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Worldwide, plantations account for less than 5 percent of global forest area but produce roughly 35 percent of the annual wood harvest.

June 19, 2016 — The United Nations new report shows that of the drylands which cover about 41 % of the world's land surface, 1.1 billion hectares are forest, accounting for more than one - quarter of the global forest area.

Despite the high value to society of intact forests, only about 290 million hectares of global forest area are legally protected from logging.

The rate at which interior forest area was lost was more than three times the rate of global forest area loss.

These disparities have led to major doubts about the reliability of global forest area estimates, and to questions about the real contribution made by forests to the global carbon cycle.

Not exact matches

Race between sinks and sources Northern Eurasia plays an important part in the global carbon cycle because of its large areas of forest and huge soil carbon reservoirs, he added.

«The findings for Niassa National Reserve are particularly encouraging in the African context because deforestation rates on the continent are five times higher than the global average, and many protected areas in Africa are losing a lot more forest.»

Grasslands and semi-arid regions are not nearly as carbon dense as forests, so on a global scale, loss of carbon storage in those areas because of expanding energy development doesn't have much of an effect on global climate change, said

These results explain the difference between recent global estimates of forest «land use» area (3890 Mha) and the area with a «land cover,» the authors say.

For the first time, this study allowed researchers to analyse the effects of the climate change on the forest nutrient cycles, and states that Pyrenean forests can register these episodes chemical mark at a global scale (for instance, volcanic eruptions in remote areas) and the effects of gas emissions into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.

The researchers incorporated information on soot produced by burning fossil fuels, wood and other biofuels, along with that naturally produced by forest fires and then checked their model predictions against global measurements of soot levels in polar snow from Sweden to Alaska to Russia and in Antarctica as well as in nonpolar areas such as the Tibetan Plateau.

Between 2000 and 2012, the world lost more forest area than it gained, according to U.S. Forest Service researchers and partners who estimated a global net loss of 1.71 million square kilometers of forest — an area about two and a half times the size of forest area than it gained, according to U.S. Forest Service researchers and partners who estimated a global net loss of 1.71 million square kilometers of forest — an area about two and a half times the size of Forest Service researchers and partners who estimated a global net loss of 1.71 million square kilometers of forest — an area about two and a half times the size of forest — an area about two and a half times the size of Texas.

Furthermore, when researchers analyzed patterns of remaining forest, they found a global loss of interior forest — core areas that, when intact, maintain critical habitat and ecological functions.

A new global analysis of forest habitat loss and wildlife extinction risk published July 19 in the journal Nature shows that species most at risk live in areas just beginning to see the impacts of human activities such as hunting, mining, logging and ranching.

Global warming will also mean more forest fires; hurricanes hitting cities that are at present too far north of the equator to be affected by them; tropical diseases spreading beyond their present zones; the extinction of species unable to adapt to warmer temperatures; retreating glaciers and melting polar icecaps; and rising seas inundating coastal areas.

That suggests 44 percent of the forest area that burned during the three decades analyzed burned because of the effects of global warming.

This suggests that storing carbon in forests, agricultural areas, and other ecosystems is an important and cost - effective part of a bigger carbon dioxide emissions control strategy that includes dramatic changes to the global energy system.

Whereas five types of surface (cultivated areas, pastures, forests, fisheries and built environment), planet Earth has approximately 13.4 billion global hectares (gha) of biologically productive land and water according to 2010 data from the Global Footprint Network and humanity's ecological footprint reached the milestone of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.shtglobal hectares (gha) of biologically productive land and water according to 2010 data from the Global Footprint Network and humanity's ecological footprint reached the milestone of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.shtGlobal Footprint Network and humanity's ecological footprint reached the milestone of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.shtglobal hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.shtml >].

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The area of tropical forest was almost certainly less as so much of the tropics had dried out; but yes, the global distribution of the forest had increased poleward.

EcoPlanet is the first company to successfully industrialize bamboo, providing a proven model of successful ecosystem restoration at scale, converting thousands of acres of degraded land back into fully functioning ecosystems, reversing the negative effects of global climate change and providing thousands of marginalized people with the potential to change their own lives in areas of the world where few opportunities exist, all while reducing deforestation and forest degradation through the provision of a sustainable alternative fiber for timber and fiber manufacturing industries.

It ensures the conservation of 39,000 hectares of valuable Miombo forest, creating a vital buffer for Lower Zambezi National Park, as part of a trans - frontier conservation area of global significance that is home to 23,000 elephants.

The Mikoko Pamoja model is now being expanded to nearby Vanga Bay as part of the Global Environment Facility - backed Blue Forests Project, effectively tripling the area of mangrove protected and the carbon credits sold.

Afforestation and natural expansion of forests in some countries and regions have reduced the net loss of forest area significantly at the global level (Figure 4).

They report that stopping deforestation and allowing young secondary forests to grow back could establish a «forest sink» — an area that absorbs carbon dioxide rather than releasing it into the atmosphere — which by 2100 could grow by over 100 billion metric tons of carbon, about ten times the current annual rate of global fossil fuel emissions.

A. Del Lungo, J. Ball, and J. Carle, Global Planted Forests Thematic Study: Results and Analysis (Rome: FAO Forestry Department, December 2006); grain area from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Production, Supply and Distribution, electronic database, at www.fas.usda.gov/psdonline, updated 10 August 2007.

