Read more forests stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21636/forests.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:32:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70311/lets-pay-people-not-to-cut-down-trees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDeforestation releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, so how about paying people to keep trees standing? A pilot project in Brazil has paid families to do just that, and aroused the interest of world leaders who plan to negotiate a climate deal in Copenhagen in December, the Economist reports. But...http://www.newser.com/story/70311/lets-pay-people-not-to-cut-down-trees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 14:42:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58304/tough-toddler-survives-2-days-in-mo-woods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBy the time his bare bottom was spotted in the woods yesterday, rescue crews were doubtful they would find Joshua Childers alive. But the 3-year-old sprang up and grinned when a volunteer called out to him. He had wandered into the Missouri woods Monday morning and survived 50 hours barely...http://www.newser.com/story/58304/tough-toddler-survives-2-days-in-mo-woods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 8:11:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47819/w-virginia-torn-over-coal-mining.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the mining industry clears mountains in Appalachia, a nearby town finds itself in a conundrum over the future of coal, writes John McQuaid in Smithsonian magazine. With prices and energy demands soaring, mining sites are multiplying—and while some residents see the state’s oldest and most profitable industry as...http://www.newser.com/story/47819/w-virginia-torn-over-coal-mining.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 7:37:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45958/scientists-discover-forest-by-searching-google-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish scientists have stumbled upon an unexplored forest in northern Mozambique—without taking a step. A conservationist for the Royal Botanic Gardens was scanning for a new project site on Google Earth when he came across the untouched area known as Mount Mabu, and an expedition later discovered hundreds of...http://www.newser.com/story/45958/scientists-discover-forest-by-searching-google-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 10:44:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34879/doom-looms-for-spotted-owl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe outlook appears bleak for America's most controversial bird, reports the Seattle Times . Despite logging bans in huge swathes of old-growth forests initiated 14 years ago to protect the northern spotted owl, researchers have discovered its numbers have dropped by nearly half. The decline is blamed on pre-1994 habitat loss...http://www.newser.com/story/34879/doom-looms-for-spotted-owl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Aug 2008 3:01:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32546/pine-beetles-eat-through-western-forests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe biggest infestation of mountain pine beetles in decades is devastating huge tracts of forest in the Western states, USA Today reports; forestry workers say the bugs are killing even more trees than the wildfires ravaging California's forests. The larvae consume the inner bark of trees, usually lodgepole pines, killing...http://www.newser.com/story/32546/pine-beetles-eat-through-western-forests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Jul 2008 12:51:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18208/scientists-id-catastrophic-climate-change-tipping-zones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have identified nine danger zones where global warming could be pushed past the point of no return within years, the Independent reports. The scenarios include the melting of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic, the collapse of the Indian and West African monsoons, and the death of forests in...http://www.newser.com/story/18208/scientists-id-catastrophic-climate-change-tipping-zones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 Feb 2008 4:34:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17438/greenies-aim-to-stop-bushs-alaska-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGreenies are hoping to stop President Bush from opening Alaskan woodland to logging and road construction, the Washington Post reports. Bush unveiled plans yesterday to let developers tackle 2.4 million acres of Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the nation's largest national woodland. But angry environmentalists and the Alaska Forest Association...http://www.newser.com/story/17438/greenies-aim-to-stop-bushs-alaska-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Jan 2008 17:32:22 CST