The International Forest List Weekly News Digest - June 14, 2024
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Microbial competition for phosphorus limits the CO2 response of a mature forest
The capacity for terrestrial ecosystems to sequester additional carbon (C) with rising CO2 concentrations depends on soil nutrient availability. Previous evidence suggested that mature forests growing on phosphorus (P)-deprived soils had limited capacity to…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07491-0
Enhancing forest productivity through improved phosphorus use: a comprehensive review of phosphorus uptake, transport, and signaling in woody and model plants
A research team has reviewed the mechanisms of inorganic phosphorus (Pi) uptake, transport, and signaling in woody plants based on the backbone of model and crop plants. Their findings emphasize the importance of Pi in photosynthesis, respiration, and genetic…
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1047483
Daycares in Finland Grew Forests, And It Changed Kids' Immune Systems
When daycare workers rolled out a lawn, planted forest undergrowth (such as dwarf heather and blueberries), and allowed children to care for crops in planter boxes, the diversity of microbes in the guts and on the skin of the young kids appeared healthier in…
https://www.sciencealert.com/daycares-in-finland-grew-forests-and-it-changed-kids-immune-systems
National climate action plans have insufficient forest targets and deforestation continues to rise
Despite global commitments to halt deforestation by 2030, only eight of the top 20 countries with highest rate of tropical deforestation have quantified targets on forests in their national climate action plans, also known as Nationally Determined Contributions…
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/national-climate-action-plans-have-insufficient-forest-targets-and
Raising ambition, accelerating action: towards enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions for forests
Pledges to reduce deforestation and pledges to financially support this transition from developed countries, are insufficient to halt deforestation by 2030. This report finds that commitments within the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) from the twenty…
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/raising-ambition-accelerating-action-towards-enhanced-nationally-determined
The end of the great northern forests? The tiny tree-killing beetle wreaking havoc on our ancient giants
The giant sequoia is so enormous that it was once believed to be indestructible. High in California’s southern Sierra Nevada mountains, the oldest trees – known as monarchs – have stood for more than 2,000 years…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/05/collapse-northern-boreal-forests-drought-fire-beetles-climate-crisis-ancient-trees-carbon-sink
Wildfire season and the evolution of forest management in New Mexico
As summers become drier and hotter for New Mexico, the state’s National Forests become more vulnerable. In recent weeks, crews have been battling Blue 2 Fire, which was caused by a lightning strike in the White Mountain Wilderness. Red flag conditions transformed…
https://www.krwg.org/krwg-news/2024-06-11/wildfire-season-and-the-evolution-of-forest-management-in-new-mexico
Forestry Commission extends beetle pest controls
The Forestry Commission is to extend its measures to tackle a beetle pest across East Anglia. The Ips typographus, or larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle, is a serious pest of spruce trees in Europe and has been spotted in the region…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjllne42r8zo
Tropical forests adjust strategies to thrive even when soils are nutrient poor, large field experiment shows
Tropical forests store a third of the world's carbon in their wood and soils. However, their future as a carbon sink has been uncertain. Scientists have long wondered whether nutrient-poor tropical soils would limit the ability of mature and recovering forests to…
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-tropical-forests-adjust-strategies-soils.html
Russia Says Its Forests Can Absorb Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Climate Change and Poor Forestry Standards Make This Unlikely
As the climate crisis intensifies, Russia is pinning its hopes on its vast forests to make up for its carbon emissions — the world’s fourth-highest — and even help the country become a global leader in carbon absorption…
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/06/07/russia-says-its-forests-can-absorb-its-greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change-and-poor-forestry-standards-make-this-unlikely-a85339
Hybrid planting, partnerships drive success in tropical forest restoration in Hawaiʻi
Battling direct threats to fragile native ecosystems while simultaneously working with partners on ambitious replanting projects are just two of the programmatic successes of the Hawaiʻi Army National Guard and its Natural Resources Conservation team…
https://www.army.mil/article/277076/hybrid_planting_partnerships_drive_success_in_tropical_forest_restoration_in_hawaii
Kenya’s Traditional Healers Work To Preserve the Rainforest
Inside the hut, the air is cool from the clay walls. A smoldering fire and hand-held candles light the faces of the 15 or so folks gathered in the home of 82-year-old Clement Shiramba, a respected seer. Since his youth, Shiramba has earned a reputation as someone…
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/kenyas-traditional-healers-work-to-preserve-the-rainforest/
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon
Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/11/worlds-top-banks-greenwashing-their-role-in-destruction-of-the-amazon
Indigenous collaboration creates wildlife corridor in Australia's ancient Daintree Rainforest
