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We could grow wooden tables in the lab to save forests
Scientists extracted live cells from a zinnia plant and started growing wood-like plant tissue indoors with no soil or sunlight.
Tree-ring study finds heat rise trims lifespan of tropical trees
If tropical trees die earlier, it will affect how much carbon these forests can hold and raises concern over CO2 emissions offsets.
The cost of protecting forests globally could rise
"The global forestry sector can provide a really substantial chunk of the mitigation needed to hit global climate targets."
Carpathian Convention: A call to protect European forests
"The impacts will only intensify, damaging not just ecosystems, but societies and economies," warns UNEP's Inger Andersen. "Member states must get ahead of the game before it gets worse,"
Nice to have known you? Newly discovered langurs are facing extinction
The newly described primate has been named after Mount Popa, a sacred pilgrim site in Myanmar.
Indigenous people in Borneo seek to save their forests
“Enough is enough,” a villager living in an area where logging has been rampant. “We want the trees to grow back.”