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Paperitalo Environmental News
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Eighteen elephants found dead in Indian forest reserve
Authorities are trying to establish how 18 wild Asiatic elephants died in a remote corner of India’s north-east.
The elephants, including five calves, were found dead in the protected Kondali forest reserve in the state of Assam, Jayanta Goswami, a … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
| | | Federal funding to help Oregon boost forest restoration work
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Forestry said Thursday the state will be able to greatly increase treatments on overcrowded forestlands to improve forest health and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, thanks to new federal grants … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
| | | Campaigners lose court case to stop Ugandan forest clearance
Conservationists in Uganda have condemned as “shallow and absurd” a court ruling that authorised the government to allow swathes of a tropical forest to be cleared for a sugar-cane plantation.
Three environmental groups had taken the government to court … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
| | | Black Forest Grows its Real Good Promise and Aspires to Plant 10 Million Trees in Partnership with Kelly Rowland and the National Forest Foundation
CHICAGO, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Forest, a leading candy and snack brand inspired by real forests, is in the third year of its partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) in support of the ongoing efforts to replant forests … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
| | | NGOs press before OECD to reject Brazil's application over environment issues
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Bolsonaro has often criticized the Paris Agreement for considering it a violation of “national sovereignty”
Several non-government organizations (NGOs) focused on environmental issues Wednesday launched an accusation … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
| | | Dundee scientist Arthur Cracknell who used space images to help environment dies aged 80
A distinguished scientist who harnessed the power of Dundee’s satellite receiving station to monitor changes in the environment has died.
Arthur P Cracknell, who was 80, was professor of theoretical physics at Dundee University when the station was … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
| | | Belgium-sized swath of forest faces the chop from Indonesian palm oil
Curbing deforestation associated with the palm oil industry is crucial if Indonesia wants to meet its long-term emissions reduction targets, experts say.
There are still 3.5 million hectares (8.65 million acres) of natural forest inside existing oil palm … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
| | | Conway Medical Center hospital in Carolina Forest is 'lesser of two evils,' activist says
CAROLINA FOREST — Carolina Forest residents brought up issues regarding traffic, lighting and noise pollution and fire gates for a proposed 50-bed Conway Medical Center hospital off of International Drive during a community meeting on May 11.
Residents of … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
| | | Forest fire kills off 26% of endemic ‘Old George’
(CNS): More than a quarter of the endemic and critically endangered ‘Old George’ (Wittmackia caymanensis), a type of bromeliad plant, was destroyed in the March brush fire at the Ironwood Forest in George Town, the Department of Environment has revealed. … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
| | | Remote consulting now presents a forest of possibility
Much of the work by Kaiser Group and Path Architecture is found within a few blocks of the Boise and Eliot neighborhoods in inner North-Northeast Portland. That’s where projects like The Canyons, Carbon12 and The Radiator have helped demonstrate mass … Friday, May 14, 2021 6:46 am EDT
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