Sentences with phrase «changes in forest cover by»

The study also broke down changes in forest cover by island.

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«Before this, the only source of information on pre-2000 forest - cover changes was the FAO [United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization] report, which has been criticized for its inconsistent definition of «forest» and its reliance on self - reporting by the countries doing the deforestation,» said Do - Hyung Kim in a statement.

The document also notes that climate change - induced drought will increase the chances of devastating wild fire and forest die - back, which by removing or damaging forest cover will induce root decay, resulting in loss of slope stability.

In describing their findings, Do et al. report that across all three subsets of data, «more stations showed statistically significant decreasing trends [in streamflow] than statistically significant increasing trends,» which finding held regardless of whether the stations were filtered by the presence of dams or changes in forest coveIn describing their findings, Do et al. report that across all three subsets of data, «more stations showed statistically significant decreasing trends [in streamflow] than statistically significant increasing trends,» which finding held regardless of whether the stations were filtered by the presence of dams or changes in forest covein streamflow] than statistically significant increasing trends,» which finding held regardless of whether the stations were filtered by the presence of dams or changes in forest covein forest cover.

The Mission is part of the Centre's plan to fight climate change by increasing the forest cover by 10 million hectare in the next [continue reading...]

Deforestation, the growth of forests, and other changes in land cover could produce local temperature changes comparable to those caused by greenhouse gases according to new simulations from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

For Carbon Storage, 10 % Forest Cover ≠ Forest Certainly a good thing: Creating ways to help farmers financially benefit by preserving forests on their lands is a vital part of combatting climate change — but (at the risk of being too snarky) I can't help but thinking that the differences in carbon storage of a particular area of land when it's an actual forest and when it's only got 10 % of its original tree cover is pretty signifForest Cover ≠ Forest Certainly a good thing: Creating ways to help farmers financially benefit by preserving forests on their lands is a vital part of combatting climate change — but (at the risk of being too snarky) I can't help but thinking that the differences in carbon storage of a particular area of land when it's an actual forest and when it's only got 10 % of its original tree cover is pretty signifiCover ≠ Forest Certainly a good thing: Creating ways to help farmers financially benefit by preserving forests on their lands is a vital part of combatting climate change — but (at the risk of being too snarky) I can't help but thinking that the differences in carbon storage of a particular area of land when it's an actual forest and when it's only got 10 % of its original tree cover is pretty signifForest Certainly a good thing: Creating ways to help farmers financially benefit by preserving forests on their lands is a vital part of combatting climate change — but (at the risk of being too snarky) I can't help but thinking that the differences in carbon storage of a particular area of land when it's an actual forest and when it's only got 10 % of its original tree cover is pretty signifforest and when it's only got 10 % of its original tree cover is pretty significover is pretty significant.