Indigenous ranger Jason Petersen remembers how he used to watch the world’s oldest rainforest in wonder as a child. When the rains arrived, they would wash the dust from the trees, revealing the lush colors of the forest. Now, as an adult, he says he hopes his son…
https://www.oneearth.org/indigenous-collaboration-creates-wildlife-corridor-in-australias-ancient-daintree-rainforest/
Uncovering the Secret Water Cycle of the Amazon Rainforest: A Crucial but Poorly Understood System
The largest contiguous tropical rainforest on Earth, the Amazon, thrives on a sophisticated water cycle that remains largely enigmatic to science. Amidst growing concerns, a fresh report indicates that human-induced changes are altering this essential system before…
https://theubj.com/uae/science/170942/uncovering-the-secret-water-cycle-of-the-amazon-rainforest-a-crucial-but-poorly-understood-system/
In Benin, the disappearance of mangroves is threatening human health
In Togbin Adouko, a fishing village just a few kilometres from the port city of Cotonou, residents have learned to deeply value mangroves. Gérald Djikpessè, the community area's manager, acknowledges a change in perspective. "We didn't fully grasp the…
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/benin-disappearance-mangroves-threatening-human-health
Ecological restoration at pilot-scale employing site-specific rationales for small-patch degraded mangroves in Indian Sundarbans
To date, degraded mangrove ecosystem restoration accomplished worldwide primarily aligns towards rehabilitation with monotypic plantations, while ecological restoration principles are rarely followed in these interventions. However, researchers admit that…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63281-8
Is it feasible to use blue carbon to finance mangrove conservation in Trinidad and Tobago?
A blue carbon credit system is being piloted in Trinidad and Tobago. Led by the country's Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the project aims to design a high-quality blue carbon credit scheme to improve the…
https://globalvoices.org/2024/06/10/is-it-feasible-to-use-blue-carbon-to-finance-mangrove-conservation-in-trinidad-and-tobago/
Behind The Mangrove Restoration Movement In The Niger Delta
As Nigeria’s vulnerability to climate change continues to increase, restoring the degraded mangrove ecosystem in the oil-rich Niger Delta is now a mission for two local nonprofits.
The instructions Collins Barineka, 40, received during a mangrove restoration training…
https://www.fairplanet.org/story/behind-the-mangrove-restoration-movement-in-the-niger-delta/
New report shows China's mangrove forests on the rise
China planted about 7,000 hectares of mangrove forests from 2020 to 2023, making it one of the few countries in the world that saw an expansion in mangrove forest coverage in 2023, according to a report released by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Saturday…
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-06-09/New-report-shows-China-s-mangrove-forests-on-the-rise-1uhNGXhrEZ2/p.html
Morphological Evolution of an Intertidal Mudflat in Relation to Mangrove Growth: Implications for Future Erosion Control
There is limited information regarding the influence of mangrove growth on the morphological evolution of intertidal mudflats. In this study, Tan Phu Dong district, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam, was selected for investigating how mangrove growth…
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381133912_Morphological_Evolution_of_an_Intertidal_Mudflat_in_Relation_to_Mangrove_Growth_Implications_for_Future_Erosion_Control
In Pakistan’s Sindh, mangrove forests shield vulnerable coastal communities against sea storms, hurricanes
Fatima Hanif was just a teenager when she and her family sought refuge in Baghan, a town in the southern Pakistani district of Thatta, after a devastating sea storm hit their village, Hasan Utradi, near the Keti Bandar port in 1999. The storm…
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2527391/amp
Microbial competition for phosphorus limits the CO2 response of a mature forest
The capacity for terrestrial ecosystems to sequester additional carbon (C) with rising CO2 concentrations depends on soil nutrient availability. Previous evidence suggested that mature forests growing on phosphorus (P)-deprived soils had limited capacity to…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07491-0
Enhancing forest productivity through improved phosphorus use: a comprehensive review of phosphorus uptake, transport, and signaling in woody and model plants
A research team has reviewed the mechanisms of inorganic phosphorus (Pi) uptake, transport, and signaling in woody plants based on the backbone of model and crop plants. Their findings emphasize the importance of Pi in photosynthesis, respiration, and genetic…
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1047483
Daycares in Finland Grew Forests, And It Changed Kids' Immune Systems
When daycare workers rolled out a lawn, planted forest undergrowth (such as dwarf heather and blueberries), and allowed children to care for crops in planter boxes, the diversity of microbes in the guts and on the skin of the young kids appeared healthier in…
https://www.sciencealert.com/daycares-in-finland-grew-forests-and-it-changed-kids-immune-systems
National climate action plans have insufficient forest targets and deforestation continues to rise
Despite global commitments to halt deforestation by 2030, only eight of the top 20 countries with highest rate of tropical deforestation have quantified targets on forests in their national climate action plans, also known as Nationally Determined Contributions…
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/national-climate-action-plans-have-insufficient-forest-targets-and
