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Paperitalo Environmental News
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DM168 Environment: Three years on, the shot-hole borer continues to eat away at SA’s trees
Student researchers inspect a shot-hole borer beetle infested tree. Photo: FABI
First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
Tree and insect experts have lamented the government’s slow response to the spread of a tiny tree-killing insect … Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
| | | A fight for forest equity in Southeast D.C. takes on new urgency amid pandemic
His work crew of three men — Shaw Turner, Davon Abney, and Henderson Blount — were already assembled. Soon they donned bright yellow vests and plunged into the woods. Above them towered magnificent sycamores, tulip trees and even a rare swamp white oak. … Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
| | | Once a garbage dump, Bengaluru's Hennagara Lake to get new lease of life with Miyawaki forest
Express News Service
BENGALURU: Come Sunday, the once pristine Hennagara Lake, which lies off the Jigani-Bommasandra Ring road, is set for a new lease of life. A Miyawaki forest eventually containing 9,500 tree saplings will make its debut on the lake bund … Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
| | | Environment Director, Consultant And Defence Witnesses Testify
Freesoul Real Estate Development (Fiji) PTE Limited is charged by the DPP with two counts of undertaking unauthorised developments and one count of failure to comply with a prohibition notice.
Freesoul real-estate lawyer David Toganivalu on his way to … Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
| | | The Guardian view on Amazonian cave art: a story about the environment, too
In the past week, remarkable images of ancient cave art have hit the headlines: rock paintings made in South America around 12,000 years ago. The art, created on rock faces in the Serranía de la Lindosa, on the northern edge of the Colombian Amazon, is a … Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
| | | Why bid to bring lynx to Kielder Forest could succeed, according to campaigners
Campaigners who want to see lynx living in Kielder Forest are preparing to submit a second bid to reintroduce the ancient wildcats. The Lynx UK Trust claims its plan to trial the introduction of a small number of Eurasian lynx into the forest would promote … Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
| | | Artificial Turf Market Anticipated to Expand at a CAGR of 12.8% during 2017-2027|HG Sports Turf, Forest Grass, Greenfields, Turf Products
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Dec 04, 2020 (AmericaNewsHour) --
Artificial turfs are the artificial grasses which are used in place of natural grass. These turfs are used for the sports activity. It … Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
| | | Wakiso boss names and shames ‘untouchable’ sand miners grabbers of protected forest
Matiya Lwanga Bwanika says that the people involved in degrading the environment especially participating in unacceptable sand mining, wiping out natural forests by cutting down trees and thereafter grabbing land meant for forest reserves are mostly high … Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
| | | ‘A crime against the environment’: Police investigating ‘devastating’ destruction of protected river
An investigation has been launched after a legally-protected riverbank in Herefordshire was bulldozed into bare earth despite it being a haven for wildlife.
Every tree and piece of vegetation along a stretch of about 1.5km along the River Lugg in … Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
| | | Forest Plan Protects Part of Crazy Mountains; More Action Urged
A U.S. Forest Service plan to be finalized next year would create the 28,000-acre Crazy Mountains Backcountry Area. (Greg Goebel/Flickr)
December 4, 2020
HELENA, Mont. -- Tribal advocacy helped push the U.S. Forest Service to protect parts of Montana… Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:19 pm EST
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