Forest Diseases

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …

Bet-hedging dry-forest resilience to climate-change threats in the western USA based on historical forest structure

Dry forests are particularly subject to wildfires, insect outbreaks, and droughts that likely will increase with climate change. Efforts to increase resilience of dry forests often focus on removing most small trees to reduce wildfire risk. However, small trees often survive other disturbances and could provide broader forest resilience, but …

Burn out

Forests in the American west are under attack from giant fires, climate change and insect outbreaks. Some ecosystems will never be the same.

'Unprecedented threat' for UK trees from pests

UK trees are facing an "unprecedented level of threat" from pests and diseases, the Forestry Commission has warned. All species are vulnerable to potential attacks - from ecologically vital oaks to non-native ornamental species, such as lawson cypresses. The biggest risk, it warns, comes from non-native organisms, which - in …

Global forest resources assessment 2010

The most comprehensive assessment of the state of the world's forests published at the start of the latest biennial meeting of the FAO' Committee on Forestry and World Forest Week, in Rome. It examines the current status and recent trends for about 90 variables covering the extent, condition, uses and …

Forecasts needed for retreating forests

As tree habitats shift towards the poles in response to climate change, we must study the neglected, trailing edges of forests, warns Csaba M

Touch that heals trees

A village killed its forest then revived it with herbal therapy Simple herbal cures can bring trees back to life. Kamleshwar Nath believes. He has been healing trees in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh for 20 years now. The task before Baba, as the 55-year-old is called, is to save …

Strange fever claims 3 lives

The spread of a strange fever claimed three lives in Balehonnur and surrounding areas in past 15 days. Meanwhile, a woman, who was suffering from fever, has been shifted to Mangalore for advance treatment. Patients here suffer from symptoms including high temperature, body pain and weakness. Those who died had …

Warmer climate turns insects on forests

They were known to limit destruction to the local areas they infested. However, aided by increasing temperatures, insect pests are finding favourable living conditions in never before places and thus widening their attacking strategy.

Learning to deal with climate change and catastrophic forest disturbances

A devastating outbreak of mountain pine beetle in the province of British Columbia, Canada creates challenges

Mountain pine beetle and forest carbon feedback to climate change

The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) is a native insect of the pine forests of western North America, and its populations periodically erupt into large-scale outbreaks. During outbreaks, the resulting widespread tree mortality reduces forest carbon uptake and increases future emissions from the decay of killed …

Global forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management

Forest resources assessment 2005 examines current status and recent trends for about 40 variables, covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land, with the aim of assessing all benefits from forest resources. In the main section of this report, results are presented according to six …

Global forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management

FRA 2005 examines current status and recent trends for about 40 variables, covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land, with the aim of assessing all benefits from forest resources. In the main section of this report, results are presented according to six themes representing …

Wreaking havoc

according to recent reports, the mountain pine beetle epidemic in Canada threatens around us $3.81 billion in lumber in British Columbia's forests. Eight million hectares of lodgepole pine trees are being infested and killed by the beetle, thanks to four years of warm winters in British Columbia, Canada's largest lumber …

Parasite struck

PAKISTAN'S JUNIPER forests -- the second largest in the world -- have been struck by the dwarf mistletoe, reveal Pakistani scientists. The mistletoe is a parasite that hampers the growth of the host, seriously affecting seed development and leading to premature death. Vast stretches of the forest have been affected …

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