Fragmentation may be linked to local amphibian extinctions
...serving amphibian populations in highly fragmented forests may require connecting their habitat patches. "The results of this study suggest that juvenile amphibians might preferentially use corridors of natural vegetation," she says....DNA evidence suggests 3 types of elephants roam Africa
...logged and converted to agriculture. Increasingly, forests in Africa are becoming fragmented and elephant pop...t Africa called the Dahomey Gap that separated the forests in central Africa from the forests in west Africa. Other potential barriers between the two regions ...New Amazon forest monitoring team: RAINFOR
...is a new effort to monitor biomass and dynamics of forests across the entire Amazon basin. South American forests may be mopping up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere equivalent to the annual fossil fuel emissions ...Proposed remedy for forest fires puts economic interests first
... the restrictions on logging in national forests counters nearly 30 years worth...mental protection for national forests as well as citizen access to policy making." The president ...Ghana takes aim at bushmeat hunting
... impunity to the extent that there are a number of forests without animals or wildlife. Our history and culture are all in danger." Currently, almost 98 percent of the totems associated with Ghana's 110 paramouncies are no longer found in their traditional territory. In addition, Ghana is home to 59 endanger...Worlds largest rain forest national park created in Northern Amazon
...3,870,000 hectares) of remote, unexplored pristine forests in Brazil's state of Amap, stretching through the ...nsuring the protection of one of the most pristine forests remaining in the world," said Brazil's President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. "Plants and animals that...It pays to save: Science study shows huge economic benefits from conserving wild nature
...his trend is a bad economic bargain. From tropical forests to ocean reef systems, roughly one-half of an ecosystem's total economic value is lost when that ecosystem is converted from its wild state to human use, according to the Science study. The Science team estimates that a network of global nature r...Without fire, red pines could disappear, model shows
...ter Canoe Area if what we usually view as a foe to forests -- fire -- fails to sweep the terrain occasionally, says a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "The big, natural groves of red pine are one of the most unique features of the BWCA. But, because of fire suppression, we're starting to ...The effects of human-caused atmospheric changes on tropical forests
...l increase the amount of carbon stored by tropical forests by stimulating tree growth. Deborah Clark of the L...re-evaluated the evidence to suggest that tropical forests may not be carbon sinks after all, but instead end up contributing even more carbon dioxide to the a...Ecology and conservation of fragmented tropical forests
Panama City, Panama-Today the world's tropical forests are not only being cleared at an extraordinary rate, they are also increasingly being divided into fragments that can rapidly lose their original rich biodiversity. At the 2002 meetings of the Association for Tropical Biology, hosted by the Smithsoni...Tropical forests under surveillance
...rsal, pollination and insect predation in tropical forests and an understanding of their community structure and behavior is essential to conservation efforts. In order to survive in nature animals must reproduce, but their secret sex lives may be nearly impossible for biologists to observe. William Eberhard...The prehistory of neotropical lowland forests
...for tens of millions of years, neotropical lowland forests have changed greatly in extent and composition due...nted the latest results of research on neotropical forests and their transformations up to the time of Columbus. Bruce MacFadden, of the University of Florida,...... has become increasingly difficult to set fires in forests along the wildland-urban interface because of home safety and health concerns --- and, in some cases, public misconceptions about fire ecology. Yet without prescribed burning, the undergrowth in pine flatwoods quickly becomes almost impenetrable, the...Illicit crops threaten birds in Colombia
...ird species live. "Ultimately, the conservation of forests and forest-dependent birds in Colombia may hinge o...ombia has lost about 70% of its continuous montane forests during the last 200 years, and illicit crops account for about half of the recent deforestation. The...Muddy Mayan mystery made clearer by researchers working in the bajos
...ce-thriving Maya cities were overgrown by tropical forests until archaeologists began to rediscover them in the mid-19th century. Many of the early centers were located near "bajos" - large depressions in the limestone bedrock. This presents another riddle that has "bugged scholars in the Maya area for year...Guyana establishes its first conservation concession
...mately 81,000 hectares (200,000 acres) of pristine forests in the southern Guyana region, in order to maintai...an opportunity for countries to capitalize on vast forests of high conservation value," said Mittermeier. "Conservation concessions offer a land use alternativ...Damage from acid rain pollution is far worse than previously believed
...tudy revealed that acid rain's damage to America's forests may be much more widespread than previously believ... acid rain has been associated with the decline of forests in certain specific locations. DeHayes and colleagues, UVM senior researcher Gary Hawley and USDA F...Acid rain threatens forests in more ways than previously thought
...ium) from topsoil, may pose a far graver threat to forests than has been previously estimated. This result w... a concern because if the budget is perturbed, the forests are at risk." If deprived of a certain critical nutrient, such as calcium, a tree faces the risk o...Amazonian devastation: Common sense quantified to predict disaster
Threats to Amazonian forests are no news, but a team led by William F. Laurance...sizes "...the potentially dire losses of Amazonian forests projected by recent studies are not yet a fait accompli. Pressure from the international community a...Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standard enhanced with new measures to protect biodiversity
...er to enhance the identification and protection of forests with exceptional conservation value," said Mr. Col...is is an important step in a process of protecting forests with exceptional conservation value, and is consistent with the philosophy of continuous improvement...