wales’ largest ancient woodland.

Tropical tree communities are moving up mountainsides to cooler habitats as temperatures rise, a new study in Global Change Biology has found. By examining the tree species present in ten one-hectare plots at various intervals over a decade, researchers found…

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Research by environmental scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) brings bad news to the western United States, where firefighters are currently battling dozens of fires in at least 11 states.

A trawler laden with cut banned Sundari wood of Sundarban forest was seized by the forest department from the river Dratan that flows by the side of Bagerhat district town on the night of Sunday.

By Mark Kinver

Guwahati – The ministry of environment and forests has denied forest clearance to the 1,500MW Tipaimukh hydel project in Manipur and the 3,000MW Dibang multipurpose project in Arunachal Pradesh.

Ecuador has abandoned a conservation plan that would have paid the country not to drill for oil in previously untouched parts of Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest. President Rafael Correa said rich nations had failed to back the…

By Mark Kinver

Non-government organisation Agriculture Sustainable and Socio Economic Development Organisation (ASSEDO) distributed 2,200 saplings of fruits and wood trees among ultra poor women at Alatuli union under Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday under its ‘Nadi-O-Jiban-2’ project with the association Concern World…

Extensive tree plantation can help eradicating poverty in the char areas alongside addressing the adverse impact of climate change, development activists said.

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By Rebecca Morelle

A weeklong tree fair, organized jointly by district administration, District Agriculture Extension Department and District Social Forestry Department, was Inaugurated here on Friday on Brahma Samaj Road. DC of Faridpur Mainuddin Ahmed attended the inaugural function as the chief guest…

A seven day-long tree fair began at Moulvibazar Government High School Playground in the district town on Monday.

Raising of adequate fruit-bearing  trees is very important for ensuring nutritional demands plus ensuring food security, ecological balance and biodiversity.

From: Andy Soos, ENN

Trees cut down to block roads during strikes is usual in Bangladesh which is why receent political agitations has led the nation to pay a price in green, the Environment Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud has claimed.

Speakers at a discussion at Rajshahi University yesterday urged the government to enact a new forest law to preserve the forest . With the theme of the day “Think. Eat. Save” Institute of Environmental Science (IES) of the university organised…

The government is being deprived of revenue worth about Tk1 crore every year due to corrupt practices by some dishonest officials and employees in the Sunamganj forest department.

The honey collectors who are locally known as ‘Mawals’ are now very busy in Sundarban forest for collection of honey.

Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said Bangladesh has taken a major move to take the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) agenda ahead.