Raising ambition, accelerating action: towards enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions for forests
Pledges to reduce deforestation and pledges to financially support this transition from developed countries, are insufficient to halt deforestation by 2030. This report finds that commitments within the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) from the twenty…
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/raising-ambition-accelerating-action-towards-enhanced-nationally-determined
The end of the great northern forests? The tiny tree-killing beetle wreaking havoc on our ancient giants
The giant sequoia is so enormous that it was once believed to be indestructible. High in California’s southern Sierra Nevada mountains, the oldest trees – known as monarchs – have stood for more than 2,000 years…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/05/collapse-northern-boreal-forests-drought-fire-beetles-climate-crisis-ancient-trees-carbon-sink
Wildfire season and the evolution of forest management in New Mexico
As summers become drier and hotter for New Mexico, the state’s National Forests become more vulnerable. In recent weeks, crews have been battling Blue 2 Fire, which was caused by a lightning strike in the White Mountain Wilderness. Red flag conditions transformed…
https://www.krwg.org/krwg-news/2024-06-11/wildfire-season-and-the-evolution-of-forest-management-in-new-mexico
Forestry Commission extends beetle pest controls
The Forestry Commission is to extend its measures to tackle a beetle pest across East Anglia. The Ips typographus, or larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle, is a serious pest of spruce trees in Europe and has been spotted in the region…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjllne42r8zo
Tropical forests adjust strategies to thrive even when soils are nutrient poor, large field experiment shows
Tropical forests store a third of the world's carbon in their wood and soils. However, their future as a carbon sink has been uncertain. Scientists have long wondered whether nutrient-poor tropical soils would limit the ability of mature and recovering forests to…
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-tropical-forests-adjust-strategies-soils.html
Russia Says Its Forests Can Absorb Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Climate Change and Poor Forestry Standards Make This Unlikely
As the climate crisis intensifies, Russia is pinning its hopes on its vast forests to make up for its carbon emissions — the world’s fourth-highest — and even help the country become a global leader in carbon absorption…
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/06/07/russia-says-its-forests-can-absorb-its-greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change-and-poor-forestry-standards-make-this-unlikely-a85339
Hybrid planting, partnerships drive success in tropical forest restoration in Hawaiʻi
Battling direct threats to fragile native ecosystems while simultaneously working with partners on ambitious replanting projects are just two of the programmatic successes of the Hawaiʻi Army National Guard and its Natural Resources Conservation team…
https://www.army.mil/article/277076/hybrid_planting_partnerships_drive_success_in_tropical_forest_restoration_in_hawaii
Kenya’s Traditional Healers Work To Preserve the Rainforest
Inside the hut, the air is cool from the clay walls. A smoldering fire and hand-held candles light the faces of the 15 or so folks gathered in the home of 82-year-old Clement Shiramba, a respected seer. Since his youth, Shiramba has earned a reputation as someone…
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/kenyas-traditional-healers-work-to-preserve-the-rainforest/
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon
Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/11/worlds-top-banks-greenwashing-their-role-in-destruction-of-the-amazon
Indigenous collaboration creates wildlife corridor in Australia's ancient Daintree Rainforest
Indigenous ranger Jason Petersen remembers how he used to watch the world’s oldest rainforest in wonder as a child. When the rains arrived, they would wash the dust from the trees, revealing the lush colors of the forest. Now, as an adult, he says he hopes his son…
https://www.oneearth.org/indigenous-collaboration-creates-wildlife-corridor-in-australias-ancient-daintree-rainforest/
Uncovering the Secret Water Cycle of the Amazon Rainforest: A Crucial but Poorly Understood System
The largest contiguous tropical rainforest on Earth, the Amazon, thrives on a sophisticated water cycle that remains largely enigmatic to science. Amidst growing concerns, a fresh report indicates that human-induced changes are altering this essential system before…
https://theubj.com/uae/science/170942/uncovering-the-secret-water-cycle-of-the-amazon-rainforest-a-crucial-but-poorly-understood-system/
In Benin, the disappearance of mangroves is threatening human health
In Togbin Adouko, a fishing village just a few kilometres from the port city of Cotonou, residents have learned to deeply value mangroves. Gérald Djikpessè, the community area's manager, acknowledges a change in perspective. "We didn't fully grasp the…
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/benin-disappearance-mangroves-threatening-human-health
Ecological restoration at pilot-scale employing site-specific rationales for small-patch degraded mangroves in Indian Sundarbans
To date, degraded mangrove ecosystem restoration accomplished worldwide primarily aligns towards rehabilitation with monotypic plantations, while ecological restoration principles are rarely followed in these interventions. However, researchers admit that…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63281-8
Is it feasible to use blue carbon to finance mangrove conservation in Trinidad and Tobago?
