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Surprise: trees grow faster in urban than rural areas
Here is a trick question: Does a tree tend to grow better in an urban setting or in a more natural environment? Many of us might wager on the latter, thinking that trees must thrive better in their original natural
Tax havens linked to deforestation and illegal fishing
First there were the Panama Papers. Then came the Paradise Papers. Each leak of these documents shone a light on how companies and individuals avoid tax payments to governments, currently estimated at USD 2 billion annually. Now, these revelations have
In the treetops: Understanding the planet’s ‘rainbow water’
Scientists study blue water, the surface resources available to people from our lakes, rivers and aquifers. They study green water, which is held in our plants and soils. Now a team of researchers is calling attention to the importance of
Study: the planet’s forest cover hasn’t shrunk. It’s grown
When it comes to the state of forests on the planet, it may often seem like gloom and doom. Forest covers are being lost at alarming rates in many parts of the world from the island of Borneo in Southeast
Putting price tags on illegally traded exotic animals
The illegal wildlife trade is a multibillion dollar business. Much of it entails endangered exotic species in countries like Brazil and Malaysia so many Europeans may think that it is a problem that only affects other parts of the world
Discarded orange peels sprout a forest in Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a major producer of oranges, but local orange juice-making companies tend to have little use of orange peels. So in 1998 one of those juice makers dumped 12,000 tons of peels and leftover pulp on a barren