Climate impacts in northern forests
Northern forests hold around 54% of the world’s total terrestrial carbon stock and contribute more than one-third to our global terrestrial carbon sink. This report reviews the impact of human induced
Carbon Sinks
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Multifunctional agroforestry systems in India: science-based policy options
Land-use options that increase resilience and reduce vulnerability of contemporary societies are fundamental to livelihoods improvement and adaptation to climate change. Agroforestry as a wide-spread land-use
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Global change: Indirect feedbacks to rising CO2
<p> There have been many studies on the effects of enriched levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on soils. A meta-analysis shows that emissions of other greenhouse gases increase under high-CO<sub><font
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Carbon loss from an unprecedented Arctic tundra wildfire
<p> Arctic tundra soils store large amounts of carbon (C) in organic soil layers hundreds to thousands of years old that insulate, and in some cases maintain, permafrost soils. Fire has been largely
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Forests soak up a third of fossil fuel emissions: Study
Forests play a larger role in Earth's climate system than previously suspected for both the risks from deforestation and the potential gains from regrowth, a benchmark study released Thursday has shown. The study, published in Science, provides the most accurate measure so far of the amount of greenhouse gases absorbed from the atmosphere by tropical, temperate and boreal forests, researchers s
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Study Shows Forests Have Bigger Role In Slowing Climate Change
The world's forests can play an even greater role in fighting climate change than previously thought, scientists say in the most comprehensive study yet on how much carbon dioxide forests absorb from the air. The study may also boost a U.N.-backed program that aims to create a global market in carbon credits from projects that protect tropical forests.
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As CO2 Levels Rise, Land Becomes Less Able To Curb Warming: Study
Wetlands, forests and farmlands soak up large amounts of carbon dioxide but rising amounts of the gas in the atmosphere mean these carbon "sinks" could become less effective at fighting climate change. Scientists say land ecosystems are an essential brake on the pace of climate change because plants soak up large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) as they grow.
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Managing growth with forests
A recent report "Forests in a Green Economy" by the UN Environment Programme examines the critical role of forests and provides policy recommendations for sustainable development and poverty eradication. Excerpts: Economic progress and human well-being are dependent on healthy forests.
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Save our soils
<p>Researchers must collaborate to manage one of the planet’s most precious and threatened resources — for food production and much more.</p> <p>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7350/full/474151a.html<br /> </p>
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Value of Sri Lanka's forest bio-diversity to be added to national revenue
<p>The Environment Ministry of Sri Lanka has said the value of the country's forest bio-diversity estimated at 4.5 trillion rupees would be included into the national revenue in future.
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Add coastal vegetation to the climate critical list
Forests are protected, but carbon sinks in mangroves, seagrasses and marshes are ignored. Margareth da Silva Copertino wants Brazil to change that.