forestry

50% more wildfires foreseen by 2100; Governments are not prepared: UN

UN Environment Programme Even the Arctic, previously all but immune, faces rising wildfire risk; Wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating”; Governments are called to

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In the news: 30 clients’ most noted news releases of the decade

Terry Collins & Associates, Toronto, December 31, 2019   Many of the ~200 science news releases written and distributed for 30 clients in the 2010s

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Higher density means world forests are capturing more carbon

Rockefeller University, New York / University of Helsinki 06 Jun 11 Forests in many regions are becoming larger carbon sinks thanks to higher density, US and European

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Rainforests Regrowing: Impact on Extinction Rates Sparks Debate at Smithsonian

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Washington / Panama 12-Jan-2009 Satellite data and other research reveal that huge tracts of abandoned tropical forests that were once logged

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European Union forests expanding, absorbing carbon at surprisingly high rate: study

University of Helsinki 29 Nov 07 European Union countries likely require an old ally – Mother Nature and her forests – to meet an ambitious

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Carbon capture, water filtration, other boreal forest ecoservices worth estimated $250 billion per year: Economist

National Forest Congress, Ottawa www.nfc-cfn.ca Sept. 24, 2006 Create National Accounting Systems To Reflect All Values Of Boreal Forests: Economist It’s time to create a

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