A blue carbon credit system is being piloted in Trinidad and Tobago. Led by the country's Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the project aims to design a high-quality blue carbon credit scheme to improve the…
https://globalvoices.org/2024/06/10/is-it-feasible-to-use-blue-carbon-to-finance-mangrove-conservation-in-trinidad-and-tobago/
Behind The Mangrove Restoration Movement In The Niger Delta
As Nigeria’s vulnerability to climate change continues to increase, restoring the degraded mangrove ecosystem in the oil-rich Niger Delta is now a mission for two local nonprofits.
The instructions Collins Barineka, 40, received during a mangrove restoration training…
https://www.fairplanet.org/story/behind-the-mangrove-restoration-movement-in-the-niger-delta/
New report shows China's mangrove forests on the rise
China planted about 7,000 hectares of mangrove forests from 2020 to 2023, making it one of the few countries in the world that saw an expansion in mangrove forest coverage in 2023, according to a report released by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Saturday…
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-06-09/New-report-shows-China-s-mangrove-forests-on-the-rise-1uhNGXhrEZ2/p.html
Morphological Evolution of an Intertidal Mudflat in Relation to Mangrove Growth: Implications for Future Erosion Control
There is limited information regarding the influence of mangrove growth on the morphological evolution of intertidal mudflats. In this study, Tan Phu Dong district, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam, was selected for investigating how mangrove growth…
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381133912_Morphological_Evolution_of_an_Intertidal_Mudflat_in_Relation_to_Mangrove_Growth_Implications_for_Future_Erosion_Control
In Pakistan’s Sindh, mangrove forests shield vulnerable coastal communities against sea storms, hurricanes
Fatima Hanif was just a teenager when she and her family sought refuge in Baghan, a town in the southern Pakistani district of Thatta, after a devastating sea storm hit their village, Hasan Utradi, near the Keti Bandar port in 1999. The storm…
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2527391/amp
Understanding Salt-Related Genes in the Leaves of Mangrove Trees
Salt resistance in plants is crucial for their survival in saline environments. Avicennia marina, a highly salt-resistant mangrove, thrives in hypersaline water thanks to its leaves' ability to secrete salt. While the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in leaf…
https://naturalsciencenews.com/article/3327
Lamu loggers embrace apiculture to reduce over-exploitation of mangrove forests
Lamu mangrove loggers have embraced Apiculture commonly known as beekeeping as a strategy to reduce pressure and over-exploitation of mangrove forests and the general marine ecosystem. Apiculture is the science of raising or maintaining colonies of bees…
https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/coast/2024-06-06-lamu-loggers-embrace-apiculture-to-reduce-over-exploitation-of-mangrove-forests/
Fires in Brazilian wetlands surge 980%, extreme drought expected
Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have surged nearly tenfold so far this year to the highest levels since 2020, when the biome suffered its worst blazes on record. Satellite data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) showed a 980% increase in the…
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fires-brazilian-wetlands-surge-980-extreme-drought-expected-2024-06-06/
D-day’s secret weapon: how wetland science stopped the Normandy landings from getting bogged down
Beneath the roar of gunfire and the chaos of D-day, an unlikely hero played a vital role — wetland science. Often overlooked amid military strategies and troop movements, the study of mud proved critical to the success of the largest amphibious invasion in history…
https://theconversation.com/d-days-secret-weapon-how-wetland-science-stopped-the-normandy-landings-from-getting-bogged-down-230743
Remote Sensing Characterization Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery
Remote sensing provides a spatially consistent and comprehensive way by which to monitor vegetation condition at the landscape scale. Therefore, there is considerable interest in leveraging different remote sensing assets to characterize vegetation status…
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/remote-sensing-characterization-post-fire-vegetation-recovery?utm_source=comms&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news
Remote Sensing & Machine Learning Based High-Resolution Land - Use Land Cover Classification Map for Iraq A Step towards Improved Land and Water Management for Food Security
Knowing how to use the land, the level of green cover and the amount of surface water in the Kurdistan region is one of the most important information for now and for the future based on which government makes many decisions…
https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/remote-sensing-machine-learning-based-high-resolution-land-use-land-cover-classification-map-iraq-step-towards-improved-land-and-water-management-food-security
ARSET - Earth Observations for Humanitarian Applications
Refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and other displaced populations are made more vulnerable to climate change impacts due to their socio-political marginalization. This three-part training presents concrete strategies for mapping localized climate…
