Sentences with phrase «from old growth forests»

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But by stopping the destruction of mature (old - growth) forests, we prevent a huge amount of carbon from going into the atmosphere, and by promoting Earth - friendly planting and management of young forests, we absorb large amounts of atmospheric carbon.

Mass Audubon promotes conservation of our forest resources, including old growth reserves, for wildlife habitat and public benefit and for the capture of carbon from the atmosphere in forest growth and soils.

Mass Audubon successfully conserves additional land all the time — from stands of old growth forest in the Berkshires to coastal habitats on the Cape and islands to the precious salt marsh of the North Shore — and every type of habitat in between.

Biologist Sebastiaan Luyssaert of the University of Antwerp in Belgium and his colleagues surveyed all the existing measurements of how much carbon is absorbed and released from old - growth forests (exclusively in temperate and boreal forests due to a lack of extensive data on tropical forests).

Widely hailed as a renewable natural resource, tropical timber from old - growth tropical forests is selectively logged worldwide at an unprecedented scale.

The Bia?owie?a Forest, one of the last remaining tracts of old - growth forest in Europe, is an ideal place to study cavity - nesting birds, full of cavities of every size and shape for Marsh Tits to chooseForest, one of the last remaining tracts of old - growth forest in Europe, is an ideal place to study cavity - nesting birds, full of cavities of every size and shape for Marsh Tits to chooseforest in Europe, is an ideal place to study cavity - nesting birds, full of cavities of every size and shape for Marsh Tits to choose from.

The analysis discriminated old - growth forests from pine and scrub forests, and when all forest types were lumped together, results indicated that total forest cover increased.

The sacred forests have effectively protected old - growth trees from clear - cutting for centuries despite major upheavals in the region's history, including the logging era and the Cultural Revolution.

Much of the old - growth forest in the area has been cleared for pasture in the last 50 years, but about 30 percent of the old - growth remains in patches ranging from less than two to more than 2,500 acres.

The findings from Triquet Island's archaeological site... Vancouver Island — Clear cool streams once flowed through humid old - growth forests rich in lifeforms on

The findings from Triquet Island's archaeological site... Vancouver Island — Clear cool streams once flowed through humid old - growth forests rich in lifeforms on Read More...

Mt. Tam's deep canyon walls protected these redwoods from the logging industry that decimated America's old growth forests in centuries past.

Surrounded by a forest of old - growth cedar and spruce trees the Garden Cottage is tranquil, private and just steps from the beach.

On Treetops Adventure venture from one magnificent old growth Douglas - fir to another on a series of seven elevated suspension bridges, reaching as high as 110 feet (33m), for a squirrel's eye view of the forest.

construction of new multi-use singletrack trail from Haul Back Bottom through old growth forest to Old Goat in Mount Fernie Provincial Pold growth forest to Old Goat in Mount Fernie Provincial POld Goat in Mount Fernie Provincial Park

From here we will walk approximately 45 minutes on a well - maintained trial that goes through old - growth stands of forests and swamps.

Muir Woods National Monument was established on January 9, 1908 when President Roosevelt signed legislation to protect an old - growth coast redwood forest from destruction.

Travel time from Highway # 3 is approximately 20 minutes and travels through old growth cedar and douglas fir forests.

From the mountain lake with the Rocky Mountains rising dramatically behind to the Old Growth forest and log lodges — this is the place for photos of your big day.

A few minutes hike from the lodge is a beautiful old growth patch of Brazil Nut forest that has been harvested for decades (if not centuries) where the precarious remains of a camp used two months a year by Brazil Nut gatherers can still be experienced.

Aside from the pockets of old - growth, most of the coast redwood forest is now young.

Humans have (1) converted vast forests to agriculture, and (2) converted vast forests from carbon rich old growth to carbon deficit tree farms.

(01/29/2013) HarperCollins has established a policy that excludes paper sourced from destruction of tropical rainforests and old growth forests.

Kelsey takes us on a journey from the crest of Oregon's lush old growth forests on the crest of the Cascades to the state's rugged coastline.

I stepped back from active participation in the old - growth (and other forest) conservation wars in 2000.

Reconstruction of the long - term fire history of an old - growth deciduous forest in southern Québec, Canada, from charred wood in mineral soils

A new study from the University of Minnesota found secondary tropical forests are able to sequester 11 times more carbon than old - growth forests.

When we think of timber from lush, tropical forests, it conjures up images of valuable old - growth trees pillaged by logging companies and illegal...

Conversely, if the offset mechanism of choice were old - growth forests — an important target of conservation efforts [33], but for which respiration rates often equal sequestration — the net balance of carbon sequestration from forests is zero or close to it.

This not only keeps landfills from overflowing but it also displaces some of the need for virgin materials from non-renewable resources (petroleum, old - growth forests, etc.).

New photos released today reveal a massive stockpile of old - growth logs from the Boreal forest destined to be made into Kleenex and toilet paper for tissue giant Kimberly - Clark.

But we're not talking about sourcing this kind of timber from old - growth forests, but from thinner «weed» trees that are crowding out a stand of trees in the forest, or diseased trees which have fallen.

Even when plantations are put in place, the functioning of a monoculture plantation is a far cry from that of an old - growth forest, where a number of species of differing ages each play a particular biological role, and ecosystem processes are thus bound to change.

Antique or reclaimed hardwood flooring Finally, an eco-holic decorista's dream come true: beautifully rustic wide - plank wood flooring that re-uses planks «harvested» from out - of - use barns, century homes and factories, not old growth forests.