Forests

Saving Brazil’s golden monkey, one green corridor at a time

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Dozens of young people kneeled under the scorching sun this week in Rio de Janeiro’s rural interior, planting a green corridor that will be a future safe passageway for an emblematic and endangered species, the golden lion tamarin. The 300 tree seedlings they planted this week — only inches tall at … Read more

Attacked by Amazon forest’s largest venomous snake, a man fights to survive

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave RIO DE JANEIRO — Few creatures are more feared in the Amazon forest than the surucucu-pico-de-jaca. Considered the largest venomous snake in the Americas — and the world’s longest viper — the South American bushmaster injects up to 500 milligrams of venom into its victims, who develop … Read more

Kenya declares a public holiday for national campaign to plant 15 billion trees

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The Kenyan government announced Monday a surprise public holiday on Nov. 13 for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032 Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki made the announcement via a gazette notice posted on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, following … Read more

Trump suggests bizarre plan to keep forests damp to prevent wildfires in California

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Donald Trump suggested that California keep its vast forests damp to prevent wildfire. Trump said he would “get it done so fast” but added that Gov. Newsom probably couldn’t be convinced. The former president also criticized the state for “very poor land management.” Former President Donald Trump revealed an unusual plan to stop wildfires from … Read more

Preventing ‘by hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade should first survive the forest

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ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant simply above the left ear. The chief of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed a battlefield promotion to the personal who had known as him “brother” — a person often known as Courier. Courier knew the platoon’s orders have been to maneuver ahead by the … Read more

Greece fires of 2023 have destroyed forests, monasteries and vineyards

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Up to date September 4, 2023 at 5:46 p.m. EDT|Printed September 2, 2023 at 4:00 a.m. EDT The Monastery of Panagia Ipseni, on the Greek island of Rhodes, was surrounded by fast-paced fires in July. (Nicole Tung for The Washington Submit)Touch upon this storyComment RHODES, Greece — As flames approached the nineteenth century Monastery of … Read more

Brazil chief hopes that Amazon summit will deliver again protections that the world wants

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BELEM, Brazil — For the primary time in 14 years, Amazon rainforest nation leaders are assembly to guard the ecosystem and tackle the organized crime threatening it. Assembling Tuesday and Wednesday within the Brazilian metropolis of Belem are members of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Group. The 45-year-old alliance that has met solely thrice earlier than. … Read more

A scientist’s 4-decade quest to avoid wasting the largest monkey within the Americas

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CARATINGA, Brasil — The emerald-green cover shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy, golden-gray monkeys slides by way of a tropical ecosystem extra threatened than the Amazon. Karen Strier began finding out the largest monkey within the Americas 4 many years in the past, when there have been simply 50 of the animals left … Read more

Which firms are leaving Russia and that are staying? This is a glance

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FRANKFURT, Germany — Greater than 500 firms have suspended their enterprise in Russia, and an analogous quantity have withdrawn utterly. A further 151 are “scaling again,” 175 are “shopping for time” and 230 are “digging in,” in line with database saved by Yale College. Chinese language firms determine prominently within the final class. This is … Read more