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/get-involved/training/english/arset-earth-observations-humanitarian-applications
Coupled InVEST–MGWR modeling to analyze the impacts of changing landscape patterns on habitat quality in the Fen River basin
The present study employed remote sensing images of the Fen River Basin from 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020 as the primary data source. The software ENVI, ArcGIS, and Fragstats 4.2 were utilized to measure the landscape pattern index of the Fen River…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-64012-9
Fighting fires from space in record time: How AI could prevent a repeat of Australia's devastating wildfires
Australian scientists are getting closer to detecting bushfires in record time, thanks to cube satellites with onboard AI now able to detect fires from space 500 times faster than traditional on-ground processing of imagery…
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-space-ai-australia-devastating-wildfires.html
Remote sensing and geoinformation: The key to effective urban adaptation to climate change
Cities today face immense challenges. Climate change and the negative impacts of ongoing urbanization overlap, affecting our quality of life. City managers must make swift and accurate decisions regarding adaptive actions. Therefore, one might ask, how can…
https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/remote-sensing-and-geoinformation-the-key-to-effective-urban-adaptation-to-climate-change-12566
New remote sensing technologies used to measure water from the province’s snowpack and glaciers
The Hakai Cryosphere Node is a collaboration between the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Vancouver Island University (VIU) and the Hakai Institute. The Hakai Cryosphere Node is located at UNBC and led by Geography Professor Dr. Brian…
https://news.viu.ca/new-remote-sensing-technologies-used-measure-water-provinces-snowpack-and-glaciers
How the Oregon Department of Forestry uses drones to fight fires
Fire season brings new challenges every summer. This summer the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is using drones to help with multiple aspects of fire suppression and detection…
https://www.kdrv.com/news/top-stories/how-the-oregon-department-of-forestry-uses-drones-to-fight-fires/article_e6c1bd66-29a0-11ef-a47e-7fb45000d208.html
Inside Microsoft’s Panama tropical forest carbon offtake deal
In May, Microsoft signed a large nature-based carbon offtake agreement with the Azuero Reforestación Colectiva (ARC). The project aims to restore more than 24,700 acres of degraded tropical forest on Panama’s Azuero Peninsula, removing over 3 million tons…
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/inside-microsofts-panama-tropical-forest-carbon-offtake-deal
Protecting forests — and adding thousands more trees — the goal of new Pennsylvania plan
The land we know as Pennsylvania, translated from Latin as “Penn’s Woods,” has supported humans for some 16,000 years — long before William Penn founded the province via a 1681 land grant from the king of England…
https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/outdoors/2024/06/protecting-forests-and-adding-thousands-more-trees-the-goal-of-new-pennsylvania-plan.html
Increase in forest structural complexity along a precipitation gradient is mediated by partial harvests in temperate Patagonian forests
Increasing forest structural complexity is becoming a common goal in forestry worldwide. However, the lack of empirical quantification clouds its implementation. Here we quantified the long-term effects (> 30 y) of partial harvest on stand structural complexity…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-64523-5
Chesapeake Bay Program Announces Highest Number Of Forest Buffers Planted Across Watershed Since 2016
In 2023, partners working across the Chesapeake Bay watershed restored 640.5 miles of forest buffers, the highest number of new forest buffers restored since 2016. The advancement of forest buffer restoration is in part due to increased state and federal…
https://thebaynet.com/chesapeake-bay-program-announces-highest-number-of-forest-buffers-planted-across-watershed-since-2016/
As Alaska’s boreal forest warms, land managers face tough questions about how, or whether, to respond
Northern ecosystems are seeing some of the planet’s most sweeping changes from climate warming. For some animals and plants, that has posed a threat to their very existence and, for humans, a couple complicated questions: Can we — and should we…
https://alaskapublic.org/2024/06/12/as-alaskas-boreal-forest-warms-land-managers-face-tough-questions-about-how-or-whether-to-respond/
Korea and Kazakhstan Sign MOU on Forest Cooperation amid Devastating Fires
Kazakhstan has experienced devastating forest fires, with damage amounting to 100,000 hectares from 2022 to 2023, underscoring the urgent need for international cooperation in forest disaster response. In a significant move to address this crisis, the Korea Forest…
https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=219063
European nations brace for forest fires in 2024
