'No clear trend' in forest loss
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The notion that forests are declining across the tropics is not proven, a study argues, because data is unclear.
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Global demand for wood is threatening the long-term survival of Africa's forest dwelling communities.
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Himalayan glaciers are melting, which could spell disaster for millions, but adequate monitoring systems are not in place, environmentalists claim.
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The persistent and dramatic decline in the snowpack of many mountains in the West is caused primarily by human-induced global warming and is not the result of natural variability in weather patterns, researchers reported yesterday.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 3--GAUTIER -- Sam Taylor said more than 1,000 dead trees have been removed from residential properties across Gautier, and at least 250 more could be removed by the end of June.
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The number of large mammals has fallen sharply across most of the planet as a result of human activity, a study says.
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Business & money: December fall is first time in two years the Land Registry has reported a negative monthly change
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Extreme weather, drought and spreading disease are on the horizon if something isn't done to rein in the human impact on the environment, a new study says. By the Associated Press.
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Rises in environmental taxes fail to impress green campaigners, opposition parties and businesses.
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Science & environment: Scientists hope evidence will save other areas of land given over to timber and oil-palm plantations.
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Activists are concerned that conversion of the native hardwood forest to fast-growing pine is damaging crucial habitat for hundreds of plants and animals.
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Turnaround from record loss is not right around the corner.
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Science & environment: Government's scorecard on combating climate change fails to add up amid fears over the economy
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Animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming, a review of hundreds of research studies contends.
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Quietly last year, after a round of harsh criticism, a Bush  administration proposal to sell national forest land appeared to die.  The sales would have generated funds to extend for five years a program that directed money to rural localities with forest land within their boundaries.
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While a rapidly changing climate may alter the composition of northern Wisconsin's forests, disturbances such as logging also will play a critical role in how these sylvan ecosystems change over time.
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Reports released this week offer evidence of climate change's impact: Plants and animals are dying and showing up in places they shouldn't, the Arctic is heating rapidly and sea levels are rising. By Stephen Leahy.