Tag: Forestry
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Riding the Serra Verde Express: World's Only Train to Cross the Atlantic Forest
It seemed like an impossible task in the 1860s, but a train still travels the 610 kilometers long railways everyday, allowing travelers to appreciate a vast reserve of native Atlantic Forest.
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AirHotel is a Treehouse Hotel Room in the Sky
These hotel rooms hang from trees. Do you have better dreams in them?
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London's Raw Craft Show Focuses on the Essence of Furniture Making
Working in an age of austerity, these furniture makers focus on pure, honest design.
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A Unique Patch of Native Forest Survives at the Heart of America’s Largest City
Smaller than world famous urban green spaces like Central Park or Tijuca, the Trianon park in Sao Paulo holds the native richness of the land before development.
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Most Popular Articles of April: 1 Man Plants a Forest, the Swimsuit Issue, and More
The most popular articles of the month include an Indian man who planted a forest by himself, sexy eco swimsuits, a new solar cell that absorbs 99.7% of all light, chickens being fed Prozac, and more.
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Breadfruit Trees are 'Trees That Feed' and Create Jobs in Jamaica
Breadfruit trees planted by Trees That Feed Foundation are creating food systems and jobs in Jamaica.
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Did KFC Push to Exclude Environmental Campaigners from Key Sustainability Summit?
KFC's sustainability officer pressured event organizers to withdraw an invitation to a prestigous sustainable business summit from key green group opposing forest destruction.
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Russian Mother Takes On Government, Powerful Interests to Save Moscow's Lungs, the Khimki Forest
"The proposed road is not so much just the road, as a larger land grab."
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Artist's Eerie Mirrored Sculptures Reflect (On) Nature (Photos)
These mirrored sculptures simultaneously blend into, and reflect Scottish forest to recall past inhabitants of the land.
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The Giant Sequoias Need Your Help
Activists are hoping the National Forest Service's management plan for the Giant Sequoia National Monument will protect the majestic trees.
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Medellin to Build Massive 46-Miles Urban Park Surrounding the City
The city's new mayor has announced an ambitious project to build a park aimed at providing new public spaces and controlling sprawl.
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How Biophilia Can Improve Our Lives - Part IV
Biophilia is the Therapy of the Future
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Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants a 1,360 Acre Forest
As a teenager, Jadav Payeng began planting trees on a barren sandbar in India. 30 years later, it's home to a sprawling forest.
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Startling Blue Trees Will Soon Adorn Seattle
One artist has traveled to cities throughout the world to paint urban trees as a way of calling attention to the plight of so many of their distant, forest-dwelling counterparts.
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Coney Island Boardwalk to Ditch Wood for Plastic and Concrete
The famed Coney Island boardwalk is getting a new look, and local groups aren't pleased.
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7 Ways to Give New Life to Dead Trees in Your Backyard
Upcycle dead trees by turning them into garden seating, wildlife habitats, planters, and more.
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'Peak Timber' Is The New Normal State of Human Resource Usage
Researchers say that the Solomon Islands had been warned for decades that they were cutting timber faster than it could naturally regenerate, but they didn't listen. It's a sadly familiar story.
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Burnt 3,500 Year Old Tree in Florida Is a Candidate for Cloning
A cypress tree known as "The Senator," which burnt earlier this month, could be cloned to preserve the species.