European nations are implementing measures to strengthen firefighting efforts, aiming to enhance protection for communities across the continent. Euronews reported that the EU has assembled a team of 556 firefighters from 12 countries in the fight against wildfires…
https://news.az/news/european-nations-brace-for-forest-fires-in-2024
Joint planting activities build sustainable forest management
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in partnership with the Forestry Administration and the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, recently conducted a tree-planting activity under the theme “Every Tree Counts Initiative…
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501505808/joint-planting-activities-build-sustainable-forest-management/
Along Be River: Headwaters forest protection efforts
The Be River stretches 350km, beginning in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong and flowing downstream through Binh Phuoc and Binh Duong provinces before merging into the Dong Nai River at Hieu Liem Commune, Vinh Cuu District, Dong Nai Province…
https://en.sggp.org.vn/along-be-river-headwaters-forest-protection-efforts-post110561.html
Over 13 million seedlings distributed nationwide as part of Green Ghana Day – Forestry Commission
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Forestry Commission have announced that an impressive 13,875,286 seedlings have been distributed nationwide during the 2024 Green Ghana Day…
https://3news.com/news/over-13-million-seedlings-distributed-nationwide-as-part-of-green-ghana-day-forestry-commission/
Salt resistance in plants is crucial for their survival in saline environments. Avicennia marina, a highly salt-resistant mangrove, thrives in hypersaline water thanks to its leaves' ability to secrete salt. While the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in leaf…
https://naturalsciencenews.com/article/3327
Lamu loggers embrace apiculture to reduce over-exploitation of mangrove forests
Lamu mangrove loggers have embraced Apiculture commonly known as beekeeping as a strategy to reduce pressure and over-exploitation of mangrove forests and the general marine ecosystem. Apiculture is the science of raising or maintaining colonies of bees…
https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/coast/2024-06-06-lamu-loggers-embrace-apiculture-to-reduce-over-exploitation-of-mangrove-forests/
Fires in Brazilian wetlands surge 980%, extreme drought expected
Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have surged nearly tenfold so far this year to the highest levels since 2020, when the biome suffered its worst blazes on record. Satellite data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) showed a 980% increase in the…
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fires-brazilian-wetlands-surge-980-extreme-drought-expected-2024-06-06/
D-day’s secret weapon: how wetland science stopped the Normandy landings from getting bogged down
Beneath the roar of gunfire and the chaos of D-day, an unlikely hero played a vital role — wetland science. Often overlooked amid military strategies and troop movements, the study of mud proved critical to the success of the largest amphibious invasion in history…
https://theconversation.com/d-days-secret-weapon-how-wetland-science-stopped-the-normandy-landings-from-getting-bogged-down-230743
Remote Sensing Characterization Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery
Remote sensing provides a spatially consistent and comprehensive way by which to monitor vegetation condition at the landscape scale. Therefore, there is considerable interest in leveraging different remote sensing assets to characterize vegetation status…
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/remote-sensing-characterization-post-fire-vegetation-recovery?utm_source=comms&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news
Remote Sensing & Machine Learning Based High-Resolution Land - Use Land Cover Classification Map for Iraq A Step towards Improved Land and Water Management for Food Security
Knowing how to use the land, the level of green cover and the amount of surface water in the Kurdistan region is one of the most important information for now and for the future based on which government makes many decisions…
https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/remote-sensing-machine-learning-based-high-resolution-land-use-land-cover-classification-map-iraq-step-towards-improved-land-and-water-management-food-security
ARSET - Earth Observations for Humanitarian Applications
Refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and other displaced populations are made more vulnerable to climate change impacts due to their socio-political marginalization. This three-part training presents concrete strategies for mapping localized climate…
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/get-involved/training/english/arset-earth-observations-humanitarian-applications
Coupled InVEST–MGWR modeling to analyze the impacts of changing landscape patterns on habitat quality in the Fen River basin
The present study employed remote sensing images of the Fen River Basin from 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020 as the primary data source. The software ENVI, ArcGIS, and Fragstats 4.2 were utilized to measure the landscape pattern index of the Fen River…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-64012-9
Fighting fires from space in record time: How AI could prevent a repeat of Australia's devastating wildfires
