Trees Forests
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It is land clearing for livestock- Despite some recognition today, just one tree is being planted in Queensland for every one hundred cleared to increase livestock grazing. Yes, it rained a lot for a long time, but cows on huge tracts of “cleared” land made the disaster. Video. http://suprememastertv.com/save-our-planet/?wr_id=1659
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It releases a great deal of carbon and produces much less new food than more intensive use of existing croplands- Lose-lose . . . sounds like a Western land use issue. Clearing tropical forests is a lose-lose. Michael Marshall. New Scientist.
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The first large scale planting blight resistant chestnut is done- When the chestnut blight hit in the 1950s, there were probably 3 billion American chestnut trees in the United States. Now there are perhaps only about a hundred trees in its natural range. The demise of the chestnut was a blow to wildlife that ate…
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Conservation deal for Canadian forest the size of Texas- Although the first article below has a somewhat pessimistic tone, this certainly seems better than the current trend in boreal Canada. There is more value to the vast boreal forest than caribou. Caribou still at risk under historic forestry deal. Industry, environmentalists band together for sustainability.…