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Mexico vowed to halve greenhouse emissions by 2050; Brazil said it could reverse a recent rise in deforestation and cut the rate of forest loss by 70 % over the next decade; Peru said that with help it could reduce deforestation to zero.

Among the new coalitions created today, an ambitious plan to end forest loss by 2030 was announced.

The reduction in Amazon deforestation comes a year after Brazil announced an ambitious plan to reduce forest loss by 70 percent by 2018 as part of its climate policy.

We analyze spatial patterns of precipitation globally associated with forest loss by calculating shifts in the global tropical precipitation band, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), associated with changes in cross-equatorial atmospheric heat transport using equation 2.21 from [33].

Fifty - two companies and counting joined governments in signing the New York Declaration on Forests and pledging to halve natural forest loss by 2020 and halt it by 2030.

Not exact matches

But if we compare these gains with the permanent loss to those peoples of the services performed by the forests, the damage to the rivers and to the agricultural lands by the erosion of the mountainsides, the loss of fisheries, and so forth, one can hardly judge that the lot of the people has been improved.

The region's critical deforestation crisis is driven by population growth, unscrupulous timber extraction, and agricultural conversion — resulting in the loss of 9.3 percent of its forest cover from 2001 - 2009 alone.

It was good against lesser teams — the Wolfpack did score 33 on Mike Elko's excellent Wake Forest defense and put up 41 against Vanderbilt — and some of the regression could be explained by a quarterback change and the loss of three excellent linemen.

His numbers weren't impressive the subsequent week against Wake Forest, but losses by Clemson, Michigan and Washington seriously impacted the Heisman odds of several major candidates.

Dixon would preside over just three games this campaign — an opening day defeat at Shrewsbury, an 8 - 0 League Cup pummelling from Nottingham Forest, and a 5 - 0 home loss to Peterborough — before moving on, unhappy that his team selection was being «influenced» (i.e dictated) by the chairman.

An opening loss against Nottingham Forest was followed up on the weekend by a defeat at home against Blackburn.

«The big question that remains then is how has the animals» mobility been impacted by forest loss?

Poaching and habitat loss have reduced forest elephant populations in Central Africa by 63 percent since 2001.

Unless urgent action is taken to stem deforestation in key areas that are heading towards or have just dipped below the forest cover «threshold» — which, according to the research team's models, amounts to a third of the Amazon — these areas will suffer the loss of between 31 - 44 % of species by just 2030.

Researchers say that the focus should be shifted to maintaining 50 % cover — just half the forest — but over entire landscapes rather than individual farms, in a bid to stop whole regions losing untold biodiversity by slipping below the 43 % threshold at which species loss accelerates.

By measuring the loss of a core tranche of dominant species of large and medium - sized mammals and birds, and using the results as a bellwether, the researchers found that for every 10 % of forest loss, one to two major species are wiped out.

Just as conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean can have distant effects through what we now understand as El Niño, the loss of a forest could generate a signal heard around the world — including by other plants.

Encroaching agriculture — from beef to soya production — to feed a growing and more affluent human population means that, at the current rates, the number of 10,000 km2 landscapes in the Amazon that fall below the species loss threshold of 43 % forest cover will almost double by just 2030.

Our study provides new insight into this issue, highlighting the risk of self - amplifying forest loss which comes on top of the forest loss directly caused by the rainfall reduction.»

Human health: Forest degradation and loss compromise the supply of medically - beneficial species that millions of people rely on; additionally, forest degradation drives the spread of many infectious diseases by bringing humans and disease vectors into close coForest degradation and loss compromise the supply of medically - beneficial species that millions of people rely on; additionally, forest degradation drives the spread of many infectious diseases by bringing humans and disease vectors into close coforest degradation drives the spread of many infectious diseases by bringing humans and disease vectors into close contact.

A first - of - its - kind study led by researchers at the University of Florida shows that the dramatic loss of elephants, which disperse seeds after eating vegetation, is leading to the local extinction of a dominant tree species, with likely cascading effects for other forest life.

In the first study of its kind, scientists have calculated the amount of carbon absorbed by the world's tropical forests and the amounts of greenhouse gas emissions created by loss of trees, as a result of human activity.

This phenomenon can be explained by the low quantities of organic matter returned to the soil without forest cover, as well as cultivation practices which favour carbon losses.