Australian scientists are getting closer to detecting bushfires in record time, thanks to cube satellites with onboard AI now able to detect fires from space 500 times faster than traditional on-ground processing of imagery…
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-space-ai-australia-devastating-wildfires.html
Remote sensing and geoinformation: The key to effective urban adaptation to climate change
Cities today face immense challenges. Climate change and the negative impacts of ongoing urbanization overlap, affecting our quality of life. City managers must make swift and accurate decisions regarding adaptive actions. Therefore, one might ask, how can…
https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/remote-sensing-and-geoinformation-the-key-to-effective-urban-adaptation-to-climate-change-12566
New remote sensing technologies used to measure water from the province’s snowpack and glaciers
The Hakai Cryosphere Node is a collaboration between the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Vancouver Island University (VIU) and the Hakai Institute. The Hakai Cryosphere Node is located at UNBC and led by Geography Professor Dr. Brian…
https://news.viu.ca/new-remote-sensing-technologies-used-measure-water-provinces-snowpack-and-glaciers
How the Oregon Department of Forestry uses drones to fight fires
Fire season brings new challenges every summer. This summer the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is using drones to help with multiple aspects of fire suppression and detection…
https://www.kdrv.com/news/top-stories/how-the-oregon-department-of-forestry-uses-drones-to-fight-fires/article_e6c1bd66-29a0-11ef-a47e-7fb45000d208.html
Inside Microsoft’s Panama tropical forest carbon offtake deal
In May, Microsoft signed a large nature-based carbon offtake agreement with the Azuero Reforestación Colectiva (ARC). The project aims to restore more than 24,700 acres of degraded tropical forest on Panama’s Azuero Peninsula, removing over 3 million tons…
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/inside-microsofts-panama-tropical-forest-carbon-offtake-deal
Protecting forests — and adding thousands more trees — the goal of new Pennsylvania plan
The land we know as Pennsylvania, translated from Latin as “Penn’s Woods,” has supported humans for some 16,000 years — long before William Penn founded the province via a 1681 land grant from the king of England…
https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/outdoors/2024/06/protecting-forests-and-adding-thousands-more-trees-the-goal-of-new-pennsylvania-plan.html
Increase in forest structural complexity along a precipitation gradient is mediated by partial harvests in temperate Patagonian forests
Increasing forest structural complexity is becoming a common goal in forestry worldwide. However, the lack of empirical quantification clouds its implementation. Here we quantified the long-term effects (> 30 y) of partial harvest on stand structural complexity…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-64523-5
Chesapeake Bay Program Announces Highest Number Of Forest Buffers Planted Across Watershed Since 2016
In 2023, partners working across the Chesapeake Bay watershed restored 640.5 miles of forest buffers, the highest number of new forest buffers restored since 2016. The advancement of forest buffer restoration is in part due to increased state and federal…
https://thebaynet.com/chesapeake-bay-program-announces-highest-number-of-forest-buffers-planted-across-watershed-since-2016/
As Alaska’s boreal forest warms, land managers face tough questions about how, or whether, to respond
Northern ecosystems are seeing some of the planet’s most sweeping changes from climate warming. For some animals and plants, that has posed a threat to their very existence and, for humans, a couple complicated questions: Can we — and should we…
https://alaskapublic.org/2024/06/12/as-alaskas-boreal-forest-warms-land-managers-face-tough-questions-about-how-or-whether-to-respond/
Korea and Kazakhstan Sign MOU on Forest Cooperation amid Devastating Fires
Kazakhstan has experienced devastating forest fires, with damage amounting to 100,000 hectares from 2022 to 2023, underscoring the urgent need for international cooperation in forest disaster response. In a significant move to address this crisis, the Korea Forest…
https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=219063
European nations brace for forest fires in 2024
European nations are implementing measures to strengthen firefighting efforts, aiming to enhance protection for communities across the continent. Euronews reported that the EU has assembled a team of 556 firefighters from 12 countries in the fight against wildfires…
https://news.az/news/european-nations-brace-for-forest-fires-in-2024
Joint planting activities build sustainable forest management
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in partnership with the Forestry Administration and the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, recently conducted a tree-planting activity under the theme “Every Tree Counts Initiative…
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501505808/joint-planting-activities-build-sustainable-forest-management/
Along Be River: Headwaters forest protection efforts