An area of tropical forest the size of India will be deforested in the next 35 years, burning through more than one - sixth of the remaining carbon that can be emitted if global warming is to be kept below 2 degrees Celsius (the «planetary carbon budget»), but many of these emissions could be cheaply avoided by putting a price on carbon.

At the global level, the UN-REDD Programme made a number of significant contributions in the area of MRV, engagement of indigenous peoples and civil society in REDD + activities, promotion of the multiple benefits of forests, and strengthening interagency collaboration.

It creates new opportunities to analyze production areas and mills on a global scale, as well as to focus attention on new areas where palm oil production is having an impact on forests.

When used with other data layers on the Global Forest Watch Commodities platform, the new mill data set can help companies identify mills in environmentally sensitive areas.

Source: Xinhua, «Yunnan Public Security Border Defense Brigade takes actions to ensure the Yunnan - Burma timber and mineral trading cooperation»; 27 March 2006 [2] Source: Global Witness field investigation; Yunnan Province, China; May 2006 [3] Source: Global Witness, «A Choice for China: Ending the destruction of Burma's northern frontier forests»; October 2005, available in English, Chinese and Burmese from http://www.globalwitness.org/reports/index.php?section=burma [4] Source: Global Witness estimates based on statistical information from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, and China Customs made available by The World Trade Atlas; February 2006 [5] Border checkpoints in all but one area along the China - Burma border visited by Global Witness investigators had been closed.

Global Forest Watch Fires shows that more than half of these fires have occurred on peatland areas, concentrated mainly in South Sumatra, South and Central Kalimantan, and Papua.

The forest loss is unusual: according to World Resource Institute's Global Forest Watch, the two protected areas lost a negligible amount of tree cover between 2001 and the end offorest loss is unusual: according to World Resource Institute's Global Forest Watch, the two protected areas lost a negligible amount of tree cover between 2001 and the end ofForest Watch, the two protected areas lost a negligible amount of tree cover between 2001 and the end of 2013.

In June 2009, Madagascar National Parks (MNP) with an official mandate of the Ministry of the Environment and Forests contracted Global Witness and the Environmental Investi - gation Agency (EIA) to investigate and monitor the flow of illegally harvested precious wood from the national parks and surrounding areas of Madagascar's SAVA Region.

NASA's Quarterly Indicator of Cover Change (QUICC), a MODIS satellite - based product that underpins Mongabay's Global Forest Disturbance Alert System (GloF - DAS), detected a significant increase in forest disturbance in Peru's Alto Nanay Pintuyacu Chambira conservation area and Alto Purus National Park between January 1 and March 31,Forest Disturbance Alert System (GloF - DAS), detected a significant increase in forest disturbance in Peru's Alto Nanay Pintuyacu Chambira conservation area and Alto Purus National Park between January 1 and March 31,forest disturbance in Peru's Alto Nanay Pintuyacu Chambira conservation area and Alto Purus National Park between January 1 and March 31, 2015.

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A sharp increase in forest fires stoked record losses in global forest cover equivalent to the area of New Zealand in 2016, a Global Forest Watch report said Mforest fires stoked record losses in global forest cover equivalent to the area of New Zealand in 2016, a Global Forest Watch report said Mglobal forest cover equivalent to the area of New Zealand in 2016, a Global Forest Watch report said Mforest cover equivalent to the area of New Zealand in 2016, a Global Forest Watch report said MGlobal Forest Watch report said MForest Watch report said Monday.

Stott's primary area of research, according to the website of the University of London, is «the construction of environmental knowledge over the last 30 years, especially in relation to the following metanarratives: biodiversity, biotechnology, climate change (global warming), organic agriculture, and tropical rain forests (see edited book: Political ecology: science, myth and power).

Global Witness is concerned that Schwarzenegger's investments in DFA conflict with his high profile work in tackling climate change and deforestation, which include spearheading California's efforts in this area through the «Governor's Climate & Forests Task Force».

«To «find» an area of forest that represents 10 percent of the global forest cover is very very significant, with broad consequences for global carbon budgeting and dryland restoration and management,» says Professor Andrew Lowe, Chair of Plant Conservation Biology at the University of Adelaide.

25 The influences of global warming included: Individual health Water source Northern and Southern Poles Natural ecosystem Agriculture Forests Coastal areas

«They had this thought that one way to save forests might not be just to put up fences around them and create protected areas, but actually to create markets for the sustainably harvested products and services of a forest,» says Matt Arnold, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at JPMorgan Chase.

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The paper finds that the entirety of the global ecological overshoot consists of carbon emissions, which are translated into a highly uncertain, hypothetical area of forest needed to offset these emissions.

Given current emissions trajectories, there is a chance that the temperature increase by 2100 could be near 6oC.21 The last time Earth exhibited a global mean temperature that high, what are now sagebrush grasslands in the southwestern Wyoming and Utah were covered by subtropical, closed canopy forests interspersed with open woodlands (Townsend et al., 2010), reminiscent of subtropical areas in Central America today.

Brazil provides a good case in point, because it holds the globe's largest remaining area of tropical forests, is the world's second - largest producer of biofuel (after the United States), and is the world's leading supplier of biofuel for global trade.

The Bergwaldprojekt is a committed non-profit environmental organization for the protection of forests and natural areas in the entirety of Germany and operates with volunteers in over 50 different projects.Through the collaboration with the Bergwaldprojekt, First Climate clients have made concrete conservation activities possible, linking global climate protection with regional environmental protection.

In a study by published in The Holocene, Julia Pongratz of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology posited that the scale of the area returned to forest would have cooled the planet.