However, our research shows that this assertion is far from entirely true and that land use by settled smallholders greatly increases forest loss.»

He recalls one incident when his group spotted 11 hectares of forest loss in Peru, accompanied by extensive dredging — signs of an illegal gold mining operation.

While international trade may generate economic benefits to the exporting countries, a recent study by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) revealed that benefits from trade are unable to compensate for the loss of forests and ecosystems in those countries.

In cooperation with scientists from the Thünen - Institut and the Ecuadorian Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, a team from TUM compared the predicted loss of area of tree species caused by deforestation on the one hand and by predicted forest losses in an extreme climate change scenario on the other.

Although global warming is likely to change the distribution of species, deforestation will result in the loss of more dry forests than predicted by climate change damage.

As Schlesinger explains, «The benefits of wood power must be discounted by the loss of the carbon sequestration that would have occurred in the original forests if they had not been harvested.»

The authors say that the rapid losses over the past two decades are a result of the sharp socio - economic changes the region experienced in this period, as previously untouched forests became criss - crossed by logging roads.

In Myanmar, 38 % of forest cover is intact forest and during the study period the authors found that this intact forest declined by 11 % (more than 2 million hectares) with an annual loss of 0.94 %.

«Amazon's recovery from forest losses limited by climate change.»

The loss of intact forest cover in Myanmar has accelerated over the last decade, according to a study published May 17, 2017 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Peter Leimgruber from Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, United States of America; Ned Horning from American Museum of Natural History, United States of America; and colleagues.

The researchers also found species loss could be offset by maintaining areas of forest that contain distinctly different populations of plants and animals that, while different, complement and help sustain each other.

However, through a series of questionnaires, camera trap data and remote - sensed images the researchers, led by Nicolás Gálvez studying at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), found that the güiña is remarkably adaptable to forest loss.

«Our analysis allows us to track species» abundances in response to edge effects to predict the impact on biodiversity caused by forest loss and fragmentation,» adds Dr Pfeifer.

The species is threatened by hunting and poaching, and forest loss due to farming and mining exploration, says Matthew Nowak at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme.

During the late 20th century their numbers were devastated by hunting and the loss of their forest habitat for logging and rubber plantations.

The team found that grasslands, savannas and shrublands were most affected by biodiversity loss, followed closely by many of the world's forests and woodlands.

When they plugged individual species data for vertebrates that depend on the tropical forest for food and shelter and deforestation patterns from 1970 to 2008 into their model, it projected that 80 — 90 % of extinctions caused by previous rainforest loss are yet to come.

The study finds that, despite remaining a major driver of forest carbon loss, rates of deforestation in the Amazon have fallen by 76 % between 2003 and 2015.

According to the authors of the study, who hail from the Hemholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), assessments of rainforest loss has focused primarily on deforestation itself, estimating how much carbon is dumped back into the atmosphere by measuring how much forest was cleared away.

The goals of the project are to expand areas under approved forest management plans by 1.02 M hectares and reduce annual forest cover losses from 8,700 hectares per year to 4,800 hectares per year.

Ignoring terrestrial carbon led to a nearly complete loss of unmanaged forests by 2100, largely because they were replaced by massive expansions of bioenergy crops that were planted to reduce the use of fossil fuels.

KEA estimated that LGM vegetation forcing was around -1.1 + / -0.6 W / m2 (because of the loss of trees in polar latitudes, replacement of forests by savannah etc.), and if that was similar to the SEA modelled impact, their Charney sensitivity would be closer to 2ºC (down from 2.3 ºC).

Do your part to stop the loss of our forests by giving up products that contributed to the clear - cutting of forests.

Following the tragic loss of his mother, the young fawn reunites with his father, The Great Prince (voiced by Patrick Stewart, «X-Men» and «Star Trek: The Next Generation»), who must now teach Bambi (voiced by Alexander Gould, «Finding Nemo») the ways of the forest.

Loss of the habitat and nutrients provided by kelp forests leads to profound cascade effects on the marine ecosystem.

An atmosphere clouded by super storms of sand from the large increase in desertification, the extra soot in the air from the burning forests, and the crop losses from soil degradation.

Forest Heroes created the slogan «She's not a fan,» with images of endangered Sumatran elephants, one of the animals threatened by the loss of habitat associated with the expansion of palm oil plantations.