The Be River stretches 350km, beginning in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong and flowing downstream through Binh Phuoc and Binh Duong provinces before merging into the Dong Nai River at Hieu Liem Commune, Vinh Cuu District, Dong Nai Province…
https://en.sggp.org.vn/along-be-river-headwaters-forest-protection-efforts-post110561.html
Over 13 million seedlings distributed nationwide as part of Green Ghana Day – Forestry Commission
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Forestry Commission have announced that an impressive 13,875,286 seedlings have been distributed nationwide during the 2024 Green Ghana Day…
https://3news.com/news/over-13-million-seedlings-distributed-nationwide-as-part-of-green-ghana-day-forestry-commission/
CGIAR and CIFOR-ICRAF agree to strengthened collaboration
To address the pressing challenges facing global food systems, CGIAR and The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) have announced enhanced collaboration aimed at accelerating the transformation of food, land, and…
https://www.cifor-icraf.org/news/corporate-news/cgiar-and-cifor-icraf-agree-to-strengthened-collaboration/
Of ice and fire: what sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about bushfires worse than the Black Summer
Australia has a long history of bushfires. The 2019-2020 Black Summer was the worst in recorded history. But was that the worst it could get? Our new research has reconstructed the past 2,000 years of southeast Australia’s bushfire weather, drawing on evidence of…
https://theconversation.com/of-ice-and-fire-what-sea-salt-in-antarctic-snowfall-reveals-about-bushfires-worse-than-the-black-summer-230982
Senegal’s remote Bassari people talk about climate change, and how their local knowledge is key to coping strategies
The Bassari people, a farming community of about 20,000 people, live in an area between Senegal and Guinea. During French colonial rule, the Bassari lost part of their communal land to a national park and were subjected to poll taxes and…
https://theconversation.com/senegals-remote-bassari-people-talk-about-climate-change-and-how-their-local-knowledge-is-key-to-coping-strategies-227734
Brazil Detains 7 Suspected Members of Illegal Amazon Timber Trade Ring
Police in the Brazilian state of Pará detained seven suspects believed to be involved in the illegal extraction and sale of Amazon timber, a crime that affects the entire world’s population as deforestation in the Amazon contributes to climate change…
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18805-brazil-detains-7-suspected-members-of-illegal-amazon-tiber-trade-ring
Talks on climate finance stall at Bonn conference: What does this mean for COP29?
Countries are set to make a new commitment on climate finance at the UN climate conference in November this year. Climate finance talks at the Bonn Climate Conference on Tuesday ended in a stalemate as countries failed to make any concrete progress on…
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/06/12/talks-on-climate-finance-stall-at-bonn-conference-what-does-this-mean-for-cop29
Compiled by Nelson Wong
To address the pressing challenges facing global food systems, CGIAR and The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) have announced enhanced collaboration aimed at accelerating the transformation of food, land, and…
https://www.cifor-icraf.org/news/corporate-news/cgiar-and-cifor-icraf-agree-to-strengthened-collaboration/
Of ice and fire: what sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about bushfires worse than the Black Summer
Australia has a long history of bushfires. The 2019-2020 Black Summer was the worst in recorded history. But was that the worst it could get? Our new research has reconstructed the past 2,000 years of southeast Australia’s bushfire weather, drawing on evidence of…
https://theconversation.com/of-ice-and-fire-what-sea-salt-in-antarctic-snowfall-reveals-about-bushfires-worse-than-the-black-summer-230982
Senegal’s remote Bassari people talk about climate change, and how their local knowledge is key to coping strategies
The Bassari people, a farming community of about 20,000 people, live in an area between Senegal and Guinea. During French colonial rule, the Bassari lost part of their communal land to a national park and were subjected to poll taxes and…
https://theconversation.com/senegals-remote-bassari-people-talk-about-climate-change-and-how-their-local-knowledge-is-key-to-coping-strategies-227734
Brazil Detains 7 Suspected Members of Illegal Amazon Timber Trade Ring
Police in the Brazilian state of Pará detained seven suspects believed to be involved in the illegal extraction and sale of Amazon timber, a crime that affects the entire world’s population as deforestation in the Amazon contributes to climate change…
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18805-brazil-detains-7-suspected-members-of-illegal-amazon-tiber-trade-ring
Talks on climate finance stall at Bonn conference: What does this mean for COP29?
Countries are set to make a new commitment on climate finance at the UN climate conference in November this year. Climate finance talks at the Bonn Climate Conference on Tuesday ended in a stalemate as countries failed to make any concrete progress on…
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/06/12/talks-on-climate-finance-stall-at-bonn-conference-what-does-this-mean-for-cop29
Compiled by Nelson Wong
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